Pat Valentine Identifies Carter's Dodge as the Killers'
Getaway Car
Complete Transcript of Testimony, 1967
PATRICIA GRAHAM VALENTINE, being first duly sworn,
testifies as follows:
 THE COURT: Before we start, Mrs.
Valentine, will you please make certain that you keep your voice
up so that everybody in the courtroom can hear you?
THE WITNESS: I will try to do so, your Honor.
DIRECT EXAMINATION:
By MR. HULL:
Q: Is it Mrs. Valentine?
A: Yes, Patricia Graham Valentine.
Q: What was your name on June 17th of 1966?
A: Patricia Graham.
Q: You have since married, is that correct?
A: Yes.
Q: Where did you live on June 17th of 1966?
A: 1428 East 18th Street.
Q: What floor did you live on?
A: Second.
Q: What was the first floor of that building?
A: Tavern; Lafayette Grill.
Q: Where were you at about 2:30 A.M. on June 17th of 1966?
A: Well, I was laying on my couch watching television, and
I had fallen asleep.
Q: In which room were you?
A: The living room.
Q: Did anything unusual happen at about that time?
A: Yes.
Q: What happened?
A: I heard a noise.
Q: What kind of a noise?
A: It was a big bang.
Q: Could you tell where that noise was coming from that you
heard?
A: The tavern.
Q: By "the tavern", you mean the tavern downstairs?
A: Yes.
Q: What did you do after you heard that noise?
A: Well, I got up. As I got up, I heard two more noises; the
same thing.
Q: What room were you in then?
A: Living room.
Q: What did you do then?
A: I went to the front window, I thought it was Jim closing
the tavern.
THE COURT: The last statement of that paragraph bill be stricken,
but it will remain up to the point, "I went to the front
window."
MR. HULL: If your Honor please, may I have this photograph
marked S-1 for identification? I believe this is the one the
Defense Counsel has a copy of.
MR. BROWN: It represents the corner of 18th and Lafayette.
We will stipulate that this is apparently a photograph of that
corner.
THE COURT: Then mark it S-1 in evidence. (The photograph referred
to is received and marked in evidence as Exhibit S-1)
THE COURT: Continue, Mr. Hull.
BY MR. HULL:
Q: Where did you go after you heard these noises?
A: To my front window.
Q: I show you this photograph and ask you if you recognize
that?
A: Yes.
Q: What does that photograph contain?
A: This is my apartment right here.
Q: Please mark the window that you went to.
A: (The witness complies).
Q: What did you do after you went to that window?
A: Well, I heard someone say, "Oh, no." So I ran
from the living room into the bedroom. What that, I looked out
my window on Lafayette.
Q: Before that, did you see anything when you looked out the
window which you have marked on S-1 in evidence?
A: Yes, the neon light was still on, which meant that the
tavern was open.
MR. HULL: May I have this photograph marked for identification?
THE COURT: Show it to Counsel so that it may be marked directly
into evidence.
MR. BROWN: No objections, your Honor. There is no reason why
it shouldnt be marked into evidence.
THE COURT: This photograph will be marked S-2 in evidence.
(The photograph referred to is received and marked in evidence
as Exhibit S-2)
BY MR. HULL:
Q: I show you S-2 in evidence and ask you have you ever seen
that photograph before?
A: Yes.
Q: What does it show in the photograph?
A: My view out the living room window.
Q: What is this object in the right upper corner?
A: The neon sign that I could see.
Q: What was the condition of the neon sign?
A: It was lit.
Q: What did you do after you observed that the neon sign was
lit?
A: Well, I left that window and went to the bedroom window
on Lafayette.
Q: All right.
Would you mark that window also, as it is contained in Exhibit
S-1 in evidence?
A: (The witness complies)
THE COURT: I gather from that photograph that the building
is located on a corner, is that correct?
THE WITNESS: Yes, your Honor.
THE COURT: Your living room window faces what street?
THE WITNESS: East 18th.
