Mr. Evans.

and they have some nice fish in there, and so Lee and the boys were down there fishing, but Lee didn't talk to the other kids or anything. He just seemed to want to be alone, and he just fished by himself, and the odd part of his behavior that we all thought was very strange was the way he would just let the fish die on the bank after he would catch them. Now, the other small boys would catch them and, and if there was enough for eating and everything, they would throw the others back, but not Lee. He would pull them in and just throw them down on the river--I mean on the bank by the pond and just let them lay there, and when he got through he just walked off and left them there. Something like that is hard to understand. He didn't catch them for eating, and he didn't want to throw them back in. He just left them on the bank and walked off after he got tired of fishing. We couldn't understand that at all. It showed how totally inconsiderate he was of everything. It was a good example of how he acted, and his general attitude.

Mr. Jenner.

How old was he at that time?

Mr. Evans.

He was just a young fellow.

Mr. Jenner.

About 13, 14 or 15 years old, would you say?

Mr. Evans.

Yes; somewhere around there. I believe he was going to Warren Easton at the time, or he went to Easton shortly after that.

Mr. Jenner.

He first went to Beauregard Junior High School, is that right?

Mr. Evans.

Yes; and then he went to Warren Easton when he was about 14, I think. He wouldn't talk much. If you talked to him, maybe he would answer you and maybe he wouldn't, but you had to speak to him first. That's the last time I saw him until he came back from Texas looking for a place to stay.

Mr. Jenner.

When Lee was living in the apartment with his mother, what did you notice, or observe, with relationship to his mother? I mean, did he seem to respect her authority, or was he impervious and arrogant?

Mr. Evans.

He was arrogant.

Mr. Jenner.

Can you remember some incident that would illustrate that for us?

Mr. Evans.

Well, his mother would be in our apartment talking to my wife, for example, and if he came home from school or somewhere, he would holier real loud, "Maw, how about something to eat?"

Mr. Jenner.

He would be demanding, you mean?

Mr. Evans.

Yes; real demanding, and loud. He wanted her to come right now, and he had absolutely no patience with her at all, it seemed.

Mr. Jenner.

It was just not raising his voice to let his mother know he was home, or anything like that?

Mr. Evans.

No; it was real demanding. He would know where she was when she was talking to my wife, and when he hollered at her, she would have to go right now.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he ever get home early from school, or was it about the regular time?

Mr. Evans.

Oh, about the regular time, I think. I don't think he ever stayed away from school. I think he went to school all right, but, I mean, he was arrogant, and nobody liked him. That was the thing.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he ever associate with any of the children in the neighborhood?

Mr. Evans.

No; he didn't. He didn't associate with anybody.

Mr. Jenner.

Do you remember anything about his habits? Did he stay in the apartment, or go out, or what?

Mr. Evans.

He stayed mostly in ,the apartment. Now, when he lived upstairs in the apartment, he would go out on the front porch and read. He always had a few books around, paper covered books.

Mr. Jenner.

Paperbacks?

Mr. Evans.

Yes; paperbacks. He had a lot of them.

Mr. Jenner.

Did he go to the public library and get books?

Mr. Evans.

Well, I don't know. I can't answer that, but he did a lot of reading, but, you know, it was mostly this cheap stuff, I think.

Mr. Jenner.

Would you say he was a voracious reader?