Mr. HUBERT. Let me finish my question; is done simultaneously with the
act itself?
Mr. SLACK. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. So, that normally, when a prisoner leaves you make these
notations, and you look to see what time it is. You enter the time, and
that is how the notation is made?
Mr. SLACK. Yes, sir.
Mr. HUBERT. As far as you know, was there any deviation from that
normal procedure in the case of the transfer of Oswald?
Mr. SLACK. The deviation, it was in this point, that we usually have
it filled out before the prisoner is brought down. In this particular
case, we didn't know when he was going to be transferred, so therefore,
we had to write down when he did come down.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, you hadn't pulled his card?
Mr. SLACK. I had his card pulled. I knew he was going to be
transferred, presumably.
Mr. HUBERT. But you didn't know the time; so, therefore, you hadn't
entered anything?
Mr. SLACK. No, sir; I had it on the clipboard on the counter where we
always keep them.
Mr. HUBERT. What is your best recollection about what you entered there
with reference to the shooting, that is to say, was the entry made
before or after the shooting?
Mr. SLACK. It was made before the shooting.
Mr. HUBERT. In other words, it was made in the interval when he came
out of the elevator and they walked out?
Mr. SLACK. Yes.
Mr. HUBERT. Yes.