(Testimony of Dr. Robert Roeder Shaw)
Mr. Dulles.
upright, with his right forearm held across the lower portion of the chest. In this position, the trajectory of the bullet could have caused the wound of entrance, the wound of exit, struck his wrist and proceeded on into the left thigh. But although this is a possibility, I can't give a firm opinion that this is the actual way in which it occurred.
Mr. Specter.
If it pleases the Commission, we propose to go through that in this testimony; and we have already started to mark other exhibits in sequence on the clothing. So that it will be more systematic, we plan to proceed with the identification of clothing and then go on to the composite diagram which explains the first hypothesis of Dr. Shaw and the other doctors of Park- land. And then proceed from that, as I intend to do, with an examination of the bullet, which will explore the thinking of the doctor on that subject.
Dr. Shaw, for our record, I will hand you Commission Exhibit No. 684 and ask you if that is a picture of the reverse side of the coat, which we will later prove to have been worn by Governor Connally, the coat which is before you?
Dr. SHAW. It is.
Mr. Specter.
What, if anything, appears on the back of that coat and also on the picture in line with the wound which you have described on the Governor's posterior chest?
Dr. SHAW. The picture the coat and the picture of the coat, show a rent in the back of the coat approximately 2- centimeters medial to the point where the sleeve has been joined to the main portion of the garment.
The lighter-colored material of the lining of the coat can be seen through this rent in the coat.
Mr. Specter.
Dr. Shaw, I show you a shirt, subject to later proof that it was the shirt worn by Governor Connally, together with a photograph marked "Commission Exhibit No. 685," and ask you if that is a picture of that shirt, the back side of the shirt?
Dr. SHAW. Yes; it is a picture of the back side of the shirt. However, in this particular picture I am not able to make out the hole in the shirt very well.
Now I see it, I believe; yes.
Mr. Specter.
Will you describe the hole as you see it to exist in the shirt? Aside from what you see on the picture, what hole do you observe on the back of the shirt itself?
Dr. SHAW. On the back of the shirt itself there is a hole, a punched out area of the shirt which is a little more than a centimeter in its greater diameter. The whole shirt is soiled by brown stains which could have been due to blood.
Mr. Specter.
How does the hole in the back of the shirt correspond with the wound on the Governor's back?
Dr. SHAW. It does correspond exactly.
Mr. Specter.
Now turning the same shirt over to the front side, I ask you if the photograph, marked "Commission Exhibit No. 386," is a picture of the front side of this shirt?
Dr. SHAW. It is.
Mr. Specter.
What does the picture of the shirt show with respect to a hole, if any, on the right side of the front of the shirt?
Dr. SHAW. The picture and the shirt show on the right side a much larger rent in the garment with the rent being approximately 4 centimeters in its largest diameter.
Mr. Specter.
What wound, if any, did the Governor sustain on his thigh, Dr. Shaw?
Mr. Dulles.
Just one moment, are you leaving this?
Mr. Specter.
Yes.
Mr. Dulles.
I wonder whether or not it would not be desirable for the doctor to put on this photograph where these holes are, because they are not at all clear for the future if we want to study those photographs.
Dr. SHAW. This one is not so hard.
Mr. Dulles.
That one appears but the other one doesn't appear and I think it would be very helpful.
Dr. SHAW. How would you like to have me outline this?
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