Mr. Curry. They said we can put this vehicle in between Captain Fritz and his detectives immediately at the end of the motorcade. They said, "No, we want a white or marked car there bringing up the rear," so Fritz and his men were not in the motorcade.
Mr. Dulles. What do you mean in the past when there have been previous Presidents visiting Dallas or other dignitaries?
Mr. Curry. Yes; that is right; other dignitaries. Yes; our thinking along this was that in the past there have been this. Captain Fritz, he is a very experienced homicide man so are his detectives. They know the city very well. They have been there very, Captain Fritz to my knowledge, over 40 years.
It is customary that they in trying to protect a person if they are in the immediate vicinity, and Captain Fritz told me later, he said, "I believe that had we been there we might possibly have got that man before he got out of that building or we would have maybe had the opportunity of firing at him while he was still firing" because they were equipped, would have been equipped with high-powered rifles and machineguns, submachine guns.
Representative Ford. Where were they instead of being at the motorcade.
Mr. Curry. Actually they were not in the motorcade at all. They followed up the motorcade.
Representative Ford. Were they in a car following up the motorcade?
Mr. Curry. Yes, sir; they were in a car.
Representative Ford. How far away would they have been?
Mr. Curry. I think they would have been at the rear, I believe.