Mr. Paul.

you put?" He said, "That I'm closing down for 3 days." I said, "That's what you said to me yesterday." He said, "But, it's in the paper." I said, "All right, I believe you."

Mr. Hubert.

You think that was Saturday afternoon?

Mr. Paul.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

You had not spoken to him or seen him since the night before?

Mr. Paul.

No--I didn't see him--no; when I saw him was Thursday night.

Mr. Hubert.

You were at the club then?

Mr. Paul.

Yes; then he called me Saturday when I got home.

Mr. Hubert.

About what time was that?

Mr. Paul.

Well, I didn't feel too good that night, and I left home--- I generally work until 1 o'clock in the morning. I left at 11 o'clock and he said he called the place and they told' him I went home and they told him I didn't feel well, and he says, "What's wrong with you?" And I says, "I've got a cold," and then he told me that he was downtown and that nobody was doing any business, so I says to him, "Well, if nobody is doing any business, I guess you had better close."

Mr. Hubert.

And what did he say to that?

Mr. Paul.

Then he called me back one more time I didn't give you this before because I didn't--then he called me back one more time and told me that he was over at his sister's house, Eva's house, and Eva was crying and they are beth crying.

Mr. Hubert.

This was Saturday night?

Mr. Paul.

This was Saturday night--that was late. I said, "Jack, I don't feel good. Let me go to sleep."

Mr. Hubert.

How long after the first call on Saturday night did the second call come?

Mr. Paul.

The first call come, I think, was 9:30 or 10 o'clock, and the second call I think was about 11:30.

Mr. Hubert.

You had left at what time?

Mr. Paul.

I left the place about 9 o'clock.

Mr. Hubert.

Because of your feeling ill?

Mr. Paul.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

And he reached you shortly after you got there?

Mr. Paul.

No, it was about an hour or so later.

Mr. Hubert.

You were in bed already?

Mr. Paul.

I was in bed already--that was the last time I spoke to him, I says, "Jack, let me go to sleep because I don't feel well."

Mr. Hubert.

That was on the second call?

Mr. Paul.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

So, the second call was at what time?

Mr. Paul.

About 11 or 11:30.

Mr. Hubert.

The first call was about 9:30?

Mr. Paul.

No; about 10:30.

Mr. Hubert.

About 10:30, and the second call about an hour after?

Mr. Paul.

No; I left the place, but it Just takes me about 15 or 20 minutes to get home, and I doctored myself up with some hot tea and so forth--it must have taken about another half hour, so it must have been about 10:30.

Mr. Hubert.

In other words, on the first call--he had called your place and found out you were not feeling well?

Mr. Paul.

Yes; he called me and I told him I wasn't feeling well and he told me that nobody downtown was doing any business.

Mr. Hubert.

And then you told him he ought to be glad he stopped, because if nobody was doing any business he might as well be closed, and that was about the subject of that conversation?

Mr. Paul.

That's--that was that convention. That's the subject, and then he called me back and he told me he was over at his sister's house and his sister was crying and he was crying with her on account of the President, and that's the last I spoke to him.

Mr. Hubert.

You could hear her crying or he told you?

Mr. Paul.

He just told me.