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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 119« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Ruth Jeanette Standridge)

Mr. Specter.
mopped the floor and we cleaned the wall, the blood off of the walls and so forth, to get it presentable before Mrs. Kennedy came back in.
Mr. Specter.
And was President Kennedy in the room at that time?
Miss STANDRIDGE. Yes.
Mr. Specter.
Did you see him there?
Miss STANDRIDGE. Yes.
Mr. Specter.
And you identified him from what you knew he looked like?
Miss STANDRIDGE. Yes.
Mr. Specter.
And how was he clothed at that time?

Miss STANDRIDGE.. Well, as far as from his waist up---was all that was uncovered and they were trying to protect his head with a sheet---it was wrapped around his head.
Mr. Specter.
What clothing did he have on from the waist down?
Miss STANDRIDGE. It was just a sheet cover---I don't know of anything under the cover, whether there was or not. I assumed he was all unclothed, which we do routinely.
Mr. Specter.
He was all unclothed?
Miss STANDRIDGE. I said I assumed he was---I don't know.
Mr. Specter.
What did he have from the waist up?
Miss STANDRIDGE. Nothing.
Mr. Specter.
What was he on at that time ?
Miss. STANDRIDGE. A stretcher cart.
Mr. Specter.
Did you see 'what happened to that stretcher afterward?
Miss STANDRIDGE. I didn't notice. They moved it from the room.
Mr. Specter.
Do you know what happened to the sheets that were on the President's stretcher?
Miss STANDRIDGE. No; I don't.

Mr. SPECTER. Did you and I meet previously before I started to take the deposition here today and talk about the procedures for the investigation by the Warren Commission?
Miss STANDRIDGE. Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. And have you and I been discussing here, with me asking questions and you making answers all the things which we talked about before the court reporter came in?
Miss STANDRIDGE. I believe so.
Mr. SPECTER. Have you ever talked to any other representative of the Federal Government?
Miss STANDRIDGE. The Secret Service---yes, sir.
Mr. Specter.
And did you talk with them once or more than once?
Miss STANDRIDGE. Well, I talked with them one time in Mr. Wright's office and another time just briefly---he came to see the layout of the emergency room.
Mr. Specter.
Whose office Mr. Wright?
Miss STANDRIDGE. Personnel manager here.

Mr. SPECTER. What did the Secret Service men ask you about on those occasions?
Miss STANDRIDGE. Well, just the same thing we have gone over today.
Mr. SPECTER. And you talked with the Secret Service man in another part of the hospital on another day, you say?
Miss STANDRIDGE. I think he came back up into the emergency room at that time.
Mr. Specter.
What did you talk about in the emergency room at that time?
Miss STANDRIDGE. Well, Mrs. Nelson, she showed him the different areas.
Mr. Specter.
And you identified some of the things?
Miss STANDRIDGE. No, sir.

Mr. SPECTER. Have you ever talked with any other representative of the Federal Government?
Miss STANDRIDGE. No.
Mr. Specter.
Any representative of the State government?
Miss STANDRIDGE. No.
Mr. Specter.
Thank you very much. Those are all---those are the only questions I have.
Miss STANDRIDGE. Thank you for that.
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