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
Mr. JENNER. Would you elaborate now a little more on this personality
characteristic that we have discussed? I am interested in that.
Mrs. MURRET. Well, she went to live in Carrollton, which is in the City
Park section, in Carrollton.
Mr. JENNER. Would you spell that for me, please?
Mrs. MURRET. C-a-r-r-o-l-l-t-o-n.
Mr. JENNER. Carrollton?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. You will have to forgive my midwest accent, which differs
from yours.
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; my southern drawl.
Mr. JENNER. Well, I wouldn't call it a southern drawl. You have a
distinct Louisiana accent. It's different. The Louisiana accent is not
a lazy sort of thing. It has a reasonable sharpness of enunciation
which you don't find, say, in Mississippi and some parts of Louisiana.
I just came from Dallas, and they pronounce words with a drawl that's
as long as your arm.
I happen to be a midwesterner myself, so my accent is hard, I mean,
with a sharp enunciation.
Mrs. MURRET. Well, during that time she was suing Eddie for a divorce.
Mr. JENNER. Now, was she working at that time?
Mrs. MURRET. No; she was not working then.
Mr. JENNER. How was she being supported?
Mrs. MURRET. Eddie was supporting her.
Mr. JENNER. Even though they were separated, he was supporting her?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, I don't know now if he was supporting her by that
time or not, but I know during the course of the divorce he had to
pay Marguerite alimony, and he contributed a very fair amount, and he
contributed a very good amount to John Edward, which he received until
he was 18 years old.
Mr. JENNER. Well, that was pursuant to a decree of the court, I suppose.
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; of course, during that time, when John was about 2
years old, she married Mr. Oswald.
Mr. JENNER. I will get to that in a minute.
Mrs. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you have the feeling that this experience with Edward
Pic embittered her?
Mrs. MURRET. I really couldn't say. I don't think so, though. She
seemed to be pretty happy with Mr. Oswald.
Mr. JENNER. Before we get to Oswald now, did she complain or did she
show any reaction from the divorce or anything, or was she getting
along all right on what he was giving her and what he was giving John?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, she was getting along on what she was getting from
him for herself and John, I think, and she would come over to our home.
We lived on Dumaine Street at that time, but very near there, and I
would give her all the help I could, and they would come over to dinner
and things, but then I remember one time when John was sick, when he
was a baby, he had this ear infection and she sent for Eddie. She said
she was getting tired of staying up all night long, and for him to come
over and stay a while, and he did.
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