Captain King. Yes; sir. On the evening of November 23, I don’t recall the time, but on the evening of November 23, Chief Curry had appeared before the newsmen and had told the newsmen—they had asked him something about—I think—if they might be able to leave and get something to eat or get some rest and not miss anything that was there, and Chief Curry had told them that the transfer would not be made prior to 10 o’clock the next morning—that was Sunday morning.
Mr. Hubert. But was any announcement made as to what route would be used to take him out of the building?
Captain King. Not to my knowledge—no.
Mr. Hubert. In fact, there were several other routes by which he could be taken?
Captain King. Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Have you heard whether anyone told them that the route would be via the basement?
Captain King. I don’t know whether anyone—I don’t recall whether anyone did or not.
Mr. Hubert. Do you know why they all assembled there instead of in some other spot?
Captain King. No—in my thinking on it; and I don’t even know why I thought it was going to be from the basement, but this was the only thing that had occurred to me. There might have been something that I heard and don’t recall, but my impression was that it was going to be from the basement and out, and maybe because this is our normal method of transfer, our normal way we transfer. We bring them down into the jail office and out through the jail office and this might be why I was thinking this about it, but this was the way I thought about it.
Mr. Hubert. In this second paragraph of Exhibit No. 3 you say you went to the basement because of the number of newsmen who were assembled there. Do you mean by that that that was a matter of some concern to you?