Mr. Ryder. They were gone that 2 weeks.
Mr. Liebeler. How do you know it was done while they were gone?
Mr. Ryder. Actually, I can't really say too definitely sure but I am quite sure it was because he doesn't remember seeing the gun in the shop while he was there. In other words, before they left, and of course, it was gone when they came back.
Mr. Liebeler. When you say "the gun," what do you mean?
Mr. Ryder. The one I worked on—in other words, he keeps a pretty good watch on my work to make sure I'm getting it out on time and he will check fairly close every day, every other day, and check to make sure I'm getting the work out, that old work isn't laying there to be done. He's pretty sharp on remembering names and he would have remembered that quite surely if——
Mr. Liebeler. Do you have much work of this type?
Mr. Ryder. Yes, sir; at that time.
Mr. Liebeler. You did have quite a lot of work at this time mounting telescopic sights?
Mr. Ryder. Yes; when they left, that's 2 weeks prior to the opening of the deer season here and I guess that 2 weeks I mounted 35, 40, maybe 50 scopes in that week as well as run the business while they was gone which is quite a headache in itself. That's just prior to hunting season, you see. Just like I told everybody all along, I couldn't say specifically if it was by seeing pictures if it was him or another Oswald. In other words, I don't put that close relation to a man's face to a particular item of work.
Mr. Liebeler. When did the deer season open—the 14th or 15th of November?