(Testimony of Thomas Alexander Hutson)
Mr. Hutson.
One of them was a young boy there, and another officer or two checked him. A sergeant was there.
Mr. Belin.
Was that young boy the one that they thought was a suspect?
Mr. Hutson.
Yes.
Mr. Belin.
Do you know what the young boy said he was doing there?
Mr. Hutson.
No, sir; I didn't interrogate him or talk to him.
Mr. Belin.
Then you heard about another report on the suspect, you say?
Mr. Hutson.
Yes, sir. Then we left that location as we were proceeding west on East Jefferson, and as we approached the 100 block of East Jefferson, the radio dispatcher said that a suspect had just entered the Texas Theatre.
Mr. Belin.
All right, now, prior to that time had there been any recovery of any items of clothing?
Mr. Hutson.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
When did that occur?
Mr. Hutson.
That occurred while we were searching the rear of the house in the 400 block of East Jefferson Boulevard at the rear of the Texaco station. Behind cars parked on a lot at this location, a white jacket was picked up by another officer. I observed him as he picked it up, and it was stated that this is probably the suspect's jacket. The original description was that he was wearing a white jacket.
Mr. Belin.
What kind of jacket was it?
Mr. Hutson.
It looked like a white cloth jacket to me.
Mr. Belin.
Was it the zipper type?
Mr. Hutson.
I didn't see it that close. I was approximately 25 yards away from the officer who picked it up.
Mr. Belin.
All right, go ahead, continue with your story. You heard about the suspect going into the Texas Theatre?
Mr. Hutson.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Belin.
Then what happened?
Mr. Hutson.
I told Officer Hawkins to drive west on Jefferson. He didn't know the exact location of the Texas Theatre. And from west on Jefferson to north on South Zangs Boulevard, and to make a left turn to travel west on West Sunset the wrong direction, which is a one-way street, and then to cut back in across the parking lot at the rear of the theatre to the fire exit doors at the rear.
Mr. Belin.
All right.
Mr. Hutson.
We pulled up to this location and I was the first out of the car to hit the ground. As I walked up to the fire exit doors, Officer Hawkins and Baggett were getting out of the car, and the door to the theatre opened, and this unknown white male was exiting.
I drew my pistol and put it on him and told him to put up his hands and not to make a move, and he was real nervous and scared and said: "I am not the one. I just came back to open the door. I work up the street at the shoestore, and Julia sent me back to open the door so you could get in."
I walked up and searched him briefly and I could see by the description and his clothes that he wasn't the person we were looking for.
Then I entered the theatre from this door, and Officer Hawkins with me, and Officer Baggett stayed behind to cover the fire exit door.
We walked down the bottom floor of the theatre, and I was joined there by Officer Walker by me, and as we walked up the north aisle from the center section, I observed Officer McDonald walking up the south aisle from the center section, and we observed two suspects sitting near the front in the center section.
Mr. Belin.
You were on the fight center or the left center?
Mr. Hutson.
I was on the left center.
Mr. Belin.
That would be the left center, and McDonald on the right center aisle?
Mr. Hutson.
Yes; and Officer Walker was with me on the left center aisle.
Officer McDonald and Walker searched these two suspects, had them stand up and searched them while I covered.
As soon as they were searched----well, I left out that part about the number
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