Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (08 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mrs. MURRET. Oh, yes. You see, she was that way, very quick. She would
do things on the spur of the minute, where maybe somebody else would
think it over before acting. I always think over things to give it a
chance to cool off before I do something, but not Marguerite. When she
left him she didn't get a divorce. She just separated. He got half of
the furniture, and she got half of the furniture, I think.
Mr. JENNER. Before they were divorced?
Mrs. MURRET. Before they were divorced; yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now if I may return a minute, you said she was very quick.
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Would you elaborate on that a little?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; if I can.
Mr. JENNER. I am trying to find out as much as I can about her
personality. Now, when you said she was quick, do I get an inference
from that that she was hasty, or that she was impulsive, or that she
would act without thinking things over?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; she would do that. She was quick in making up her
mind about anything that happened. She made her decisions very fast
without sleeping on them, not like me. I always try to sleep over a
problem if I have to make a decision, because a lot of times I will
have a different outlook on the thing the next day, but not Marguerite.
She would just act right now regardless of the consequences once she
made up her mind. That's what I mean. In other words, when she would
find something that she just didn't like, that was it. She made quick
decisions.
Mr. JENNER. Was this a personality trait that she had as a young girl
as well as a mature lady?
Mrs. MURRET. I don't remember anything like that before she was
married, I mean, as we lived as sisters in the same home; no.
Mr. JENNER. It was after she left the home then, would you say, that
she began to develop that trait, or that you began to detect this quick
acting in her personality?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; I would say so.
Mr. JENNER. And you think she failed to think things over, that she
didn't sleep on them, which was an illustration you gave a few minutes
ago, but that she acted quickly when something happened or when she
needed to reach a decision, is that it?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; that's right.
Mr. JENNER. She failed to sleep on something before she acted; is that
right?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; she was too quick. I would have thought things over
before I did them, but she wouldn't.
Mr. JENNER. In other words, she was impulsive? Would you call it that?
Mrs. MURRET. You can call it that if you like.
Mr. JENNER. Well, I am just trying to shape this up into what you
really knew about Marguerite and about her personality behavior. I
don't mean to put words in your mouth now, and any time that I show a
tendency to do that, it is inadvertent, and if that does happen I want
you to say that that isn't quite the way you meant it.
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. I want you to put it in your own words. Do you understand?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir.
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