Mr. Paine. When I arrived on Friday afternoon we went into the garage, I think Ruth, Marina and the policeman, and I am not sure it was the first time, but there we saw this blanket was on the floor below the bandsaw——
(At this point Representative Ford entered the hearing room.)
Mr. Paine. And a rifle was mentioned and then it rang a bell, the rifle answered, fitted the package that I had been trying to fit these unsuccessfully. It had never resolved itself, this shovel and pipe didn't fit in there.
Mr. Liebeler. And it seemed to you likely that there had in fact been a rifle in the package?
Mr. Paine. That answered it.
Mr. Liebeler. Can you tell us when the last time was that you saw that package in the garage prior to the assassination?
Mr. Paine. No; I am afraid I can't.
Mr. Dulles. Do we have the date of the first time in the record?
Mr. Liebeler. Yes; I think the witness testified it was either late September or early October of 1963.
I show you a blanket which has been marked as Commission Exhibit 140 and ask you if that is the blanket you saw in the garage?