Mr. BALL. He didn't come back on that Monday?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No, he didn't come back until the next day. He said he
had a long weekend.
Mr. BALL. That was after his long weekend he came back on a Tuesday
that week?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Do you remember the day the President was shot?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Yes; I remember it--who would forget that?
Mr. BALL. And the police officers came out there?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Do you remember what they said?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, it was Will Fritz' men--it was plainclothesmen and
I was at the back doing something and Mr. Johnson answered the door and
they identified themselves and then he called me.
Mr. BALL. What did they say?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, they asked him if there was a Harvey Lee Oswald
there.
Mr. BALL. What did he say?
Mrs. ROBERTS. And he says, "I don't know, I'll have to call the
housekeeper," and he called me and I went and got the books and I said,
"No; there's no one here by that name," and they tried to make me
remember and I couldn't, and Mrs. Johnson come in in the meantime and
there wasn't nobody there by that name, and Mrs. Johnson said, "Mrs.
Roberts, don't you have him?" And, I said, "No; we don't, for here is
my book and there is nobody there by that name." We checked it back a
year.
Mr. BALL. And you didn't have that name--you didn't ever know his name
was Lee Oswald?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No--he registered as O. H. Lee and they were asking for
Harvey Lee Oswald.
Mr. BALL. You say that you saw Lee Oswald--you say he didn't come home
Thursday night that week?
Mrs. ROBERTS. He didn't come home on Thursday night that week.
Mr. BALL. And Friday was the day the President was shot? Had you seen
him at any time that Friday before the officers came up and knocked on
your door?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No.
Mr. BALL. Hadn't he been home?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Oh, let's see--that was the day.