THE COURT: Your bedroom is facing Lafayette?
THE WITNESS: Yes, your Honor.
BY MR. HULL:
Q: Now, did you observe anything when you went to the bedroom
window which you have marked with an "X"?
A: Yes, I saw two men running away from the side of the building
and get into a white car.
Q: Can you describe the men that you saw?
A: They were colored men.
Q: Where did they go to?
A: One got into the drivers side and one got into the passengers
side.
Q: Can you on that same photograph, S-1 in evidence, indicate
approximately where it was that you first saw the two men?
A: Well, coming out. They were running away from the building,
this way towards the car. I was looking out this window and they
ran from here.
THE COURT: Indicating from the sidewalk on Lafayette Street
to a car parked on Lafayette out away from the curb?
THE WITNESS: Yes, your Honor.
BY MR. HULL:
Q: What did these two men do?
A: They got into the car and they started to take off.
Q: In which direction?
A: Down towards Graham Avenue.
Q: When you say that, do you mean away from East 18th Street?
A: Yes.
Q: In which direction was the car facing when you first saw
it?
A: Away from East 18th towards Graham Avenue.
Q: How fast were the men going when you saw them before they
got into the car?
A: They were running to the car.
Q: Now, can you describe the car that you saw the men get
into?
A: Well, it was white and it had like two triangles starting
at the outside of the car and narrowing into the center.
THE COURT: Where?
THE WITNESS: The taillights.
BY MR. HULL:
Q: Did you observe anything else about the car?
A: Well, the way they took off, I figured there was something
wrong.
MR. BROWN: I object.
THE COURT: Just tell us how they took off.
THE WITNESS: They took off quite fast, in a hurry. So, I tried
to get the license plate number, but I couldnt see the lettering
or make out the numbers or anything, but I saw that they were
dark plates with yellow or gold lettering. It wasnt a Jersey
plate.
BY MR. HULL:
Q: Now, where did the car go?
A: Towards Graham Avenue.
Q: When?
A: After the police came to the tavern and everything, they
had brought the car backtwo police cars brought the car back
to the scene.
THE COURT: What time was that?
THE WITNESS: I would say about 15 minutes to a half hour later.
BY MR. HULL:
Q: Did you see the car?
A: Yes.
Q: Where was it when you saw it?
A: Like on the corner, more on the Lafayette side.
Q: What kind of a car was that that you saw then?
A: The same car that I had seen pull away.
Q: Did you tell the police anything when the car returned
to the scene?
A: I told them that was the car, because they told me to look
at the car.
Q: You told the police about what car?
A: The car I seen pull away.,
Q: From where?
A: From the house, from my window.
THE COURT: Do you know what police officer you told that to?
THE WITNESS: Officer Greenough.
BY MR. HULL:
Q: Was Lieutenant Lynch with Officer Greenough when you said
that?
MR. HULL: Your Honor, may I have this photograph marked S-3
in evidence?
MR. BROWN: I couldnt stipulate on that, your Honor.
THE COURT: All right. That will be marked S-3 for identification.
(The photograph referred to is received and marked for identification
on Exhibit S-3)
BY MR. HULL:
Q: Now, I show you S-3 for identification and ask you if you
have ever seen the contents of that photograph?
A: Yes.
Q: On what occasion?
A: Thats the kind of a car that was leaving by the house.
Q: Now, with reference to the taillights, does that photograph
contain the same type of taillights that you saw?
A: Yes.
Q: And with respect to the license plates?
A: Well, it was a dark plate with yellow lettering.
MR. HULL: At this time I offer Exhibit S-3 for identification
into evidence.
MR. BROWN: I object, your Honor, because the witness had very
candidly stated this to be the same kind of a car and that what
she saw was a yellow and gold dark plate with yellow and gold
lettering which, of course, does not identify this particular
automobile either from a photograph or any other syntheses that
I know of.
I believe it is a car, possibly similar to the car shown to
here as she has pointed out. She obviously cannot identify that
car.
