Mr. Hubert. Then you ordered the larger one only?
Chief Batchelor. No; he sent two. He said, “I will send you both, and you can make a determination when we get there; take the one you like.”
Mr. Hubert. That second conversation was about 10:30 or so?
Chief Batchelor. Yes; as I recall, it must have been around 10:30. It was actually after 11 before the trucks finally got there.
Mr. Hubert. It was after what, sir?
Chief Batchelor. I believe it was a little after 11 when the trucks finally got there; yes.
Mr. Hubert. Do you have any way of fixing that time as to when the trucks actually got there?
Chief Batchelor. Well, the way I fix that in my mind is the lapse of time from the time the trucks arrived until Oswald finally was brought out in the basement, and this was not very long.
We backed the truck in, and I believe it was Lieutenant Smart and I got in the truck and searched it, and got some bottles, a couple of Coke bottles, and a bolt that we found laying there, and took that out of the truck.
The truck had benches on each side with cushions on the benches. This was all that was in the truck. And it was only a short time after that until they actually brought him out. Probably not more than 20 or 30 minutes after the arrival of the trucks that they brought him down.