(Testimony of Charles Murret)
Mr. Murret.
from the insurance, from Lee dying, or not. It wasn't any of my business, so I didn't ask about that.
Mr. Jenner.
You mind your own business?
Mr. Murret.
That's right: that's what I did then, too.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you recall her living in and around New Orleans then, after Mr. Oswald died?
Mr. Murret.
Well, yes; I imagine so, but then she moved to Texas, and I think she married this man over there sometime after that, by the name of Ekdahl, or something like that. It's a hard name to pronounce.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you ever meet Mr. Ekdahl?
Mr. Murret.
No; never in my life.
Mr. Jenner.
There has been some evidence in these depositions about a picnic that was held over at Covington, La., which was attended by Marguerite and her three children and Mr. Ekdahl; do you remember that?
Mr. Murret.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
You don't know anything about that?
Mr. Murret.
No, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
What kind of a boy was Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. Murret.
Well, I'll tell you; I didn't take that much interest in him. I couldn't tell you anything about that, because I didn't pay attention to all that. I do think he was a loud kid, you know what I mean; he was always raising his voice when he wanted something from his mother, I know that, but I think a lot of times he was just the opposite. He liked to read, and he stuck by himself pretty much in the apartment the way I understand it.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you and Marguerite get along all right?
Mr. Murret.
Not too well.
Mr. Jenner.
Not too well?
Mr. Murret.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
What was the reason for that?
Mr. Murret.
Well, it was due to her disposition, more or less. She always thought she was right, and she would get aggravated at anybody that disagreed with her, and things like that.
Mr. Jenner.
But you avoided open controversy with her, is that correct?
Mr. Murret.
Oh, yes; I didn't want to run head-on into anything like that. For that reason I always did pretend like everything was all right, but I never did think a house was big enough for two families, to that extent.
Mr. Jenner.
Did there come a time then when they left New Orleans?
Mr. Murret.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
Where did they go?
Mr. Murret.
I don't know.
Mr. Jenner.
To Texas?
Mr. Murret.
I imagine so, but I don't know where they went.
Mr. Jenner.
But they did leave your house?
Mr. Murret.
Yes; they sure did.
Mr. Jenner.
And you didn't hear from them for a while, is that right?
Mr. Murret.
Well, my wife might have heard from them, and she might even have told me, but I didn't take any interest in that after they left.
Mr. Jenner.
You just didn't follow that?
Mr. Murret.
No.
Mr. Jenner.
Did there come a time, along in 1954, in the winter of 1954, about January or something like that, that they returned to New Orleans? Do you remember that?
Mr. Murret.
I don't remember what year it was, but they came back to New Orleans.
Mr. Jenner.
They did come back to New Orleans; you remember that?
Mr. Murret.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Lee was a young man then--a teenager, is that correct, sir?
Mr. Murret.
That's right.
Mr. Jenner.
And 13, 14 years old?
Mr. Murret.
About that, I guess.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you remember him being about that age when they returned to New Orleans?
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