Mr. Pryor. No, sir—just—he was excited and just his usual self. I mean, whenever something out of the ordinary happened, he would become excitable.
Mr. Hubert. Have you noticed that through the years that you have known him?
Mr. Pryor. Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Could you give us some of the physical manifestations which indicated to you that he was excited?
Mr. Pryor. One is that he had a newspaper with him, a Times Herald paper. It was the evening of Friday—the paper, and stated that he had gotten the scoop on his competitors. There were two things that he brought out, and the primary thing, I believe, that he stressed, was the fact that in memorium to President Kennedy, that he had had them change his ad real quick; that his two clubs, the Carousel Club down on Commerce Street and the Vegas Club, which was out on Maple or Oaklawn, he had closed those two for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Mr. Hubert. In other words, he had gotten that announcement into the Friday edition of the Times Herald, whereas, his competitors had not done so?
Mr. Pryor. Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. So that they were running ads as it were announcing their shows?
Mr. Pryor. Their shows; yes.
Mr. Hubert. And his announcement announced the closing because of the death of President Kennedy?