Mr. Griffin. How about Nelson, when was Nelson talked to?

Mr. Dean. Well now. I talked to Nelson myself. I don't know. I am sure that somebody else did too, but I don't know.

Mr. Griffin. Was that before or after you talked with Vaughn?

Mr. Dean. I don't remember.

Mr. Griffin. And where did that conversation with Nelson take place?

Mr. Dean. He was still on his post when I talked to him. Of course, this—whether it was before I went to the hospital or—I am sure that it probably was before I went to the hospital, that I asked Nelson could he say for certain that this man hadn't come by him, and he said yes. And then I asked Patterson, all of them; Patterson, Nelson, Vaughn, stated the man did not come by their post, but I—the focal would be on Vaughn, since I had been told that that's where Ruby came in, by Ruby himself.

Mr. Griffin. Well now. Nelson gave a statement——

Voice. Excuse me.

Mr. Griffin. Off the record.

(Discussion off the record.)