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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. V - Page 134« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Thomas J. Kelley)

Mr. Kelley.
Yes.
Mr. Specter.
And the record will show, may it please the Commission, that this was made by the autopsy surgeons at Bethesda.
And was there any marking placed on the back of Governor Connally?
Mr. Kelley.
Yes; there was a marking placed on the back of his coat in the area where the medical testimony had indicated the bullet had entered Governor Connally.
Mr. Specter.
And what coat was worn by the stand-in for Governor Connally?
Mr. Kelley.
It was the coat that Governor Connally was wearing at the time he was injured.
Mr. Specter.
And was the chalk circle placed around the hole which appeared on the back of that coat garment?
Mr. Kelley.
It was.
Mr. Specter.
Were certain tests made by the Secret Service shortly after the day of the assassination?
Mr. Kelley.
Yes.
Mr. Specter.
And were those tests reduced to photographs which were compiled in an album?
Mr. Kelley.
Yes; in Commission Document No. 88, we took some photographs of the scene of the assassination on December 5, 1963, from the window of the Texas Book Depository, and from the street.
Mr. Specter.
The number which you refer to bears Commission No. 88, which is an index number which was given for internal Commission document filing, but it has not been marked as a Commission exhibit.
I would now like to mark it Commission Exhibit No. 875 and move for its admission into evidence.
The Chairman.
It may be admitted.
(The document referred to was marked Commission Exhibit No. 875 for identification, and received in evidence.)
Mr. Specter.
Does a photograph in that group show the condition of the foliage of the trees in the vicinity where the assassination occurred?
Mr. Kelley.
Yes.
Mr. Specter.
And is there----
Mr. Dulles.
One question. This photograph was taken, though, several weeks later, wasn't it?
Mr. Kelley.
On December 5.
Mr. Dulles.
That was 2 weeks later.
Mr. Kelley.
Two weeks later; yes, sir.
Mr. Dulles.
So the foliage would presumably be somewhat less in that picture, would it not, than it was on November 22?
Mr. Kelley.
No; actually, the foliage hadn't changed very much even in the latest tests we are making.
The Chairman.
It was an evergreen?
Mr. Kelley.
It was an oak tree, Mr. Chief Justice, I have been told the foliage doesn't change much during the year. They call it pine oak. Some people call it a life oak. But the people down there I talked to said it was called a pine oak.
Mr. Specter.
And did you observe the foliage on the tree on May 24?
Mr. Kelley.
I did, sir.
Mr. Specter.
And would you state the relative condition of that foliage, as contrasted with the photographs you have before you taken on December 5?
Mr. Kelley.
It was very similar, practically the same.
Mr. Specter.
And the description which you have just given applies to a large oak tree which intervened between a point on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository Building and any automobile which would have been driven down the center lane of Elm Street in a westerly direction?
Mr. Kelley.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter.
Mr. Chief Justice, the purpose of having Inspector Kelley testify was just to set the scene. That completes our questioning of him.
The Chairman.
Very well. Thank you, Inspector Kelley.
Mr. Specter.
The next witness will be Inspector Gauthier.

Leo J. Gauthier

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