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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 141« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Margaret M. Henchliffe)

Mr. Specter.
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Well, actually I went in ahead of the cart with him and I was the first one in with him, and just in a minute, or seconds, Dr. Carrico came in.
Mr. Specter.
And what other doctors arrived, if any?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Oh, gee. Let's see---there was Dr. Baxter, Dr. Perry, and you want all of them that were in the room?
Mr. Specter.
If you can remember them.
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Dr. Kemp Clark, Dr. Jenkins, Dr. Peters, Dr. Crenshaw, and there was some woman anesthetist that I don't know which--who it was.
Mr. SPECTER. What did you observe to be the President's condition when you first saw him?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. I saw him breathe a couple of times and that was all.
Mr. Specter.
Did you see any wound anywhere on his body?

Miss HENCHLIFFE. Yes; he was very bloody, his head was very bloody when I saw him at the time.
Mr. Specter.
Did you ever see any wound in any other part of his body?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. When I first saw him---except his head.
Mr. Specter.
Did you see any wound on any other part of his body?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Yes; in the neck.
Mr. Specter.
Will you describe it, please?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. It was just a little hole in the middle of his neck.
Mr. Specter.
About how big a hole was it?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. About as big around as the end of my little finger.
Mr. Specter.
Have you ever had any experience with bullet holes?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Yes.
Mr. Specter.
And what did that appear to you to be?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. An entrance bullet hole it looked to me like.
Mr. Specter.
Could it have been an exit bullet hole?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. I have never seen an exit bullet hole I don't remember seeing one that looked like that.
Mr. Specter.
What were the characteristics of the hole?

Miss HENCHLIFFE. It was just a little round---just a little round hole, just a little round jagged-looking---jagged a little bit.
Mr. SPECTER. What experience have you had in observing bullet holes, Miss Henchliffe?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Well, we take care of a lot of bullet wounds down there--I don't know how many a year.
Mr. Specter.
Have you ever had any formal studies of bullet holes?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Oh, no; nothing except my experience in the emergency room.
Mr. Specter.
In what?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. In the emergency room is all.

Mr. SPECTER. What was done to the President after he arrived at the emergency room?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Well the first thing, his endotracheal tube was inserted.
Mr. Specter.
Were you present all the time he was in the emergency room?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Except when I left out to get blood.
Mr. Specter.
And how long were you gone?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Oh, about 3 minutes or so--3 or 4 minutes.
Mr. Specter.
And were you present when he was pronounced dead?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Yes, sir.

Mr. SPECTER. What was done with the President's body after he was pronounced to be dead?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. Well, after the last rites were said, we then undressed him and cleaned him up and wrapped him up in sheets until the coffin was brought.
Mr. Specter.
And after the coffin arrived, what was done with his body?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. He was placed in the coffin.
Mr. Specter.
What had he been on up until that time?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. An emergency room cart.
Mr. Specter.
And is that also described as a stretcher?
Miss HENCHLIFFE. A stretcher---yes.

Mr. SPECTER. Would you describe what this stretcher looked like?
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