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. You do have a recollection, however, of living in a house
on Bartholomew?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Do you happen to remember, you don't remember now the exact
address?
Mr. PIC. No, sir.
Mr. JENNER. It was at 1010 Bartholomew. Did you live in the 1010
Bartholomew house?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Was it before or during, or when was it with respect to
when you and Robert entered the Bethlehem Orphanage?
Mr. PIC. We was living there when I went to Washington.
Mr. JENNER. George Washington Elementary School at 3810 St. Cloud?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. Our records show your mother purchased the 1010 Bartholomew
property in March of 1941, March 9 to be exact.
Mr. PIC. When I was at Infant Jesus College, I couldn't very well
remember that Congress Street because I probably--we wasn't living
there.
Mr. JENNER. You weren't living----
Mr. PIC. At home.
Mr. JENNER. No.
Mr. PIC. So, I am afraid I can't remember that Congress Street address.
I remember a green house.
Mr. JENNER. A green house.
Mr. PIC. Yes; that is about the best I can do.
Mr. JENNER. In any event it was a house different from or other than
the 2109 Alvar?
Mr. PIC. That is correct, sir.
Mr. JENNER. In which you were living at the time of the death of your
stepfather?
Mr. PIC. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. That is good enough. You remember being with your brother
Robert in the Bethlehem Orphanage?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir.
Mr. JENNER. And your initial utterance voluntarily was that you entered
there in 1942.
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; it was right after the war.
Mr. JENNER. The records show that it was in the month of January
1942. You were then 10 years old so you might have some reasonable
recollection of it. Tell us the circumstances and what you understand
about it.
Mr. PIC. Well, while we lived on this Bartholomew Street my mother
opened in the front room a little store called Oswald's Notion Shop. I
think she sold spools of thread and needles and things like this.
Mr. JENNER. Did she sell any sweets or candy for children?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; I remember we used to go in there and swipe it.
Mr. JENNER. Was your mother working at that time other than managing or
operating this little notions and sweet shop?
Mr. PIC. Not that I remember, sir.
Mr. JENNER. And it was in a segment of the home at 1010 Bartholomew?
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; it was the very front room.
Mr. JENNER. And you boys were then attending school where?
Mr. PIC. Washington.
Mr. JENNER. When I say you boys, it is your brother Robert and yourself.
Mr. PIC. Yes, sir; I am sure Robert was attending school then. It was
Washington.
Mr. JENNER. Yes. Your brother Robert entered grammar school on
September 8, 1938. That was William Frantz so he was of school age at
the time we are talking about.
Describe that little house to us on Bartholomew. Was it a new house?
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