Mr. Ball. When you came back in did you see Mrs. Reid?
Miss Hine. No, sir; I don't believe there was a soul in the office when I came back in right then.
Mr. Ball. Did you see anybody else go in through there?
Miss Hine. No, sir; after I answered the telephone then there was about four or five people that came in.
Mr. Ball. Was there anybody in that room when you came back in and went to the telephone?
Miss Hine. No, sir; not to my knowledge.
Mr. Ball. Did you see Mrs. Reid come back in?
Miss Hine. Yes, sir; I think I felt sure that I did. I thought that there were five or six that came in together. I thought she was one of those.
Mr. Ball. Mrs. Reid told us she came in alone and when she came in she didn't see anybody there.
Miss Hine. Well, it could be that she did, sir. I was talking on the phones and then came the policemen and then came the press. Everybody was wanting an outside line and then our vice president came in and he said "The next one that was clear, I have to have it" and so I was busy with the phone.