Mr. Curry. Well, just because ordinarily we don't violate traffic rules and regulations in the transfer of prisoners and we thought this was the normal route that should be taken and that's the reason it was set up that way.
Mr. Hubert. The original decision, as I remember it, was to go through the Commerce Street exit and then turn left up to North Central?
Mr. Curry. Yes.
Mr. Hubert. And then turn left again and go to Elm and then go on down to the county jail?
Mr. Curry. When I went back up into the homicide office and told Fritz about our plans of transferring the prisoner, he was not particularly pleased with the idea of putting the prisoner in the armored car.
Mr. Curry. He said if someone tried to take our prisoner, he felt like we ought to be able to maneuver and he felt that this would be too awkward in in this heavy armored car and he preferred that the prisoner be transferred in a regular police car with detectives.
Mr. Hubert. Was a policeman to drive the armored car?
Mr. Curry. No; not the armored car.
Mr. Hubert. Is that a factor, too—I suppose—it wouldn't be a member of the police force under your control driving that car?