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ON 8 tee Ricenap ma Big Acne tact ‘ re aay mf ne Lie” SH I GS ine ete ten oat ila inrallay ell tpt BAR mer bE Pattn na, sm renee OF ~e @. The "tourist" was Russell E. Peachey, innkeeper of the Shire~ town, whose testimony included the following. - ANOMALY R (p. 15) a:./ (Describing a portion of the Inn) ...The second £flcor has > threejunits plus the deck ... Mr. Kennedy was on the second floor occupying space that entered off the deck area. Q:! Did you have occasion to see him sometime on the 19th? A: I just happened to be standing in front of the office... and I heard footsteps coming across the deck. There were m0 lights up there, so I just thought I would wait to see who it might be, whether the person had any: business being up there or not; and the individual came down the steps, and as he (the Sen- ator) touched the ground, he turned around the steps and I asked “if I could help hin. , , : Q: Did you recognize him? A: It wasn't until I spoke to him that I realized who it was. : here are no lights on the deck? : A: There is a light up there, but it seemed to me that some~ one had switched it off. I can't really say whether that Ligh* was on or not. If it is, it is kind of a floodlight that is fo- cused down to the floor of the deck right near where the steps enter up on the deck and it is purely to light the steps jast slightly up there. . Q: So what did this person say? A: I asked if I could help him. He said, “No.” ... He said he had been awakened by a noise coming from a party next door. >- “He went to look for his watch, he couidn't find it, and wondered what time it was. I turned and looked in the office. Q: He was awakened? ° ; Fe) A: Right. Q: What did you do? A: I turned and looked in the office window at the clock and I°told him it was 2:25. 3 Q: What did this person do? x A: Thanked me, turned and went back to the quarters. a The reader is now reguested to read ahead as far as footnote 30 in the testimony, page 16. What can be more obvious than that one of these two gentlemen demonstrated a disregard for the truth? At least, the compleat truth? Reverting to the preceding response ‘of the Senator's, there was no mention of anything but retaining full consciousness prior to the confrontation with Mr. Peachey. If - he had not been awakened, as he claimed, what was his motive for making the false statement? (According to Mr. Peachey's account, is a furtiveness apparent here?) . Ana if Mr. Peachey falsified, what could he possibly have expected to gain, or what could he have attempted to conceal? It may help the reader to decide which of the two accounts to accept by reviewing some of the respective tes- timonies. ‘ By the way, with a throbbing headache does it seem more logi- cal to look for an aspirin than trying to find out what time it is? ~ 42 - 7 A