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. And he stayed with you until about the time that Marguerite
married Mr. Ekdahl; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. Around that time, or a little before. She might have taken
him a little bit before, a few months before she married Ekdahl. I
don't recall exactly how that was now.
Mr. JENNER. She married Ekdahl in 1948; so at that time Lee would have
been 9 years old; isn't that right?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; that's right. Well, then I didn't have Lee that long;
not from 3 years old. He wasn't with me all that time.
Mr. JENNER. How long do you think it was that you had Lee in your home
on that occasion?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, I might have had Lee about 2 years.
Mr. JENNER. Would that have been from 1942 to 1943, or 1944; somewhere
in there?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes sir.
Mr. JENNER. He was 3 years old when he came with you; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. What's that?
Mr. JENNER. He was 3 years old?
Mrs. MURRET. About 3; yes.
Mr. JENNER. When he came with you?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. How old was he when he left?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, he was about 5 or pretty near that age, when he left
me.
Mr. JENNER. Well, that keys in with this information I have. When he
was about 5 years old, did he join his brothers out at the Bethlehem
orphanage?
Mrs. MURRET. He did. He was out there for a while.
Mr. JENNER. Did he come from your home to the orphanage?
Mrs. MURRET. I really don't know that.
Mr. JENNER. I thought there might have been some incident as to why he
was placed in the orphanage with his two brothers.
Mrs. MURRET. Well, the incident could have been--I don't know if it was
that or not, but maybe it was just that I couldn't take care of him any
more, or something like that; I don't know.
Mr. JENNER. You don't have any clear recollection on that score?
Mrs. MURRET. No; I don't.
Mr. JENNER. But you do have a sufficient recollection that he was about
5 years old?
Mrs. MURRET. About; yes.
Mr. JENNER. When he left your home?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And you do remember Lee being lodged at the Bethlehem
orphanage home with his two brothers, do you?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you visit the boys out there at any time?
Mrs. MURRET. I visited out there with Marguerite.
Mr. JENNER. And that was on what; a weekend?
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