Mr. JENNER. Would you say he was more spoiled than the average teenager?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, he was spoiled maybe more because he didn't have a father to pull him down a bit. When you are raising a child alone, it's a hard row--I mean, with just the mother, because, you know, they are getting bigger all the time, and a woman can't keep control over them like a man can.
Mr. JENNER. Did she register him in school here in New Orleans when they came to live in your apartment?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, I don't know who registered him. That I don't know.
Mrs. EVANS. That was Beauregard, and I might say that she used her sister's address so she could get him in that school. It's a good school, and she wanted him to go there, and also at that time I believe she was living with her sister, so that was in that school district. That's the way I understand it anyway. I think there has been some confusion about that address that was given at the school, but it is my understanding that that's why she used it. If she hadn't used her sister's address, he couldn't have gone to Beauregard probably, I mean, if she had moved to another district. So since she wanted him in Beauregard, that was the easiest way to do it.
Mr. JENNER. In order to get him in Beauregard, she used her sister's address, and that was the reason, as you understand it; is that right?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; that was a good school. I guess it still is, but she wanted him in there. Otherwise he would have had to go to another school.
Mr. JENNER. That's Beauregard Junior High School; is that right?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; and, like I said, a good school; a very fine school.
Mr. JENNER. Was Lee a good student, according to information you received in that regard, if you did receive any such information?
Mrs. EVANS. Well, I never saw his report cards, but I think he was a pretty good student. I really couldn't tell you that.
Mr. JENNER. Did you notice during this period that you had this recent, close acquaintanceship with him, that he was still retiring, and that he was inclined to be by himself?
Mrs. EVANS. Yes; he liked books, and he liked music, and he would come home from school, of course, a couple of hours before Margie, and he would have crossword puzzles and books and music, and he seemed to entertain himself very well.