My Own Contributions:
Yarborough's Statements
This time, I know that I learned of Yarborough's statements from McLaren's book. However, my (small) contribution is to offer an original source.
Talking to reporters outside of Parkland Hospital immediately after the assassination, Yarborough said that 1) he could smell gun powder all the way to the hospital; 2) the third shot might have been a Secret Service man returning fire; and 3) he saw a Secret Service man beating his fists against the side of the President's car, presumably "in frustration, anger, and despair."
The first statement is telling because of the "plume of residue" as McLaren describes in his book. The source of the gun smoke had to be in the motorcade ahead of him, and Yarborough was riding in the car immediately behind the Secret Service car.
The second statement that the third shot "might have been a Secret Service man returning fire" was a find McLaren described as "like diamonds" in support of the accidental shot from the AR-15.
And the last statement, about the Secret Service man beating his fist against "the President's car"--I suspect that Clint Hill had his hands full just trying to hold on during the wild ride to Parkland Hospital. Like McLaren, I think the agent beating his fists against the car was probably Hickey.
This newspaper clipping from the Chicago Sun-Times (Saturday, November 3, 1963) was taken from http://jfkassassinationfiles.com/senator_yarborough_terms.
This time, I know that I learned of Yarborough's statements from McLaren's book. However, my (small) contribution is to offer an original source.
Talking to reporters outside of Parkland Hospital immediately after the assassination, Yarborough said that 1) he could smell gun powder all the way to the hospital; 2) the third shot might have been a Secret Service man returning fire; and 3) he saw a Secret Service man beating his fists against the side of the President's car, presumably "in frustration, anger, and despair."
The first statement is telling because of the "plume of residue" as McLaren describes in his book. The source of the gun smoke had to be in the motorcade ahead of him, and Yarborough was riding in the car immediately behind the Secret Service car.
The second statement that the third shot "might have been a Secret Service man returning fire" was a find McLaren described as "like diamonds" in support of the accidental shot from the AR-15.
And the last statement, about the Secret Service man beating his fist against "the President's car"--I suspect that Clint Hill had his hands full just trying to hold on during the wild ride to Parkland Hospital. Like McLaren, I think the agent beating his fists against the car was probably Hickey.
This newspaper clipping from the Chicago Sun-Times (Saturday, November 3, 1963) was taken from http://jfkassassinationfiles.com/senator_yarborough_terms.