Transfer Personnel Assignments
Captain Fritz instructed Detectives C. W. Brown, C. N. Dhority, and a third detective to proceed to the garage and move the followup car and the transfer car into place on the auto ramp. He told Lt. Rio S. Pierce to obtain another automobile from the basement and take up a lead position on Commerce Street. Deputy Chief Stevenson went back to the basement to inform Batchelor and Jones of the change in plans.
Oswald Transfer Preparation
Oswald was given his sweater, and then his right hand was handcuffed to the left hand of Detective J. R. Leavelle. Detective T. L. Baker called the jail office to check on security precautions in the basement and notify officials that the prisoner was being brought down.
Basement Vehicle Positioning
On arriving in the basement, Pierce asked Sergeants James A. Putnam and Billy Joe Maxey to accompany him in the lead car. Since the armored truck was blocking the Commerce Street ramp, they had to drive out the Main Street ramp and circle the block to Commerce Street. Maxey sat on the back seat, and Putnam cleared a path through reporters so Pierce could drive up toward Main Street. At about 11:20 a.m., the car passed the reporters and Putnam entered the car on the right front side. Pierce drove to the top of the Main Street ramp and slowed momentarily as Patrolman Roy E. Vaughn stepped from his position to watch for traffic. After Pierce’s car left the garage area, Brown drove another police car out of the garage, moved part way up the Commerce Street ramp, and began backing down into position to receive Oswald. Dhority also drove the followup car into position ahead of Brown.
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