Mr. Jenner. When—after the assassination?
Mrs. Bates. The day the story broke.
Mr. Jenner. This story that you've shown me?
Mrs. Bates. Uh-huh. She told me not to talk to anybody until I had talked to her. I said, "Well, I'm sorry, Mrs. Oswald, you're too late." She said, "That is not the property—that is my property."
Mr. Jenner. What is her property?
Mrs. Bates. She said, "I knew that Lee had had a public stenographer do some work but I never could find out who." And I said, "Mrs. Oswald, I didn't even know he had a mother in Fort Worth. He never spoke of her." She said, "Well, don't talk to anyone until I have talked to you." I said, "Well, you're just a little bit too late."
Mr. Jenner. Did she ever come out to see you?
Mrs. Bates. No.
Mr. Jenner. And that was the only conversation you ever had with her?
Mrs. Bates. Yeah—uh-huh.