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. Lee then would have been about 2-1/2 years old, is that
right?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. A little more than that?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes. She said she just couldn't take it any longer.
Mr. JENNER. Tell me as best you can what Mrs. Roach recalled in that
conversation with you.
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Well, she said he wouldn't listen, and he was bad. She
said he had a little toy gun, and he threw it at her and broke the
chandelier in the bedroom, and things like that.
Mr. JENNER. Of course, at that age he wouldn't know whether it was a
gun or not, or what a gun was, would he?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. No, but you know, she said it was just a little toy
gun, but he threw it at her when he got mad, and she had an awful time
with him.
Mr. JENNER. She thought he exhibited fits of temper?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes. She said he was a, I mean, a bad child; that's
what she said.
Mr. JENNER. Did she say anything about the other two boys.
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. No, she didn't. In fact, I didn't even know about the
other boys until the man told me who he was. I didn't know she had
other boys.
Mr. JENNER. That man who told you that, was he from the FBI or the
Secret Service?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes; he came out three times to see me.
Mr. JENNER. When you moved into that home, what was the reputation in
the neighborhood or community with respect to Mrs. Oswald?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Well, nobody ever talked about her. You know, neighbors
sort of keep to themselves. I mean, that's a neighborhood that whoever
moves in they keep to themselves. They don't make up to you too
quickly, I mean.
Mr. JENNER. But as far as the general reputation is concerned, what was
her reputation for truth and veracity, for example?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Well, they have never spoken about that, at least to
me, I mean, the neighbors.
Mr. JENNER. You never heard anything bad about her?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. No, I never did, and as far as her being a good mother
to her children, well, I have never heard anything other than good. I
have never heard anything spoken about her.
Mr. JENNER. When her son Lee was 2-1/2 years old, was she working at
that time?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. I think she was.
Mr. JENNER. Is that why she had to have a babysitter.
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes; that's why she had had the babysitter. I mean, the
lady that could tell you all about that, she's dead--Mrs. Roach. She's
deceased. She could have told you a lot more about all that.
Mr. JENNER. What did you learn as to how long she had been living there?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Well, I don't know how long she had been living there
when I moved in.
Mr. JENNER. Where is 831 Pauline Street with respect to 1012
Bartholomew?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. That would be about 4 blocks, I would say, from where I
live.
Mr. JENNER. From 1012 Bartholomew to where you live would be about 4
blocks?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you learn that she lived at one time at 1010
Bartholomew?
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