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. JENNER. In the meantime, you had met your present wife, is that
correct?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; I met her in Dallas. And while we were in
Yugoslavia, we became engaged, and she came to visit me in Yugoslavia
for awhile. But she was actually by profession a designer for a Dallas
firm of I. Clark, and she went to Europe on a business trip for I.
Clark, and while doing so she came and visited me in Yugoslavia for a
couple of weeks.
Mr. JENNER. She was not yet divorced at that time?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I don't think she was divorced. She was getting a
divorce.
Mr. JENNER. Where had you met her? Were you living at the Stoneleigh
Hotel in Dallas?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And she was living there, also?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. She was living there, also. And she had this
separate apartment. I was living on the Maple Terrace. She was living
at the Stoneleigh Hotel.
Mr. JENNER. Was her daughter with her at that time?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; I don't think she was. She came over later.
Mr. JENNER. I mean was her daughter living in Dallas?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; her daughter was living in California.
Mr. JENNER. What was the name of that town?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Where she lived in California?
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Some canyon--Cayuga Canyon. She can tell you
about that.
Mr. JENNER. Now----
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. I met my present wife's ex-husband. His name was
Robert LeGon. We developed a liking for each other. I remember he told
me that he will give his wife a divorce if I promise that I would marry
her. A very charming fellow.
Mr. JENNER. Did you and your present wife live with each other before
you were married?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, we did, for a relatively short time, because
we couldn't make up our minds whether we should get married or not. We
both had experiences in the past. We decided that we would see if we
wanted to be married or not. And we eventually did.
Mr. JENNER. Now, I think you can remember this.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. In the name of God we were married, because I
remember we went on a trip to Mexico and decided that here we are
married--in the name of God, we are married. Then, later on, we put it
in the name of----
Mr. JENNER. You had a civil ceremony?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. After your wife had become divorced from her former
husband? His name was Bogoiavlensky?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; but he changed his name to LeGon.
Mr. JENNER. Can you spell that?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That name was a discovery for me, also. In the
States they used the name of Le Gon.
Mr. JENNER. When you and your wife married--by the way, her given name
is Jeanne, is it not?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. That is right.
Mr. JENNER. When you and she married, did you continue to live at the
Stoneleigh, or did you take up residence somewhere else?
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