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(Testimony of Mrs. Lillian Murret Resumed)
Mr. Jenner.
Who didn't?
Mrs. Murret.
Lee. He told me that the baby was baptized, but in the orthodox religion, and he wanted the baby to be baptized in the Lutheran religion. Marina wanted the baby to be baptized in the Orthodox Church, and she went ahead and did it, and I think that's something he probably resented--not the baptism itself but the church.
Mr. Jenner.
Had this occurred before they came to New Orleans? Had the baby been baptized before that?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes; I think it was in Dallas or Fort Worth. I don't know which.
Mr. Jenner.
Did any other incident arise that you can think of between Marina and Lee that might help the Commission in its investigation?
Mrs. Murret.
Well, his attitude was pretty bad about certain things, like the time he asked her to pass him the catsup. He just said, "Give me that," and she said, "Don't ask it in that manner," and he said, "Well, I'm the Commander around here," but of course I don't think he really meant that the way it sounded.
Mr. Jenner.
You think that was just a passing remark, just a figure of speech?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes; with no meaning. In fact, I didn't think anything about it.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you think that Lee was arrogant?
Mrs. Murret.
No; I didn't think that. I think with a lot of people, it depends on whether they like you or they don't like you, I mean, in the way they act toward you, and with Lee, most people would dislike him because of the fact that he was not a mixer and he did seem to be arrogant, I guess you would call it, but he wasn't. I think it all depends on whether you like a person like that. Me, I don't like a man who yap, yap, yaps all the time. Lee was a person who didn't feel that he ought to say anything unless it was important. Some people thought he had an arrogance about him, I suppose, from the way he carried himself the way he walked, but he just walked very straight all the time. That was his natural walk. Some people passed remarks about Lee's mouth, the way it looked, but that's the way his mouth was, and he couldn't help that, and after you knew him for a while, you didn't pay any attention to that.
Mr. Jenner.
What was there about his mouth that you noticed particularly?
Mrs. Murret.
Well, it sort of set back a little bit--a little different from most people, but it really wasn't that bad. It just looked like he was holding his mouth that way, but he really wasn't. That just the way it was, but a lot of people didn't like him for it. Like that time he ran into this place on Magazine and asked the man there to let him look at television, and the man right away refused to let him, refused to let him turn on the television. He said who did he think he was, and things like that, and he thought Lee was a little smart aleck or something, I guess, but I took it the other way, that here's a kid that doesn't have a television set in his house, and he doesn't have anything to do, and he's alone, and he has come to me thinking I will be nice enough to turn on the television for him, and so I would do it. But I guess all people don't think alike about things like that. A lot of people take that sort of thing the wrong way, I think.
Mr. Jenner.
Now, Mrs. Murret, there are some records from Beauregard School indicating either Beauregard or Easton, showing that his address was 809 French Street. Now, that was your old address, before they changed the numbering on your street, is that right?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes; that's right.
Mr. Jenner.
I wonder if you would tell me how that came about, Mrs. Murret?
Mrs. Murret.
Well, it came about--they only had one house in the 700 block, from Canal Boulevard----
Mr. Jenner.
No; I don't mean that. I mean, how did it come about that Lee gave your home address as his address?
Mrs. Murret.
Oh, well, they changed all the numbers in that block. We had been in the 800 block, but they changed it to the 700 block.
Mr. Jenner.
I understand that, Mrs. Murret, but tell me, if you will, how it came about that Lee registered at either Beauregard School or Warren Easton as living at your address, at 809 French Street, which was your address?
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