THE COURT: For the purpose of this exhibit, we will mark it
S-3 in evidence.
(Exhibit S-3 previously marked for identification is received
in evidence.)
MR. BROWN: Your Honor, I have a second objection to this photograph.
Time has not been established. Time and place has not been
established to this car.
THE COURT: Time and place of what?
MR. BROWN: Of the taking of the photograph and the exposition
of the witness to the photograph itself before the day of the
incident.
THE COURT: Suppose its a year after the incident? How does
that affect the admissibility?
It affects weight perhaps, but not admissibility.
MR. BROWN: If that is so, it has not been established either.
THE COURT: It will be admitted into evidence after the most
consideration of your last objection.
MR. HULL: I have nothing further.
MR. BROWN: At this time, your Honor, I would like the official
statement of the witnesses which relate to the testimony on cross-examination.
I believe Mr. Hull has such a statement.
MR. STEIN: Your Honor, we are entitled to the witnesses testimony
who testified before the Grand Jury.
MR. BROWN: Your Honor, within the same category, I would like
to have the statement also.
THE COURT: One step at a time, please. Mr. Hull, do you have
a statement to present?
MR. HULL: Your Honor, let the record show that I am turning
over to Defense Counsel a statement of Patricia Graham Valentine
dated June 17, 1966, time 6:35 P.M., and a second statement dated
October 20, 1966, time 1:40 P.M. The first statement contains
two pages. The second statement contains three pages. To the
best of my knowledge, these are the only written statements taken
from the witnesses outside of the Grand Jury testimony.
MR. BROWN: Your Honor, I now ask to be allowed to examine
the Grand Jury transcript of these witnesses.
THE COURT: Mr. Hull, did these witnesses testify before the
Grand Jury?
MR. HULL: Yes, your Honor.
THE COURT: Do you have that testimony in written form?
MR. HULL: I have it attached to some other testimony. I believe
I can take it apart. The only reservation is that I am not aware
of any case on the subject of Grand Jury testimony. As a general
rule, your Honor, it is not admissible up until the time of trial.
THE COURT: I understand, and this creates a problem. I will
conceive of this proceeding as having the same importance equal
to the trial and, therefore, I feel the same principle would
be applicable. In other words, if this witness testified at trial,
it would be permissible for me to compel the Grand Jury testimony
to be submitted to the other Counsel. I think we should do it
at this time as well.
MR. HULL: I am bound by the Courts decision. Your Honor, I
have in my possession transcript of the Grand Jury testimony
given by Patricia Graham Valentine before the Grand Jury on October
29, 1966. The testimony was taken by Leo L. Weberman, an official
stenographic reporter. Let the record also show that I am giving
to Defense Counsel her testimony which consists from the bottom
of Page 53 up to Page 84.
THE COURT: Staple that together, please.
MR. HULL: Your Honor, also contained in this testimony, as
well as dates for Defense Counsel, are matters far in excess
of direct examination of this witness, which will be more extensive
at trial.
THE COURT: We understand that, of course, and Counsel should
be made aware that we are not here for a full-dress trial. Limit
your cross-examination to our problem here.
MR. BROWN: One more thing. Is there any oral testimony that
could be produced in any form, such as written from the memory
of the police? I have my problems with statements.
THE COURT: If it is a resume by a member of the Prosecutors
staff, or otherwise that certainly would not be admissible. I
think you have plenty from the Grand Jury.
MR. BROWN: Your Honor, there is never plenty in a case like
this.
THE COURT: In any event, there is nothing further in writing
from this defendant?
MR. HULL: Not that I am personally aware of, your Honor.
MR. BROWN: Your Honor, would you give us about ten minutes
to read this? It is about 30 pages.
THE COURT: All right. We will take a ten-minute recess.
MR. HULL: I want the material back.
(A recess is taken.)
THE COURT: Proceed, Mr. Brown.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: Mrs. Valentine, you just told us that this car looked like
the car that you saw. Is that correct?
