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Mary Jo Kopechne Chappaquiddick — Part 1

44 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jul 18, 1969 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: Mary Jo Kopechne Chappaquiddick · 44 pages OCR'd
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1 cain baci anereatcamtaE se Ute einbe enalntoe Q: Do you recalY ther or not any cf Sem f@enancdy, Gargéea or Markham) appeared’ to be injured in any wey? \.% . A: I didn't notice anything that would sake me think that they were injured. : ; Mc. Gargan happened to be at the’ Poli e Station at the same time as inspector Kennedy, who said this: Q: 3 Were you in close proximity to Mr. €argan? A: I was. Q: Did you have occasion to see his arms? _A: I did. : - QO: Did you observe any marks? . ~ A: I did not. ~- Q: . Did you make any observations as to limping or any sign n of injury to anyone?) A: No limping on anybody. And Chief Arena had this to say :2h/ QO: In your observation of Mr. Kennedy the Senator), did you make note of any injuries or bruises? A: No physical injuries. Q: To Mr.- Markham? A: (No, sir. Q: To Mr. Gargan? A: No, sir. In describing her activities Saturday morning at the cottage, Miss Newburgh caida (having slept in the sare yoon with By) Gargan - and several cthers who considered themselves marooned) A: (Mr. Gargan) was walking out the dar when I got up at 8 o'clock. I didn't talk to him. I just saw him for a few min- utes.: I saw him for five minutes when he picked me up in the ‘car, another ten minutes in the cottage axi I saw him later thst morning. . Q: .--did you observe any injuries thet he had received? A: No. : Was there mention by anyone that ke had received injuries anywhere in any manner at that time? A: No. . ; This anomaly could be defended on grands of the way it had "seemed at the moment" when the Senator was purportedly ina "state of shock." On the other hand, let remember that Mr. Ken- nedy said Mr. Gargan hed managed to get atfé-way into the vehicle at one time, which Mr. Gargan later corroberated in his own testi- mony. And let us remember, 3150, that the windows of the car on the passenger's side-were "blown out", whish means that Mr. Gargan might well have cut one of his arms on the underside, for instance, on a fregment of glass. ‘Such a cut covid Save been sufficient to produce visible bleeding, but slight enous’ to have escaped notice . if covered by his shirt sieeve. Let us resember this blcoodiness. 2g/ Toid., P- 72; 2h/ Thid., p. 865 23/ Toid.® 93. -37 -
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