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eee eee Sn I na ee = a ae Se a ET SN ; \ NO. ; tion, Senator, you (@. up by-saying, “When (Qi, realized what had happened this morning I immediately contacted the police.*® Now, is that in fact what you did? ° THE COURT: Mr. Dinis, are you going to ask the statement be put in the record? . ;MR. DINIS: Yes, your Yonor. a we “ PHE COURT: Mr. Kennedy already said this was a copy of the ~ Statement he made. He already testified as to all his move- ments. Now, won't you let the record speak for itself? [U] €. ‘MR. DINIS: All right, your Honor. - Q: I show you, Mr. Kennedy, what purports to be a copy of the televised broadcast which you made approximately a week after the, accident. Would you read that statement and tell me whether or not that is an exact copy of what you said? 2 A: (Complies) Yes. ; After a quick reading of it, I would say that that is ac- curate. - Q: _ Now, Senator, in that televised broadcast, you said, "I in- structed Gargan and Markham not to alarm Mary Jo's friends that night," is that correct? A: That is correct. . Q: Can you tell the Court what prompted you to give this i:- struction? . A: I felt strongly that if those girls were notified that an accident had taken place and that Mary Jo had in fact drowned, which I became convinced of by the time that Markham and Gargan and I left the scene of the accident, that it would only be a mat- ter of seconds before all of those girls, who were long and dear friends of Mary Jo's, to go to the scene of the cscident and dive themselves and enter the water and with, I felt, 2 gccS chance that some serious mishap might have occurred to any one of then. . {vxr1]} 25/ MR. DINIS: I have no further questions of Mr. Kennedy. MR. KENNEDY: Your Honor, could I talk to my counsel before be- ing released, just on one point that I might like to address the bench on? THE COURT: Go ahead. (Off-the-record discussion between Mr. Kennedy and his - lawyers.) THE COURT: And I think we can put in the record this question: Why did you not seek further assistance after Mr. Markham and Mr. Gargan had exhausted their efforts in attempting to reach Mary Jo? MR. KENNEDY: Because I was completely convinced at that time - that no further help and assistance would do Mary Jo any more good. I realized that she must be drowned and still in the car at this time, and it appeared the question in my mind at that time was, what should be done about the accident. 26/ : 2),/ See apoendix. 25/ This response merits being set apart because of its thought content; hence the lineal separation. Don't you agree? ; 26/ A weichty decision; nothing simple, like callirg the police. Once again, "completely convinced" of her death and tnat she was still in the car. a - 18 - a . 42