Mrs. Oswald. No, he couldn't have practiced while we were at the Paine's, because Ruth was there. But whenever she was not at home, he tried to spend as much time as he could with me—he would watch television in the house. But he did go to the garage to look at our things that were there.
Mr. Rankin. And you don't know when he went there what he might have done with the rifle? Is that what you mean?
Mrs. Oswald. At least I didn't notice anything.
Mr. Rankin. Now, you have described your husband's——
Mrs. Oswald. Excuse me. I think that it takes considerable time to practice with a rifle. He never spent any great deal of time in the garage.
Mr. Rankin. You have described your husband's practicing on the back porch at New Orleans with the telescopic scope and the rifle, saying he did that very regularly there.
Did you ever see him working the bolt, that action that opens the rifle, where you can put a shell in and push it back—during those times?
Mrs. Oswald. I did not see it, because it was dark, and I would be in the room at that time.
But I did hear the noise from it from time to time—not often.
Mr. Rankin. Do you recall the weekend that you went to the hospital for your baby?