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
You know, she felt awful sorry for Lee, because he never knew his
father. He was born after his father died, and he was his baby, and she
always sort of felt sorry for Lee for that reason, I think, and sort
of leaned toward Lee. She felt sorry for Lee because he never knew his
father, I think, just as any mother would.
Mr. JENNER. Now, we have information that from sometime in 1939 to
1941, she resided on Alvar Street in New Orleans; does that square with
your recollection?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, Alvar, that was where she had her home, wasn't it, on
Alvar?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. EVANS. I was told it was in that subdivision.
Mr. JENNER. And do you recall her selling that house?
Mrs. EVANS. No; she told me she sold it, but I wasn't too friendly with
her at the time, and I didn't know anything about that. I was working,
and I didn't play cards then, you see.
She was a friend of a friend of mine actually, that I played cards
with, and I wasn't too friendly with the girl at first, but only
through cards, but at the time I was sorry for her when I first learned
what her husband had done to her, but later on I lost contact with her
all the way up till just about the time she went to Texas, or maybe it
was about a year before she went to Texas. It's hard to recall those
dates, to tell what year this happened and what year that happened.
Mr. JENNER. That would have been around 1945, or 1944, somewhere in
there?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; along in there.
Mr. JENNER. Do you recall her living on Atlantic Avenue in Algiers, La.?
Mrs. EVANS. Atlantic Avenue?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mrs. EVANS. No; I don't.
Mr. JENNER. But you do recall a period when her two older boys, John
and Robert, were in the Bethlehem Orphans School?
Mrs. EVANS. Oh, yes; I went there once with her, in fact.
Mr. JENNER. At that time she was with the Murrets, is that right, Mrs.
Evans?
Mrs. EVANS. That's right.
Mr. JENNER. Then she moved to Texas?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. With her children, of course?
Mrs. EVANS. That's right.
Mr. JENNER. What occurred about that time?
Mrs. EVANS. She married again.
Mr. JENNER. She married, and was that why she moved to Texas?
Mrs. EVANS. That's why. She married a very, very fine man.
Mr. JENNER. Do you recall what his name was?
Mrs. EVANS. You know it; I will give it to you--Ekdahl.
Mr. JENNER. Do you know how to spell that, Ekdahl?
Mrs. EVANS. I don't remember, but I knew her during that period all
right.
Mr. JENNER. Did you become acquainted with him, Mr. Ekdahl?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. What kind of man was he, Mrs. Evans?
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