Miss MURRET. Other than that she was nice in her own way, you know.
Mr. LIEBELER. There was a time in the spring of 1963 when Lee Oswald
came to New Orleans, isn't that correct?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Tell us what you know about that?
Miss MURRET. When he came in the last time, you mean?
Mr. LIEBELER. Yes. That was the next time that you saw Lee Oswald after
he and his mother left the Exchange Alley address and went to Texas,
isn't that correct?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Tell us what happened in connection with his coming to
New Orleans?
Miss MURRET. He telephoned my mother, I think from the bus station. Of
course, we didn't even know that he was back, and so he asked if he
could stay there a while until he got a job, and he told my mother that
he was married, and that he had a baby.
So, my mother asked him if he was alone, because if he had a family
she wouldn't have been able to accommodate him. But he was by himself,
so she said O.K. He stayed there a while until he found a place on
Magazine Street. And then the wife and this lady from Texas came down,
and they moved into the place on Magazine Street.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you live with your mother?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Were you at home during the time that Oswald lived there
during that period?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. How long was he there?
Miss MURRET. I am not sure whether it was a week or a little over a
week.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you have any conversations with him during that time?
Miss MURRET. During the day he was usually looking for a job, and I was
working. And in the evening maybe we would talk a little, but nothing
in particular. I was usually working on lesson plans, and he went to
work about 8:30 or 9 o'clock, and the only discussions that I really
had was on religion.
Mr. LIEBELER. Was that during this week?
Miss MURRET. I beg your pardon?
Mr. LIEBELER. Was that at the time?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. What did he say about that, and what did you say?
Miss MURRET. He just listened.
Mr. LIEBELER. What did you say?
Miss MURRET. And then he just said or I assumed that he was an atheist
because a brother of mine is in the seminary, you know----
Mr. LIEBELER. Anyway, he knew of your brother in the seminary?
Miss MURRET. Actually, he was more concerned about that, I guess, and
so I just said this, this religious discussion. I just set this off
because he was not interested at all, and so he just listened and he
said that he had his own philosophy, and that he was an atheist. But he
didn't argue, or anything, and he just let me rave on for about an hour.
Mr. LIEBELER. You are a Catholic, is that correct?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. A practicing Catholic?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. And you expressed that to Oswald?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. As best as you can recall, all he did was listen and then
he indicated that he had his own way?
Miss MURRET. Which he didn't express.
Mr. LIEBELER. But he did tell you that he was an atheist?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. He didn't go into any further details than that?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. Did you get any feeling about him when you had this
discussion with him? I mean, did it seem kind of strange to you that
someone would just sit and let you go on at such length on a subject
like that, and then not really respond to it?
Miss MURRET. That was typical of Lee.
Mr. LIEBELER. Typical of Lee?
Miss MURRET. Yes.
Mr. LIEBELER. He didn't express any disgust or short temperedness with
you over your----
Miss MURRET. No. Oh, no.
Mr. LIEBELER. Do you remember any other discussions or confrontations
that you might have had?
Miss MURRET. That was the only time that I had had any chance to talk
with him, and that was the first day that he came--I believe it was.
After that, on Saturdays, or that particular Saturday he was out all
day looking around for a job. And then on that Sunday he wanted to
know where his father was buried, and he wanted to locate some of his
relatives, because he had said that when Marina's family had asked him
about his family, he didn't know anything at all, he didn't know what
descent he was, and he said he realized, or he missed not being close
to his relatives, because he didn't know any of them other than us.