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Warren Commission Hearings: Vol. II - Page 121« Previous | Next »

(Testimony of William Robert , Special Agent, Greer)

Mr. Greer.
wasn't rapid. It is fairly fast in low gear but not rapid like a light car will be.
Mr. Specter.
Does that car have an automatic transmission?
Mr. Greer.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Specter.
And what are the varieties of forward speeds in the vehicle?
Mr. Greer.
It has a low gear and then it has drive one and drive two. It has two top gears. One has, one probably has, free wheeling more than the other. The other is not a free wheeling gear.
Mr. Specter.
How fast can the car be driven in the low gear?
Mr. Greer.
I would say safely you can drive it up to 40 miles an hour in low gear. That is estimating it at 40.
Mr. Specter.
From the time of the first shot until the time of the third shot, was your car moving in a straight line or in an arc or how would you describe it?
Mr. Greer.
I was following the contour of the road, the center of the contour of the road as it goes.
Mr. Specter.
What is the path of the contour of the road?
Mr. Greer.
Well, at the time I didn't think much of it but it is a little, there is a little bend in the road going to the underpass.
Mr. Specter.
Did you hear anyone in the car say anything from the time of the first shot until the time of the third shot?
Mr. Greer.
Not to the best of my recollection, I don't remember.
(At this point, Representative Boggs entered the hearing room.)
( Discussion off the record.)
Mr. Specter.
Mr. Greer, did you hear anyone say anything from the time of the third shot until the time of arrival at Parkland Hospital?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; I didn't. I didn't hear, I can't remember hearing anyone say anything at all. We were quite preoccupied to get to the hospital as fast as we can, as we could, and that was my mind was really occupied on what I was doing. I didn't hear anything.
Mr. Specter.
Do you know what speed you were traveling at en route to the hospital?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; I couldn't say. I was just getting through the traffic and through the streets as fast as I could get through.
Mr. Specter.
Would you have any estimate at all on speed?
Mr. Greer.
I would estimate that I must have been doing 40 or 50, at least 50 miles an hour at times. We might have been going as fast as 50 miles an hour, I am sure.
Mr. Specter.
When you accelerated your automobile, did you at any time come alongside of or pass the police car in front of you?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; I never passed it. I came up alongside one or two motorcycle men and I called to them "get to a hospital fast". You know, I called to them "hospital".
Mr. Specter.
Were you led to the hospital?
Mr. Greer.
Yes, sir; I was led to the hospital by the police car who was preceding me.
Mr. Specter.
Did you have any independent knowledge of the route from where you were?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir.
Mr. Specter.
From the point of assassination to the hospital?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; I didn't.
Mr. Specter.
Were you escorted by any other automobiles besides the police car in front of you?
Mr. Greer.
We had motorcycles and I don't know if there were other police cars out in front of that or not. I am sure there may have been, but I couldn't say right now.
Mr. Specter.
Was there any radio communication between your automobile and the hospital at any time prior to your arrival at the hospital?
Mr. Greer.
No, sir; not between the hospital and our car.
Mr. Specter.
Did Mr. Kellerman have any radio contact at all with anyone in addition to that which you have already described?
Mr. Greer.
He may have had some more communications to the car, the lead car, but I can't remember what they were now.
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