Mr. Benton. I had an indication from someone, and I cannot say who because I just don’t recall, that the move was imminent.
Mr. Hubert. How did that indication come to you?
Mr. Benton. It could have come from another reporter. It could have come from a police official. I don’t know. It may have just come from instinct.
Mr. Hubert. Did you see any movement that indicated that something like that was imminent?
Mr. Benton. I guess I saw more lack of movement. There weren’t many people on the third floor.
Mr. Hubert. And theretofore there had been?
Mr. Benton. So that could have triggered an instinct. I don’t know. I had stayed up there because earlier I had asked Huffaker, H-u-f-f-a-k-e-r, who is a reporter for KRLD—it had been decided that he would stay at the jail entrance and I would stay in the mobile unit where I could see what all of our cameras were picking up, rather than only on one scene. I knew that he was at the basement entrance to the jail and I knew that we were covered there. Consequently, I felt free to roam, to a certain extent, and pick up information.
Mr. Hubert. Do you remember about what time it was that the movement of the press people on the third floor began?
Mr. Benton. No, sir; and I don’t think it was any unanimous thing at all. I think it was just strictly moving around.
Mr. Hubert. Let’s put it this way. I understand there was quite a crowd of people there, say an hour before the transfer?