Mr. Pryor.

That--I don't know, sir, because I left after talking with him for approximately 15 minutes.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he speak to you first or who else did he speak

Mr. Pryor.

Yes; I was the only one, I presume, that he knew that was at the chapel board, which is in the front of the chapel board, and he just stopped me.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he talk to you about business?

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 of President Kennedy?

Mr. Pryor.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he speak of any other thing then?

Mr. Pryor.

Yes, sir; I mean--like I say--the fact that it was in memorium, a memorial to President Kennedy, was primary, but secondary then was the fact that he had scooped his competitors, and that was the word that he used "scooped."

Mr. Hubert.

In the sense that he had taken this action and gotten his ad before anybody else had done so ?

Mr. Pryor.

Yes, sir; he felt that that was something that everybody should have done.

Mr. Hubert.

He seemed to take some personal gratification in it ?

Mr. Pryor.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he mention having seen Oswald that night, in the course of that night?

Mr. Pryor.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

What did he say about that?

Mr. Pryor.

How he was allowed into the pressroom, we didn't go into, but that he by knowing the newspapermen and the officers, police officers, he was allowed to go in where the lineup was. I presume that's where it was.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he say that to you ?

Mr. Pryor.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hubert.

In other words, he said to you that it was because of his acquaintance and association with the police officers and the news people that

he did get into this room?

Mr. Pryor.

Yes.

Mr. Hubert.

Did he indicate to you that he was rather swept along and forced into this room or that he got there because he wanted to be there and used his associations as a means of getting there ?

Mr. Pryor.

It reverts back, I believe, to the fact that Jack was real impulsive and he happened to be there and they happened to be going in and that seemed like the thing to do. I mean--knowing Jack, if there was any kind of excitement or activity and he had a tendency to big shot.