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. Did your children discuss Lee in your presence?
Mrs. MURRET. Did they discuss Lee?
Mr. JENNER. Yes. What did your children think of Lee?
Mrs. MURRET. They loved Lee, I think. He was in my home, and he acted
like any other boy would act, no different, as far as that goes. I
didn't have television then, so he would eat dinner and then listen
to the radio and go to bed, and get up the next morning and do the
same things. Actually, the children didn't have much contact with him,
because he wouldn't go out and play at all. They really loved him a
lot, though. They have always loved him.
Mr. JENNER. Then eventually they went to Texas; is that right?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Now, was that in the fall of 1956?
Mrs. MURRET. I think so; yes.
Mr. JENNER. They left New Orleans and went to Texas in 1956; right?
Mrs. MURRET. That's right. That's when he joined the Marines. I don't
know what that date is, but I know he joined the Marines after they
left.
Mr. JENNER. Your sister didn't tell you and Lee didn't tell you that
they were about to move to Texas?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, I think that's about the time that Robert came
in, because the next thing she said was that Robert didn't want to
stay here. He didn't want to make his home here, he said. He said
New Orleans was not his home, but that his friends were in Texas, so
I don't know if Robert left first, or if they all left together. In
fact, I didn't know she was leaving until she rang up one day--she had
a sewing machine that belonged to us, a portable sewing machine that
we had loaned her, and she called one day and said she was already
packed and ready to go to the train station, or whatever it was the
way she was going, and all she said was, "We're leaving; come get your
machine." We never did get the machine. When we went up there, the
place was locked up, and we never did get it back.
Mr. JENNER. This was a portable electric sewing machine?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; she told us she was leaving right then, and to come
and get it. She said she would leave it there in the house or something
like that, or it's in the house or something, and that was it. Like I
said, when we got over there the place was locked up and we didn't get
the machine back. She had some furniture that belonged to her there, I
think, so I don't know whether she took anything with her besides her
clothing or not; but she left.
Mr. JENNER. And where was this she called you from, do you know?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, they were over on Exchange Place at that time.
Mr. JENNER. Exchange?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you go right over there to get the machine?
Mrs. MURRET. No; I didn't. When we did go over the place was all locked
up.
Mr. JENNER. So then that was the circumstance, as you knew it, after
Robert got out of the service?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; and came to New Orleans. She thought he might live
here and work and help support the family.
Mr. JENNER. But he didn't like New Orleans?
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