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
I told her, "Well, I've already rented the apartment to this young
couple," and she said, "I want to keep my apartment," and I said, "But,
Margie, I have rented the apartment already, and you even sold them
some furniture," and she said, "Well, they can have the furniture," but
she said, "Just tell them you can't let them have the apartment; that I
have got to keep it."
Well, that was how we sort of fell out, was over this deal. I told her,
I said, "Margie, I just can't do that." To tell you the truth, the way
Lee was acting up and all--he was very noisy, I didn't particularly
want to do it. I knew, in the first place, that the girl simply
couldn't afford it, and it would be just a matter of months until she
would be behind in her rent and everything. I think she was already
about a month in arrears on the rent, and I just figured it would be
better if I didn't give her the apartment back, so I told her that I
couldn't do it, because I had already rented it to this couple. I knew
that, even if she could pay the rent for that month, it would be just a
matter of time until she couldn't make it, and she would be struggling
all the time and trying to make it, and it would maybe be more hard
feelings if I let it go on that way, so I decided that it would be
better to let it go the way it was going. It seemed to be the best way
out of it. I thought we would be better friends maybe if they would go
ahead and move now, rather than later, so I told her, I said, "Margie,
if you want, you can move next door, and it will be a little cheaper,"
and so, they did move next door. Now, I had told her that I was going
to fix up that little apartment she had occupied, just to sort of let
her down easy--you know, have it painted, and so forth, so she went
ahead and moved next door for a while.
Mr. JENNER. Was that 1452 St. Mary; this place next door?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; right next door. You see--I think I have skipped
something. I told her that I wanted to get the apartment that she had
been in fixed up, and that's how I talked her into taking the place
next door, but then she started complaining and saying I was charging
her too much rent for this place next door, and I wasn't getting the
apartment fixed up that she had been in, and in the meantime Lee had
gotten to the point where he was noisier and more determined with his
mother, and it was getting a little unbearable.
Mr. JENNER. What do you mean, he was getting "more determined?" In what
respects was he more determined?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, he would yell, "Maw, come and fix my supper," and he
had a loud voice, and I could hear him more and more up there, and it
got to be quite disturbing, actually. It seemed to be a situation that
was getting worse all the time; so I thought maybe it would be better
if I didn't have them around; so, since the apartment wasn't fixed up
anyway, and she wasn't very happy next door, she up and moved, and
that's when she went to Exchange Alley.
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