Subject: Hargis, 11-24-63
Date: 11 Oct 1999 07:05:38 GMT
From: psacom@aol.com (PSAcom)
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Newsgroups: alt.assassination.jfk

"Sunday News", New York, November 24, 1963
Page 21
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Motorcade Cop Tells How It Happened

Dallas, Nov. 23 (Special) B.W. Hargis, 31, Dallas
motorcycle patrolman who was riding in President
Kennedy's motorcade, gave this account today of the
Assassination:

"We turned left onto Elm St. off Houston, about a half
block from where it happened. I was right alongside the
rear fender on the left side of the President's car, near
Mrs. Kennedy."

"When I heard the first explosion, I knew it was a shot. I
thought that Gov. Connally had been hit when I saw him
turn toward the President with a real surprised look."

Splattered With Blood

"The President then looked like he was bent over or that
he was leaning toward the Governor, talking to him."

"As the President straightened back up, Mrs. Kennedy
turned toward him, and that was when he got hit in the
side of his head, spinning it around. I was splattered with
blood."

"Then I felt something hit me. It could have been
concrete or something, but I thought at first I might
have been hit."

"Then I saw the limousine stop, and I parked my
motorcycle at the side of the road, got off and drew my
gun."

And They Took Off

"Then this Secret Service agent (in the President's car)
got his wits about him and they took off. The motorcycle
officer on the right side of the car was Jim Chaney. He
immediately went forward and announced to the chief
that the President had been shot."

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