Mr. HILL. It was found in the street. It was turned in, I believe, by a medical student or somebody in Dallas.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you have any difficulty maintaining your balance on the back of the car after you had come up on the top of it?
Mr. HILL. Not until we turned off to enter the Parkland Hospital.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, what action did you take specifically with respect to placing Mrs. Kennedy back in the rear seat?
Mr. HILL. I simply just pushed and she moved--somewhat voluntarily--right back into the same seat she was in. The President--when she had attempted to get out onto the trunk of the car, his body apparently did not move too much, because when she got back into the car he was at that time, when I got on top of the car, face up in her lap.
Mr. SPECTER. And that was, after she was back in the rear seat?
Mr. HILL. Yes, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. And where were the President's legs at that time?
Mr. HILL. Inside the car.
Mr. SPECTER. Now, what, if anything, did you observe as to the condition of Governor Connally at that time?
Mr. HILL. After going under this underpass, I looked forward to the jump seats, where Mrs. Connally and Governor Connally were sitting. Mrs. Connally had been leaning over her husband. And I had no idea that he had been shot. And when she leaned back at one time, I noticed that his coat was unbuttoned, and that the lower portion of his abdomen was completely covered with blood.
Mr. SPECTER. When was it that you first observed that?
Mr. HILL. Just after going under the underpass.
Mr. SPECTER. Were you able to observe anything which was occurring on the overpass as the President's motorcade moved toward the overpass?
Mr. HILL. From the time I got on the back of the Presidential limousine, I didn't really pay any attention to what was going on outside the automobile.
Mr. SPECTER. Had you noticed the overpass prior to the time you got on the Presidential automobile?
Mr. HILL. Yes; I had scanned it.
Mr. SPECTER. And do you recollect what, if anything, you observed on the overpass at that time?
Mr. HILL. There were some people there, but I also noticed there was a policeman there.
Mr. SPECTER. Approximately how many people would you say were there?
Mr. HILL. Very few, I would say--maybe five, six.
Mr. SPECTER. And how were you able to identify that there was a policeman there?
Mr. HILL. He was wearing the uniform--presumably a policeman.
Mr. SPECTER. What color uniform was it?
Mr. HILL. I think it was blue of some shade.
Mr. SPECTER. Did you identify it at that time as being of the identical color which other, Dallas policemen were wearing whom you had observed in the area?
Mr. HILL. That's correct, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Can you characterize the type of acceleration which the car made after it started to speed forward- that is, the Presidential car.
Mr. HILL. Well, the initial surge was quite violent, because it almost jerked me off the left rear step board. Then after that it was apparently gradual, because I did not notice it any more.
Mr. SPECTER. What is your best estimate of the distance from the time of the shooting to Parkland Hospital?
Mr. HILL. In time or--
Mr. SPECTER. Time and distance.
Mr. HILL. Distance, I have no idea.
Mr. SPECTER. How about time?
Mr. HILL. I would say roughly 4 minutes.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Mrs. Kennedy say anything as you were proceeding from the time of the shooting to Parkland Hospital?
Mr. HILL. At the time of the shooting, when I got into the rear of the car, she said, "My God, they have shot his head off." Between there and the hospital she just said, "Jack, Jack, what have they done to you," and sobbed.
Mr. SPECTER. Was there any conversation by anybody else in the President's automobile from the time of the shooting to the arrival at Parkland Hospital?
Mr. HILL. I heard Special Agent Kellerman say on the radio, "To the nearest hospital, quick."
Mr. SPECTER. Any other comment?
Mr. HILL. He said, "We have been hit."
Mr. SPECTER. Now, was there any other comment you heard Special Agent Kellerman make?
Mr. HILL. Not that I recall.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Special Agent Greer say anything?
Mr. HILL. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Mrs. Connally say anything?
Mr. HILL. No, sir.
Representative BOGGS. Was Governor Connally conscious?
Mr. HILL. Yes, sir; he was.
Mr. SPECTER. Did Governor Connally say anything?
Mr. HILL. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. Did President Kennedy say anything?
Mr. HILL. No, sir.
Mr. SPECTER. What is your best estimate on the speed at which the President's car traveled from the point of the shooting to Parkland Hospital?
Mr. HILL. It is a little bit hard for me to judge, since I was lying across the rear portion of the automobile. I had no trouble staying in that particular position--until we approached the hospital, I recall, I believe it was a left-hand turn and I started slipping off to the right-hand portion of the car. So I would say that we went 60, maybe 65 at the most.
Mr. SPECTER. Were you able to secure a handhold or a leghold or any sort of a hold on the automobile as you moved forward?
Mr. HILL. Yes, sir. I had my legs--I had my body above the rear seat, and my legs hooked down into the rear seat, one foot outside the car.
Mr. SPECTER. What is your best estimate of the time of the assassination itself?
Mr. HILL. Approximately 12:30.
Mr. SPECTER. I am not sure whether I asked you about this--about how long did it take you to get from the shooting to the hospital?
Mr. HILL. Approximately 4 minutes.
Mr. SPECTER. What did you observe as to President Kennedy's condition on arrival at the hospital?
Mr. HILL. The right rear portion of his head was missing. It was lying in the rear seat of the car. His brain was exposed. There was blood and bits of brain all over the entire rear portion of the car. Mrs. Kennedy was completely covered with blood. There was so much blood you could not tell if there had been any other wound or not, except for the one large gaping wound in the right rear portion of the head.