Mr. Hubert. Do you know, or did you ever hear it discussed, the reason why the normal procedure was not followed?
Lieutenant Wiggins. No; I haven't. When I make that statement—I have surmised that it was for better protection due to the fact that we have more men, possibly, than Sheriff Decker did. That is strictly a surmise of mine, of my own.
Mr. Hubert. What security had you provided for Oswald within the jail itself?
Lieutenant Wiggins. Well, as a rule, we used a trustee to run our jail elevator. I relieved the trustee from the jail elevator and placed a patrolman on it. And put two officers in front of Oswald's cell at all times.
Mr. Hubert. That is on the 24th, or at all times since he was arrested?
Lieutenant Wiggins. Well, that was—the 24th, was my first day back since that time. I had been off 2 days prior to that.
Mr. Hubert. And when you came on duty on the 24th, did you find that security which you have described, already in existence?
Lieutenant Wiggins. I found that they had one officer in front of the cell, but that they didn't—they still had a trustee running the elevator.
Mr. Hubert. And you changed that. You took the trustee off and put an extra man on the cell?
Lieutenant Wiggins. That's right.