Mr. Whaley.

That can be off either direction.

Mr. Ball.

Anything up to 15 minutes, you say?

Mr. Whaley.

Yes, sir; I wrote that trip up the same time I wrote the one up from the Continental bus station to the Greyhound, I marked this 12:15 to 12:30 and started 12:30 to 12:45. And the next one starts at 1:15 to 1:30 and it goes on all day long every 15 minutes the time keeps pretty approximate.

Mr. Ball.

Let's take the 12:30 trip, tell me about that, what the passenger said.

Mr. Whaley.

He said, "May I have the cab?"
I said, "You sure can. Get in." And instead of opening the back door he opened the front door, which is allowable there, and got in.

Mr. Ball.

Got in the front door?

Mr. Whaley.

Yes, sir. The front seat. And about that time an old lady, I think she was an old lady, I don't remember nothing but her sticking her head down past him in the door and said, "Driver, will you call me a cab down here?"
She had seen him get this cab and she wanted one, too, and he opened the door a little bit like he was going to get out and he said, "I will let you have this one," and she says, "No, the driver can call me one."
So, I didn't call one because I knew before I could call one would come around the block and keep it pretty well covered.

Mr. Ball.

Is that what you said?

Mr. Whaley.

No, sir; that is not what I said, but that is the reason I didn't call one at the time and I asked him where he wanted to go. And he said, "500 North Beckley."
Well, I started up, I started to that address, and the police cars, the sirens was going, running crisscrossing everywhere, just a big uproar in that end of town and I said, "What the hell. I wonder what the hell is the uproar?"
And he never said anything. So I figured he was one of these people that don't like to talk so I never said any more to him.
But when I got pretty close to 500 block at Neches and North Beckley which is the 500 block, he said, "This will do fine," and I pulled over to the curb right there. He gave me a dollar bill, the trip was 95 cents. He gave me a dollar bill and didn't say anything, just got out and closed the door and walked around the front of the cab over to the other side of the street. Of course, traffic was moving through there and I put it in gear and moved on, that is the last I saw of him.

Mr. Ball.

When you parked your car you parked on what street?

Mr. Whaley.

I wasn't parked, I was pulled to the curb on Neches and North Beckley.

Mr. Ball.

Neches, corner of Neches and North Beckley?

Mr. Whaley.

Which is the 500 block.

Mr. Ball.

What direction was your car?

Mr. Whaley.

South.

Mr. Ball.

The cab was headed?

Mr. Whaley.

South.

Mr. Ball.

And it would be on the west side of the street?

Mr. Whaley.

Parked, stopped on the west side of the intersection, yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

When he got out of the tab did he go around in front of your tab?

Mr. Whaley.

He went around in front, yes, sir; crossed the street.

Mr. Ball.

Across to the east side of the street?

Mr. Whaley.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

Did you see whether he walked south?

Mr. Whaley.

I didn't see whether he walked north or south from there.

Mr. Ball.

In other words, he walked east from your cab and that is the last time you saw him?

Mr. Whaley.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Ball.

Was there anything in particular about him beside his clothing that you could identify such as jewelry, bracelets?

Mr. Whaley.

Yes, sir; he had on a bracelet of some type on his left arm. It looked like an identification bracelet. Just shiny, you know, how you see