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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VIII - Page 174« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Marilyn Dorothea Murret)

Mr. Liebeler.
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
And other than that you never heard him speak of President Kennedy?
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he ever talk about Civil Rights, and particularly the Negro?
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. Liebeler.
You mentioned when he was younger that he made it a point, or at least, he did sit down on the streetcar right next to some Negroes, and he got in trouble with his friends over that?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you have any idea what motivated that, or whether it was just a rebellious kind of thing?
Miss MURRET. I don't think he knew any better. He didn't know the cars were segregated, I don't think. I don't know. I just remember my mother telling me whether or not he knew, or whether he did it, you know, defiantly--I don't know.
Mr. Liebeler.
You mentioned you were not in New Orleans during July and August of 1963, and where were you?
Miss MURRET. I went to Mexico and all through Central America and Panama.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you travel by yourself?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
How did you travel?
Miss MURRET. By bus and station wagon.
Mr. Liebeler.
Your own station wagon?
Miss MURRET. No; public transportation.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you know that Oswald went to Mexico in September?
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you read about that in the newspapers after the assassination.
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
But prior to that time you didn't know that he either planned to go to Mexico or he was going to Mexico, or had gone to Mexico, or was even thinking about going to Mexico?
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you meet anybody on this trip to Mexico that had any connection. with, as far as you know, Lee Oswald, either at that time or subsequently?
Miss MURRET. On this trip, no.
Mr. Liebeler.
What was the nature of the trip? Was it just basically a tourist operation?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Basically a tourist operation, you say?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
When you returned from Mexico to New Orleans, you learned, did you not, that Oswald had managed to get himself in jail during the summer?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
How did you learn that?
Miss MURRET. My family.
Mr. Liebeler.
Your family told you?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
What did they tell you?
Miss MURRET. Well, just, in other words, he had the Fair Play for Cuba pamphlets, and they took him to jail. And my sister had to go and get him out. And, of course, she didn't know what he was in there for, and so my mother was in the hospital at the time and my mother was not supposed to have that operation until the fall, you know, but then they decided to have it then. So, anyway, she was in the hospital for that, and I think she said that Lee came up to see her--but I don't know if it was after, the next day, or before she was operated on--came to see her at the hospital--and then that must have been the date when he left and was distributing the pamphlets.
So he called up and he told Joyce that he was in jail, and to come and get
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