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OCR Page 1 of 276THE CONTINUING INQUIRY
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Surveyor: more than
APRIL 14, 1978
FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
'Some time later, Maurice Ball talked
to her and she told him that a doctor's
1 man shot Kennedy
wife said they were told not to say
anything.
BRENEMAN SAID THE Life investi-
gators had a suite of rooms on the 13th
TIknow for sure' about two shots
floor of the Adolphus Hotel and that he
accompanied the investigators there af-
ter surveying the plaza.
were fired and from which directiont they
He said at that time they all were in
By JIM MARRS
Star Telegram Writer
came They were aware at that time that
agreement that no one man could have
(e) 1978 Fort Worth Star-Telegram
something was haywire
done all the shooting the day of the assas-
EASTLAND surveyor he
'So we went down there (to Dealey
sination.
participated in the FBI's sre-enactment of
Plaza) and roped the area off Istood on
Breneman also participated in another
the John F Kennedy assassination has
the parapet where Zapruder stood and
test.
told the Star-Telegram the study proved
took these pietures. They had still pic
The Life investigators asked if anyone
more than one man was involved in the
tures of all the frames of Zapruder's
was an expert with a bolt action rifle.
shooting.
film.
Breneman, who had won medals as a
Chester Breneman, now Eastland
'Well, I stood there and lined upevery
Marine contest shooter, replied he had
County surveyor, also said the distance
thing that we could see in those pictures
had experience.
and time figures published by the War-
and took measurements, matching
'Believe it or not, here it was the Mon-
ren Commission were odds' with the
everything to the frames We first found
day after the assassination and they had
figures obtained in the re-enactment.
that the first shot could not have beep
managed to get a Manlicher Carcano
Breneman participated in two sepa-
fired until a certain distance because it
rifle from that sporting goods place in
rate assassination studies in Dallas' Dea-
had to pass through a tree:
Chicago just like the one they said
ley Plaza at the request of his long-time
Oswald had.
Breneman-said he was using original
friend, Dallas County Surveyor Robert
stills from the Zapruder film, and he
They had me up there for hours work
H. West.
clearly recalls the three frames showing
nig that bolt. But I couldn't do it in less
Breneman said the first study was con-
matter from Kennedy's head flying
than about three seconds: There's art.
E
ducted on Monday, November 25, 1963,
backward.
to pulling a bolt speedily. You learn that
three days after the assassination, at the
the military.
request of Life magazine. That study
ASSASSINATION RESEARCHERS
And, did it while looking at astation-
used still photos of all frames of the Za-
say several frames from the Zapruder
lary target a moving target is some-
pruder film of the assassination
film have never been made public.
thing else again.
We came to the conclusion that it
Breneman said he saw three frames of
Breneman said perhaps those frames
the Zapruder film at that. time which
are the ones that show at least one bullet
couldn't be done in the time limit they
showed large blobs of blood and brain
struck Kennedy from the front.
were trying to get me down to.
matter flyingfrom Kennedy' shead to the
Breneman said one other thing hap-
Breneman said one strange thing stuck
rear of the car.
pened to him which convinced him that
inhismind about the Life investigators.
Kennedy was hit from the front.
"This man.
told me, 'My life isn't
NUMEROUS WITNESSES, along with
"I was friends with Maurice Ball (a
worth a plug nickle on this investigation.
another film of the shooting, corroborate
former state representative from Dal-
Then he pulled his shirt back and showed
that account of the direction of the fleshy
las) and we were in his office a couple of
me this bullet proof vest. 1 thought that
was a little odd.
debris. The rearward direction would in-
days after the assassination Now, he
dicate Kennedy was shot from the front,
was good personal friends with Audrey
although the Warren Commission decid-
Bell who was the chief surgical nurse at
THE SECOND SURVEY of Dealey
ed all shots came from the rear.
Parkland Hospital.
Plaza was done May 31, 1964, at the re-
''m not interested in making money
'So, he decided to call her up. He told
quest of the FBI and the Secret Service.
or notority,' said the Lyear old Brene-
me to listen in on an extension phone He
just happened to be in Bob's office
both times. He said, 'Do you want to
man. "I just want an explanation
talked to Audrey and asked her to de-
Why the cover up?"`
scribe the president's wounds. She said
come along? and I said, Sure
Why the Secret Service and the FBI
Breneman also said he has not spent
there was a frontal entry wound and she
were not out there the day after the
time trying to figure out who is_responsi-
ble for the assassination
described it quite thoroughly 1 wish now
assassination, I'll never know. And also,
I had taken all this down. Then she said
I believe there were three agencies
I'm not trying to solve anything. he
there also was a rear entry wound. Ball
there, the FBI, the Secret Service and
said. "All I've done is come to some con-
talked a bit more and hung up.
another the Treasury Department
clusions based on what I learned and on
"A few days later, the autopsy report
maybe. Anyway, they did not work
what I know
came out of Bethesda Hospital and they
together Some of the other guys were
The only thing know for sure is that
said the doctors at Parkland were all
calling the FBI men "feebies.' I took
shots came from two different direc-
balled up and that all the wounds were
that tomean he thought they were feeble
tions.'
rear entry wounds.
"We again measured distances and el-
Breneman said his involvement began
"The next day, after reading this
evations by matching the frames of the
the Monday after the assassination.
report, which dumbfounded me and mil-
Zapruder film. We examined a bullet
lions of other people, I went to Maurice
mark on the curb on the south side of the
"I WAS SITTING in Bob West's office
Ball' office again. He called Audrey Bell
street This part of the curb was replaced
shooting the breeze. I was a private sur-
while I was again on the extension phone
shortly after the assassination: Also
veyor in Dallas at the time We were
and he asked her what the people at
right after the-assassination, they were
talking about the assassination when this
Parkland had to say about the autopsy
mentioning a sign which had a stress
fellow comes in and aid be was aspe-
report out of Bethesda.
mark from a bullet on it.
cial investigator for Life magazine. He
She said something to the effect that
'It's my understanding that this par-
asked if we would makg.an investigation
she had no further comment on the mat-
ticular sign was quickly taken down and
down there and see IT any other bullets
ter and she hung up.
no one has been able to locate it.
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