Mr. DANIELS. I lived about a street--I was staying at the Pacific
Hotel, and had the radio on and heard about the shooting and got up and
come on out of there then, about 2 blocks from there.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words you were in your home at the Pacific Hotel
on Pacific Avenue, Pacific Street and turned the radio on and heard the
shooting?
Mr. DANIELS. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. Then you came down to the parking lot?
Mr. DANIELS. Ambulance came by blowing, and I got up and came on down
to the parking lot then.
Mr. HUBERT. You saw the ambulance go by?
Mr. DANIELS. I heard it blowing.
Mr. HUBERT. Oh, I see.
Mr. DANIELS. They had the sirens blowing was all.
Mr. HUBERT. I see. Do you know Mr. Jack Ruby?
Mr. DANIELS. No, sir; I don’t know him.
Mr. HUBERT. Do you know anything about the parking of his car on Mr.
Norton’s lot?
Mr. DANIELS. No, sir; car was parked next lot to it.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you see it?
Mr. DANIELS. Yes; I seen the car.
Mr. HUBERT. How did you know it was Mr. Ruby’s car?
Mr. DANIELS. Well, detectives come down and picked up the car. Me and
this Jackson was there together and he put a ticket on the car so me
and him went over to the car and he got a dime to call--to bring the
key down there to unlock the car.
Mr. HUBERT. Who did that?
Mr. DANIELS. One of the detectives brought that letter you all sent to
me.
Mr. HUBERT. He got a key, you say?
Mr. DANIELS. He called back to the city hall for them to bring Jack
Ruby’s key down. They searched the car good. The car was open. He had a
dog laying in the car.
Mr. HUBERT. The windows were open?
Mr. DANIELS. One was cracked, and didn’t lock the car. The trunk was
locked.
Mr. HUBERT. The trunk was locked but the doors of the car were not
locked and there was a little crack in the window for air, I suppose,
for the dog?
Mr. DANIELS. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, when the detectives came they could open the car? They
didn’t need a key for that, did they?
Mr. DANIELS. No, sir; they didn’t.
Mr. HUBERT. Did they get a key from anybody?
Mr. DANIELS. I don’t know if the key ever come. I think one of them had
a key fit it or something.
Mr. HUBERT. Fit what?
Mr. DANIELS. They unlocked the trunk before the man got back with the
key or something. I could tell, so they said, “We’ll take the car. Call
for the dog wagon to come and get the dog.” Then they decided they’d
take the car on down to the pound, the city pound.
Mr. HUBERT. And the dog was taken?
Mr. DANIELS. Take the dog with them.
Mr. HUBERT. They took the dog with them?
Mr. DANIELS. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, about how long after you got to work did the
detectives come to the car?
Mr. DANIELS. Oh, in maybe an hour.
Mr. HUBERT. An hour?
Mr. DANIELS. Yes, sir; something like that.
Mr. HUBERT. So, you think they got there about 1 o’clock?
Mr. DANIELS. I don’t know. Somewhere--could have been a little later
than that when they got there.
Mr. HUBERT. What time was it when they left with the car?
Mr. DANIELS. I don’t know. The boy didn’t punch the ticket out. He just
picked it off, because they didn’t pay the ticket out. I don’t know
what time, exactly.
Mr. HUBERT. How long were the detectives there from the time they first
came until they left?
Mr. DANIELS. They stayed there about 5 or 10 minutes, and then the key,
one of them had a key fit it. Must have been his car keys or something,
and they left with the car.
Mr. HUBERT. You don’t know where they found that car key that fit the
car, do you?
Mr. DANIELS. No; I really don’t know, because I walked back on over
there. They raised the trunk up and looked in it.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you look in the trunk?
Mr. DANIELS. When they started looking in the trunk they said, “Well,
we’d better take the car on over to the pound.” And searched the car
there.
Mr. HUBERT. They did not take anything out of the car at that time?
Mr. DANIELS. Didn’t take anything out of the car.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you know this man named Lee Harvey Oswald?
Mr. DANIELS. No, sir; sure didn’t.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you know whether Mr. Ruby had ever parked his car there
before?
Mr. DANIELS. No; I don’t.
Mr. HUBERT. Did you recognize the car?
Mr. DANIELS. No, sir; sure didn’t.
Mr. HUBERT. How long have you been working for the Adolphus Garage?
Mr. DANIELS. Been down there about a month now.
Mr. HUBERT. Mr. Daniels, do you know anything that might throw any
light on the general inquiry?
Mr. DANIELS. No, sir; that’s all I know.
Mr. HUBERT. Have you been interviewed by any member of the Commission’s
staff before this deposition?
Mr. DANIELS. Yes; one or two fellows, say the FBI, and talked to me.
Mr. HUBERT. They are members of the FBI, but I am talking about persons
who identified themselves as members of the staff of the President’s
Commission?