Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (07 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. GRAVES. No. S. H. Lynch Co. had a cigarette-candy item section
of the company in connection with the beer distributors. Paramount
Distributors was a vending machine company which went out of business,
which was a separate business, didn't have anything to do with the
movie industry or picture industry, so to speak.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do with that aspect of the business?
Mr. GRAVES. The Paramount Distributors, I was a bookkeeper.
Mr. BELIN. Then you went from there to where?
Mr. GRAVES. Interstate Theatres.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do for Interstate Theatres?
Mr. GRAVES. They call it an operating engineer, air-conditioning
operating engineer was the title, for it has to do with operating the
equipment for the purpose of air conditioning and refrigeration.
Mr. BELIN. Of theatres?
Mr. GRAVES. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Then from there you went to the Dallas Police Department?
Mr. GRAVES. Yes; that's right.
Mr. BELIN. What year was that?
Mr. GRAVES. October 31, 1949.
Mr. BELIN. And you have been with the Dallas Police Department ever
since?
Mr. GRAVES. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Mr. Graves, were you on duty on November 22, 1963?
Mr. GRAVES. No.
Mr. BELIN. Was that an off day for you, or what?
Mr. GRAVES. Yes; it was.
Mr. BELIN. When did you go to work, if at all?
Mr. GRAVES. About 2 o'clock that day.
Mr. BELIN. Had you already heard the news of the assassination?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, yes. When I came to work, I had already heard. That
is the reason I went to work, as a matter of fact.
Mr. BELIN. On November 22, 1963, could you state what you did after you
got to the Dallas Police Station?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, the first thing that I did was take a statement from,
I believe her name was, Helen Markham.
Let me see; yes, I took a statement from Miss or Mrs. Helen Markham.
Mr. BELIN. How did you happen to see Mrs. Markham or Miss Markham?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, of course you have to be there to realize the mass
confusion, but a squad uniform officer had brought this lady in and she
was quite hysterical, and they put her in a little room, just across
the hall from our bureau, and notified the lieutenant that they had her
over there, and when I walked in they told me to go talk to this lady
and take an affidavit from her, which I did.
Mr. BELIN. You say she was quite hysterical. Describe her actions.
Mr. GRAVES. She was crying and upset, naturally.
Mr. BELIN. Was she saying anything at all?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, I don't recall exactly what she was saying--what most
hysterical women say--wringing her hands and talking about the shooting.
Mr. BELIN. You took an affidavit from her?
Mr. GRAVES. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Then what did you do?
Mr. GRAVES. Well, I held a showup along with Leavelle and the Chief and
Captain Fritz, and I don't remember who else, about a roomful.
Mr. BELIN. Could you state what occurred in that showup? How many
people were in this showup?
Mr. GRAVES. I don't remember exactly how many people.
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