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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VIII - Page 394« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Elena A. Hall)

Mr. Liebeler.
And Mrs. Patterson, $10 or $15, so that would have been $30 or $35?
Mrs. Hall.
I spent probably $25 or $30 myself.
Mr. Liebeler.
So it would be $50 to $60?
Mrs. Hall.
Something like that, yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Go ahead with your story.
Mrs. Hall.
Well, I was going to see her sometime in the lunchtime because it was very close to my work. They lived not very far from my work. And then after they--I think he lost his job in Fort Worth and he decided that there is better opportunity here in Dallas, to move.
And they couldn't, of course, afford it to move and bring her here with the child, not having a job and apartment, so I suggested, "Why don't you move to my house while he is in Dallas until he finds a job, and then you can move?" So that's what they did.
Mr. Liebeler.
Marina moved to your house while Oswald was in Dallas looking for a job?
Mrs. Hall.
Yes.
Mr. Liebeler.
Can you tell us approximately when Marina moved to your house?
Mrs. Hall.
It was in the first week in October. I don't know exactly when it was, but it was the first week in October, sometime.
Mr. Liebeler.
I understand that you helped Marina move from the apartment in Fort Worth to your house in a pickup truck that you borrowed?
Mrs. Hall.
Yes; Patterson had a pickup truck.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did anybody else help you, or just you and Marina did the moving?
Mrs. Hall.
Lee still was there, so when we moved, he went to Dallas that night, that afternoon.
Mr. Liebeler.
Was there anybody besides you and Marina and Lee that helped you with the moving?
Mrs. Hall.
No; nobody else. They didn't have nothing.
Mr. Liebeler.
There wasn't very much to move?
Mrs. Hall.
No; the baby was sleeping in a suitcase. And then the first time when George went----
Mr. Liebeler.
George Bouhe?
Mrs. Hall.
He saw this situation. He bought a little bed for the child and a couple of other things. He helped them very much. He was very nice about that.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did Oswald seem to appreciate what Mr. Bouhe was doing for him?
Mrs. Hall.
I don't think so. He didn't appreciate nothing, never. In fact, when she moved to my house one weekend on Saturday, I don't remember when, George Bouhe came and he brought a big carton of all kinds of groceries and vitamins for the baby and everything, so Lee came and he asked Marina, "Who brought all these groceries?" And he saw in the kitchen----
Mr. Liebeler.
This was while Marina was living at your house?
Mrs. Hall.
While she was, yes. And said, "George Bouhe has bought," and he was real mad at him. He said, "You are living in her house, you are not living in his house. Why he brings groceries?" He was just strange man I guess.
Mr. Liebeler.
During the time that Marina lived at your house, did you purchase all the groceries and similar items for Marina and the child except for what Mr. Bouhe brought?
Mrs. Hall.
Well, nobody else would do it. She was living in my house.
Mr. Liebeler.
Oswald made no contributions whatsoever for the support of the family at that time?
Mrs. Hall.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Did he offer to contribute?
Mrs. Hall.
No.
Mr. Liebeler.
Can you tell us about how long Marina lived in your house?
Mrs. Hall.
Well, she lived, I said in the first week in October they moved, she moved there. And then I had an accident in the middle of October and I stayed
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