He worked in the same factory as Lee did.
Mr. Rankin. Can you tell us which one is the picture of the Walker house on that exhibit?
Mrs. Oswald. P-1.
Mr. Rankin. And when did you first see that exhibit, P-1, of Exhibit 3?
Mrs. Oswald. Together with the other one. P-2 and P-6, I know that they are Lee's photographs, but I don't know what they depict.
Mr. Rankin. Were you shown the P-1 photograph of that Exhibit 3 at the same time you were shown the other one that you have identified regarding the Walker house?
Mrs. Oswald. It seems to me that that is so. I don't remember exactly. It is hard to remember.
Mr. Rankin. And was that the evening after your husband returned from the Walker shooting?
Mrs. Oswald. No. This was on one of the succeeding days.
Mr. Rankin. By succeeding, you mean within two or three days after the shooting?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Mr. Chairman, I offer in evidence Exhibit 3.
The Chairman. It may be admitted.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 3, and was received in evidence.)
Mrs. Oswald. I don't remember the photograph, the first one that you showed me. I only assumed that was Walker's house.
Mr. Rankin. But the other ones, you do remember those photographs?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, the others I do.
Mr. Rankin. When you say you do not remember the picture of the Walker house, you are referring to the Exhibit 2 for identification that we did not offer in evidence, that I will show you now?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Do you recall that your husband showed you any other exhibits that were pictures of the Walker house at the time he discussed the Walker shooting with you, beyond those that I have shown you?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. I shall hand you Exhibit——
Mrs. Oswald. There was some railroad—not just a photograph of a house. Perhaps there were some others. There were several photographs.
Mr. Rankin. I shall hand you Exhibit 4 for identification——
Mrs. Oswald. One photograph with a car.
Mr. Rankin. ——if you can recall the photographs on that exhibit.
Mrs. Oswald. As for P-1 and P-2, I don't know what they are.
P-3, that is Lee in the Army.
P-4, I don't know what that is.
P-5, I did see this photograph with Lee—he showed it to me after the incident.
Mr. Rankin. When your husband showed you the photograph P-5, did he discuss with you what that showed, how it related to the Walker shooting?
Mrs. Oswald. No. I simply see that this is a photograph of a railroad. It was in that book. And I guessed, myself, that it had some sort of relationship to the incident.
Mr. Rankin. I offer in evidence photographs P-3 and P-5 on this exhibit.
The Chairman. They may be admitted, and take the next number.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 4, and received in evidence.)
Mr. Rankin. Now, I shall hand you Exhibit 6 for identification and ask you if you recognize those two photographs.
Mrs. Oswald. Yes. These photographs I know, both of them. They seem to be identical. Walker's house.
Mr. Rankin. When did you first see those exhibits?
Mrs. Oswald. After the incident.
Mr. Rankin. About the same time that you saw the other pictures of the Walker house that you have described?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Did your husband tell you why he had these photographs?
Mrs. Oswald. He didn't tell me, but I guessed, myself—I concluded myself that these photographs would help him in that business.
Mr. Rankin. That is the business of the shooting at the Walker house?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. I offer in evidence the two photographs in this exhibit.
The Chairman. They may be admitted and take the next number.
(The documents referred to were marked Commission Exhibit No. 5, and received in evidence.)
Mr. Rankin. Before you told the Commission about the Walker shooting, and your knowledge, did you tell anyone else about it?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, to the members of the Secret Service and the FBI.
Mr. Rankin. Did you tell your mother-in-law?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes, I also told his mother about it.
Mr. Rankin. When did you tell his mother about the incident?
Mrs. Oswald. After Lee was arrested, on Saturday—he was arrested on Friday. I don't remember when I met with his mother—whether it was on the same Friday—yes, Friday evening. I met her at the police station. From there we went to Ruth Paine's where I lived at that time. And she remained overnight, stayed overnight there. I had a photograph of Lee with the rifle, which I gave. At that time I spoke very little English. I explained as best I could about it. And that is why I showed her the photograph. And I told her that Lee had wanted to kill Walker.
Mr. Rankin. Now, turning to the period when you were in New Orleans, did you write to the Russian Embassy about going to Russia, returning to Russia at that time?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. Was that about the first part of July, that you wrote?
Mrs. Oswald. Probably.
Mr. Rankin. And then did you write a second letter to follow up the first one?
Mrs. Oswald. Yes.
Mr. Rankin. I hand you Exhibit 6 for identification and ask you if that is the first letter that you sent to the Embassy. Take your time and look at it.
Mrs. Oswald. This was not the first letter, but it was the first letter written from New Orleans.
Mr. Rankin. Will you examine the photostat that has just been handed to you, and tell us whether or not that was the first letter that you wrote to the Embassy about this matter?
Mrs. Oswald. No, this is a reply to my first letter.
