They took Lee from me in the courtroom, two men, officers, presumably. Then I went into another office and here was Lee. Lee was wearing his brother's Marine ring, just an ornament ring. They gave me Lee's ring and the things he had in his pocket, and told me that Lee was going to be at this home, which I think the name was the Warwick Home for Boys. And gave me a slip of paper and told me when I could visit Lee. And that was all I knew at this particular time. The child was immediately taken, and I was told to visit the child. Now, I believe it was--this home was in Brooklyn. I may have the name wrong. It was an old, old home in Brooklyn. So I went to visit my son. And I hope some day to rectify this, because I think conditions of this kind in our United States of America are deplorable. And I want that to go down in the record. Mr. RANKIN. Did they tell you why he was taken to this home, your son? Mrs. OSWALD. For truancy, yes, sir. So I had to stand single file approximately a block and a half, sir, with Puerto Ricans and Negroes and everything, and people of my class, single file, until we got to the main part of this building, which had a wire, a very heavy wire, partition wire, a man sitting back of the desk, but a man in the front of the gate that let me in. I had packages of gum and some candy for my son. And I sat down there. And the gum wrappers were taken off the gum, and the candy wrappers were taken off. And my pocketbook was emptied. Yes, sir, and I asked why. It was because the children in this home were such criminals, dope fiends, and had been in criminal offenses, that anybody entering this home had to be searched in case the parents were bringing cigarettes or narcotics or anything. So that is why I was searched. So I was escorted into a large room, where there were parents talking with their children. And Lee came out. He started to cry. He said, "Mother, I want to get out of here. There are children in here who have killed people, and smoke. I want to get out." So then I realized--I had not realized until I went there what kind of place we had my child in. We don't have these kinds of places in Texas or New Orleans, sir. Then I realized what a serious thing this was. And this is when I decided I needed an attorney. But Lee, I think, was approximately in that home--I am not sure--5 or 6 weeks, which accounts for his truancy that the papers say that Lee was a truant, that he was out of school so long. It is because he was in this home, sir. That accounts for a lot of the truancy. Mr. RANKIN. Did you talk to him about his truancy, say anything to him about it, or ask him about it, how he happened to stay out of school? Mrs. OSWALD. Yes, sir, I asked Lee. Well, this comes in another part. Mr. RANKIN. All right. Mrs. OSWALD. So I left my son that day, and I think I visited him a couple of times after that. I am not quite sure.