Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Was an ex-model, very attractive girl, Marion.
And probably my wife snubbed her or something. She didn't come from
such a prominent family.
Anyway, there was a great deal of animosity there. And Ed told me,
"George, you are a fool to marry this girl--she is nuts."
She had had nervous breakdowns.
Mr. JENNER. This is Mr. Hooker's wife?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. No; that is my ex-wife, Didi Sharples. She is
very high strung--she is a very high-strung person, and had nervous
breakdowns while going to medical school. I don't know if it is
interesting for you, all those details.
Mr. JENNER. Well, I think not as to that. I am interested, though--she
came to Dallas with you?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. She came to Dallas to live with me. We had an
apartment first. Then we bought a house jointly, a farm, a small farm
outside of Dallas. And then she had--we had two children, Sergei,
and a girl, Nadejeda, whom we called Nadya because the name is very
difficult. It is my aunt's name, and Sergei is my father's name.
Mr. JENNER. When were those children born?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. One year difference--in 1953 and 1954.
Mr. JENNER. Your son was born in 1953 and your daughter in 1954?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. I think you were about to tell me some differences arose,
you thought, between Mr. Hooker's wife and your wife.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes.
Mr. JENNER. And did that have an effect on your partnership?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes; it was more or less, I would say, a social
problem and personal dislike. Ed is very much devoted to his wife.
He told me one day, "We cannot continue this partnership in such
unpleasant circumstances, and I think we should break our partnership
and sell out what we have." We had some oil properties and we sold it
out and divided the proceeds.
Oh, yes--also, Ed was dissatisfied that I moved away from the
oilfield--another reason we broke our partnership. Because I was
staying in the oilfields before that all the time. But now I moved to
Dallas, and I could not be right in the center of the oil activity,
according to him. It turned out to be that this actually was much
better for the oil business, to be in Dallas than to be in Abilene.
Mr. JENNER. Why is that?
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Well, because we are more or less in the center
of things than just in a small hick town, you see.