Mr. BELIN. You turned what?
Mr. HARKNESS. After I took his name and address and put this
information on the radio, I then took him on the back of my three-wheel
motorcycle and put him in Inspector Sawyer's car.
Mr. BELIN. Now you mentioned that you put something on the radio here,
and I hand you here what has been marked as Sawyer Deposition Exhibit
A. Before doing that, do you remember what call number you used, you
were using on that day?
Mr. HARKNESS. I believe 260.
Mr. BELIN. Well, I notice here that there is a call with a notation at
12:36 p.m., 260 to 531. 531 is your office in the main station?
Mr. HARKNESS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. What does it say there on that transcript?
Mr. HARKNESS. "Witness says shots came from fifth floor, Texas Book
Depository store at Houston and Elm. I have him with me now and we are
sealing off the building."
Mr. BELIN. All right, that was at 12:36 p.m.?
Mr. HARKNESS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. Had the building been sealed off at that time?
Mr. HARKNESS. Not to my knowledge. There were several officers around
it, but I don't know whether it had been sealed off or not.
Mr. BELIN. In the process of sealing off the building, what did you do?
Mr. HARKNESS. Asked for a squad.
Mr. BELIN. How long did it take you after that to have the back part
sealed off?
Mr. HARKNESS. The squad was arriving by the time I got off my
motorcycle. There was already additional squads en route.
Mr. BELIN. How soon after 12:36 p.m., would you say the building was
sealed off?
Mr. HARKNESS. It was sealed off then because I was back there and two
other men.
Mr. BELIN. You are talking about the back part of the building?
Mr. HARKNESS. Yes, sir.
Mr. BELIN. What about the front part of the building? When was that
sealed off?
Mr. HARKNESS. Inspector Sawyer and two officers were there.
Mr. BELIN. By the time you got around to the front part of the building?
Mr. HARKNESS. Yes, sir; by the time I put the witness in his car, I
went immediately to the back.
Mr. BELIN. In other words, as I understand the sequence, you first went
to the back of the building and had that sealed off first, or not?
Mr. HARKNESS. No, sir.
Mr. BELIN. You tell me what happened then.
Mr. HARKNESS. I had this witness with me. I didn't want to lose this
witness.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
Mr. HARKNESS. So I took him to the car.
Mr. BELIN. To Inspector Sawyer's car?
Mr. HARKNESS. To Inspector Sawyer's car, which was right in front.
Mr. BELIN. Which was parked in front of the Texas School Book
Depository?
Mr. HARKNESS. And left the witness there and went around to the back.
Mr. BELIN. On whose radio did you call? Did you call in before or after
you left the witness in the car?
Mr. HARKNESS. I don't remember in exact sequence there, but it was in
the process of going to the car there.
Mr. BELIN. Then what did you do?
Mr. HARKNESS. See, here is the thing. The radio traffic was heavy at
the time, and it depended on how long you had to wait to get in.
Mr. BELIN. All right, in any event, after you made the call, what did
you do on the radio? And after you got the man in the car?