Chief Stevenson. Nothing more than that the press, and I didn’t hear this, was informed in the basement that none of them would attempt to move close to the prisoner for the purpose of talking to him or taking photographs.
Mr. Hubert. Do you know if any consideration was given to using an entirely different route of transfer than through the basement for the purpose of avoiding the crowded condition in the basement?
Chief Stevenson. If there was, I have no knowledge of it, Mr. Hubert.
Mr. Hubert. Did you hear any discussion among anybody that the crowded condition in the basement might pose a greater threat by a single man than if the basement were cleared of everybody whatsoever?
Chief Stevenson. I didn’t hear that subject discussed, I don’t believe; no, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Did you ever hear of any suggestion made that the press be bypassed, as it were, and the prisoner removed in some other fashion?
Chief Stevenson. Not to my knowledge; no, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Did you see any officers immediately prior to the time Oswald appeared who had drawn their side arms?
Chief Stevenson. No, sir.
Mr. Hubert. Now I understand that the first homicide cars may have had shotguns or riot guns in them but were not visible.