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ANOMALY S (p. 16) ~~ - moms Let us avail ourselves again of the testimony of Ralph Hewitt, the ferry operatcr who was on duty Saturday morning, duly 19, 1969.: Mr. Hewitt had stated that he had taken Senator Kennedy and two other gentlemen (one of whom he recognized.as. Mr. Markham) to Chapr a ae Mr. Fernandes asked further--3¥6 _ Q:4 And could you tell us where they went on .Chappaquiddick? A; They didn't go very far. They stood around the point over - there. Q: Well, how long were you in their company or in their. , vicinity? Cc A: Oh, I would say approximately 20 minutes | or so. Q: And how diu you measure this time to be 20 minutes? A: Well, I figured that I made two or three trips in between the time I took them over and the time I took them back. Q: Do you know what they.were doing? . A: They appeared to be just milling around, waiting for some- thing or someone. THE COURT: Did you see anyone use the telephone? THE WITNESS: No, I didn't. ae Q: They were not in the telephone area? A: They were in the telephone area...within 50 feet of the ~ telephone. Q: Did you have a conversation with Mr. Bettencourt? A: Yes. . Q: What did he tell you? ; A: He told me that the car that went off the Dike -Bridge haa ~ Cc been identified as Mr. Kennedy's. Q: And then cid anyone relay that to Mr. Kenneay? A: Yes--or'not to Mr. Kennedy, but to Mr. Markham. Q: And who did that? A: I did. ; .Q: What did you tell Mr. Markham? A: I asked him if he was aware of the accident and he said, | “Yes, we just heard about it." Q: And after you relayed that information to them, what did you do? A: I had passengers on the ferry; I went back and went to Edgartown. Q: Did they go back with you? A: Yes. Q: How long after you relayed that information? A: Within a couple of minutes. “ One must suppose, I suppose, that it took the information that the car had been discovered and it was therefore generally Known for Senator Kennedy to "fully realize" what had happened. HEN he im- mediately repcerted the. matter to the police, as he said in his state- ment a little later at the Police Station (p. 17). In The Bridge at Chappaquiddick (p. 131), we are given a slightly different, but more 16/ The Inouest, p. 81, ay fF}