Mr. Hubert.

Until ultimately, you cable down to monitor the various pictures that were being picked up by your cameras?

Mr. Benton.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

During ,that period from 10 until the time you last left before the shooting, did you see anything or hear anything to indicate a time of movement or a schedule of movement?

Mr. Benton.

No, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

At any time was the route to be used, within the jail, first, and then after leaving the jail, or either of those two routes, discussed or commented upon by any public official that you know?

Mr. Benton.

I think the route from the jail to the courthouse was discussed.

Mr. Hubert.

That is to say, outside the jail?

Mr. Benton.

That's right.

Mr. Hubert.

On the streets?

Mr. Benton.

Yes, sir. My memory is hazy. I can only say I think, because I am not sure. I think that in the interview I had with Chief Curry that that route was discussed and that--please understand this is a vague recollection. You plan on one thing and then it gets torn up and you lose a few details. But as I recall, I think I was told, in the discussion of the armored car, that he would be taken down Commerce Street to the jail, which, as I recall, Commerce Street goes past one side of the building, and it's only necessary to make a right turn onto Houston Street to get to the jail entrance. I believe that's correct.
I remember looking at a picture on the wall in that anteroom to which Chief Curry's office adjoins. It's a picture taken from a high angle beyond the triple overpass which shows Main Street, Elm Street, Commerce Street--you can see the jail building, and, if someone will point it out to you, you can also see the top of the jail building, and it seems to me there was some discussion of that route. There was some discussion of a route between Chief Curry and myself, and whether we discussed merely landmarks, and this was the way the President's motorcade went, or whether we discussed the actual route of transportation for a prisoner, I don't remember.

Mr. Hubert.

Do you recall whether the time was discussed?

Mr. Benton.

No, sir; I don't recall the time being discussed.

Mr. Hubert.

Let me get this straight. Is it that no time was discussed positively, or you don't remember whether it was or not?

Mr. Benton.

I don't think it was because I had some certain journalistic qualms of my own about discussing the specific time and I don't think I asked a question like that because I didn't feel it was proper.

Mr. Hubert.

Do you know whether anyone else asked the question?

Mr. Benton.

I'm sure they did.

Mr. Hubert.

Did you hear them?

Mr. Benton.

No, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

Now, as I understand it, there were no notes taken by you during your interview of Chief Curry, is that correct?

Mr. Benton.

That's correct.

Mr. Hubert.

I think you have told me, in the discussion we had immediately prior to the beginning of this deposition, that you had some 10 pages of notes of the events of November 22 through the 24th but that it consisted mostly of names. Is that correct?

Mr. Benton.

Yes, sir; and I think the majority of my notes were taken prior to the 24th, because staring with.

Mr. Hubert.

Prior to the 24th?

Mr. Benton.

Yes, sir; prior to the 24th. Because starting on Saturday morning, the 23d--well, let me digress a bit. Up until midnight Friday night I was working with a film camera crew. Film has to be processed, edited, and prepared for broadcast. Notes are very necessary if you want to determine which sections of the film to try to grab and use, if it has to be done in a hurry. After that time, everything I was doing was either being taped for fast tense or it was going out live. Consequently, from a purely technical standpoint, there was no need for me to take notes. The story was in the hands of the producer and the editors simultaneously by the time it occurred, and this, plus the fact that I was