Mr. Mooney.

I finished the course there and was employed at Johnson Brothers Chevrolet Co. for 10 years, approximately 10 years, as a dispatcher in the service department, in charge of the shops. And for 2 years I worked for an automobile financing company, Associate Investment Co.
And after 2 years of service there, I was employed by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office, because I didn't desire to be transferred out of the city of Dallas.

Mr. Ball.

What kind of work did you do for the sheriff's office?

Mr. Mooney.

I worked in the Writ and Execution Department, Civil Law, Writ of Sequestrations and Executions. That is my principal job. However, we do everything that comes down.

Mr. Ball.

What do you call that writ?

Mr. Mooney.

Writ of Sequestration, or you might call it sequest.

Mr. Ball.

Were you on duty on November 22, 1963?

Mr. Mooney.

Yes, sir; I was.

Mr. Ball.

What was your job on that day?

Mr. Mooney.

I didn't have a special assignment. Some of the officers did out at the Market Hall. I was waiting in front of the Dallas Criminal Courts Building, which is the sheriff's office, and we were waiting outside on the front steps there. I was down on the sidewalk, off the steps, on the street level, waiting for the motorcade to approach.

Mr. Ball.

Were you standing there when the President went by?

Mr. Mooney.

Yes, sir. I took my hat off.

Mr. Ball.

That is on Main Street?

Mr. Mooney.

Right.

Mr. Ball.

And that is--

Mr. Mooney.

505 Main.

Mr. Ball.

That is where the cavalcade turned north?

Mr. Mooney.

Made a right turn, yes, sir; on Houston Street.

Mr. Ball.

That building is about a block south on Houston, isn't it--south of the Texas School Book Depository?

Mr. Mooney.

Yes, sir; it is a short block there.

Mr. Ball.

After the President's car went by, what did you do?

Mr. Mooney.

Well, we were we was more or less milling around. We just kept standing there, more or less talking to one another.
I don't know how many seconds had elapsed--it wasn't too many.

Mr. Ball.

You say "we." Who was with you?

Mr. Mooney.

There was another officer there, Hiram Ingram--he is an officer, also, a deputy sheriff. And I believe Ralph Walters was standing there with me, and I believe there was a lady standing there, by the name of Martha Johnson, who is one of the judges' wife, a JP judge.
I believe Officer Boone was standing near us, also. And I don't recall how many more. There was a number of officers there.

Mr. Ball.

What happened, as you remember?

Mr. Mooney.

After that few seconds elapsed, we heard this shot ring out. At that time, I didn't realize it was a shot. The wind was blowing pretty high, and, of course, it echoed. I turned my head this way.

Mr. Ball.

You mean to the right?

Mr. Mooney.

To the right; yes, sir. We were facing more or less south. And I turned my head to the right.

Mr. Ball.

That would be looking towards Houston Street?

Mr. Mooney.

Looking towards the old court.
Well, when I turned my head to the right; yes, sir. I would be looking west. And there was a short lapse between these shots. I can still hear them very distinctly--between the first and second shot. The second and third shot was pretty close together, but there was a short lapse there between the first and second shot. Why, I don't know. But when that begin to take place after the first shot we started moving out. And by the time I started running--all of us except Officer Ingrain he had a heart attack, and, of course, he wasn't qualified to do any running.

Mr. Ball.

Which way?

Mr. Mooney.

Due west, across Houston Street, went down across this lawn,