Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) — John Shaqi
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. JENNER. It was rented by Dr. Mancuso the day you moved out, and
ultimately your mother regained possession in January 1944, and he then
purchased that house substantially contemporaneously, in January of
1944.
Mr. PIC. Can I ask you a question?
Mr. JENNER. Yes, sir.
Mr. PIC. Being Mr. Oswald was in the insurance business, and being I
was rather young, how did he leave her, I have no idea.
Mr. JENNER. Well, I will answer that question. You tell me what you
thought at the time and what your impression now is.
Mr. PIC. Well, he didn't leave her much is what I was told.
Mr. JENNER. Was that the feeling you had at the time?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Well, he did leave a small insurance policy, and the house
on Alvar, on the corner of Alvar and Galvez, which was being purchased
under contract, and that is about all.
I take it, it is your recollection, Sergeant, that when you and your
mother and Robert and Lee, who was then an infant child, just a few
months old, left the house on 2109 Alvar you entered some institution.
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. And what is your recollection of that institution?
Mr. PIC. I believe it was in Gretna, La.
Mr. JENNER. Spell that for the reporter.
Mr. PIC. G-r-e-t-n-a, a whole bunch of little towns right across the
river from New Orleans, West Wego, and a couple of others, that was one
of these, I think it was Gretna, it might be in one of that group.
Mr. JENNER. Yes.
Mr. PIC. And the name of the school was Infant Jesus College and it was
a Catholic school, sir. And us not being Catholics they lowered the
boom on us.
Mr. JENNER. That would be you and your brother?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. And you were at that time just about 8 years old. Was it
before your 8th birthday or what?
Mr. PIC. I wouldn't remember that, sir.
Mr. JENNER. It was in 1940, however?
Mr. PIC. I thought it was in the end of 1939. It is either the end of
1939 or early 1940.
Mr. JENNER. Is it your recollection that----
Mr. PIC. We were still living on Alvez and Galvez when we went to that
school.
Mr. JENNER. All right. That is what I wanted to straighten out.
Your mother put you and Robert in the Catholic boarding school before
the family actually moved out of the 2109 Alvar home?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. All right. How long were you boys at that Catholic
institution?
Mr. PIC. My best recollection is that it was to the end of the school
year, 1940.
Mr. JENNER. That would be the summer of 1940?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. All right. Your mother was not working at that time, was
she?
Mr. PIC. As far as I know; no, sir.
Mr. JENNER. What is your recollection as to why you were placed in that
institution inasmuch as your mother was not working, and at that time
you were still living or she was, with Lee at 2109 Alvar?
Mr. PIC. My impression then, sir; I don't know, I can give you my
impressions now----
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