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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. VI - Page 219« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of Mrs. Jean Lollis Hill)

Mrs. HILL. That's what I thought. At the time I thought that there was more than one person shooting, as I said before.
Mr. SPECTER. Well, you have already told me about that and you told me about the source of the knoll, and you told me why you thought that was more than one person, and now, what I'm trying to get at is why you thought they came from the knoll---was it first because the way the shot sounded and secondly, because the man ran away, and then I asked you the second question---did you think perhaps they came from the knoll exclusively because you saw the man
run away, and you said you thought that might be the case.

Mrs. Hill.
Could be.

Mr. SPECTER. And then I asked you were there any other findings other than those we have already talked about, which would make you think that the shots came from the knoll, based on your own. personal observations, recollections or impressions.
Mrs. Hill.
Nothing that comes to mind.

Mr. SPECTER. Now, is there anything else about that television interview which you consider important?
Mrs. Hill.
Except for the fact it left me very doubtful and confused.

Mr. SPECTER. Because they gave you a lot of hypothetical situations, and you didn't know which was which, if you listened to them?
Mrs. HILL. That's right--they had some very strange ideas which I have heard here and there voiced by other people.
Mr. SPECTER. What were they doing basically, asking you to comment on those various theories?
Mrs. HILL. I asked why were they coming out here, why would they come to my home, why was that important, and they said, "Something big is going to break in a little while and we want to put it on first. We want to be ready for it."
Mr. Specter.
Did they ever put that television interview on?
Mrs. Hill.
I have never seen any, but then, I never saw myself on TV either.
Mr. SPECTER. Is there anything else about that television interview which you now consider important?
Mrs. Hill.
Well, I know that it has bothered me ever since it happened, and particularly since I have been questioned these other times.
Mr. Specter.
By the FBI last week?

Mrs. HILL. Yes ; and without things of comments, and speculation that I have heard, and remarks that I've gone back over, of happenings that have happened to me that day and as to the way it happened, and frankly, I would either like to say it again or something---
Mr. Specter.
Like to say what again?
Mrs. Hill.
I would like to see this telecast or hear that questioning again because there's something about it that keeps in the back of my mind---
Mr. Specter.
But you can't put your finger on what it is?
Mrs. Hill.
No.
Mr. SPECTER. But you are annoyed or bothered or perplexed with it or confused by that?
Mrs. Hill.
Yes; I have been.
Mr. Specter.
Now, have you told me everything that you have to say about that television interview?
Mrs. Hill.
Yes.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, moving on to the question about Mark Lane, what did you tell him other than that which you have told me here today?
Mrs. HILL. He asked me where we were taken and I told him in the press: room, that we didn't know it was the pressroom at the time, and that we didn't know we couldn't leave and because they kept standing across the door. and the first time we really---we were getting tired of it, I mean, we had been down there quite a while and we were getting tired of it and we wanted to leave and this is what I told him, and so some man came in and offered Mary a sum, I think--say-- $10,000 or something like this for this picture.
We realized that--they said, "Don't sell the picture." He was a representative of either Post or Life, and they said, "Don't sell that picture until our representatives have contacted you or a lawyer or something." Anyway, we
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