Mr. Liebeler. Did you see that shot hit anything—the third shot?
Mr. Hudson. No, sir. I'll tell you—this young fellow that was sitting there with me—standing there with me at the present time, he says, "Lay down, Mister, somebody is shooting the President." He says, "Lay down, lay down," and he kept on repeating, "Lay down," so he was already laying down one way on the sidewalk, so I just laid down over on the ground and resting my arm on the ground and when that third shot rung out and when I was close to the ground—you could tell the shot was coming from above and kind of behind.
Mr. Liebeler. How could you tell that?
Mr. Hudson. Well, just the sound of it.
Mr. Liebeler. You heard it come from sort of behind the motorcade and then above?
Mr. Hudson. Yes; I don't know if you have ever laid down close to the ground, you know, when you heard the reports coming, but it's a whole lot plainer than it is when you are standing up in the air.
Mr. Liebeler. You were standing down here where we put the "X"?
Mr. Hudson. Yes.
Mr. Liebeler. You say that when the President was hit in the head he was up here by the first lamppost on the right-hand side of the post that shows in the picture?
Mr. Hudson. Yes; right along in here.