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“~ ? abe ; Bienen” ra tanta apne hd ee . 7 . . . \ . grams and sketches of his movements-~-where he dove, and the posi-~ tion of the submerged Oldsmobile in relation to the bridge. He ex- perienced no difficulty in finding the cottage on foot. Just what , kind of orientation did he lose? ° all we note, again for the sake of compleatness, that <> in Dr. tt's account the window was open, whereas, on the witness - stand (@age 7) he said the window was closed. (Thad he reversed thig® on the @ery next page and said it was open is further indication of | “oscillating” amnesia.) -° -_ Finally (?), we note the statement that after returning to his hotel he "slept fitfully until 7:00 a.m." This is more anoma~ lous, of course, but we must remember that Mr. Kennedy was not under *» oath when he gave that account to Dr. Watt. However, one may notice JSthat he snapped out of it rather quickly and without much difficulty when Mr. Richards' testimony is considered. This fits well enough in the schedule of telephone calls de- tailed by the New York Graphic, please note tAnomaly T). He met Mr. Richards at approximately 7:30 a.m., which means he could have. just made the tenth call at 7:19. Then, after going into the roon , at approximately 8 o'clock, -he could very easily have made the elev- - - enth call, after conferring with Messrs. Gargan and Marknam, at 8:14. This over at 8:56, he went downstairs and made the call from the ‘public phone at 9:01. These first two calls mentioned, at 7:19 and 6:14, would be predicated on a telephone in the room and the switch- board now open. Mr. Tretter's testimony3l/ fits well enough, too, as he recounts how he unintentionally intruded into the room to ~ find that it was a “private thing” and was requested to leave. This was a few minutes after eight. | mo, _— vo 6 '* here is an insistent question concerning this matter of the Senator notifying the police when he had "fully realized what had happened.* First, however, a supposition or two are necessary. We recall that Mrs. Malm called the police because two boys had knocked ._ on her door that morning and told her there was a Car upside-down near’the bridge. Then word got around rather quickly and Mr. Betten~ court heard about it, who, in turn, informed Senator Kennedy, who &hereuper shortly after fully realized that his identity as owner of °° the car would become known from the license number being checked {it ~~ was, in fact). . Now then, suppose the two boys had not decided to go fishing (that is what took them to the area) that Saturday morn- ing and that no one had crossed the bridge. Or, suppose that, in- stead of being remarkably clear, the water around Martha's Vineyard was very muddy and the car had not been visible, not even at low tide. ° , -- Question: How long would it have been before the Senator de- ‘cided to notify the police? If this question seems unusual, let us yemember that he tolé Mr. Richards that he might join him and his wife for breakfast "later." And shall we also remember that the in- formation first given out to the members of the party was Simply that they “couldn’t find Mary Jo?" She was “missing.“ , e« « * RY Teid., v. 18. —-y