Mr. Hubert. Do you know when you told that to Fritz?
Mr. Sorrels. That was on the Sunday morning, before he was removed.
Mr. Hubert. Did you tell that to any other person?
Mr. Sorrels. No.
Mr. Hubert. Was any other person present when you told that to Fritz?
Mr. Sorrels. No; not that I recall.
Mr. Hubert. What caused you to give that advice to Captain Fritz?
Mr. Sorrels. The importance of the prisoner, to my mind, was such that in order to remove the opportunity for some crackpot or anyone who might feel inclined to try to kill the prisoner, if the removal was made more or less unannounced or in secret, that those opportunities would have been at least lessened to a great degree.
Captain Fritz said that Chief Curry did not want to—let’s reverse that just a bit—that Chief Curry wanted to go along with the press and not try to put anything over on them; or words to that effect.
Mr. Hubert. Did you gather from what Fritz told you that the reason why your suggestion was not acceptable was that Fritz at least thought that captain—that Chief Curry did not want to break his word, as it were, to the press?