Mr. Hubert. You mean that was Saturday night?
Mr. Decker. That was Saturday night, waiting for the Sunday morning transfer. They just started moving out of the city hall and moved down there—suddenly they were all over the streets, the sidewalks, the floors, we had cameras running out our ears.
Mr. Hubert. Television too?
Mr. Decker. Yes; everything—live television moved in, and some remained at the city, you see, and they set up down there a press—back and forth—so, I heard that my halls were full and my carport was full, so I moved them all out. I told them to come in the building, bring their cameras with them, that they were going to utilize, and the remainder not operate unless they were on the street—into a room—you will have to see my building to realize it—it's where you walk in the front, you see, the building is on Main and you come in the rear from the carport. There is a room that runs down about 45 or 40 feet, which is just an open hall space and a room where people stand who are attempting to get information out of the jail or visit someone in the jail, and I moved them into that and closed the doors on them.
Mr. Hubert. In other words, you cleared them from where?
Mr. Decker. I cleared them from the carport, where the man would be brought in, and put them behind locked doors—I'm talking about steel doors, now.
Mr. Hubert. So, there was no news press or anybody else at the spot where the prisoner would be brought?
Mr. Decker. Well, there may have been some on the street—I'm not so sure of that—but what I mean, I cleared the port and kept them in this room where they could only see him as he came by one door and by the second door, and they were away from him a distance then. He was to be in the carport and they were 20 or 25 feet back in the building.
Mr. Hubert. You say you had them under lock and key, but they could see out—could they see through windows?
Mr. Decker. No; bars, they were barred doors.