Mr. Ball.

What did you do after you got up to the sixth floor?

Mr. Boone.

Well, I proceeded to the east end of the building, I guess, and started working our way across the building to the west wall, looking in, under, and around all the boxes and pallets, and what-have-you that were on the floor. Looking for the weapon. And as I got to the west wall, there were a row of windows there, and a slight space between some boxes and the wall. I squeezed through them.
When I did--I had my light in my hand. I was slinging it around on the floor, and I caught a glimpse of the rifle, stuffed down between two rows of boxes with another box or so pulled over the top of it. And I hollered that the rifle was here.

Mr. Ball.

What happened then?

Mr. Boone.

Some of the other officers came over to look at it. I told them to stand back, not to get around close, they might want to take prints of some of the boxes, and not touch the rifle. And at that time Captain Fritz and an ID man came over. I believe the ID man's name was Lieutenant Day--I am not sure. They came over and the weapon was photographed as it lay. And at that time Captain Fritz picked it up by the strap, and it was removed from the place where it was.

Mr. Ball.

You saw them take the photograph?

Mr. Boone.

Yes.

Mr. Ball.

Were you alone at that time?

Mr. Boone.

There was an Officer Weitzman, I believe. He is a deputy constable.

Mr. Ball.

Where was the rifle located on the floor, general location?

Mr. Boone.

Well, it was almost--the stairwell is in the corner of the building, something like this, and there is a wall coming up here, making one side of the stairwell with the building acting as the other two sides. And from that, it was almost directly in front or about 8 feet south, I guess, it would be, from that partition wall that made up the stairwell.

Mr. Ball.

The rifle was about 3 feet from the--

Mr. Boone.

Yes, sir; behind a row of boxes. There was a row of boxes that came across there. Then the rifle was behind that first row of boxes.

Mr. Ball.

I show you 514. Is that the way it looked when you saw it?

Mr. Boone.

Yes.

Mr. Ball.

Is that the way it was when the picture was taken?

Mr. Boone.

Yes; I believe so.

Mr. Ball.

This shows the rifle as you saw it, does it?

Mr. Boone.

That is right. Then you could kneel down over here and see that it had a scope, a telescopic sight on it, by looking down underneath the boxes.

Mr. Ball.

Now, I show you 515. Does that look anything like the area where you found the rifle?

Mr. Boone.

Yes; it did.

Mr. Ball.

Will you put that down on the table so that everyone can see where it is, and show us where the rifle was with reference to the stairwell?

Mr. Boone.

This is that retaining wall here that I was talking about here. Now, the rifle was right down in this area right here, almost directly. This is the west end of the building here, this being the north side, as I recall.

Mr. Ball.

That is the northwest corner?

Mr. Boone.

Yes. And it is about 3 feet from the edge you cannot see the edge of it, because it is behind this.

Mr. Ball.

The edge of what?

Mr. Boone.

The stairwell wall here. It is about 3 feet from where this partition ends over to---back behind these cases of books here.

Mr. Ball.

Can you mark with an arrow there the exact space between the boxes where you found the rifle as shown on this exhibit, which is 514?

Mr. Boone.

What do you mean--the exact space? It was in this space right in here, like this.

Mr. Ball.

The arrow marks the space.

Mr. Boone.

I had come around these boxes here, next to the windows over here, and that is when I saw it, looking down across this way.