Mr. JENNER. They left New Orleans and went to Texas in 1956; right?
Mrs. MURRET. That's right. That's when he joined the Marines. I don't know what that date is, but I know he joined the Marines after they left.
Mr. JENNER. Your sister didn't tell you and Lee didn't tell you that they were about to move to Texas?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, I think that's about the time that Robert came in, because the next thing she said was that Robert didn't want to stay here. He didn't want to make his home here, he said. He said New Orleans was not his home, but that his friends were in Texas, so I don't know if Robert left first, or if they all left together. In fact, I didn't know she was leaving until she rang up one day--she had a sewing machine that belonged to us, a portable sewing machine that we had loaned her, and she called one day and said she was already packed and ready to go to the train station, or whatever it was the way she was going, and all she said was, "We're leaving; come get your machine." We never did get the machine. When we went up there, the place was locked up, and we never did get it back.
Mr. JENNER. This was a portable electric sewing machine?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; she told us she was leaving right then, and to come and get it. She said she would leave it there in the house or something like that, or it's in the house or something, and that was it. Like I said, when we got over there the place was locked up and we didn't get the machine back. She had some furniture that belonged to her there, I think, so I don't know whether she took anything with her besides her clothing or not; but she left.
Mr. JENNER. And where was this she called you from, do you know?
Mrs. MURRET. Well, they were over on Exchange Place at that time.
Mr. JENNER. Did you go right over there to get the machine?
Mrs. MURRET. No; I didn't. When we did go over the place was all locked up.
Mr. JENNER. So then that was the circumstance, as you knew it, after Robert got out of the service?
Mrs. MURRET. Yes; and came to New Orleans. She thought he might live here and work and help support the family.
Mr. JENNER. But he didn't like New Orleans?
Mrs. MURRET. That's right. He said all his friends were in Texas, and he wanted to move over there.