Mr. Alba. I hadn't realized anyone that knew Lee Oswald, or that that was the man who worked with them prior to the assassination, but after the assassination, which might be expected, it seems that anyone you would talk to knew who he was and had seen him, and so forth.
Mr. Liebeler. Do you remember any particular people who did, in fact, seem to know him, or that you think did know him that you talked to about him?
Mr. Alba. None in particular, no.
Mr. Liebeler. What was the general substance of these conversations?
Mr. Alba. Half kidding and half general conversations about, "Isn't it something, what happened?" And that it happened to be someone that was right here at work "With us at Reily, and that you knew from over here, next door."
Several people, employees at Reily, would tell me that employees at Reily had told them after the assassination, of course, that Lee Oswald spent as much time "Over at Alba's Garage as he did over here in the plant."
Mr. Liebeler. Did that seem to be the case to you prior to the assassination?
Mr. Alba. Yes and no; if that is any kind of an answer. Lee Oswald was sent for and called from the office on several occasions. Lee Oswald would come to the office, put a nickel in the coke machine and start paging through magazines and just lost track of time. Lee Oswald was not talkative unless he was more or less pursuing the conversation himself. In fact, if that makes any sense to you——
Mr. Liebeler. So it seems to you then that he spent more time in your place than he should have been spending, is that correct?
Mr. Alba. That is correct, but certainly not more time at my place than at Reily Coffee, as some might have tried to indicate to me in a conversation. But I am sure that it was intended only as a phrase of kidding.