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California Condor
then McMillan
1 June 1964.
Did aim and shoot at the Condor. It must be remembered
that neither Dan Garcia, nor I, actually saw the shot fired, there being an
oak tree between us and the place where Howard Binkley and Bernnie
Harris sat when the shot was fired. Nevertheless, Mr. Klein
gave me every reason to believe the District Attorneys Office, of
Irem County, would pursue the Case with utmost diligence. He also
informed me that all would have to pass the recommendation
of the District Attorney before anything could be done on it.
I was then ushered into the office of investigator
Taylor, of D.A.'s office, who wanted all testimony on the
case I had. It might be well, here, to remark that
Warden Clinton and Warden Reed came into the Office
of assistant District Attorney Tony Klein before I
left and listened to the latter portion of the information
I was giving Mr. Klein relative to factors that led up
to, and including, the Condor shooting incident. They were
still in the office of Mr. Klein when I was transferred to
the office of investigator Taylor. A secretary was in
the office of investigator Taylor who took down all
information save on events leading up to, and during,
the incident when the Condor was fired upon, and wounded.
This was done in shorthand. Nearing the close of my
giving information in investigator Taylor's office, Mr. Klein
was called in and asked if he had any questions
that he would care to ask me that might be entered
in the written material the secretary was taking down.
The only question Mr. Klein asked me was--did--