Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. HUBERT. No; I want to get more particular points than that. Now,
since you are about to describe your activities with reference to
a definite area, I want to show you a map or chart of the basement
and jail office area, and in order that we may properly use it in
connection with your testimony, it is necessary for me to identify
it. Therefore, I am marking it, "Dallas, Texas, March the 24th, 1964.
Exhibit 5070, deposition of Capt. C. E. Talbert." And I am signing my
name to it, and for the purposes of identification, I'll ask you to
sign your name just below mine. Now, you say that you, yourself made a
personal check of what is shown on this Exhibit 5070, as the parking
area?
Captain TALBERT. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Wait. Where did you begin? Right in here?
Captain TALBERT. Right about here, to here [indicating].
Mr. HUBERT. Now, I am marking with a numeral, "1" in a circle, a point
that you have indicated to me as the starting point of your inspection
tour, and exactly just what did you do there?
Captain TALBERT. Well, that's----
Mr. HUBERT. And then I am going to ask you to just simply draw a line
as to the general portion that you want, and whenever you stopped, we
will mark the stop with No. "2, 3 and so forth", and just use this map
and mark it in that way, keeping in mind that you must speak in such a
way that a person who reads this later on may be able to understand the
movements. Now, you are starting at a point that is marked No. "1" in a
circle?
Captain TALBERT. I checked the door No. "1", which is the painters'
room to see that it was properly locked. I proceeded to the doctor's
room, and I checked it.
Mr. HUBERT. And you are marking that----
Captain TALBERT. That is "2."
Mr. HUBERT. "2" in a circle?
Captain TALBERT. I asked what has been done about the doctor's
services. Sergeant Putnam told me he had moved that doctor out of that
room and into the police locker room.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you check those doors?
Captain TALBERT. Checked the door to see that it was locked, and it
was; yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. It was locked from the outside? Could somebody in there
have come in?
Captain TALBERT. There should have been no one in there, because there
is no entrance to it.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you check in the doctor's room?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir; I had no key to get in. The doctor and
the porter would have the key, but I didn't have. I went to this
[indicating]. This is the stairway, and this--there is another--there
is another stairway coming in here [indicating].
Mr. HUBERT. From point "2"?
Captain TALBERT. Actually, this is--can you stop?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.
(Discussion off the record.)
Captain TALBERT. I went to point "3" and tried the other door which was
locked externally. Went to point "4"----
Mr. HUBERT. Before you leave point "3," did you know whether that door
was locked from the other side?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. So, that a person in the stairwell----
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