Yes.
Q: And you spoke to the police early in the morning about 6:30,
I think you said?
A: Yes.
MR. BROWN: It appears I forgot to mark it for identification,
your Honor.
THE COURT: All right. Mark it D-1 for identification.
(The statement referred to is received and marked for identification
as Exhibit D-1.)
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: Now, actually you gave me an oral statement to Officer
Greenough early in the morning at approximately 6 A.M.?
A: No, Dectective Lawless.
Q: Do you recall testifying that you gave a statement early
in the morning to Officer Greenough?
A: About three oclock.
Q: About three oclock.. But what time did you first speak
to any police officer with respect to the car and its identity?
A: At the scene.
Q: Approximately what time was that?
A: Three oclock.
Q: Would that be 3 A.M., meaning three in the morning?
A: Yes.
Q: This officers name was what?
A: Greenough.
Q: Then you did tell Officer Greenough at approximately 3
A.M. in the morning how you would describe the car, is that right?
A: Yes.
Q: Then at approximately 6:35 P.M. you spoke to Lieutenant
Lawless, is that correct?
A: A.M.
Q: I show you D-1 for identification and ask you to examine
the time at the upper left part of the sheet.
A: It is supposed to be A.M.
Q: That should not be P.M., but A.M.?
A: Yes.
Q: Now, after you spoke to Officer Lawless at approximately
6:35 A.M., you had already spoken to Greenough at three, and
you had already seen the car exhibited to you by Greenough or
another officer before you spoke to Lawless at 6:35 A.M., is
that correct?
A: Yes.
Q: Now, when you spoke to Greenough, what did you tell him
you recalled about the automobile?
A: That the taillights looked like two triangles, starting
wide at the outside and tapering into the center.
Q: Now, when you told Lynch about those lights tapering into
the center, did you also tell him what color you thought the
plate was?
A: Yes.
Q: Now, is it a fact that you told the police only that the
license plate was dark?
A: Dark.
Q: Thats all you told them, right?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you at that time tell either Officer Greenough or Officer
Lawless that they were yellow or gold numbers?
A: I dont recall. I was very nervous that morning.
Q: Nervous or not, the fact is that you did not tell these
officers that the numbers were yellow or gold?
A: I think I told Greenough that the numbers were yellow or
gold.
Q: Do you recall signing a statement for Lieutenant Lawless
at 6 A.M.? I call your attention to a point in this document
marked for identification, and ask you if this is a description
you gave to Officer Lawless as I have given it to you?
A: Yes.
Q: There is no mention there of any number or color?
A: Just a dark plate.
Q: And that is all you recall prior to seeing the car, isnt
that true?
A: No.
Q: Well, that is all you told Lawless after you have even
examined the car, isnt that true?
A: It says that.
Q: Well, I am asking you. Did you give the statement?
A: I know it was a dark plate with yellow or gold letters.
Q: Hardly enough. You signed a statement in which you said
it was a dark plate. You cannot identify the plates on the car
I am showing you in S-3 in evidence as the car you saw. You cant
do that, can you?
A: Its not in color.
Q: Because it is not in color you cant identify that car,
is that right?
A: Yes.
Q: When Mr. Hull, the Prosecutor, showed you this car and
you referred to it, you meant that you couldnt identify this
car from this photograph,S-3?
A: The picture of the car, itself, was the same.
Q: How can you identify it? You said you cant identify it.
A: It was a white car. The taillights were exactly the same.
Q: Can you identify this car in S-3 as the same car that you
saw on the night of June 17th?
A: Yes.
Q: How can you identify it? It is a white car with taillights
at the outside and tapering to the center. That is all you can
identify of it, right?
A: Right.
Q: So now as far as this car is concerned, if there were a
thousand like it and if you saw any one of them that was a white
color with tapering headlights, you would say that was the car.
Is that correct?
A: It looked like it.
Q: So if another car looked like it from the photograph used,
you would say that looked like it, right?
