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Karl Uecker Testimony Karl Uecker, the assistant .maitre.d’' of the Ambassador Hotel, was leading Senator Kennedy to the pantry and was within two it ae he te a wes Se fe ee ee Se ee Sea Se ee See Cluded the following: “He broke away from me. He shook hands." In response to a question at trial of how far would Uecker be from the Senator at that time, Uecker responded, "Well, just as far as my hands can reach from here, a matter of a foot, more or less, two feet." "At that time, he shook hands with the last man and I looked over there and I was kinda watching and this guy was coming close... He (Kennedy) was shaking hands and I talked to him and then I turned to my left and my right and I felt something moving in between the steam table and my stomach. I was very close to the steam table. The next thing I heard was something like a firecracker and I turned my head to the left -and I slid over again and I heard something like a shot, and Mr. Kennedy was falling out of my hand, and his upright arm, and he was turning and ther I realized there was somebody following me with a gun." (Reporter's transcript pages 3095-3096). Edward Minasian Testimony Mr. Edward Minasian, a hotel employee, was within five feet of Robert Kennedy. His trial testimony was as follows: “We were walking. I could tell the Senator's right shoulder was very close to my left shoulder and when he reached a certain point I observed the Senator shaking hands with the hotel personnel in the same area in which he was standing. This was immediately in front of the first steam table. At this time, I moved several steps closer to him. There was several people with whom he was shaking hands with. I don't recall their names. As I walked toward him, in my peri- Pheral vision, I observed somedéne running in the direction in which we were walking. This person was running from east to west. He was running toward the Senator and me and the next thing, as I looked up, I saw a revolver extended but I couldn't get a very close look at the person, but I saw the arm extended with the revolver and he had reached around Mr. Uecker. Mr. Uecker was standing almost immediately against the service table. The party who was running reached between the steam table or service table (one and the same table) and Uecker, with his arm extended,: and I saw the explosion of the shells and I saw the Senator raise his arm pratically in front of his face and then the second shot went off and after the second shot, why, I jumped across this area between myself and Uecker and attempted to grab, and grabbed a hold of him, the party, around the waist and at the top of the leg. We had him pinned up against the service table." (Reporter's transcript pages 3154, 3155, & 3156). ~ 26 =