Mr. Stevenson. We had officers at the elevators and the stairways with instructions that unless they were an official or connected with an official news media, they were not to be permitted on that floor unless they had business in one of the other bureaus, and the officer was to escort him to that bureau.
We later eliminated as much of that as we could that night by calling the jail office. If he wanted to visit some prisoner at the jail, the jail personnel called the bureau and were instructed as to whether a pass would be permitted.
Mr. Hubert. But do you know whether or not, as these newsmen and the rest of the other news media went into the assembly room for this lineup, whether they were checked in any way again upon entering?
Mr. Stevenson. No, sir; I don't, because when I went down to the basement, they were already in the room. In other words, they had already filed into the room.
Mr. Hubert. What else do you know in general terms about the security of Oswald when he was in the cell? I think you have already covered when he was being moved?
Mr. Stevenson. Yes; there was a guard on his cell at all times, and at sometimes there were as many as two, but around the clock a guard was placed outside his cell door. He was not permitted to converse with other prisoners. In fact, he was placed in a cell where it would be impossible for other prisoners to get to him.
For the arraignment in the murder of the President, he was brought from the jail into the identification bureau, where there is a barred door coming in to identification room from jail. He was not brought back through the Police and Courts Building proper. He was brought directly from the jail into the identification bureau when he was arraigned.
Mr. Hubert. I think that takes us then to 12:30 on Saturday. You were on duty until 12:30 a.m. on Saturday?
Mr. Stevenson. Right.
Mr. Hubert. When did you come back to duty thereafter?