Mr. BROCK. We took it down there and parked it in the alley there just
north of the--on Commerce at Pearl Street, and walked on down to the
city hall.
Mr. HUBERT. You parked it on Pearl Street, or in the alley?
Mr. BROCK. In the alley, just north of Commerce, just off Pearl Street.
Mr. HUBERT. That is the alleyway that runs from Pearl up to the back of
the city hall building and then makes a right to Main Street?
Mr. BROCK. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Has the form of an L-shape, is that right?
Mr. BROCK. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. You put it in that alleyway?
Mr. BROCK. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you drive it all the way up that alleyway up there?
Mr. BROCK. No, sir; it was down close to the street there.
Mr. HUBERT. But, you walked up the alley?
Mr. BROCK. No, sir; we walked back out on the street and then down to
the building and then----
Mr. HUBERT. You didn't go in the building through the back door.
Mr. BROCK. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Through that back door?
Mr. BROCK. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you try the back door?
Mr. BROCK. No, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, you all parked your car near Pearl Street
and didn't even walk up or ride up the alley at all?
Mr. BROCK. Oh, no; we walked back out and went down the street sidewalk.
Mr. HUBERT. Went down Pearl Street to Commerce?
Mr. BROCK. Went down Commerce, cut across a parking lot to Commerce,
down to the city hall that way.
Mr. HUBERT. And you say it was about what time?
Mr. BROCK. A few minutes after 9.
Mr. HUBERT. All right.
Mr. BROCK. I don't know exactly.
Mr. HUBERT. Whom did you report to? What did you do?
Mr. BROCK. We reported to 511 patrol office, to Lieutenant Pierce.
Mr. HUBERT. That is Rio Pierce?
Mr. BROCK. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Rio Pierce, I think you call him?
Mr. BROCK. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. What orders did he give you?
Mr. BROCK. He told us just to sit down there for a few minutes, until
they decided what they wanted us to do. Then about 9:20, I guess it
was, he told me to go down to the basement and report to Sergeant Dean
and Sergeant Putnam.
Mr. HUBERT. That is Patrick Dean, I think?
Mr. BROCK. P. T. Dean.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you report to him?
Mr. BROCK. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Then what happened?
Mr. BROCK. Sergeant Putnam assigned me on what they call the elevator
area there, there in the basement at the east end of the basement.
Mr. HUBERT. About what time were you posted there?
Mr. BROCK. It would be about 9:30, I would imagine.
Mr. HUBERT. What were your orders?
Mr. BROCK. To not let anyone in except police officers and members of
the press.
Mr. HUBERT. Into what?
Mr. BROCK. Into the basement area.
Mr. HUBERT. From what?
Mr. BROCK. Well, about from anywhere--see there was an elevator there
that goes to the next floor on it--in the municipal building.
Mr. HUBERT. You are talking about the service elevator, are you?
Mr. BROCK. Yes, sir; there is a service elevator, and the other
elevators, they were not working, but the service elevator was the one.
Mr. HUBERT. How do you know they weren't working?
Mr. BROCK. Well, I presumed they wasn't. They never did open the time I
was--actual time I was there.
Mr. HUBERT. Were you aware of a fire staircase in that general area?
Mr. BROCK. There was a, I believe it is, right to the--right around the
corner from the elevators on the----