He said that at the hospital, when he asked Zeigler who had shot him, the answer was "Charlie, Charlie Mays."

Thompson described how he entered the dark store with Yawn and Ficke and the two volunteers, looking for Mays.  Shown photographs of the bodies that the OCSO took later that night, he said that he could not remember Mays's pants being down, and that he had thought that Perry Edwards's head was turned in the opposite direction.

Under cross-examination, he said that he believed some of the light switches were in the "up" or "on" position when he and Yawn began flipping them to get lights.  He agreed with Hadley's description that the blood around the entrance and exit wounds was "somewhat caked" and "dry or almost dry."  He was certain that Zeigler, in the emergency room, had mentioned that full name of his assailant: "Charlie, Charlie Mays."

Q (HADLEY): At the time you were trying to ascertain what happened to Mr. Zeigler, Chief, did he speak some names to you that were unfamiliar to you?

A (THOMPSON): I didn't recognize any names per se.  The only other name I heard mentioned was Don.  Don's plant, Mama and Daddy's Christmas present, and the things of this nature, which were kind of babbling.  At this point I discontinued trying to ask him anything and hurried back to the store.

Q: Chief, so you recall on January 12, 1976, giving a statement at 11:20 A.M. to the state attorney's office in Orlando, Florida?

A: I remember giving a statement, yes, sir.

Q: I am going to read a portion of that statement and ask you if you recall making that statement, sir. "At this point Mr. Zeigler began to mumble about Don's plants.  Don Ficke's plant at the store.  I didn't know what he was talking about.  Mommy's and Daddy's Christmas present at the store, and then, he mentioned several names that were unfamiliar to me."  Do you recall giving that statement, sir?

A: Yes, sir.

Q: Did you make any note of the names Mr. Zeigler mentioned that were unfamiliar to you?

A: No, sir, I didn't, because the whole gist of the statement at that time appeared to be rambling and incoherent and I couldn't understand them plainly and I just assumed that he was confused and I left.

Q: You were asked on page fifteen of your statement, "Chief, did you get the impression that the people he named were back in the store also?" 

Answer: "No, I got the impression that they may have been people involved.  I just don't know who they were."  Do you recall making that statement, sir?

A: No, sir, I don't remember.

Q: It was on examination by Mr. Eagan.

A: May have.