Mr. Griffin. Now, when you arrived for duty, did you report up to the narcotics bureau?
Mr. Beaty. Yes.
Mr. Griffin. Is that on the third floor?
Mr. Beaty. No; on the second floor.
Mr. Griffin. How long did you remain in the narcotics bureau?
Mr. Beaty. Until about 9:15 or something like that.
Mr. Griffin. Then what did you do at 9:15?
Mr. Beaty. Everyone decided we wanted to get some coffee, and as we got off the elevator in the basement, I noticed all the newspaper people standing out there and a couple of reserve officers and a policeman, I think, whose name was Nelson. I didn't know him at the time. He was guarding the entrance. And just curiosity made me, instead of going to get coffee, stay around to see what was going on.
Mr. Griffin. Were the people that you were going to go to coffee with in the narcotics bureau?
Mr. Beaty. No; vice and narcotics, and some administrative section.