Mr. Rea. Well, yes; and I realized it at that time. Of course, now, you’d look around and people were crying, some of them were crying. He didn’t shed a tear, that I saw. Other people were staring at the floor, but this guy had an ashen, pale look that, you know, like he was in a state of shock.
Mr. Hubert. And you noticed it then?
Mr. Rea. Yes; I did.
Mr. Hubert. Well, of course afterwards, I suppose, when he became more closely connected with the matter, your recollection went back to that mental image?
Mr. Rea. That’s right. I was just getting out of church when this happened. I didn’t watch it on television, so when we came out we tuned in the radio or right away turned it on and all this big bedlam was going on, that Oswald had been shot, and so within 5 minutes I was home, and within another 5 minutes this Georgia Mayor who also lives in Lancaster called, called over, and we discussed it at that time.
Mr. Hubert. You mean you discussed your former recollection that he seemed to be more shocked than anyone else?
Mr. Rea. Oh, yes; or the sort of strange look that he had, and like I said—also—whether that’s the normal thing for him under similar circumstances, I don’t know.
Mr. Hubert. Did he talk to you about closing the club at any time on that day?
Mr. Rea. I never one time talked to him. I had no conversation with him.
Mr. Hubert. Did he make any comment about the shooting of the officer?