A: I dont know.
MR. HULL: Objection. Counsel is arguing with the witness.
THE COURT: She says she doesnt know because they dont have
the other thousand photographs. You made your point.
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: With respect to the men you saw running to the car, you
cant identify those men, can you?
A: Not by face, no.
Q: Well, by what features can you identify them? What manner
or what characteristics? What clothing or whatever?
A: Just that they were two colored men running to a white
car.
Q: That would be your total identification?
A: Right.
Q: Two Negro men running for a white car?
A: Yes.
Q: The fact is that you cannot state that those men had a
weapon in their hands, is that right?
A: Yes.
Q: The fact is that you didnt see where these men came from,
is that also true?
A: They ran from the building.
Q: You saw them run from the building?
A: Away from the building.
Q: You gave a statement to Lieutenant Lawless, didnt you?
I call your attention to D-1 and ask you if these sentences that
I am speaking about describe what you saw. "I went to the
window. The tavern sign was still on. I then went to my side
window at Lafayette Street. Thats correct, isnt it?
A: Yes.
Q: "There were two colored men running to a white car"?
A: Yes.
Q: Is there anywhere in that statement anything that you told
the police to the effect that you saw them running from the building
or any other place whatsoever?
A: No.
Q: That statement was given within three hours after you had
seen the men, is that correct?
A: Yes.
Q: So it is a fact that you cannot say they were running from
a building, can you?
A: They were running from under my window.
Q: "They were running from under my window." Thats
quite a different thing.
MR. HULL: Objection.
THE COURT: Thats argumentative.
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: They were running under your window. The fact is you didnt
see these men until they were in the street near the car, is
that right?
A: Yes.
Q: So when you first saw them, they were in the street near
the car which was parked near the center of the street. Is that
correct?
A: Yes.
THE COURT: Was that the first time you saw them or did you
see them on the sidewalk?
THE WITNESS: I saw them running off the sidewalk and into
the street.
THE COURT: You did see them on the sidewalk?
THE WITNESS: Yes.
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: Now, you heard your Honor put a question to you, and you
said you saw them like running from the curb. Is that right?
A: Yes.
Q: I will put it more precisely. When you say you saw them
running from the curb, you saw them in the street leaving the
area of the curb?
A: They were running off the curb into the car.
Q: Then you saw them on the curb?
A: Yes.
Q: You saw them on the concrete?
A: Yes.
Q: Thats as far as you saw them in terms of distance from
the building. "I saw them on the concrete of the sidewalk,
then step off and then run into the car."
A: Yes.
Q: You described two windows. One of your windows is on Lafayette
Street and one of your windows is on 18th Street, am I correct?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you see these men at any time on 18th Street?
A: No.
Q: Thats the side where the neon sign is, right?
A: Yes.
Q: Thats the side which is shown in the photograph thats marked
S-2, and I show you this, is that correct?
A: Yes.
Q: And I assume your window is the window from which this
photograph was taken, where the bars cross the front of it?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you see the men there?
A: No.
Q: Now, with respect to the photograph marked S-1 in evidence,
I believe you described for Mr. Hull the location of the car
as being parallel to the third car from the corner, one, two,
three, am I correct?
A: It was about right here.
Q: At the end of the station wagon, would you put a circle
as opposed to a cross where you say you saw it?
A: (The witness complies.)
Q: Now, were they any cars parked at the curb at the time
you were looking out the window?
A: No.
Q: There were no cars parked whatsoever?
A: No.
Q: Were there any cars parked across the street?
A: I dont know.
Q: Now, could you tell us approximately how far from the curb
the car was which you described as being parked in the middle
of the street?
A: There could have been a car parked by the curb.
Q: There could have been a car, another car from the white
car you described?
A: There could have been another car parked there. Thats how
much room there was.
Q: I see. Your window is marked with an "X", is
that right.
A: Yes.
Q: And I suppose that is your bedroom window?
A: Yes.
Q: You say you saw those men as they stepped off the edge
of the curb?
