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(Testimony of William Robert , Special Agent, Greer)
Mr. Specter.
Did you observe anything specific which led you to the conclusion that the President was still living?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir. When he was in the emergency room and I was there, I did see his chest expand and move, the movement of the chest a time or so.
Mr. Specter.
Were you able to observe any wound on the front side of the President?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; I didn't, I never seen any on the front side of the President.
The only thing I saw was on the head. I didn't know at the time of any other injuries on him.
Mr. Specter.
As to the front side of the President's body, were you able to observe any hole or tear in either his shirt or tie?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; I didn't and I brought them back, those things, and didn't see them at the time. I probably didn't inspect them very closely but they were handed to me in a paper bag to bring back.
Mr. Specter.
When did you acquire custody and possession of those items of clothing?
Mr. Greer.
After they had made the President's body ready for removal, I was in the emergency room, and a nurse got two shopping bags and I held them and she put the President's suit, his belongings into the two bags including his shoes and socks, and his pants and jacket which they had torn and the shirt they had torn, they had torn it to take it off him, and the nurse put these into the two bags and I got custody of them right then from the nurse at the emergency room.
Mr. Specter.
Were there any other items of wearing apparel such as shorts or undershirt?
Mr. Greer.
Yes, sir; his shorts and that brace he wore, whatever it was, and his sox and shoes, and shirt, and his trousers, and his suit coat.
Mr. Specter.
Are you able to state with certainty that there was no undershirt?
Mr. Greer.
Yes, sir; there was no undershirt. I am sure there was no undershirt. I would have to say it to the best of my recollection, there was no undershirt. I had been with him so many times and I knew he didn't normally wear an undershirt because I had heard him one time previously, I offered him a coat.
He said, "I have an undershirt on today," it was at some ballgame. He normally didn't wear an undershirt.
Mr. Specter.
Can you describe with more particularity the brace you just said he was wearing?
Mr. Greer.
It looked like a, I would say, a corset-type brace, maybe 6 inches wide, he wore it around his, down low around his, haunches, a little lower than the waist, probably, just probably below his belt he wore it there. It was something he normally wore, and I would guess, but I would say it was of a soft, maybe a kind of corset-type material, maybe elastic or something like that support.
Mr. Specter.
Mr. Greer, when your automobile arrived at Parkland, was there any medical individual awaiting your arrival?
Mr. Greer.
I can't remember--there were--who brought the stretchers out. There were some hospital people there, but who they were, I never got--I couldn't identify or knew who they were. There were some medical people there; yes.
Mr. Specter.
Where were they when you first saw hospital personnel?
Mr. Greer.
When I pulled into the ambulance entrance there were some people there on the right-hand side with these stretchers that they had rushed out. I don't know just who they were from the hospital staff. There was a great deal of confusion because everyone was trying to help, the agents were there.
Mr. Specter.
Are you able to state whether there was a doctor in attendance at that time?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; I couldn't state that.
Mr. Specter.
What did you do after your arrival at Parkland Hospital?
Mr. Greer.
I helped pull it, take the stretcher into the emergency room that he was on. It is on wheels, and I helped to take that in, and I stayed inside
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