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
Mrs. HILL. Yes; and as I came across the street--as I said--I never
did see Mrs. Kennedy get up or anything, because when I ran across the
street, the first motorcycle that was right behind her nearly hit me
turning around, because I looked up in his face and he was looking all
around.
Mr. SPECTER. You mean the policeman?
Mrs. HILL. Yes; and I don't think he ever did see me. I just looked at
him and dodged then because I thought his wheel was going to hit me,
and I don't think he ever did see me, and I ran across through there
and started up the hill. When I looked down on the ground, I mean, as I
was running up the hill to catch that man, I looked down and saw some
red stuff and I thought, "Oh, they got him, he's bleeding," and this is
embarrassing, but it turned out to be Koolade or some sort of red drink.
Mr. SPECTER. You thought they had gotten the man who was running away?
Mrs. HILL. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. You thought that perhaps the second burst of shots you
heard were being directed toward him by the Secret Service?
Mrs. HILL. I just thought, "Oh, goodness, the Secret Service is
shooting back."
Mr. SPECTER. Can you describe what that man looked like?
Mrs. HILL. He wasn't----
Mr. SPECTER. How tall was he?
Mrs. HILL. He wasn't very tall.
Mr. SPECTER. Was he more than 5 feet tall, or can you give me any
meaningful description of him?
Mrs. HILL. Well, yes; but I don't want to.
Mr. SPECTER. Why is that?
Mrs. HILL. Well, because I had told several people and I also said it
that day down there and the person that I described, and I am fully
aware that his whereabouts have been known at all times, and that it
seems that I am merely using a figure and converting it to my story,
but the person that I saw looked a lot like--I would say the general
build as I would think Jack Ruby would from that position. But I have
talked with the FBI about this and I told them I realized that his
whereabouts had been covered at all times and of course I didn't--at
that time I didn't realize that the shots were coming from the
building. I frankly thought they were coming from the knoll.
Mr. SPECTER. Why did you think they were coming from the knoll?
Mrs. HILL. That was just my idea where they were coming from.
Mr. SPECTER. Would you draw the knoll on the picture, where you mean by
the knoll?
Mrs. HILL. This area in front of the Book Depository--it's right here.
Mr. SPECTER. Just draw me a circle as to where you had a general
impression the shots were coming from.
Mrs. HILL. This is a hill and it was like they were coming from right
in there. That's when I looked up and saw that man and all the rest
of the people were stunned and not moving in that area and yet he was
getting out of there--I thought that probably he had done it, and so I
went to catch him, for some reason.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, did you have a conscious impression of the source of
the first shot that you heard, that is, where it came from?
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