Mrs. Evans.

1454 St. Mary Street, apartment 6, but now finally Margie decided that she couldn't afford that apartment, and moved, despite the fact that I was renting it to her for less than I would have anybody else, and I told her that.
She came in one day and told me, "Myrtle, I am going to give the apartment up." She told me that she had seen a house out around St. Bernard that would be cheaper. She said she had rode around and looked at the house, and she thought that she would take it.

Mr. Jenner.

She had an automobile?

Mrs. Evans.

No; she rode the bus out there.

Mr. Jenner.

She had no complaints about your apartment, did she? She just had found a cheaper place to move to?

Mrs. Evans.

Oh, she was perfectly happy in the apartment. She said she liked it, but that she just couldn't afford it.

Mr. Jenner.

Who else was in the apartment besides Marguerite?

Mrs. Evans.

Just her and Lee.

Mr. Jenner.

You did see Lee after they returned from New York?

Mrs. Evans.

Oh, yes; they lived at my house for, oh, I guess about 6 months.

Mr. Jenner.

Including Lee?

Mrs. Evans.

Oh, yes.

Mr. Jenner.

She and Lee lived in your home for 6 months?

Mrs. Evans.

In this apartment, yes.

Mr. Jenner.

In the No. 6 apartment?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; you see, I had this great big house with about 27 rooms or more.

Mr. Jenner.

It was just one big building; is that right?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; but it was converted into modern apartments, and they took one of them, you see---one of the smaller apartments. I had had one tenant prior to her, so she was the second tenant in this little apartment.

Mr. Jenner.

And that was at 1454 St. Mary Street?

Mrs. Evans.

Correct.

Mr. Jenner.

So she and her son Lee occupied that apartment for approximately 6 months, is that right?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

And that was in 1954, you say?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes.; maybe not exactly that year, but along about there.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you get to see both of them frequently?

Mrs. Evans.

Practically every day.

Mr. Jenner.

All right. Now, tell me about this period while they lived at your home. Just transport yourself back to 10 years ago. What did Lee Oswald look like?

Mrs. Evans.

What did he look like?

Mr. Jenner.

Yes; and what did he do? What impression did he make on you then, not what you heard, but what you remember now about him?

Mrs. Evans.

Well, he was more spoiled.

Mr. Jenner.

More than before?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; he had gotten older, and he wanted his way, and he was a teenager then, and like all teenagers, he was very difficult. Of course, I guess all teenagers are that way, because they are not yet grown and they are not a child either. The best of them are very trying, and it is hard to keep them in line. In that respect Lee wasn't any different than any other teenaged boy, I guess.

Mr. Jenner.

Now, this was the period after which Lee returned from New York; is that right?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; after they came here from New York.

Mr. Jenner.

With his mother?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes.

Mr. Jenner.

What did they say to you as to why they returned from New York and came to New Orleans?

Mrs. Evans.

Well, I don't know that they said anything, but it seems to me now that they came right from Texas over to New Orleans then, not right from