(Testimony of Jack Edwin Dougherty)
Mr. Dougherty.
Oh---shipping clerk.
Mr. Ball.
And what kind of work is that?
Mr. Dougherty.
Well, that's when they bring the orders from on the second floor, and in other words, you fill them from the---they are orders, I guess you would call them orders, to fill from there, and outside of doing little odd jobs besides that---that's it.
Mr. BALL. Did you know a fellow named Lee Harvey Oswald that worked at the Texas School Book Depository?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Well, I'll be frank with you, Mr. Ball, I don't believe nobody knew him too well. You might say he wouldn't have too much to say to anybody. He just stayed all to hisself, and I'll be frank with you, I just flat didn't know him.
Mr. Ball.
Now, on November 22, 1963, that's the day the President was shot?
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes, sir.
Mr. Ball.
What time did you go to work?
Mr. Dougherty.
Well, I got there---it was after 7 o'clock in the morning.
Mr. Ball.
Do you usually get there in the morning at 7 o'clock?
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes.
Mr. BALL. Why do you get there at 7 instead of 8, when the rest of the men get there?
Mr. Dougherty.
Well, you might say, I have a little---extra chores to do.
Mr. Ball.
You do that--you get there at 7 all the time, don't you?
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes, I've been doing it for 11 years.
Mr. Ball.
That's what Mr. Truly told me, that you get there real early.
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
And you did get there about 7 that morning?
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes.
Mr. BALL. Let's see, Mr. Dougherty, you said that you have some extra chores--what are those extra chores?
Mr. Dougherty.
I have to see to it that the water system is pumped up. In other words, the air pressure is up to where---up to 40 pounds so that if it isn't pumped up, the alarm goes off, and the ADT runs that alarm system, and we immediately call Mr. Truly and of course they call me.
Mr. Ball.
What is the ADT?
Mr. Dougherty.
That's that---I don't know too much about it---it has something to do with the alarm system they have got down there.
Mr. Ball.
You mean the pressure, do you?
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes
Mr. Ball.
Is that a fire-alarm system?
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes--you could call it that.
Mr. Ball.
Now, what else do you do there early in the morning?
Mr. Dougherty.
Well, let's see, I have to check and see that there is no leaks ,in the building, that the pipes are not leaking somewhere.
Mr. Ball.
Anything else you do?
Mr. Dougherty.
No; I believe that just about covers it.
Mr. Ball.
What time do you usually go to lunch?
Mr. Dougherty.
Well, usually about 12 o'clock or 12 noon.
Mr. Ball.
Do you carry your lunch most of the time from home?
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
And where do you usually eat your lunch?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Well, they have got what they call a domino room in there and I usually eat it in there.
Mr. Ball.
You usually eat your lunch in the domino room?
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
And how long do you take for lunch?
Mr. Dougherty.
Well, from 12 to 12:45.
Mr. Ball.
Forty-five minutes?
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes.
Mr. Ball.
Do you always take a full hour?
Mr. Dougherty.
Yes; I usually do.
Mr. BALL. Now, do you remember the day of November 22, 1963; you do, don't you?
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