Mrs. Evans.

wanted to come back, but he had married into a Russian family, and he had to get out the best way he could.
Now, this Russian woman, I don't know if she was Russian born or not, but the paper said that this woman was a teacher, and that she taught Russian.

Mr. Jenner.

You mean Mrs. Paine? You are talking about Mrs. Paine now?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; I didn't even remember her name.

Mr. Jenner.

You mean the lady that brought Marina over to New Orleans from Texas?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; the one that brought Marina and the baby to New Orleans.

Mr. Jenner.

Well, we will get into that in a minute, Mrs. Evans; she's not a Russian woman, by the way. She's a girl from Columbus, Ohio, that was a Quaker.

Mrs. Evans.

Is that right?

Mr. Jenner.

Yes.

Mrs. Evans.

Well, she did speak Russian, and she was the lady friend of Marina that was going to bring Marina and the baby to New Orleans.

Mr. Jenner.

Well, that's right; she does speak Russian?

Mrs. Evans.

He told me that his wife didn't speak American.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he say why she didn't speak English?

Mrs. Evans.

Why she didn't?

Mr. Jenner.

Yes; did he give you any reason for that, why she wasn't learning the English language since she was living over here?

Mrs. Evans.

No; he didn't say anything about that.

Mr. Jenner.

What impression did you have of Lee as of that visit, Mrs. Evans, because you were with him for quite a while there on this apartment hunting tour? What did you think of Lee?

Mrs. Evans.

Well, he was, I would say, sort of arrogant. He seemed to think of himself as being sort of apart from everybody else, and he carried himself so straight, and the way he had of avoiding people, and keeping within himself, and, you know, not talking too much--I noticed all that. I asked him how his mother was, and he said his mother was fine, and I asked him about his brothers. because his brothers were both in Texas, and I believe one of them has a child or two, or something like that, and he said as far as he knew they were all right. We were just sort of talking, you might say, on the surface. You know how you do, riding along, and all the time looking for something--like we were looking for apartment signs. We were getting out and looking, and getting back in, and Just driving around looking and talking about things in general.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, you used the expression "arrogant." What did you mean by that?

Mrs. Evans.

Well, you know---I don't know, just the way he talked, and walked around, I guess. I don't know what gives you that feeling when you are around somebody like that. He was just different.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you think he considered himself superior to anybody else, or to his fellow Americans, or anything like that?

Mrs. Evans.

Well, I wouldn't say he acted like he was superior to anybody else. He acted normal in that respect, I guess, but he talked about Russia and he talked about the way they lived, and then he said, "It's good to be back in the United States," and he said he would have come back before he did if it had not been for this Russian girl that he married. He said he had been in Texas 8 months then, and I said, "Well, what made you come back to New Orleans?" and he said, "Well, you know, this is my home, and I wanted to see my family."

Mr. Jenner.

The Oswald family?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes. He said he wanted to see if he could locate any of his family, that he didn't know who any of them were any more.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he say anything at all as to whether he was happy or unhappy in Russia?

Mrs. Evans.

No; he didn't say anything about that, except he said he would have come back sooner if he hadn't married this girl, and he had to wait until he could bring her out of the country.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he say anything about having been in the service?

Mrs. Evans.

No; he didn't say anything about that, but I found that out.