(Testimony of William W. Scoggins)
Mr. Scoggins.
service for lunch or for anything we might want to be out for, and that what I had done.
Representative Ford.
This was not a regular place where you waited for calls?
Mr. Scoggins.
No. You see the way we operate there, just where we discharge a passenger, then we call in and tell them where we are at on our radio, and if they have anybody in that vicinity who needs a cab, they give us their address, you see. Of course, now in the downtown area we do have stands to operate from, at the hotels, and then we have some stands at the medical buildings and the depot and the bus stations; and if we want to pick up there, we can pick up and we don't need to call in. But if we want to sit there we can call in that we are in this neighborhood. If they have got someone who has requested a cab, they give us the address, you see.
Mr. Belin.
Mr. Scoggins, showing you Commission Exhibit 528, I would like to ask you to state, if you know, what this is.
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes, sir; that is the corner where I was sitting right here, you see, on 10th.
Mr. Belin.
You are pointing to something in the front-center part of the picture. What is that?
Mr. Scoggins.
That is the stop sign that had been knocked over.
Mr. Belin.
That is the knocked-over stop sign?
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
What intersection is that?
Mr. Scoggins.
Tenth and Patton.
Mr. Belin.
Now, we offer in evidence remarked Exhibit 527 and also Exhibit 528.
(The items identified as Commission Exhibits Nos. 527 and 528 were received in evidence.)
Mr. Belin.
Mr. Scoggins, handing you what has been marked as Commission Exhibit 523, which purports to be a plat, you see the streets of Patton Avenue there and East 10th. Do you see any number on that exhibit, Exhibit 523 which would indicate the approximate location of your car during the period that you are describing here?
Mr. Scoggins.
Well, it looks to me like this number 10.
Mr. Belin.
Yon are not pointing to number 10.
Mr. Scoggins.
Eleven, isn't it?
Mr. Belin.
It is 11, and here is 9.
Mr. Scoggins.
It looked like a 10 to me. Number 11.
Mr. Belin.
Number 11 is, you think, where you were with regard to--
Mr. Scoggins.
Within the general area.
Mr. Belin.
Within the general area of Number 11 on Exhibit 523.
Now, Mr. Scoggins, you stated you were sitting in your cab as you stopped at your intersection. You had a coke and your lunch.
Mr. Scoggins.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
What were you doing, eating your lunch?
Mr. Scoggins.
I was in the process of eating it.
Mr. Belin.
You were in the process?
Mr. Scoggins.
I had taken one or two bites of my sandwich and drank a couple of swallows out of my coke.
Mr. Belin.
All right.
Mr. Dulles.
What time was this, approximately, as far as you can recall?
Mr. Scoggins.
Around 1:20 in the afternoon.
Mr. Belin.
All right. Will you please state then what happened, what you saw, what you did, what you heard?
Mr. Scoggins.
Well, I first seen the police car cruising east.
Mr. Belln.
About how fast was it cruising?
Mr. Scoggins.
Not more than 10 or 12 miles a hour, I would say.
Mr. Belin.
It was going east on what street?
Mr. Scoggins.
On Tenth.
Mr. Belin.
All right. Did you see the police car go across right in front of yours?
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