Mr. Pic.

Shreveport, we were to wait for Mr. Ekdahl to pick us up. We arrived and he wasn't there. So I think we waited around, I have an estimate of between 1 and 2 hours, and then he showed up. He then drove us to Fort Worth, Benbrook, Tex., and we had a house about 15 miles below Fort Worth in Benbrook, it was way out. It wasn't the same Benbrook house, it was further. This was a brick house.

Mr. Jenner.

The first house in Benbrook?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Had you known the family had moved to Benbrook, Tex.?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir; because we was writing.

Mr. Jenner.

Because of correspondence?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

This was your first view of that house?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Tell us what it was; describe it to us?

Mr. Pic.

It was rather isolated on one of the main highways. In fact, I just drove that way recently and I couldn't find the place. When I went up to Fort Worth in 1962 I was looking for the house, I couldn't find it.

Mr. Jenner.

Was it Granbury Road, Box 567, Benbrook, Tex.?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir; that sounds familiar. This was a brick house, with quite a bit of ground. I think way back they told us that one of the Roosevelt sons had a house out there, that is how I remember. We arrived there sometime the next day or two; my mother quizzed us on why we were so late. One reason we were late besides the wait was the heavy fog, and I informed her we had to wait a while for Mr. Ekdahl, and she kind of hinted to me, I think I was 15 at the time, did I see another woman-or was there anything shady about it or something. That is all I have to say about that. She was under the impression years later, she told me that he had met some woman in Shreveport and they were having some fun.

Mr. Jenner.

You were in Benbrook, Tex., then for the Christmas holiday?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

You and Robert?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Lee was living with Mr. Ekdahl and your mother at the Benbrook, Tex., home out on the outskirts of Fort Worth; I guess this is--

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir; that is correct.

Mr. Jenner.

And you returned after the Christmas holiday to--

Mr. Pic.

It would be January 1946 we returned to, back to Chamberlain-Hunt.

Mr. Jenner.

Did you return home at all from then on until the summer of 1946?

Mr. Pic.

No, sir.

Mr. Jenner.

Where were you during the summer of 1946?

Mr. Pic.

In the summer of 1946, Robert and I were informed that we would stay at the academy to attend summer session there. Well, school let out in May and I think summer session starts in June, so there was a waiting period of about 2 to 3 weeks, so we just stayed there. This suited us fine. We really liked the school.
Sometime during that waiting period my mother showed up and informed us that her and Mr. Ekdahl had separated, and she showed up with Lee, of course, and she was going to take us to Covington where we would stay the summer. We had--the commandant of the school was an attorney, and I think she got some legal assistance from him about divorce proceeding or something. She talked to him about it, I know. His name was Farrell, Herbert D. Farrell. He was commandant of the school. Did you ever talk to him?

Mr. Jenner.

Not that I know of.

Mr. Pic.

A real nice man, too. She had the car.

Mr. Jenner.

The 1938 Buick?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir. She had it.

Mr. Jenner.

Had she taken a home or a house in Covington?

Mr. Pic.

Yes, sir. When we arrived there she looked for a house, and there always is one neighborhood two or three blocks from the downtown area that