Mrs. Whitworth. Yes; I read that and I also saw it on television.
Mr. Liebeler. When you saw that, it was also reported on television; is that right?
Mrs. Whitworth. Yes; it sure did. As well as I can remember it, it showed this Ryder, or whatever his name was, working around there and talking to the men.
Mr. Liebeler. Who was the first person you ever discussed Oswald's presence in your store with?
Mrs. Whitworth. I never discussed it until I saw him on television and also his wife. First, when I saw him on television I told my husband, but my husband didn't work in the store, then, he worked at another furniture store on down on the east end of the road, you know, and I told him, I said, "Why, I have seen the fellow somewhere before," and it didn't dawn on me at that minute where. He says, "Well, you have probably seen him in the store." Just like that. I mean, anybody would come through Irving and be looking for anything like that would more than likely stop in my store quicker than they would any other place.
Mr. Liebeler. Looking for furniture, you mean?
Mrs. Whitworth. Well, if he was looking for a gun or anything like that he would stop in there because this sign was a real good sign, you know, it was and out there, and also it was a good furniture location. So he said "You probably have," and we didn't discuss it any more until we saw her on television, Mrs. Oswald, and she was leaving the jail or something, with her mother-in-law and had these two babies. I said, "Oh, yes, I remember them real well," and I discussed it again with him and I told him about this and I said that those kids are about the age of Bryan and Jeff and we discussed it again and then I knew definitely he had been in there and I knew that he was the fellow that I talked to, and I said, "Well, he seemed to be such a nice man." He even thanked me for my time when he walked out—you know, he thanked me for the time I had spent with him, more so than anyone else. I mean, very few people will thank anyone for their time in a store like that, you know, but he did. He thanked me for his time.
Mr. Liebeler. Isn't it a fact that a newspaper reporter came into your store one day and talked to you about this?
Mrs. Whitworth. A lady.
Mr. Liebeler. When was that?