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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VIII - Page 177« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Marilyn Dorothea Murret)

Mr. Liebeler.
He never struck you as being that way?
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. Liebeler.
He struck you as being just the ordinary, normal human being?
Miss MURRET. He struck me as being perfectly content with being the way he was.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he tell you what kind of job he had with the coffee company?
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you know?
Miss MURRET. No; I don't know if it was a mechanical one or----
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he seem to be satisfied with his job?
Miss MURRET. He said it was all right.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he impress you as having strong feelings about things or not?
Miss MURRET. He didn't talk that much when he was over here, he really didn't. I mean once, when I asked him several things about Russia, he said nothing other than what I told you, in very general terms. I asked him how he liked his job, and he said it was all right, that it wasn't any different from any other factory. Most people seem to think that he had a desire to do something that would show that he was somebody. But he didn't strike me as being that way. I think he really thought he was somebody.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he strike you as being a person of integrity?
Miss MURRET. Perfectly content--I mean he thought he was extremely intelligent.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you think he was?
Miss MURRET. I thought that he was very articulate, but I mean I never discussed anything with him in any great length to know whether or not he knew what he was talking about.
Mr. Liebeler.
How did you form the impression that he was very articulate? You had the impression that he didn't talk very much?
Miss MURRET. No; but I mean his accent was very good. I mean he pronounced every syllable and the word endings were always pronounced, and he didn't talk very--he was just very quiet. If he didn't want to answer something, he didn't answer. You could be with somebody like that a year, and you would get no answers--if he didn't care to give them.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did you ever feel particularly close to him, or that you had any peculiar or any real rapport with the man at all?
Miss MURRET. Well, I regarded him because he was my cousin, I guess. I mean I wanted to see him settled and happy, naturally; and if I could have helped him in any way, just as my mother, we all would have. I mean he didn't have too easy a life. I liked Lee. He didn't strike me as being violent or definitely not one who could commit such an act.
Mr. Liebeler.
Do you think that Lee would be liked by most people?
Miss MURRET. No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Why not?
Miss MURRET. Because he wasn't friendly. He would be liked by a certain type of person and hated by other types.
Mr. Liebeler.
Well, that is the thing I am trying to bring out, and it is a difficult thing to come at, and I wish you would tell me what you think about this, how this strikes you, because it is difficult to frame a question with regard to it. We all know that sometimes people respond differently to different human beings, since each person is different and may have an entirely different response to the same thing many times. According to some of the information we have Lee was not liked by all kinds of people, and as you indicated, you did like him, but you didn't think Lee would be liked by people generally. I wish you would just tell us really what you think about this, and why.
Miss MURRET. Well, because of his manner--I think people thought that he thought he was somebody, you know, and they wanted to knock him down a peg. And his entire presentation, I mean his walk--he was very erect--he minded his own business, and I don't think he liked petty gossip and things like that, and, of course, those people are varied in mind, and it would take a perverted mind, if he did this (assassination). Anyway, just like the way in the Army; they said that the ones who came up through the ranks used to lead the college
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