(Testimony of Napoleon J. Daniels)
Mr. Daniels.
On Main there, right down from the city hall there, I guess about a half a block down.
Mr. Hubert.
On the other side of the street?
Mr. Daniels.
On the same side of the city hall, you see, I went around and came back.
Mr. Hubert.
You went around what street?
Mr. Daniels.
Now, that first street down, I guess that's--I was going down Main and turned, I believe the first block.
Mr. Hubert.
Would that have been Pearl?
Mr. Daniels.
No; you see, I was going west on Main and the first street I could turn--I think the first street is a one way going left, but I turned and came back the other way, so it must have been Ervay where I turned and went up to Pacific and then come back up to Harwood and then came down Harwood to Main and made a left on Main and parked up in a vacant space on the other side of the city hall---on the east side of the city hall.
Mr. Hubert.
I thought you had parked at a parking lot near the Western Union office?
Mr. Daniels.
No; it wasn't a parking lot. I was thinking I parked on the street., I'm sure. .
Mr. Hubert.
You parked on the street?
Mr. Daniels.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Was it near the Western Union office?
Mr. Daniels.
Yes; right down from the city hall. In other words, it was in between there and the city hall.
Mr. Hubert.
But you were parked on Main Street ?
Mr. Daniels.
On the south side of Main.
Mr. Hubert.
Not in a parking lot?
Mr. Daniels.
No; I wasn't at a parking lot, no, I think I parked on the street, I'm sure.
Mr. Hubert.
And you parked on the same side of the street as the city hall and as the police department is and as the Western Union office is?
Mr. Daniels.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
And you parked at a spot between the Western Union office and the Main Street entrance of the city hall?
Mr. Daniels.
Right.
Mr. Hubert.
Or the police department?
Mr. Daniels.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
You are familiar with that building, because you worked there for a long time?
Mr. Daniels.
Yes.
Mr. Hubert.
Would you say you were about half way between the Western Union and the Main ramp, or just what distance between those two?
Mr. Daniels.
Oh, let me see, let me get it in my mind--I would say I was a little nearer the Western Union Building than I was to the entrance of the basement of the city hall.
Mr. Hubert.
Are you familiar with that alley that goes from Main Street back in towards Commerce and makes an "L" and comes out on Pearl Street?
Mr. Daniels.
I think I was Just on the east side of that.
Mr. Hubert.
When you say "east," it doesn't mean anything to me.
Mr. Daniels.
Near Pearl.
Mr. Hubert.
In other words, you were on the Western Union side of the alley ?
Mr. Daniels.
Right.
Mr. Hubert.
And your car was facing towards the Western Union?
Mr. Daniels.
Right.
Mr. Hubert.
Now, about what time was it when you got there ?
Mr. Daniels.
Near 11 o'clock--I wasn't paying much attention to the time, it must have been near 11 o'clock or a little after.
Mr. Hubert.
How do you fix that?
Mr. Daniels.
Well, I'm trying to fix it at about the time Oswald was shot. Now, I was there about 20 or 25 or 30 minutes before it happened.
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