Mr. Hubert. Can you tell us perhaps the occasion?

Mr. Fenley. Yes; I am a stringer.

Mr. Hubert. A what?

Mr. Fenley. A stringer. A correspondent for Time magazine, and I had written a long piece which we transmitted by Western Union, and I had gone into Western Union to hand this over for transmitting, and I fell in conversation with Mr. Hamblen.

Mr. Hubert. Had you known him prior to that time?

Mr. Fenley. No; I had not.

Mr. Hubert. Could you tell us about what time of day it was?

Mr. Fenley. It was at night. I forget the exact time of night, but I believe I had driven from Mesquite with the story to give it to Western Union. It might have been 11 or 12 o'clock.

Mr. Hubert. It happened that Hamblen was the clerk or employee of the Western Union in service?

Mr. Fenley. Yes, sir.