Mr. Waldo. Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Along with a number of other newsmen, when a Lieutenant Butler invited the press people into the jail; is that correct?
Mr. Waldo. Yes, sir; with one exception. There was not a number of other newsmen, there were only, as I recall, three of us standing out on that sidewalk at that time.
Mr. Hubert. You had a press identification on you then?
Mr. Waldo. Yes, sir; and when Butler, and pardon me—let me put this in—the armored vehicle had by that time been backed into the ramp, and there was some comment among the three of us standing on the sidewalk, the curious fact that the vehicle which was too high to go down the ramp, was being left there, when a smaller armored vehicle had been brought at the same time and was parked by the curb. Lieutenant Butler stuck his head out around this vehicle and said, “Come on down.” There were two motorcycle policemen who were two of the same policemen who had been standing guard duty on the third floor. They had over the period from the 22d through the 23d, they had several shifts of them. They were two of the same, and as I approached one of them in this comparatively narrow space between the column that forms the frame of the ramp and the side of the vehicle where he was standing, he grinned at me and recognized me immediately and said, “How are you this morning? I know you, but I still have to ask you for your credentials.” So, I got out my credentials. I had the badge on, but beyond that he required my Department of Public Safety identification.
Mr. Hubert. That was even after Lieutenant Butler invited you in?
Mr. Waldo. Yes.
Mr. Hubert. Had you been seeking to get in prior to that and had been denied?
Mr. Waldo. No.
Mr. Hubert. It was just that you had arrived at that time?