Mr. Wade.

I don't know when it was, but I did talk with him and I know his concern which was that there was too much publicity.

Mr. Rankin.

And he told you that, did he?

Mr. Wade.

At some stage in it. I am thinking it was Sunday night which I know I talked with him Sunday night, but we are not that far along with it yet. But I don't know whether I talked to him previously or not.

Mr. Rankin.

That is the only conversation of that type that you recall with any Federal officer?

Mr. Wade.

That is all I recall. I am sure Barefoot and I discussed the publicity angle on it some, but I don't remember Barefoot suggesting how we handle it, but neither one of us knew whether it was his offense or mine, to begin with, for 2 or 3 hours because we had to select it.

Mr. Rankin.

Do you know what Barefoot said about publicity when you did discuss it with him?

Mr. Wade.

I don't recall anything.

Mr. Rankin.

All right.
What happened next, as you recall?

Mr. Wade.

I was going home. I went by the police station to talk to Chief Curry.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you discuss the evidence then?

Mr. Wade.

Well, at that time You see, Chief Curry knew very little of the evidence at that stage. He should have known, but he didn't But I discussed the thing with him and I told him there was too much evidence being put out in the case from his department, that I wish he would talk to Fritz and have no further statements on it.

Mr. Rankin.

What did he say about that?

Mr. Wade.

He said, "That is fine. I think that is so."

Mr. Rankin.

Now, going back just a moment, you spoke out about a map earlier that you had been told they had as evidence, do you recall, of the parade route. Did you look at the map at the time?

Mr. Wade.

I don't think I ever saw the map.

Mr. Rankin.

You don't know what it contained in regard to the parade route?

Mr. Wade.

I was told by Fritz that it had the parade route and it had an X where the assassination took place and it had an X out on Stemmons Freeway and an X at Inwood Road and Lemon, is all I know, a circle or some mark there.

Mr. Rankin.

But you have never seen the map?

Mr. Wade.

So far as I know, I have never seen the map. I don't know even where it was found, but I think it was found in his home, probably. But that is my recollection. But I don't even know that. I told Chief Curry this.
Then I walked out, and Tom Pettit of NBC said, "We are all confused on the law, where we are really on this thing."

Mr. Rankin.

What did you say?

Mr. Wade.

At that time I said, "Well, I will explain the procedure, Texas procedure in a criminal case," and I had about a 10-minute interview there as I was leaving the chief's office, dealing entirely with the procedure, I mean your examining trial and grand jury and jury trial, I mean as to what takes place. You see, they had all kinds of statements and other countries represented and they were all curious to ask legal questions, when bond would be set and when it would be done.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you discuss the evidence at that time?

Mr. Wade.

No, sir; I refused. You will find that I refused to answer questions. They all asked questions on it, but I would tell them that is evidence and that deals with evidence in the matter.

Mr. Rankin.

Did you tell them why you wouldn't answer those questions?

Mr. Wade.

I told them we had to try the case, here, and we would have to try the case and we wouldn't be able to get a jury if they knew all the evidence in the case.
You will find that in those interviews most, I think. I haven't seen them. As a matter of fact, didn't see them myself even. But I went home that day, and----

Mr. Dulles.

That day is Saturday?

Mr. Wade.

Saturday; yes, sir.