Mr. Liebeler. Do you know Col. J. D. Wilmeth?
Mr. Paine. No; I don't know him. A colleague at work lives nearby who shares a well with him and keeps it repaired.
Mr. Liebeler. Who does?
Mr. Paine. Clark Benham, another colleague at work, uses the water from Colonel Wilmeth's well and has to keep the well operating so I hear stories about Mr. Wilmeth and he lives with his old, ancient mother. I haven't met him myself, I don't believe.
Mr. Liebeler. You mentioned that—did you mention that he called you at your office at one time?
Mr. Paine. Yes; I think he has, yes.
Mr. Liebeler. Would you tell us the circumstances of that event?
Mr. Paine. Well, he wanted to see Marina, I think, he wanted to hear, I think he said he wanted to hear the native tongue spoken or spoken by a native. And so he was quite eager to meet both Ruth and Marina and called me to ask how and when and what not. So, he may have called me more than once on that subject.
Mr. Liebeler. Do you have any idea why he called you at work? In order to contact these women?
Mr. Paine. It seemed very appropriate. Maybe Clark, Clark, of course, sees him quite frequently, and maybe Clark told him that Marina was living with us. I cannot—I could be clued in. I remember at the time there was a reason for it. I mean it seemed appropriate, it wasn't out of the blue, but I can't—unless it was that I had been talking about Marina with Clark and then Clark told it to him.