Mr. Hubert. But he didn’t go and check again?
Captain Fritz. I don’t know. I can’t answer that because he left my office. He told me that he and Chief Stevenson would meet me at the county jail.
Mr. Hubert. Who made the decision as to the actual moment of moving?
Captain Fritz. Of course, the chief asked me if we were ready. We got ready, because I had told him the night before we would try to be ready at 10 o’clock.
Mr. Hubert. So you gave the signal to go?
Captain Fritz. To these officers; yes.
Mr. Hubert. I think there was one officer ahead of you when you all went down in the elevator?
Captain Fritz. Lieutenant Swain went out ahead of me, and I was behind Lieutenant Swain, and then my officers and Oswald back of me, one officer on each side, and one behind him.
Mr. Hubert. Did that group come down from the third floor?
Captain Fritz. We all came down the inside jail elevator to the jail office, and through the jail office and around the back of the jail office. This brought the prisoner out of a side door that would put us near our car.