Mr. Ball. And were there the same accommodations for all travelers?
Miss Mumford. Yes; there were. There were four seats in the front that were occupied by English-speaking people. But, having got on so late in the journey, we were taken down to the back to sit with the Mexicans. And we were the only English-speaking people at the back of the bus.
Mr. Ball. All others were Mexican-speaking?
Miss Mumford. Yes.
Mr. Ball. Now, who were the English-speaking people that you mentioned? Will you describe them?
Miss Mumford. There was a young English couple who were traveling down to the Yucatan to study the Indians and their way of life.
There was an elderly English gentleman in his mid- or late-sixties, I should imagine. He told us during the journey that he had lived on and off in Mexico for 25 years.
Then there was the young Texan, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Patricia and myself.
Mr. Ball. Now, when you first boarded the bus did you speak to the English-speaking people?
Miss Mumford. We got on and Oswald heard Patricia and I talking. And we had two heavy overnight bags, and he told us later that he had turned to his companion, who was the middle-aged English gentleman, and said, "I wonder how you say 'How can I help you' in Spanish", which gave us the opinion later that he couldn't speak the language: couldn't speak Spanish.