Mr. Ball. You called Mrs. Cheek?
Mrs. Johnson. Yes, I did.
Mr. Ball. To find out where Earlene was?
Mrs. Johnson. Yes.
Mr. Ball. What did she tell you?
Mrs. Johnson. She told me she had called her and told her she had left my house and she said, "I just proceeded to tell her what I thought about it because you are so good and so nice to her. She should never have quit you like that." She said, "You know how she is, she hasn't called back. She might swell up and pout and it will be months before she calls me again."
Mr. Ball. Do you know any reason why she should have left you?
Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Cheek, the sister, says when she was talking to her she brought up a little old lady that does room with me and she is a retired woman who is drawing her social security and she was a housekeeper previous to this last time Mrs. Roberts was there—Katy Gage, a precious woman, gets along with everybody. She's got children but doesn't want to live with them. She prefers living with my husband and I, renting a room and lives with us. She tells—and Mrs. Cheek says first thing she brought up was Katy. She says she's jealous of Katy and I don't know why she is. There is no reason to be.
Mr. Ball. Did Earlene Roberts ever talk to Oswald in your presence; did you ever see them talk to each other?
Mrs. Johnson. Listen here, no; I don't believe that Lee talked to anybody. I just really don't.