Mrs. Evans.

to pull him down a bit. When you are raising a child alone, it's a hard row---I mean, with just the mother, because, you know, they are getting bigger all the time, and a woman can't keep control over them like a man can.

Mr. Jenner.

You mean physically?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; physically.

Mr. Jenner.

Did she register him in school here in New Orleans when they came to live in your apartment?

Mr. Evans.

Well, I don't know who registered him. That I don't know.

Mr. Jenner.

But he did go to school?

Mrs. Evans.

Oh, yes; he went to school.

Mr. Jenner.

Which school was that?

Mrs. Evans.

That was Beauregard, and I might say that she used her sister's address so she could get him in that school. It's a good school, and she wanted him to go there, and also at that time I believe she was living with her sister, so that was in that school district. That's the way I understand it anyway. I think there has been some confusion about that address that was given at the school, but it is my understanding that that's why she used it. If she hadn't used her sister's address, he couldn't have gone to Beauregard probably, I mean, if she had moved to another district. So since she wanted him in Beauregard, that was the easiest way to do it.

Mr. Jenner.

In order to get him in Beauregard, she used her sister's address, and that was the reason, as you understand it; is that right?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; that was a good school. I guess it still is, but she wanted him in there. Otherwise he would have had to go to another school.

Mr. Jenner.

That's Beauregard Junior High School; is that right?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; and, like I said, a good school; a very fine school.

Mr. Jenner.

Was Lee a good student, according to information you received in that regard, if you did receive any such information?

Mrs. Evans.

Well, I never saw his report cards, but I think he was a pretty good student. I really couldn't tell you that.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you notice during this period that you had this recent, close acquaintanceship with him, that he was still retiring, and that he was inclined to be by himself?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; he liked books, and he liked music, and he would come home from school, of course, a couple of hours before Margie, and he would have crossword puzzles and books and music, and he seemed to entertain himself very well.

Mr. Jenner.

He didn't go out and play with the other children?

Mrs. Evans.

No; he didn't.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, they had this change in 1955 from 1454 to 1452 St. Mary. Was that in the same building?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

Was that a different apartment, then?

Mrs. Evans.

I will tell you what happened there. There was this young couple that wanted that apartment, and I still hear from them. She sold them her furniture. They were the tenants after her, and she sold them some of the things in the apartment, because at that time she told me she was going to take this house way up on the other side of town, and she came back the next day and told me that she changed her mind and wanted her apartment back, but I told her that I had already rented her apartment to this young couple. I said, "Margie, what happened to the house you were going to get?" and she said, "I looked it over," and she said, "It's too far from a grocery store. I have no way of getting my groceries; too many blocks to walk, and it's too inconvenient."
I told her, "Well, I've already rented the apartment to this young couple," and she said, "I want to keep my apartment," and I said, "But, Margie, I have rented the apartment already, and you even sold them some furniture," and she said, "Well, they can have the furniture," but she said, "Just tell them you can't let them have the apartment; that I have got to keep it."
Well, that was how we sort of fell out, was over this deal. I told her, I said, "Margie, I just can't do that." To tell you the truth, the way Lee was acting up and all--he was very noisy, I didn't particularly want to do it. I knew, in the first place, that the girl simply couldn't afford it, and it would be just a matter of months until she would be behind in her rent and everything. I think she was