Mr. Hubert.

Now, did you have occasion to be near the Main Street entrance of the Dallas Police Department on the morning of Sunday, November 24, 1963?

Mr. Tasker.

I was.

Mr. Hubert.

Would you tell us, please, how you came to be there?

Mr. Tasker.

Well, I picked up a news reporter. I've forgot which one of the papers he was with I don't know whether it was United or--I believe it was United, but I m not for sure now, which press he was with.

Mr. Hubert.

It was a national press system, was it?

Mr. Tasker.

Well, it was one of these reporters with the United Press, I believe. I believe that was it or either the Associated Press?

Mr. Hubert.

You don't know his name?

Mr. Tasker.

No; and he hired me to stay with him and I drove around the block there and parked.

Mr. Hubert.

What time did he hire you?

Mr. Tasker.

Well, now, that--I've forgotten, sir. It was up around between 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning, I believe now. Now, I might be wrong--now--I won't say.

Mr. Hubert.

So, he hired you to be standing by ?

Mr. Tasker.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

And you weren't to take any passengers, is that what your duties were?

Mr. Tasker.

Oh, no--he paid me for my time and everything.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he tell you whereto be so he could reach you?

Mr. Tasker.

Yes; he had me to park about at a 45° angle east and north of the entrance of the north entrance of the city hail basement.

Mr. Hubert.

That's the so-called Main Street entrance?

Mr. Tasker.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

So, you were parked on Main Street?

Mr. Tasker.

Oh, yes.

Mr. Hubert.

Were you on the same side?

Mr. Tasker.

Oh, no--I was on the opposite side.

Mr. Hubert.

And how far from Harwood Street were you?

Mr. Tasker.

I was about--I'll say--90 feet.

Mr. Hubert.

Would you say that you were just nearly opposite the Main Street entrance?

Mr. Tasker.

No; I was on about a 45°--you know.

Mr. Hubert.

Were there other cars parked the same way there?

Mr. Tasker.

Well, you see what it was down there ahead of me was no parking zones and things like that, you see, and there was no one there.

Mr. Hubert.

So you were the only car there?

Mr. Tasker.

I was the only one there.

Mr. Hubert.

Were you seated in your car all the time?

Mr. Tasker.

Sir?

Mr. Hubert.

Were you seated in your taxi all the time ?

Mr. Tasker.

Yes; I was seated in my taxi part of the time, and then I went over one time to look for my reporter, you see, because I didn't want to lose him, and that's about all I ever done, and then I go back to my cab.

Mr. Hubert.

Now, if you were sitting in your cab, the back of your head would be toward the city hall, would it not?

Mr. Tasker.

No.

Mr. Hubert.

No?

Mr. Tasker.

It would be----I was looking straight at the city hall.

Mr. Hubert.

Well, when you say you were parked at a 90° angle-----

Mr. Tasker.

About a 45° angle.

Mr. Hubert.

A 45° angle, you were parked with the back of your cab near the curb or the front of your cab near the curb?

Mr. Tasker.

The back of my cab was to the east. The front of my cab was to the west.
Mr. HUBERT. The back of your cab was toward the curbing on Main Street opposite from the police department ?

Mr. Tasker.

That's right.