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Page 51 Q --if you're holding something back, I'm going to find it out. A Yes. Q If you are telling the truth, this is going to say you're telling the truth. A Yes. Q I don't know if you're telling me the truth or not. You know, don't you? A Yeah. Q You know whether or not you're truthful. A I just--it seems to shake me up a little bit even-- you know. Q I would imagine it would shake you up. But that doesn't mean you're lying. A No. I'm just confused. Q Why are you confused? A For one thing, how come I wasn't murdered? Q I don't know. A I mean if somebody could have easily have done that to these people, I don't know why they didn't do it to me. Q Lean forward and raise your arms. Lean forward. Raise your arms. That's it, raise them up. This is attached to record your breathing. One of the things that is changed is all--if a person lies in breathing. Do it again, raise them up. Sit down and relax. Scoot back in the Page 52chair. Sit up straight. Come on, scoot your fanny back in the chair. That's it. The next attachment is the same thing a doctor uses to take your blood pressure. A (*) I got a scrape here. Q Yeah, you could use a bandage on that. How did that happen? A When the policemen took me out. Q Did you fight them? A No. Q Huh? A No. Q Heart's beating pretty fast; isn't it? You going to lie to me? A No. Q Okay, this will tell me what your heart's doing. The next and last attachment goes on your fingers, Bill. This records the skin responses, the skin reactions. There is no shocks. There are no needles. All you're going to feel is that blood pressure cup on your arm. Okay, put your hand down. Sitting as you are now, feet flat on the floor, look straight at the wall in front of you. I'm going to turn this on. I'm not going to ask you any questions right now. Turn it on and explain to you what we're going to do. Okay, I'm going to have to change the paper here. Sit still. Okay, I'm going to ask you some questions but I'll say before we start these questions that I read to you, Page 53 I'm going to explain what we are going to do. Now each time before I ask you any questions, Bill, I'm putting the pressure to your left arm like this. Relax. Feel that pressure? Okay, now this is the way it's going to feel to you when I'm asking you questions. As long as that pressure is on your arm as it is now, I'll be asking you questions; and as long as that pressure is on your arm now, sit comfortable, sit quiet, look straight at the wall in front of you. When I ask you a question, answer the best you can with a yes or no answer. Don't say "yes, sir"; "no, sir"; or "I think so" or "maybe". Just a simple yes-no answers. When you answer, don't shake your head; don't wave your arms; don't shuffle your feet; just sit comfortable; sit quiet and say yes or no. Now when we have gone through those questions that I read to you, then I'll release the pressure off your arm like this. Now the pressure is off your arm. You want to scratch your nose; you want to talk; you want to explain--me explain something, this is the time for conversation. Do you understand? A Yes. Q Okay. I'm going to put the pressure on your arm now, and we'll go through those questions that I read A Yes. Page 54 Q Is your true last name Garretson? A Yes. Q Regarding Steve's death, do you intend to answer each question about that truthfully? A Yes. Q Is there some other question you're afraid I'll ask you? A Kind of. Q Just relax. Between the ages of 15 and 17, do you remember using narcotics? A No. Q Concerning Steve, did you cause his death? A No. Q During the first 15 years of your life, do you remember using narcotics? A No. Q Look straight ahead. Are you the one who caused Steve's death? A No. Q Is there some other question you're afraid I will ask you? A No. Q Okay, relax. You understood the questions? A Yes. Q Do you feel responsible for Steve's death? A That he even knew me, yes. Page 55 Q Huh? A That he even knew me. I mean he wouldn't have came up that night and nothing would have happened in other words to him. Q And he surprised you? A Well, he didn't surprise me that he came, just that you know--I mean he came up to visit me and when he left, you know, that's horrible. Q I'm going to change those questions to ask you instead of "did you cause his death", I'm going to say: "Did you shoot Steve?" I'm going to ask you instead of, "are you the one that caused Steve's death", I'm going to ask you: "Are you the one who shot Steve?" Do you understand those questions? Okay, all the other questions will be the same. Q What is it you are worried about I'll ask you a question about, incidentally? A I don't know. When I was going back to the cell, a policeman