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. LIEBELER. You are a science teacher?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Where were you when you heard about the assassination?
Miss MURRET. At Juno.
Mr. LIEBELER. In school?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. When did you hear that Lee had been arrested in
connection with it?
Miss MURRET. After I came home one evening, because when I heard it, I
was eating lunch, and a little boy in my class came over and told me
that he had been shot. So they all had their radios on, and I ran over
back to the class, and I listened to it. And I remember the first part,
where they said that there was a lady and a man, and they said that
they had somebody else, 30 years old, and I didn't even hear at that
time anything of having Lee at all, until I got back home. I think that
was because I had left school about 3:30, or maybe a little earlier,
and up until that time I don't think they had had something about Lee
because it was only a lady and a man, and some other man that they
thought was a foreigner.
Mr. LIEBELER. Were you surprised when you heard that Lee had been
arrested in connection with the assassination?
Miss MURRET. Slightly!
Mr. LIEBELER. In fact, you were very surprised?
Miss MURRET. Of course.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you believe that he could have done it?
Miss MURRET. No, no.
Mr. LIEBELER. And you didn't believe he could have done it, based on
your knowledge of him and your association with him?
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. And you didn't think that he was motivated to do a thing
like that, or capable of it, either one?
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. And you have been thinking about it, I am sure, since
this assassination, and searching your mind for any possible motive
that Oswald might have had for doing this, assuming that he did do it,
have you not?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Have you come up with anything?
Miss MURRET. Well, so many theories have been expounded, if he did,
and I don't really know why, but I don't think, as some people said,
because he was jealous of Kennedy and all that Kennedy stood for. I
don't think it would have been that. I don't know what he would gain by
killing the President when somebody else could take over the Government
just as effectively--I mean with our governmental system. So, if he did
it, it would--I don't know, unless it was to discredit America in the
eyes of the world.
Mr. LIEBELER. And you can't think of anything, that is, any personal
motive that he might have had?
Miss MURRET. No. You mean envy, or something, or desire to----
Mr. LIEBELER. For self-aggrandizement to draw attention to himself?
Miss MURRET. No; and most people have that opinion. I don't think so.
Mr. LIEBELER. He never struck you as being that way?
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. LIEBELER. He struck you as being just the ordinary, normal human
being?
Miss MURRET. He struck me as being perfectly content with being the way
he was.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did he tell you what kind of job he had with the coffee
company?
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