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(Testimony of Mrs. Myrtle Evans)
Mr. Jenner.
Did he ever express a desire to be like his brother, since it wound up that they were both in the Marines?
Mrs. Evans.
Well, yes; I think he wanted to be like his brothers; they were both in the service, you know. I think John was a marine, but I can't remember what branch of the service Robert was in.
Mr. Jenner.
Well, John was in the Coast Guard, I think.
Mrs. Evans.
Well, the Coast Guard, and so Robert must have been in the marines.
Mr. Jenner.
That's right.
Mrs. Evans.
As long as I have known Lee though, he has wanted to be in the Marines. That's one of the things he said he always wanted to do.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you learn anything as to the mother's attitude in that respect. about her boys going into the service, and particularly Lee?
Mrs. Evans.
No; but Margie was satisfied that her children were going into the service, because she didn't have the money to send them to college, so they could graduate and all that, so it was natural that they would go in the service after they got out of high school.
Mr. Jenner.
Did you ever meet Mrs. Paine?
Mrs. Evans.
No; you mean the lady who brought Marina to New Orleans?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes.
Mrs. Evans.
No; because I never even met his wife. I never went there at all. He called me, like I said, and told me that his wife had come to New Orleans, and he said he would like for me to come up and visit them and meet her, and I said, "Lee, I am going to try to come," and I said, "You-all come to see us," and he said, "Come just any time." He said Marina was anxious to meet me, and to come up and visit them at any time.
Mr. Jenner.
I have no further questions, but I would like to ask you this general question, Mrs. Evans:
Does anything occur to you that might be helpful to the Commission that I haven't asked you about, either because I neglected to do so or because I haven't learned about it? If you can think of anything, I will appreciate it if you will tell me at this time, any incident or occurrence that took place during the time that you knew the Oswalds.
Mrs. Evans.
No; I can't think of anything else.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you say his character, and I'm talking about Lee now, would you say it was strong or weak, or what? For example, did he give way quickly to anger, or on the contrary was he a man of serf-control?
Mrs. Evans.
Well, he could get angry with his mother. That was when he was in his teens, of course, the way he would holier at her when he wanted to eat, or something like that, and when he would holier, she would jump up and practically run to do whatever he wanted her to do. Of course, I don't know anything about his manhood, because I was only in his company about 3 or 4 hours then.
Mr. Jenner.
Would you say he was a pleasant and inviting individual with whom you yourself would seek to be in his presence, or be with him, or just what sort of emotions did he display generally? That's what I'm getting at.
Mrs. Evans.
Well, he didn't laugh too much, and he wasn't a light type of person. He was what I would call deep. He wasn't real friendly. To like him, you would have to know him. I mean, even as a child, you didn't warm to him, because he was very quiet and deep, and of course I didn't have too much contact with him. Most of my contact with with his mother.
Mr. Jenner.
All right, Mrs. Evans, I appreciate very much your coming in and giving me this information, and I know it will be helpful to the Commission in its evaluation of all the evidence with regard to this matter.
Now, in the taking of this deposition, it is your privilege to read your deposition over and to sign it. It is also your privilege to waive that. In other words, you don't have to read and sign it unless you want to. You can waive that privilege, and the reporter will go ahead and transcribe your testimony, and it will be sent on to Washington, but if you prefer to read and sign it, the reporter will transcribe it, and you will be notified by the United States Attorney here when to come in and read and sign it.
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