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 you people as well would regard that as a substantial
income; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. We people?
Mr. JENNER. Yes, the Murret family.
Mrs. MURRET. My family?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir; we would think we were millionaires if we had
that much money, but still I think we always did a lot with our money.
Our main reason was for our family. That's why my husband wanted to
educate his children. That was his main reason, because he knew how
tough it is in the outside world, so he wanted them at least to have
that much. Of course, these are children who liked to go to school and
who liked to study. You take this girl out there, she is studying all
the time.
Mr. JENNER. You mean your daughter who is outside waiting for you now?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes, sir; she is still studying, and Gene he is still
studying. Like I said before, we all worked together to see that
everybody got his chance. John was a top athlete in school, and then he
went to St. Louis U.
Mr. JENNER. St. Louis?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; he was one of the few boys that ever got a
scholarship to St. Louis U. for basketball, but he only went there for
about a year, and they wanted him to play at Loyola, and they kept
after him when he came here on a visit, so he left St. Louis and went
to Loyola.
Mr. JENNER. Loyola of Chicago?
Mrs. MURRET. No; Loyola of New Orleans.
Mr. JENNER. I see.
Mrs. MURRET. St. Louis University, the coach there wouldn't let him
play baseball, and baseball was his love. He was a very good basketball
player too, but he loved to play ball. He even played with the St.
Louis Cardinals on a farm team, but he saw he would never really get
anywhere as an outfielder, so he quit.
Mr. JENNER. But he was good enough to play on one of the St. Louis
Cardinals farm teams; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes. He was a good athlete. He was good at ball, baseball
and basketball, and in fact, he went to Murray, Ky. He was one of the
boys selected from the South. They had a North and South game, and he
was selected from the southern section. It was an all-star game of some
kind. He just won a trip to Rome with the Swift Co.
Mr. JENNER. He works for the Swift Co. now?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes. He and his wife are leaving this Saturday.
Mr. JENNER. How nice.
Mrs. MURRET. He earned it. I mean, he didn't win it; he earned it.
Mr. JENNER. Now, you say that while Marguerite was in Covington with
the three boys in the summer of 1946, that Mr. Ekdahl continued in his
travels in connection with his business?
Mrs. MURRET. I assume he did; that's what he said. I don't know.
Mr. JENNER. At least he wasn't there with her and the boys?
Mrs. MURRET. No.
Mr. JENNER. That was your information, that she had her boys at
Covington in the summer of 1946, during vacation, but that her husband
Mr. Ekdahl was not in Covington that summer; is that right?
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