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. DANIELS. Let's see, there is something else that I have been
thoroughly confused on--I have never been able to picture in my mind
just how it happened--the guy that I saw go into the basement--I'm not
sure it was before or after the car came out. I'm not sure--I have run
that in my mind a thousand times, but I just can't place one before the
other.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, in any case, you saw a man go down in the basement?
Mr. DANIELS. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. And at the time you saw him go down in the basement, where
was Vaughn?
Mr. DANIELS. In position 2.
Mr. HUBERT. In position 2, that is to say, squarely in the middle of
the ramp?
Mr. DANIELS. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Vaughn look at him?
Mr. DANIELS. I think he did.
Mr. HUBERT. Did Vaughn try to stop him?
Mr. DANIELS. No.
Mr. HUBERT. He went right on through?
Mr. DANIELS. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know how long that was before the shot was fired?
Mr. DANIELS. 3 or 4 minutes, I guess.
Mr. HUBERT. But what you say is confusing you is as to whether or not
that was after the Rio Pierce car came out?
Mr. DANIELS. I'm not sure--I can't place one before the other--if I had
to guess at it, I would say it was before.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, you think now that you saw the man go down
past Vaughn before the Rio Pierce car came?
Mr. DANIELS. Right.
Mr. HUBERT. Is that correct?
Mr. DANIELS. That's what I'm thinking.
Mr. HUBERT. That's your best recollection today?
Mr. DANIELS. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, when the Rio Pierce car did drive out and Vaughn left
his position at No. 2, didn't you as a matter of fact undertake to
watch that position which was left unguarded?
Mr. DANIELS. I did notice it to see if anybody went down in it so I
could tell him about it.
Mr. HUBERT. And nobody did?
Mr. DANIELS. No.
Mr. HUBERT. And that does not refresh your memory as to whether or not
the man you saw go down, went down before or after the Pierce car came
out?
Mr. DANIELS. Let me see--I still think it was before.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know that now?
Mr. DANIELS. No; I can't be positive--I don't know it.
Mr. HUBERT. Isn't it a fact that you thought at one time he was the man
you had seen somehow when you were on the police force?
Mr. DANIELS. Well, yes; and here's what--when the guy walked down in
there and Vaughn seemed to look at him, the impression I got was that
Vaughn knew him and maybe he had let him out and still, I wondered too
why he let him go down in there, because he wasn't letting anybody
else go down in there. He looked like one of the news reporters or
something, at least that's what I took him to be after Vaughn let him
go on down. I had seen him before and I thought, well, maybe he's one
of the news reporters down there at the city hall.
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