Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes, it wasn't long before that. In fact, it was through her that I knew the house was going to be empty.
Mr. JENNER. You had been acquainted with her for some time?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Oh, yes. I had known Mrs. Roach since I was a little bitty girl. She was in the Oswald home either in the early part of June or the latter part of May 1942.
Mr. JENNER. Did you have some conversations with her at the time with respect to Lee's conduct?
Mr. JENNER. Yes; with respect to Lee's conduct while she was babysitting?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes; she usually talked about things like that, you know, and she said the reason why she had to leave was because he was bad, and he wouldn't listen, and things like that.
Mr. JENNER. The reason why Mrs. Roach had to leave?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes, sir; she said she just couldn't take it any more.
Mr. JENNER. Lee then would have been about 2-1/2 years old, is that right?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes. She said she just couldn't take it any longer.
Mr. JENNER. Tell me as best you can what Mrs. Roach recalled in that conversation with you.
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Well, she said he wouldn't listen, and he was bad. She said he had a little toy gun, and he threw it at her and broke the chandelier in the bedroom, and things like that.
Mr. JENNER. Of course, at that age he wouldn't know whether it was a gun or not, or what a gun was, would he?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. No, but you know, she said it was just a little toy gun, but he threw it at her when he got mad, and she had an awful time with him.
Mr. JENNER. She thought he exhibited fits of temper?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes. She said he was a, I mean, a bad child; that's what she said.
Mr. JENNER. Did she say anything about the other two boys.
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. No, she didn't. In fact, I didn't even know about the other boys until the man told me who he was. I didn't know she had other boys.
Mr. JENNER. That man who told you that, was he from the FBI or the Secret Service?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Yes; he came out three times to see me.
Mr. JENNER. When you moved into that home, what was the reputation in the neighborhood or community with respect to Mrs. Oswald?
Mrs. BOUDREAUX. Well, nobody ever talked about her. You know, neighbors sort of keep to themselves. I mean, that's a neighborhood that whoever moves in they keep to themselves. They don't make up to you too quickly, I mean.