Mrs. Evans.

already about a month in arrears on the rent, and I just figured it would be better if I didn't give her the apartment back, so I told her that I couldn't do it, because I had already rented it to this couple. I knew that, even if she could pay the rent for that month, it would be just a matter of time until she couldn't make it, and she would be struggling all the time and trying to make it, and it would maybe be more hard feelings if I let it go on that way, so I decided that it would be better to let it go the way it was going. It seemed to be the best way out of it. I thought we would be better friends maybe if they would go ahead and move now, rather than later, so I told her, I said, "Margie, if you want, you can move next door, and it will be a little cheaper," and so, they did move next door. Now, I had told her that I was going to fix up that little apartment she had occupied, just to sort of let her down easy---you know, have it painted, and so forth, so she went ahead and moved next door for a while.

Mr. Jenner.

Was that 1452 St. Mary; this place next door?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes; right next door. You see I think I have skipped something. I told her that I wanted to get the apartment that she had been in fixed up, and that's how I talked her into taking the place next door, but then she started complaining and saying I was charging her too much rent for this place next door, and I wasn't getting the apartment fixed up that she had been in, and in the meantime Lee had gotten to the point where he was noisier and more determined with his mother, and it was getting a little unbearable.

Mr. Jenner.

What do you mean, he was getting "more determined?" In what respects was he more determined?

Mrs. Evans.

Well, he would yell, "Maw, come and fix my supper," and he had a loud voice, and I could hear him more and more up there, and it got to be quite disturbing, actually. It seemed to be a situation that was getting worse all the time; so I thought maybe it would be better if I didn't have them around; so, since the apartment wasn't fixed up anyway, and she wasn't very happy next door, she up and moved, and that's when she went to Exchange Alley.

Mr. Jenner.

O.K. That was in April of 1955; is that right?

Mrs. Evans.

Yes, and I never saw her after that.

Mr. Jenner.

You never saw her again?

Mrs. Evans.

No; I didn't.

Mr. Jenner.

You didn't see her at Exchange Alley?

Mrs. Evans.

No.

Mr. Jenner.

She never came to visit you?

Mrs. Evans.

No; she was angry about the apartment, because I made her give it up. I mean I wouldn't give it back to her after she moved away. I don't think she ever got over that.

Mr. Jenner.

She didn't come to visit you any more at all?

Mrs. Evans.

No; she didn't.

Mr. Jenner.

She didn't get in touch with you at all?

Mrs. Evans.

No.

Mr. Jenner.

When was the next time you heard from or heard about, Margie or Lee?

Mrs. Evans.

The next thing I heard, they had moved back to Texas. They had left town.

Mr. Jenner.

Where did you hear that?

Mrs. Evans.

Well, her sister, Lillian, I saw her in Holmes or--let's see, maybe it was at the Fontainbleau, at a card party we were having--yes; I think that was it; she asked me if I had seen Margie, and I said, "No; I haven't seen or heard from Margie," and that's when she told me that she had heard Margie had moved back to Texas. I didn't know that at all. I had heard from several people that they had seen Margie downtown. She worked at three or four different places--you know, hosiery, and so forth, and someone would run into me every once in a while that I knew, and would say they had seen Margie downtown at some store or other, but I didn't see her, and then the next thing I knew she was supposed to be back in Texas, and then I ran into Lillian again later and she told me---this was at the Fontainbleau. Now, I have that straight. She told me then about the trouble Lee was in.

Mr. Jenner.

Where did you run into Lillian at that time?

Mrs. Evans.

At a benefit card party.