Mr. Dean. Caught the elevator back down to the basement and got my gun that had been taken there by a patrolman. If I am not mistaken, I rode down on the same elevator with Mr. Sorrels, and then I went back up to the third floor to Chief Curry's office and took him his keys that he had given me.
Mr. Griffin. What were the keys to?
Mr. Dean. They were—well, it was a keyring with a lot of keys on it, but he had given me these to gain entrance to the door that's always locked on the third floor of the jail elevator.
Mr. Griffin. And then how long did you stay down there with Chief Curry?
Mr. Dean. Just long enough to give him his keys.
Mr. Griffin. Where did you go after that?
Mr. Dean. [No response.]
Mr. Griffin. Did you go back to homicide?
Mr. Dean. No; I didn't go back to homicide. I don't remember whether I went back to the basement—I believe that I did, went back to the basement to see how things were down there. And, of course, a great number of people had left the basement, and I assume were en route or were going to the Parkland Hospital to check on—since the focal point had gone to Parkland Hospital, I assumed that's where all these people had gone.
Mr. Griffin. Did you tell Chief Curry what Ruby had told you?