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. EVANS. Well, I couldn't give you too much about the child, because
I didn't know him too much. He seemed just like a normal boy. I mean,
he didn't seem to be any different than his brothers, as far as that
goes, but the way he kept to himself just wasn't normal, I don't think.
I guess that's why they called him a loner, because he was alone so
much. He didn't seem to want to be with any other children. Now, when
she was over in Covington in the summer months, she would be there the
full 3 months, I think, and they seemed to be a very happy family. They
would go swimming and eat watermelon, and they had a couple of dogs, I
think, in the backyard, and they would just have a good time. I would
say they were really a happy family in those days.
Mr. JENNER. They were a happy family?
Mrs. EVANS. As far as I could see, they were very happy, very closely
knit, very much in love with each other, and these boys knew that
their mother was putting them through school, and giving them what
they needed, as best she could. She was a very good provider for her
children, and a very decent woman. I mean, she wasn't a loose woman at
all. She was very decent, a very fine woman.
Mr. JENNER. Well, that squares with everything we have found. I don't
think any mother could do more than she did for them, as far as we have
been able to find out.
Mrs. EVANS. That's right. Nobody could have done any more for their
children than she did, I mean, with what she had to work with. She was
never well off, I mean, financially. She always worked and saved and
made do the best she could.
Mr. JENNER. When she moved to New York City, did you lose touch with
Margie then?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; I lost complete touch with Margie.
Mr. JENNER. Did you hear from her while she was in New York?
Mrs. EVANS. No; I don't think so. She might have written me a postal
card or something, but I don't think so.
Mr. JENNER. Then the first time that you again began seeing her was
when she came back to New Orleans, is that right?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Did you hear from her or hear about her while she was
living in Texas, before she went to New York?
Mrs. EVANS. Oh, yes; like I said, I was over there in Dallas with her
for a week, and I kept pretty well in touch with what she was doing.
For a time she lived--what's the name of that little town?
Mr. JENNER. Do you mean Benbrook?
Mrs. EVANS. It could have been that. Anyway, I heard from her again,
that she was traveling a lot with her husband. She was still living
with Ekdahl then. They were living in hotels and traveling, and Lee was
right with them all the time.
Mr. JENNER. She kept Lee with her on all these trips with Mr. Ekdahl?
Mrs. EVANS. As far as I know, she did, yes.
Mr. JENNER. As far as you know, did she have Lee with her all the time?
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