Mrs. ROBERTS. Wait a minute, let me think of it.
Mr. BALL. That's on a Friday.
Mrs. ROBERTS. I had better back up a minute--he came home that Friday
in an unusual hurry.
Mr. BALL. And about what time was this?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, it was after President Kennedy had been shot and I
had a friend that said, "Roberts, President Kennedy has been shot," and
I said, "Oh, no." She said, "Turn on your television," and I said "What
are you trying to do, pull my leg?" And she said, "Well, go turn it
on." I went and turned it on and I was trying to clear it up--I could
hear them talking but I couldn't get the picture and he come in and
I just looked up and I said, "Oh, you are in a hurry." He never said
a thing, not nothing. He went on to his room and stayed about 3 or 4
minutes.
Mr. BALL. As he came in, did you say anything else except, "You are in
a hurry"?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No.
Mr. BALL. Did you say anything about the President being shot?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No.
Mr. BALL. You were working with the television?
Mrs. ROBERTS. I was trying to clear it up to see what was happening and
try to find out about President Kennedy.
Mr. BALL. Why did you say to this man as he came in, "You are in a
hurry,"--why did you say that?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, he just never has come in and he was walking
unusually fast and he just hadn't been that way and I just looked up
and I said, "Oh, you are in a hurry."
Mr. BALL. You mean he was walking faster than he usually was?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Yes.
Mr. BALL. When he came in the door, what did he do?
Mrs. ROBERTS. He just walked in--he didn't look around at me--he didn't
say nothing and went on to his room.
Mr. BALL. Did he run?
Mrs. ROBERTS. He wasn't running, but he was walking pretty fast--he was
all but running.
Mr. BALL. Then, what happened after that?
Mrs. ROBERTS. He went to his room and he was in his shirt sleeves but
I couldn't tell you whether it was a long-sleeved shirt or what color
it was or nothing, and he got a jacket and put it on--it was kind of a
zipper jacket.
Mr. BALL. Had you ever seen him wear that jacket before?
Mrs. ROBERTS. I can't say I did--if I did, I don't remember it.
Mr. BALL. When he came in he was in a shirt?
Mrs. ROBERTS. He was in his shirt sleeves.
Mr. BALL. What color was his shirt? Do you know?
Mrs. ROBERTS. I don't remember. I didn't pay that much attention for I
was interested in the television trying to get it fixed.
Mr. BALL. Had you ever seen that shirt before or seen him wear it--the
shirt, or do you know?
Mrs. ROBERTS. I don't remember--I don't know.
Mr. BALL. You say he put on a separate jacket?
Mrs. ROBERTS. A jacket.
Mr. BALL. I'll show you this jacket which is Commission Exhibit
162--have you ever seen this jacket before?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, maybe I have, but I don't remember it. It seems
like the one he put on was darker than that. Now, I won't be sure,
because I really don't know, but is that a zipper jacket?
Mr. BALL. Yes--it has a zipper down the front.
Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, maybe it was.
Mr. BALL. It was a zippered jacket, was it?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Yes; it was a zipper jacket. How come me to remember it,
he was zipping it up as he went out the door.
Mr. BALL. He was zipping it up as he went out the door?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Then, when you saw him, did you see any part of his belt?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No.
Mr. BALL. There is some suspicion that when he left there he might have
had a pistol or a revolver in his belt; did you see anything like that?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No; I sure didn't.
Mr. BALL. Now, I show you Commission Exhibit No. 150--it is a
shirt--have you seen that before?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Well, maybe I have. Now, that looks kind of like the dark
shirt that he had on.
Mr. BALL. Now, when Oswald came in, he was in a shirt--does this shirt
look anything like the shirt he had on?
Mrs. ROBERTS. It was a dark shirt he had on--I think it was a dark one,
but whether it was long sleeve or short sleeve or what--I don't know.
Mr. BALL. Does the color of this shirt which I show you here,
Commission Exhibit No. 150, look anything like the shirt he had on?
Mrs. ROBERTS. I'm sorry, I just don't know.
Mr. BALL. You are not able to testify as to that--to tell us that?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No.
Mr. BALL. Can you tell me what time it was approximately that Oswald
came in?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Now, it must have been around 1 o'clock, or maybe
a little after, because it was after President Kennedy had been
shot--what time I wouldn't want to say because----
Mr. BALL. How long did he stay in the room?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Oh, maybe not over 3 or 4 minutes--just long enough, I
guess, to go in there and get a jacket and put it on and he went out
zipping it.
Mr. BALL. You recall he went out zipping it--was he running or walking?
Mrs. ROBERTS. He was walking fast--he was making tracks pretty fast.
Mr. BALL. Did he say anything to you as he went out?
Mrs. ROBERTS. No, sir.
Mr. BALL. Did you say anything to him?
Mrs. ROBERTS. Probably wouldn't have gotten no answer.
Mr. BALL. What is the only thing you said to him from the time he came
in the house until he left?