Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. SPECTER. All right. May the record show that a court reporter is
present and is taking verbatim transcript of the deposition of Mrs.
Hill, with the court reporter, Mrs. Hill, and myself being present, and
that all of the report is being transcribed and has been transcribed
from the time Mrs. Hill arrived, is that correct, Mrs. Hill?
Mrs. HILL. That is correct.
Mr. SPECTER. Where were you on the day of November 22, 1963, at about
noontime?
Mrs. HILL. I was standing directly across from the Texas School
Depository Building on a grassy slope and the triangle toward the
underpass.
Mr. SPECTER. And that would have been Dealey Plaza?
Mrs. HILL. If that's what the name of it is.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, would that be on the----
Mrs. HILL. It was to the left of the motorcade.
Mr. SPECTER. To the left of the motorcade as the motorcade proceeded
forward?
Mrs. HILL. That's right.
Mr. SPECTER. So, you would have been on the south side of Elm Street?
Mrs. HILL. That's right.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, what had you done immediately before noontime, Mrs.
Hill?
Mrs. HILL. We had been there for about an hour and a half and had been
walking up and down and back and forth.
Mr. SPECTER. When you say "we" whom do you mean by that?
Mrs. HILL. My friend, Mary Moorman, that took the picture.
Mr. SPECTER. She had a camera with her?
Mrs. HILL. Yes; a Polaroid. We had been taking pictures all morning.
Mr. SPECTER. And did you have a camera with you?
Mrs. HILL. No.
Mr. SPECTER. And tell me what you observed as the President's motorcade
passed by?
Mrs. HILL. You mean----
Mr. SPECTER. Start any place that you find most convenient and just
tell me in your own way what happened.
Mrs. HILL. Well, as they came toward us, we had been taking pictures
with this Polaroid camera and since it was a Polaroid we knew we had
only one chance to get a picture, and at the time she had taken a
picture just a few minutes before and I had grabbed it out of the
camera and wrapped it and put it in my pocket. Just about that time he
drew even with us.
Mr. SPECTER. And when you say "he" you mean?
Mrs. HILL. The President's car. We were standing on the curb and I
jumped to the edge of the street and yelled, "Hey, we want to take
your picture," to him and he was looking down in the seat--he and
Mrs. Kennedy and their heads were turned toward the middle of the car
looking down at something in the seat, which later turned out to be the
roses, and I was so afraid he was going to look the other way because
there were a lot of people across the street and we were, as far as I
know, we were the only people down there in that area, and just as I
yelled, "Hey," to him, he started to bring his head up to look at me
and just as he did the shot rang out. Mary took the picture and fell on
the ground and of course there were more shots.
Mr. SPECTER. How many shots were there altogether?
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