Mr. HUBERT. Riggs says he went out through the back door, through the
back elevator door and through the door and he walked on down Main
Street and Fuqua says he went out the Main Street entrance.
Mr. McKINZIE. During the time that I had it cut off?
Mr. HUBERT. Yes, sir.
Mr. McKINZIE. Well, now, it was they went out of that building,
I understand, but now, they didn’t go out the elevator. What I
understand, they went through the building somewhere and went down in
the police department, because that is where they got stopped at. At
the police department, they got cut off down there.
Mr. HUBERT. They were in the municipal building?
Mr. McKINZIE. Yes; they was in the municipal building.
Mr. HUBERT. And that was after you had been told not to bring anybody
down?
Mr. McKINZIE. Yes, sir; I saw them.
Mr. HUBERT. You saw them after that?
Mr. McKINZIE. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. Therefore, the only way they could get down or out of that
building was in one of the methods we have talked about.
Mr. McKINZIE. Yes, sir; that’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. On out the Main Street door, going out the Commerce Street
door, going through the corridor that goes to the jail.
Mr. McKINZIE. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. Or going down the steps?
Mr. McKINZIE. That’s right.
Mr. HUBERT. Or going to the elevator and into the alleyway?
Mr. McKINZIE. That’s right. One of the two.
Mr. HUBERT. Now, do you know how they got out?
Mr. McKINZIE. No, sir; I don’t.
Mr. HUBERT. Are you willing to state that they did not get out through
the elevator at all?
Mr. McKINZIE. I can’t figure how they could unless one of them had a
key, and I don’t think one of them had a key, because I had the key
myself and when I turned it off I took it with me.
Mr. HUBERT. Nobody asked you to take them down?
Mr. McKINZIE. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Or to open the back door?
Mr. McKINZIE. No.
Mr. HUBERT. Is it possible that the back doors of the elevator were
open when you had the elevator cut off?
Mr. McKINZIE. I don’t think so. It could have been a button might have
flew open, but I think when I cut it off, when you mash your button,
why, it don’t open until you turn your switch.
Mr. HUBERT. You didn’t leave the back door open?
Mr. McKINZIE. No; I left it closed.