said, "There's the guy that killed these people", and everything, you know, it seems like everybody doesn't believe it. Q Does not believe it? A Does believe it, I don't know why. Q Does believe what? A Well, that policeman the way he talked to my attorney. Q Policeman said, "There's the guy that did it," Page 56 and pointed to you? A Yeah, down there. It's--I don't know, it just kind of upset me. Q All right, let's go through those questions again. A I just wonder if there is anything besides a lie detector test, maybe a truth serum, or a different kind, you know. Q Why? A Hypnotize me or anything? Q Why? A I don't know, it just seems like it would be better than this. Q Why? A I don't know why. I never (*) before this. Q Okay, same questions. Ready to begin. Is your first name William? A Yes. Q Is your true last name Garretson? A Yes. Q Regarding Steve's death, do you intend to answer each question about that A Yes. Q Hold still. Between the ages of 15 and 17, do your remember using narcotics? A No. Q Did you shoot Steve? Page 57 A No. Q During the first 15 years of your life, do you remember using narcotics? A No. Q Are you the one who shot Steve? A No. Q Is there some other question you're afraid I'm going to ask you? A No. Q Well, do you know the particulars inside the house? As they existed the morning the police arrested you? A The what? Q What do you know of any particulars? A Particulars? Q Uh huh. A I don't know. Q You said something about a rope, you know. You were told this or told something about this. A Yeah, well the attorney told me that, you know, they were hanging or something with a white sheet over them or something in the house, and then he said he shouldn't tell me. Q I don't know about that. A And he told me about that. Q What else did he tell you he shouldn't have told you? Page 58 A That was that. Q Nothing else? A Nothing else. Q And, you know, when you were told Steve was shot, how about any of the others? A Nothing. Q Do you know from what you saw, could you tell? A No, I couldn't tell. Well, it looked like--well, the--I mean, one thing that did puzzle me, it looked like the woman that was out in the yard looked like the maid when I walked by, and then I seen the maid was at the gate and they told me it was Mrs. Polanski. That's the only thing. Q It puzzled you. You thought that was the maid on the-- A You know, I thought it was the maid, then I seen the maid. Q Later on so you knew it wasn't the maid? A Yeah, I knew it wasn't the maid. Q Now you know who it was? A Oh, yeah, they said it was Mrs. Polanski. Q Where was this--who did they identify to you as Mrs. Polanski? A The person out in the yard. Q In the yard? A Yes. Q Listen to these questions I'm going to ask you Page 59 about Mrs. Polanski. What caused her death, do you know? A No. Q Now listen to the questions. And say only yes or no or nothing at all. If you can't answer it, don't say anything. A Yes--just yes or no. If I can't answer don't say anything? Q Right. I'm going to ask you each time if you know if Mrs. Polanski was this, this, or this, what caused her death. Ready to begin. Do you know if Mrs. Polanski was strangled? A No. Q Do you know if Mrs. Polanski was beaten with a rock? A No. Q Do you know if Mrs. Polanski was stabbed? A Uh, I asked--I think I knew. I think--I'm not sure, but I heard that they were stabbed before. Q You're not sure? A I think they were stabbed because they mentioned it. Q Who mentioned it? A I think--well, I think the lawyer might have mentioned it to me that they were stabbed. I don't know. I don't know for sure. You know, well, when I seen 'em lying on the ground, I don't know. My eyes looked away and I Page 60 stopped and I don't know whether they were stabbed or not. I mean I don't know. Q Now, this all happened--what would you say, Friday morning, Saturday morning; what does it mean to you, what day was it? A Well, it would have had to happen in the morning, maybe. I don't know. (*) I mean it was after Steve left, after twelve. Q Which morning? A Saturday. Saturday. Q Steve was there Friday night? A Friday night, and it's partly Saturday morning because he left after twelve. Q The police arrested you Saturday? A Saturday. Q Yesterday? A About eleven o'clock, it was around there. Q How many times have you been in that big house, the main house? A I think about twice. Q When was the last time? A That's when they asked me over one time. Abigail and the young Polanski. And they asked me--they asked me up. Abigail called me up and asked if I didn't have to go to court the next day for a (*) Possession of Marijuana charge which they lowered to Visitation. They wanted to talk to me, |
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