Captain TALBERT. Designated "4"?
Mr. HUBERT. Designated "4," he could get into the basement area in that
way.
Captain TALBERT. Yes, sir; but we had an operator on the service
elevator with instructions not to allow anyone to basement, and he
was--allowed no one to come in.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know who that person was?
Captain TALBERT. I believe his name is Mitchell, sir, to the best of my
memory, is his name.
Mr. HUBERT. Is he a member of the police department?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir; he is a porter, a colored porter who works
within the city hall building, itself.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you talk to that man?
Captain TALBERT. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. What did you tell him?
Captain TALBERT. At the time, I told him to take his elevator up on
the first floor. I put the parking attendant on that elevator, or
instructed the parking attendant to get on that elevator and go up to
the first floor, and for the parking attendant to maintain a vigil
lookout on this elevator marked Nos. "1" and "2" here, which will be
"5" and "6" in my route. I told him to see that no one came nearby
those elevators, and told the operator of the service elevator to stay
on it, and not bring anyone to the basement.
Mr. HUBERT. Who was the parking attendant?
Captain TALBERT. I'm going to have to utilize his nickname, and it is
rather far-afield. I should know his name. His nickname is "King," it
is one we have used for quite some time.
Mr. HUBERT. Is he a member of the police department?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir; he is a colored parking attendant who works
for the municipal garage.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know whether he carried out your orders, Captain
Talbert?
Captain TALBERT. To my knowledge, he did. I don't know that he did, but
to my knowledge, he did.
Mr. HUBERT. You don't know to the contrary then?
Captain TALBERT. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Well, will you continue, then, your security search which
we had left off, I think, at a point marked "4"?
Captain TALBERT. I went from point "4," the elevator--the stairwell, to
the elevator. The first service elevator to the building on the--not
service elevator, delete that, young lady--first elevator in the
building marked "1", here, but will be marked "5" in this route. And
that door was closed. Went to the next elevator which was immediately
adjacent to the first one marked "6," that door was closed, indicating
the elevator was not on that floor. These are automatic elevators and
the doors would be open if it was. Then went to the service elevator,
and had the foregoing conversation with the operator and the parking
attendant. That is marked No. "7."
Mr. HUBERT. All right, just continue your search?
Captain TALBERT. From that area, or in that immediate area I had
another discussion with Sergeant Putnam and asked him about the
engineroom elevator, this elevator being on the extreme corner of the
parking area on Commerce Street, next to the ramp. This elevator comes
from the engineroom to the parking area only, and doesn't go to the
first floor. Anyone entering through that elevator would have to be in
the engineroom, which is a subbasement, to enter into this basement.
That is the only place it goes. One floor.
Mr. HUBERT. And you have marked that how?
Captain TALBERT. Marked that "8." Sergeant Putnam had placed a reserve
officer at that point to----
Mr. HUBERT. All right. Now, were any other reserve officers placed in
the parking area, to your knowledge, or any other officers for that
matter?