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on to the field from all sides. According to Lt, Antrim, the most that could be done by the Naval personnel was to oare for the dead and injured who had been in- volved in the Hindenburg cragh, as well as to keep the spectators back from the burning wreckage. Lt. Antrim also stated that it was some three or four hours . before the Marine patrols were established and mainteined on the res- ervation and before all of the invading spectators could be excluded from the reservation proper, Tt = a eo a come et ne an a ae It might be noted that owing to climatic conditions, there being a slight drizzling rein, the people in the automobiles on the west side of the reservation remained in their cars until after the crashe At this time it might be suggested that if an individual were going to fire at the Hindenburg airship at the time that it attempted to land, this individual would have to run towards the airship, in full view of all of the spectators lining the west side of the reser- vation, discharge whatever type of gun he might attenp™ to use, and then run back to the fence towards the spectators and attempt to make good his escape. In this connection, the fence in question is approx- imately five feet in height, and there are a number of strands of barbed wire for a distance of about six inches of the fence, thereby making ingress or exit quite difficult. It might aleo be herein stated that Lt. Antrim made the com ment that a great many individuals residing in the vicinity of the Naval Base at Lakehurst appeared to be definitely airship-minded, and farther, that the Naval officials had received numerous commmications from these individuals reporting suspicious actions on the part of other individuals, as well as suspicious cirownstances happening on the date of May 6th, but that at mo time has the suggestion been made by any of the spectators that they had seen an individual discharge ew a rifle or a gun of any sort, nor has anyone made the suggestion that they saw anybody running from the wreckage, creating the appearence that they were attempting to flee from the reservation. Further, if one desired to fire at the Hindenburg they certainly could have ac-= complished their objective without ever entering the reservation at lakehurst and without placing themselves in full view of the many spec= taters on the western side of the reservation, due to the fact that there is a growth of pine trees situated further to the right on the ore eee! mn pam RN