Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. She was just graduating from the medical school
at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. That
was her last year. And she was late in her studies. She was 28 or 29
years old at that time. So she had missed a couple of years, you see.
And we fell in love with each other and decided to get married.
Mr. JENNER. Tell me about the Sharples family.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. The Sharples family is from Philadelphia,
Philadelphia Quakers. He is in the centrifugal processing business and
also in the oil business. And I had dealings with his nephew for many
years.
Mr. JENNER. What is his name?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Butler, Samuel Butler, Jr. He runs the oil end
of Mr. Sharples' operations. And they had a small interest in Rangely
Field. That is how I got acquainted with Mr. Butler.
So we knew about each other before--my wife's father, and so on and
so forth--and--the daughter asked his advice, whether she should
marry such an adventurous character like me, and the father said, all
right--obviously had sufficient good information from Butler about me.
Butler was my best man at the wedding.
Mr. JENNER. Best man at your wedding to Miss Sharples?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; Sam Butler.
There were several ushers. He was one of the ushers. I don't remember
who was the best man. My brother was the best man. He was one of
ushers. So we got married.
Mr. JENNER. Was the Sharples family wealthy?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Very wealthy.
Mr. JENNER. Socially prominent?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Socially prominent. But not too interested
in society, because they are Quakers, you know. But my wife is
interested----
Mr. JENNER. She has a nickname?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; Didi.
Mr. JENNER. Some of the people apparently--voluntarily--they know her
with that nickname--Didi.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is right. We got married, I think, after her
graduation immediately in the Unitarian Church in Chestnut Hills.
Mr. JENNER. What is that--a suburb of Philadelphia?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. A suburb of Philadelphia. And she moved to
Dallas, and I moved to Dallas, also, from Abilene, where I used to
live, so she could continue her work in the medical field, and to
take her residence in the hospital in Dallas. She was a resident
physician----
Mr. JENNER. In what hospital?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. In the Baylor Hospital.
Mr. JENNER. Baylor University?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. Was it university connected?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I don't remember. But it is Baylor Hospital, in
Dallas. It is not the same as Baylor University. It is called Baylor
Hospital.
Mr. JENNER. All right.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. And she stayed there as a resident. I worked very
often in my office in Dallas, instead of Abilene, and continued my
partnership with Ed Hooker. But there developed a tremendous animosity
between Ed Hooker's wife and my wife, Didi.
Mr. JENNER. And Ed Hooker's wife was----
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