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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. XI - Page 47« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of John Edward Pic Resumed)

Mr. Pic.
That is correct.
Mr. Jenner.
And that was a cordial reunion, was it?
Mr. Pic.
Yes; it was.
Mr. Jenner.
Was your mother working at that time?
Mr. Pic.
She was working, sir, when we arrived there, at Cox, I believe, Department Store at the candy counter, I believe it was Cox, I know she was working at a candy counter.
Mr. Jenner.
All right.
Mr. Pic.
When we got there, my mother informed us she had no food in the house so my wife and I went and bought a whole bunch of groceries for our stay which we expected to do. I got in contact with some old friends, and they invited me over for Sunday dinner the following Sunday at their house, and being I was pressed for time I had another Sunday dinner invitation at my brother

Robert's house. My mother was invited to this dinner.
Mr. Jenner.
At your brother's?
Mr. Pic.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
Yes.
Mr. Pic.
He then resided at 7313 Davenport Street, I believe. Well, it seems that my mother declined her part of the invitation, and was quite put out that my wife and I did not decline our part because she decided that we should spend Sunday dinner eating with her. So, my wife and I and two children drove off to my brother Robert's house to go eat. After we were there for about a half hour, she called us up and told me to come get our bags, that we would have to leave.
So, my wife and I, we left the kids at my brother Robert's because we knew there would be a big scene with all the trimmings, and we went back and we walked in, didn't say nothing, just packed up our bags and she was yelling and screaming reminding us about the time we threw her out of the apartment in New York and she was getting even with us for this when we threw her and Lee out.
I then informed her that I wanted nothing more to do with her and that everytime she and my wife got together, that she had nothing but bad things to say about her. And I let her know that our relationship ends right then and there, and since that time, sir, I have not written her, talked to her, anything.
Mr. Jenner.
Or seen her.
Mr. Pic.
Or have seen her, except in magazines and stuff. She has sent me a bunch of junk in the mail. During this conversation when we was getting thrown out, I reminded her that she made nothing but trouble for us and especially my wife, she was always on my wife. And so I owed her a few dollars for the phone call I had made, so I gave her $10 and this seemed to satisfy, well, probably accomplished what she set out to do, get some money off of me one way or the other. This is how I looked at it. This didn't upset her, after we left, after I gave her $10. So, we went to my brother Robert's, we ate, we stayed at their house until Tuesday morning, and we left and then went to Japan, sir.
Mr. Jenner.
All right. Let's suspend for dinner.
Mr. Pic.
Could I just add one thing, sir?
Mr. Jenner.
Yes.
Mr. Pic.
While we were there, I was informed that Lee was in Japan.
Mr. Jenner.
You were informed by your mother?
Mr. Pic.
Yes, sir. And that we should see him when we get there.
Mr. Jenner.
Were you advised as to where in Japan he was?
Mr. Pic.
I was given his address, sir. After arriving there it was just a matter of a week or so I received a letter from my mother which I never acknowledged or maybe it was my brother, it was one of the two, saying Lee was traveling across the United States at the same time I was. He had left Japan before I arrived in Japan. I arrived in Japan 10 November 1958 and I don't know what date he left, sir. I never got to see him in Japan. This would probably be a good time to suspend.
Mr. Jenner.
Before we do that, did you have any conversation with your brother about, your brother Robert about your brother Lee while you were there in 1958?
Mr. Pic.
I think I may have let him know how Lee acted toward me. He
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