Mr. Curry. That we would transfer him to the sheriff, but at that time we did not have any armored cars down there. We were just at that time, I believe it was—understood that we would just put him in the car and drive him down there.
Someone asked me if I had heard of the threats that had been made against him, and I had. They had called me at home about it, and I called Sheriff Decker, I think, from Fritz' office, and when Fritz said they were ready to transfer the man, and this is something after 11 o'clock—probably a little after 11, and Decker said, "Okay, bring him on," and at that time I said, "I thought you were coming after him."
Decker said, "Either way, I'll come after him or you can bring him to me," and I thought since we had so much involved here, we were the ones that were investigating the case and we had the officers set up downstairs to handle it, so I told Decker—I said, "Okay, we'll bring him to you."
Mr. Hubert. In other words, at first your security precaution in the basement was to take care of the situation of either your having to move him from the jail or Decker coming after him?
Mr. Curry. Or Decker coming after him; that's right. Then, I saw Chief Batchelor, and I believe, Chief Stevenson, and we discussed the threats that we had had.
Mr. Hubert. Now, that was, of course, after you had heard about the threats and after you had talked to Decker?
Mr. Curry. Yes.
Mr. Hubert. And I think you mentioned you talked to Decker a little after 11 o'clock?
Mr. Curry. Well, it was probably before that.
Mr. Hubert. I wanted to bring that to your attention because it seems to me it must have been earlier than that.