Mr. Griffin. What percentage of people would you say got out of the basement? News media people got out of the basement that way?
Chief Batchelor. I don't know. They scattered pretty quickly. Still a lot hung around after it was over. I would say half, at least, got out that way.
Mr. Griffin. Now, were you in the jail office when Ruby was taken upstairs in the elevator?
Chief Batchelor. Was I in the jail office when he was taken upstairs?
Mr. Griffin. Yes.
Chief Batchelor. No, sir.
Mr. Griffin. Where were you?
Chief Batchelor. I went as soon as the ambulance came and got him, I ran up the ramp and told him to get that truck out of there, that it was blocking the entrance to the ramp, and then I left and went upstairs and told Chief Curry what happened. By the time I got up there, somebody called him and he knew what happened.
Mr. Griffin. What did you do next?
Chief Batchelor. Lord, I don't remember what I did next. We sat there kind of dumbfounded for a while.