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
Mrs. MURRET. That's right. He said all his friends were in Texas, and
he wanted to move over there.
Mr. JENNER. He said he wanted to live in Texas where his friends were?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; that's what he said. He said Texas was his home, not
New Orleans.
Mr. JENNER. And so they moved to Texas?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; and shortly after that--I forget when--but Robert
married, and I didn't even know he was married.
Mr. JENNER. You didn't even know that?
Mrs. MURRET. No.
Mr. JENNER. What kind of boy was Robert?
Mrs. MURRET. I don't know too much about Robert. After they moved away,
I didn't know too much about Robert, and I didn't know John too well
either. There's one thing. Robert and John, they never recognized one
another as brothers.
Mr. JENNER. Tell me about that.
Mrs. MURRET. They were stepbrothers, but having lived together from
real small children, you would think that they would love one another
as brothers, you know. You would think being small children, they would
accept each other as brothers and wouldn't think anything about being
halfbrothers or stepbrothers.
Mr. JENNER. Except they had two different names, Pic and Oswald; right?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; that's right.
Mr. JENNER. Tell me this, Mrs. Murret: do you think that the fact that
your sister Marguerite insisted on John Edward Pic retaining his Pic
name despite the fact that her husband Oswald wanted to adopt him,
contributed to that feeling between the two boys?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, I don't think, because John was 2 years old when she
married Oswald, and then Robert was born a few years after that, so I
don't think that would bring that about, but that's what she told me,
that Oswald wanted to adopt John, and she said, "No; John has a father,
and his name is Pic, and let's leave it at Pic and let the father
contribute to him."
Mr. JENNER. Well, perhaps I didn't frame my question right. You were
under the impression that the boys were conscious of the difference in
the name Pic as against Oswald, weren't you?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And you do recall that each regarded the other as his
brother; isn't that right?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, I think Lee loved Robert a lot, but maybe he wasn't
too fond of John. In a different way maybe he didn't love John as much
as he did Robert. That's just what I think.
Mr. JENNER. How did John and Robert get along?
Mrs. MURRET. I don't know. I was never in their presence too much at
that age. I kept them when Mrs. Oswald gave birth to Lee, but they were
little then, you know, and they seemed to be getting along all right. I
had them for about a week, and I remember sitting outside and they were
saying that it had better not be a girl. "Because we don't want any
girls in this family."
Mr. JENNER. Oh well, that was boy talk, was it not?
Mrs. MURRET. Oh, yes; but they did say, "It had better not be a girl."
Mr. JENNER. When did you first become aware that Lee had entered the
Marines?
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