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(Testimony of Mrs. Lillian Murret Resumed)
Mrs. Murret.
Well, that was brought about when he first came back from New York with his mother, and they stayed at my house for 2 weeks, and that was when they registered him at Beauregard, because she didn't have a place yet, and she gave them my address. In fact, if she hadn't given them my address and given some other address in another district, he would have had to go to another school, and she wanted him to go to Beauregard School. It had a good reputation as a good school, and she said she would like to have him enrolled there.
Mr. Jenner.
Tell me, how did Lee act when he came in from New York with his mother and lived at your home for those 2 weeks? What was his conduct generally, as you recall it?
Mrs. Murret.
Well, he didn't act any different than any other child, I don't think. He was in school all day long, and he came home in the afternoon, and just sort of hung around inside, and he would eat supper and go to bed, and the same thing the next day. He didn't talk much. He never really did talk unless you said something to him.
Mr. Jenner.
The same old pattern, would you say?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes; but there are a lot of people that don't like to talk. It's just that some people are inclined to talk a lot, and others just aren't. You run across that every day.
Mr. Jenner.
I agree with you on that. Do you recall an occasion or a situation in which Lee was a member of, or at least attended some activity of the Civil Air Patrol?
Mrs. Murret.
I don't know anything about that other than my sister Marguerite told me that he was a friend of this boy at Beauregard, and that through him he had joined the Civil Air Patrol, and he had to have a uniform and so forth, but that's about all I know about it. They were living on Exchange Alley, or Exchange whatever that is, at the time.
Mr. Jenner.
Exchange Place?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes; I think that's it, Exchange Place.
Mr. Jenner.
Do you remember your son John giving Lee a white shirt and tie on one occasion?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes; Lee was getting ready to go on this job, and John was in the back getting dressed to go to work, I think, and he didn't think Lee looked presentable. John is such a big boy, and he said it in such a nice way--he can do it, you know, but he asked Lee, he said, "Lee, here's a shirt; take it; it doesn't fit me. You put it on, and here's a nice tie to go with it." He said, "Come on, kid, you want to look good when you go for that job, you know," and so he gave the white shirt and the tie to Lee to go after the job, and Lee took them, and when his picture was taken for that "Fair Play for Cuba" business, he had that same shirt and tie on.
Mr. Jenner.
He had the same shirt and tie on that your son John had given him when he had his picture taken on that occasion?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes; the same white shirt and the tie. They belonged to John, and he had given them to Lee to go after a job. Now, John felt sorry for Lee in a way, and he was trying to help him. John was good that way around anybody who he felt sorry for, like one time he said, "Come on, Lee, let's go for a ride, and I'll let you drive the car," and I think he sat next to Lee and let Lee steer the car, or something, but I don't know anything about that. I don't think Lee ever did know how to drive a car. Maybe he did, but as far as I know, he didn't know how to drive.
Mr. Jenner.
I believe you said during the course of this discussion that you thought Lee was left handed. What led you to say that?
Mrs. Murret.
Well, as a child, when he was a small child, I knew he ate with his left hand, and I always thought that he did things with his left hand. Now, whether he used both hands or not, I don't know, but he did use his left hand as a child. I remember that.
Mr. Jenner.
In fact, children are often ambidextrous, aren't they?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes.
Mr. Jenner.
They eat with either hand, don't they?
Mrs. Murret.
Yes; they do. I have known of cases where children have started out eating with their left hands, and they switch over as they grow older
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