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(Testimony of Marilyn Dorothea Murret)
Mr. Liebeler.
him out. She didn't know what to do because she had her two children there, and my mother was in the hospital, and nobody to take care of the children. So she said, "Call me back, or something" or she said that she didn't have the money on her, and that my mother wasn't there. Well, I don't know how that works, but anyway, she went down to the police station and went back home again and went up to see my mother and asked my mother what to do. So, anyway, she went back to the station, and she said, "Before I get him out of there, I want you to tell me what he is in there for." So the policeman told her, he said, not to get excited because, "I've handled these cases before, and it is not as bad as it seems," and all that. And she didn't know whether to get him out or not, since he was involved in that. And I don't know if they went back to the hospital or what, but they called this friend and he had him paroled.
Mr. Liebeler.
Who was the friend? Do you know?
Miss MURRET. Of course, he didn't know--that was Emile Bruneau, who is a very prominent man. He didn't know Lee at all, and that was just a personal favor. He is very active in the city, I mean, and this was just a personal favor.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you have any conversations with Lee about this episode when you saw him on Labor Day?
Miss MURRET. I didn't ask ask him anything else.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you ever see Lee drive an automobile?
Miss MURRET. As far as I know, he didn't drive, and my brother took him one day out through the park to attempt to teach him for about an hour. But he had to turn down several jobs because he didn't drive. And whether he is able to drive after one lesson like that, I don't know.
Mr. Liebeler.
As far as you know, did your brother ever let Lee take his car and go by himself.
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. Liebeler.
This was your brother John?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he ever tell you how well Oswald did?
Miss MURRET. Well, it was a hydramatic and he could just steer it, and that was about all, and with subsequent lessons he would have been able to drive. But I doubt, and I don't think there was any traffic--I think it was in the park.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you see Mrs. Paine again when she came to pick up Marina and take her back to Texas?
Miss MURRET. I only saw her once and that was for about 10 or 15 minutes.
Mr. Liebeler.
And that was in May 1963?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you know Lee had lost his job with the Reily Coffee Co. sometime during the summer?
Miss MURRET. I guess he did--I don't know if that was after I came back or before, when he lost it. I don't know when he lost it. When did he lose it?
Mr. Liebeler.
He lost it in July, sometime, while you were gone.
Miss MURRET. Well, 2 weeks at my sister's about July 1, and from there, 13 days, because the 14th is my birthday, I left.
Mr. Liebeler.
You learned that he had lost it when you got back to New Orleans? When you got back to New Orleans, you knew that he had lost the job and was unemployed?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Was he looking around for another job? Do you know?
Miss MURRET. I don't know. I only saw them once after that, and that was Labor Day. I didn't ask him anything.
Mr. Liebeler.
You mentioned this trip that you had been on, and you mentioned that you were in Japan?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
How long were you out of the United States, and where did you go, and what did you do?
Miss MURRET. Three and a half years, and I started out on my way and went to Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore,
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