A: Right.
Q: And you say that they were under your window, under the
overhangin that general direction? Would you say that?
A: Coming from that direction.
Q: As far as you know, they were on the curb?
A: Yes.
Q: Now, do you know a little more about these men? Do you
know what they were wearing?
A: Sports jackets. One had a hat.
Q: Each had on a sports jacket?
A: One had a hat.
Q: One had a hat. Can you describe either of the sports jackets
or the hat?
A: The hat was like a fedora hat.
Q: By a "fedora", do you mean a hat with a brim
running around it?
A: A thin brim.
THE COURT: Do you mean a narrow brim?
THE WITNESS: Yes, your Honor.
BY. MR. BROWN:
Q: Would you accept "narrow" as meaning the same
thing as thin?
A: Yes.
Q: Now, do you recall the color of the hat?
A: No.
Q: You dont recall the color of the jackets I take it?
A: No.
Q: As you saw these men running from the curb to the car,
you say one got in the passengers side and one got in the drivers
side?
A: Yes.
Q: Which side was facing you? The drivers side or the passengers
side?
THE COURT: Nearest to you.
THE WITNESS: The passengers side.
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: The passengers side?
A: Yes.
Q: Which one got into the passengers side which was nearest
you?
A: I dont know.
Q: Was it the one that wore a hat?
A: The one that wore a hat got into the passengers side.
Q: He got in the passengers side?
A: Yes.
Q: The man who didnt wear a hat got into the drivers side?
A: Yes.
Q: You saw them open the door to get in?
A: Yes.
Q: When you saw them open the door you had to be looking in
the area of their hands to see them?
A: Yes.
Q: Isnt it a fact that you dont know whether either of those
men had a weapon?
A: No.
Q: They did not have a weapon?
A: I dont know.
THE COURT: Well, she doesnt know. Incidentally, was your window
open or were you looking through the window?
THE WITNESS: I dont remember. It was June. It must have been
open.
THE COURT: But you dont know definitely?
THE WITNESS: No, your Honor.
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: You dont know whether the window was open or closed?
A: I dont remember.
Q: Well, did you lean out of the window or did you stay within
the room while you were observing?
A: Stayed in the room.
Q: How far were you from the window inside the room when you
saw these things?
A: Right at the window.
Q: Yet, you dont know whether it was open or closed?
A: I dont remember.
Q: You dont remember. Now, when you looked out of the window
when you were inside the room at the window, did you remain at
the window or did you leave it after you observed the men running
from the curb?
A: When they got into the car and took off, then I went away
from the window.
Q: Starting from the middle of the street, the fact is you
couldnt see the license plate? Isnt is a fact that this street
was light enough to see that this was not a Jersey plate, but
that it was a dark plate and thats all you saw?
A: Yes.
Q: As a car went down the street, could you tell me whether
the license plate was under the bumper or over the bumper?
A: It was right on the bumper.
Q: Were there any lights near it other than the taillights
that you described?
A: No.
Q: When you say "on the bumper", do you mean suspended
from the bumper?
A: No, it was right in the bumper.
Q: Right in the bumper?
A: Yes.
Q: In other words, if it was in the bumper, then the license
plate sat right in there?
A: Yes.
Q: As you say, you saw the car screeching down the street
THE COURT: She didnt say screeching.
MR. BROWN: I withdraw that.
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: Would you say that you saw the car screeching down the
street?
A: Speeding away.
Q: Well, actually you told the officer that it went screeching
down the street, isnt that right? Do you recall saying that?
THE COURT: Why dont you show it to her in the statement?
MR. BROWN: Ill do that, you Honor. I believe that is in the
Grand Jury testimony. I will withdraw that question.
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: "The tires screeched as the car pulled away."
I show you D-1 for identification and ask you if you recall telling
the officer as I read this to you, "The tires screeched
as the car pulled away"?
A: Yes.
Q: Is that correct?
A: Yes.
