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. MURRET. Oh, yes; I didn't want to run head-on into anything like
that. For that reason I always did pretend like everything was all
right, but I never did think a house was big enough for two families,
to that extent.
Mr. JENNER. Did there come a time then when they left New Orleans?
Mr. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Where did they go?
Mr. MURRET. I don't know.
Mr. JENNER. To Texas?
Mr. MURRET. I imagine so, but I don't know where they went.
Mr. JENNER. But they did leave your house?
Mr. MURRET. Yes; they sure did.
Mr. JENNER. And you didn't hear from them for a while, is that right?
Mr. MURRET. Well, my wife might have heard from them, and she might
even have told me, but I didn't take any interest in that after they
left.
Mr. JENNER. You just didn't follow that?
Mr. MURRET. No.
Mr. JENNER. Did there come a time, along in 1954, in the winter of
1954, about January or something like that, that they returned to New
Orleans? Do you remember that?
Mr. MURRET. I don't remember what year it was, but they came back to
New Orleans.
Mr. JENNER. They did come back to New Orleans; you remember that?
Mr. MURRET. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Lee was a young man then--a teenager, is that correct, sir?
Mr. MURRET. That's right.
Mr. JENNER. And 13, 14 years old?
Mr. MURRET. About that, I guess.
Mr. JENNER. Do you remember him being about that age when they returned
to New Orleans?
Mr. MURRET. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And he started high school here, I believe, is that right,
or do you know?
Mr. MURRET. Yes; I think so. I mean, I can't fix the year and all those
details, but they did come back here, and he went to high school.
Mr. JENNER. What do you remember about him as to his personality when
he returned?
Mr. MURRET. Well, couldn't remember the first one, to compare it to the
second time. I mean, I couldn't say he actually changed in any certain
way, because I couldn't remember how he was the first time.
Mr. JENNER. They lived with you for awhile when they returned to New
Orleans, didn't they?
Mr. MURRET. I don't remember.
Mr. JENNER. You don't remember that?
Mr. MURRET. No.
Mr. JENNER. Do you remember, or were you conscious of the fact, that
they were living in New York City before they returned to New Orleans
on that occasion?
Mr. MURRET. Well, I couldn't swear to that, but judging from what the
wife said, I mean, that's probably what happened. She had told me that
they were in New York; I remember that.
Mr. JENNER. Do you remember when they returned here from New York that
they lived over on St. Mary Street, or Exchange Alley?
Mr. MURRET. I remember Exchange Alley. I remember 1 day in particular,
and I think it was on carnival, or somewhere in the carnival season. I
don't know the date any more. They went back to Texas from there.
Mr. JENNER. At any rate you remember that they left and went to Texas,
right?
Mr. MURRET. Let me put it this way. I think they did, but I lost
contact with them.
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