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. So she said, "Myrtle, bring him over, and I'll see you in
about 10 minutes," and I said, "We'll come up and see it," so we got
in the car and went up and looked at it, but it wasn't too impressive.
It was an upper, and they had no laundry facilities, or anything. They
did have a little spare room that he could have made into a nursery for
the baby, but Lee wasn't satisfied with it after we looked at it. He
told me that he would rather get something on the first floor, and with
laundry facilities, having the baby and all, so I said, "Well, come on,
Lee; I don't know anybody that will take children," I said, "but we
will just ride up and down the streets and see what we can find." So
we rode in and out and all around Baronne and Napoleon and Louisiana
Avenue, and Carondelet, you know, just weaving in and out the streets,
and looking for any signs of apartments for rent, so we finally rode
down Magazine Street, and I said, "You might as well get as close to
your work as possible if you are going to get an apartment."
Mr. JENNER. Had you learned in the meantime that he had a job with the
Reily Coffee Co.?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes. He told me that he had just got a job with the Reily
Coffee Co., and that he wanted his wife to come over here. In fact, he
was going to phone her to come over that Saturday, I believe he said.
Mr. JENNER. Did he say what kind of job he had with Reily?
Mrs. EVANS. No; he just told me he was going to work for the Reily
Coffee Co., and that he had been staying at Lillian's, and that he was
anxious for his wife to come to New Orleans, and he said a friend was
going to drive her over here; so we were coming down Magazine Street,
and all of a sudden he said, "Oh, there's a sign," and I said, "Good,"
so I pulled up around the corner, and we got out and read the sign,
and then we went up and rang the doorbell, and they showed us two
apartments, and this one apartment was very good for the money.
It was really the most for your money, I'd say, so I said, "Lee," I
said, "this is a very nice apartment for the money; you can't afford
too much," and I said, "This is the best you can do," and I said, "If
I were you, I would take it," and it had a living room that was a
tremendous room.
Mr. JENNER. Larger than this room?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, no; not quite that wide, but really long, and they
had a bedroom here, and a kitchen that went this way, in other words,
and it had a front screened porch, and a yard, and the yard was long,
and it had a Page fence.
Mr. JENNER. What kind of fence was that?
Mrs. EVANS. A Page fence--an iron fence, like they use around New
Orleans. You may call them storm fences, but down here they call them
Page fences.
Mr. JENNER. Can you see through them?
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