Mr. Jenner. Did he say he had not attempted to defect?
Mrs. Evans. Well, he said that he did not want to give up his American citizenship, and that he never intended to do so. He said, "I am an American," and he said, "I just went over there, just messing around."
Mr. Jenner. Did he express to you then or at any subsequent time his opinion of Russia and his reaction to the life he had in Russia?
Mrs. Evans. Well, he didn't seem to think they had treated him too bad. I guess he was just a young man in love with this Russian girl, but he did say now that he had decided not to come back to the States until he could bring her with him. He did say that, so from that conversation I gathered that he evidently wanted to come back, but he had married into a Russian family, and he had to get out the best way he could.
Now, this Russian woman, I don't know if she was Russian born or not, but the paper said that this woman was a teacher, and that she taught Russian.
Mr. Jenner. You mean Mrs. Paine? You are talking about Mrs. Paine now?
Mrs. Evans. Yes; I didn't even remember her name.
Mr. Jenner. You mean the lady that brought Marina over to New Orleans from Texas?
Mrs. Evans. Yes; the one that brought Marina and the baby to New Orleans.
Mr. Jenner. Well, we will get into that in a minute, Mrs. Evans; she's not a Russian woman, by the way. She's a girl from Columbus, Ohio, that was a Quaker.