Mr. Pic.

on the scene. And she visited us more often when she was going with him.

Mr. Jenner.

And she brought him with her, did she?

Mr. Pic.

Yes; he had the car.

Mr. Jenner.

By the way, did your mother have an automobile during this period following your stepfather's death?

Mr. Pic.

I don't think so, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

But Mr. Ekdahl did have an automobile?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir; he had a 1938 Buick.

Mr. Jenner.

And your mother visited you more often?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

All right.

Mr. Pic.

And they on weekends took us to Covington. I remember once, it may have been more.

Mr. Jenner.

All right I wanted to ask you about that. While your stepfather was still alive, did you occasionally visit Covington?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir; we did.

Mr. Jenner.

Covington, as I understand it, Covington, La. is sort of a summer resort area, is it not?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir; it is on the it is north of New Orleans on the northern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, and the Murrets used to go to Mandeville, which is about 30 miles closer to New Orleans than Covington was, and we used to visit them back and forth during the summer.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you recall the names of any of those people that you--whose homes you, the sumer resort homes that you rented during the summer period?

Mr. Pic.

To the best of my recollection, sir, we were in cabins at these tourist places. We were never at anybody's home. The Murrets were, I believe, at somebody's home in Mandeville. They had a large house there.

Mr. Jenner.

Does Mrs. Benny C-o-m-m-a-n-c-e, is that name familiar to you?

Mr. Pic.

No, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

At 600 West 24th Street, Covington, familiar to you?

Mr. Pic.

No, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Does the address 311 Vermont stimulate your recollection over in Covington?

Mr. Pic.

No, sir; if it was this time period it doesn't. That may have been the street we lived on when we went there in 1946, I don't know.

Mr. Jenner.

All right. I ask you to relate the circumstances respecting Mr. Ekdahl.

Mr. Pic.

Well, in June 1944, we were removed from Bethlehem, and--

Mr. Jenner.

Did you know about that in advance? Were you aware you were going to be removed and why?

Mr. Pic.

I don't remember how much in advance we knew this. We knew maybe a couple of weeks ahead of time.

Mr. Jenner.

Or maybe the more important thing is why were you being removed from Bethlehem? What were the circumstances of bringing that about?

Mr. Pic.

Well, she was marrying Mr. Ekdahl, and if you had two parents they wouldn't allow you to stay at Bethlehem.

Mr. Jenner.

She was not yet married to him?

Mr. Pic.

No, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Didn't marry him until the 5th of March 1945?

Mr. Pic.

That is about right, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

So you were removed in June or May 1944, and the record shows in June. Describe Mr. Ekdahl, please, to the extent you now have a recollection?

Mr. Pic.

He was--

Mr. Jenner.

Who was he? Who did you understand he was?

Mr. Pic.

He was an electrical engineer. His home was in Boston, Mass., somewhere around there. He was described to us as a Yankee, of course. Rather tall, I think he was over 6 feet. He had white hair, wore glasses, very nice man.

Mr. Jenner.

Very nice man. I take it he was older than your mother?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir; he appeared to be somewhat older, quite a bit.