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. Were they married here in New Orleans, or were they married
in Texas?
Mrs. MURRET. I imagine they were married in Texas. Mr. Ekdahl was a
divorced man. I guess he was a divorced man. He had to be. I don't
know, but I don't think he could get married without being divorced. He
had a son.
Mr. JENNER. Yes; I know he did, and his people were Boston people, were
they not?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes. I know she met his sister. It was her, his sister,
that sort of persuaded her that she ought to go ahead and marry him.
She went up to see them, I think.
Mr. JENNER. In Boston?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. You think his sister influenced her a lot?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; I think so.
Mr. JENNER. But she was somewhat disappointed in Mr. Ekdahl insofar as
his handling of the family funds was concerned; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, I imagine she was.
Mr. JENNER. Well, I don't want you to imagine. What impression did you
get from what she said to you?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, she just said that she thought things would be
different, that since he was a high-salaried man, she didn't think she
would have the kind of life she was living, like pinching pennies, and
having to ask him for everything that she wanted. I think she was under
the impression that he would give her so much, or I don't know anything
about the amounts, you know, but that's what I gathered from what she
told me.
Mr. JENNER. All right. Now, I think you said that he did not assume
responsibility for any of the three children; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. That's what she said.
Mr. JENNER. And she told you when she placed her two boys, John and
Robert, in the military school, what was the name of that?
Mrs. MURRET. Chamberlin-Hunt Academy.
Mr. JENNER. That she was assuming the responsibility of paying their
way?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; she did. She always had a lot of character. That I
can say about her, you know, for a woman alone. She would have never
done anything she wasn't supposed to do, even though she was in dire
circumstances, and so forth, but one thing would come on like that, and
she would just act up very quickly, like I told you, if she didn't like
something happening or something you did or said, something like that.
Of course, there are always two sides to every story, and I don't know
the other side. I only know one side.
Mr. JENNER. Would you say that Lee lived with you from about 1939 to
1941?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; I guess it was along in there. It's hard to remember
those dates exactly, that's been so long ago.
Mr. JENNER. Did he live at any time at 1010 Bartholomew Street in New
Orleans?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; they did. That's the house I was trying to recollect
that she bought, I think, after she left this Alvar Street residence.
She bought this house on Bartholomew.
Mr. JENNER. And she lived there about a year; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. I don't know how long she lived there.
Mr. JENNER. Do you recall her living at 2136 Broadway in New Orleans?
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