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VI
"I BUMPED THE WALL AND A
BULLET ROLLED OUT
"
As is frequently the case, when dealing with matters vitally
effecting its conclusions, the Commission is vague and somewhat contradictory
in referring to the "finding" of bullet 399. It is variously described as
signature
having been
"
.
found on Governor Connally's stretcher"; as having
"
rolled out
after one of the stretchers (was bumped) against
R-641
the wall
."; and as having
"
rolled off the stretcher used by
Governor Connally". Tomlinson himself says:
Mr.
Tomlinson: I pushed it (a stretcher) back against the wall.
6130
Nr. Snecter: What, if anything, happened then?
Mr. Tomlinson: I bumped the wall and a spent cartridge or bullet rolled out
that apparently had been lodged under the edge of the mat.
Later, he adds:
I made several trips before I discovered it on the end there.
Despite his rather ambiguous references, Tomlinson seems to be indicating
that he first saw the bullet on the stretcher immediately after bumping it
against the wall; and he assumes it had rolled onto the stretcher from under
the mat folded at one end. A simple question or two by Specter could have
clarified at least this point, but they were not asked. (Tomlinson explains
that the two stretchers had been about two feet from the corridor wall, near
the door to the men's room. An "intern or doctor" moved a stretcher away
from the wall "to get in" to the men's room, and when he failed to replace
it on leaving, Tomlinson rushed it against the wall and "
a bullet
rolled out
.
")
Furthermore, the Commission's conclusion that Tomlinson "found"
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