Now, I do not recall what actually made me take her away from Lee.
Mr. JENNER. Now, Mr. De Mohrenschildt, there has to be something.
Mr. DE MOHRENSCHILDT. Yes, I know.
I do not recall whether she called us in and asked us to take her away
from him or George Bouhe suggested it. I just don't recall how it
happened. But it was because of his brutality to her. Possibly we had
them in the house and discussed it, and I told him he should not do
things like that, and he said, "It is my business"--that is one of the
few times that he was a little bit uppity with me.
And then again George Bouhe told me that he had beaten her again. This
is a little bit vague in my memory, what exactly prompted me to do
that. My wife probably maybe has a better recollection.
Anyway, on Sunday, instead of playing tennis, we drove to Marina's
place early in the morning and told Oswald that we are going to
take her away from him, and the baby also, and we are going to take
her to Mr. and Mrs. Meller. I think George Bouhe made the previous
arrangement, because he was closer to the Mellers than I was. Or maybe
I called them. I don't remember exactly.
Anyway, they were ready to receive her.
And Lee said, "By God, you are not going to do it. I will tear all her
dresses and I will break all the baby things."
And I got very mad this time. But Jeanne, my wife, started explaining
to him patiently that it is not going to help him any--"Do you love
your wife?" He said yes. And she said, "If you want your wife back some
time, you better behave."