Q: So you could hear through the window, is that right?
A: Yes.
Q: Did you hear the men say anything?
A: No.
Q: Now, as the car screeched away, did you see where it went?
A: It went down Lafayette Street towards Graham Avenue.
Q: How far down Lafayette Street did it go as far as you could
observe?
A: There was a tree by the house next door.
Q: There is a tree by the house and you couldnt see it?
A: Not past that.
Q: Would you show us the tree?
THE COURT: Indicating the left-hand side of the photograph.
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: This tree?
A: Yes.
Q: Well, you are familiar with the neighborhood. Where is
that tree located?
A: Right in front of the house.
Q: So it was that tree which is in front of the house that
obscured your view?
THE COURT: As the car went down the street?
THE WITNESS: Yes.
BY MR. BROWN:
Q: Now, actually from your window, you look right over the
top of the tree, dont you?
A: No.
Q: Would you mind just putting a mark where that tree is that
obscured your view?
A: (The witness complies).
Q: So you could see it as far as the tree, and after the car
left, you then went downstairs and you saw certain people down
there?
A: Yes.
Q: You saw certain people down there, is that right?
A: Yes.
Q: Now, since you can't describe the jackets you say they
wore, naturally you cant describe the trousers?
A: No.
Q: Now, in the terms of the shading of these colored people,
colored people vary in shades of color from light to dark. Can
you tell us, if you will, what their color was? Can you tell
us, if you will, what their color was? Did you ever tell the
police officer that?
A: Their color?
Q: You couldnt tell us anything about the variation of their
color? They were just plain colored?
A: Yes.
MR. BROWN: That is all I have.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
BY MR. STEIN:
Q: Mrs. Valentine, how much of the person of those two men
did you have an opportunity to see at any time from the time
that you looked out your window?
A: Their bodies?
Q: What portion of their neck was exposed on this particular
evening?
A: Their neck.
Q: And is this all that you saw to determine the coloring
or tint of the skin of these two individuals that went into the
car?
A: Yes.
Q: That is all that you saw, is that correct?
A: Yes.
Q: When did you make this observation, Mrs. Valentine, as
they were entering the vehicle?
A: Yes, when they were running.
Q: When they were running. Can you tell us if they were on
or off the curb when you were able to make the observation as
to the back of their neck?
A: I dont know.
Q: You dont know?
A: No.
Q: Now, Mrs. Valentine, you have indicated on the drawing
the location of where this car was parked, have you not?
A: Yes.
Q: Is that the circle?
A: Yes.
Q: All right. Now, where would you place that in reference
to their entry to the car at that time? In other words, if you
came down the stairs and you saw that car there by looking out
the front door, would that car have been to your right, to your
left or immediately straight ahead?
A: To my right.
THE COURT: Mrs. Valentine, is there a doorway to your building
on Lafayette Street?
THE WITNESS: Yes, your Honor.
THE COURT: And the position of those men was such that if
you were standing in your doorway, they would be to your right,
is that correct?
THE WITNESS: Yes.
BY MR. STEIN:
Q: Now, were you able to at any time during your observation
of those two gentlemen make an approximation as to the height
of either or both of those gentlemen?
A: No.
Q: Were you able to at any time determine whether there was
any similarity or difference in their height?
A: No.
Q: Were you able at any time to make any determination as
to whether there was a difference between their skin coloring?
A: I dont understand.
Q: Well, you said that both men were colored, is that right?
A: Yes.
Q: But you couldnt determine the shade or coloring of either,
right?
A: No.
Q: Were you able to determine if one was darker or lighter
than the other?
A: No.
MR. STEIN: That is all I have.
MR. BROWN: Could you tell me whether the car lights were on
or not?
THE WITNESS: I dont know.
MR. BROWN: Now, you said that you could hear through the window?
THE WITNESS: Yes.
MR. BROWN: Was the car motor running or not?
THE WITNESS: I dont know.
THE COURT: All right. That is all, Mrs. Valentine.
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