Mr. Jenner. They try to put two and two together and hope they'll hit it one out of three times.
Mrs. Bates. Well, anyhow, The Star Telegram took care of it. They said that I had gotten the letter—that they understood I had gotten the letter and I would be called as a witness—and that was it.
I told them—I said, "You'd better get that off the wires because it's not true—and I'm certainly not going to be accountable for anything like that. No one has contacted me except by letter." But they were putting all kinds of words in my mouth.
Mr. Jenner. They hadn't talked to you at all?
Mrs. Bates. Who?
Mr. Jenner. The newspaper people over this weekend?
Mrs. Bates. No; I don't have a phone at home. And I was home very ill with bursitis.
Mr. Jenner. Oh, you were?
Mrs. Bates. I've got it right now. It's about to drive me crazy.
Mr. Jenner. That's pretty bad stuff.