Mr. Hubert. Did you ask Ruby, or did anyone ask Ruby in your presence how he had gotten into the basement?
Mr. Clardy. I asked Ruby.
Mr. Hubert. You did by yourself?
Mr. Clardy. I asked him myself, and I am sure there were several others who did.
Mr. Hubert. That was when you were up on the fifth floor?
Mr. Clardy. Yes, sir; shortly after he got——
Mr. Hubert. Shortly after?
Mr. Clardy. Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. What did you ask him, and what did he reply? What did you ask him first?
Mr. Clardy. I asked him how he got into the basement and how long he had been there. I don't know whether that is the exact words I asked him in or not, and he said that Lieutenant Pierce, or he called him Rio Pierce—I believe said Rio Pierce, Lt. Rio Pierce drove out in the car and the officer stepped out from the ramp momentarily to talk to Lieutenant Pierce, or said something to him, and I come in behind him right on down the ramp, and says, "When I got approximately halfway down the ramp I heard somebody holler, 'Hey, you,' but I don't know whether he was hollering at me or not, but I just ducked my head and kept coming."