Mr. Belin.

You were the one we all complained about when the food wasn't good?

Mr. Graves.

Yes; if you want to put it that way. I got-a few complaints.

Mr. Belin.

Then after your discharge, what did you do?

Mr. Graves.

After my discharge, I came to Dallas, I married and went to work for Interstate Theatres. First went to work for Railway Express Agency here and worked for a short period of time and then I went to work for Interstate Theatres.

Mr. Belin.

What did you do for Interstate?

Mr. Graves.

Let me retract that. I believe I went to work for S. H. Lynch Co. first and later changed to Paramount Distributors, and they went broke, and then I went with Interstate Theatres, and that is where I was working when I went to work for the police department.

Mr. Belin.

Were they all related? In other words, when you say Paramount, was that----

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 rending 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?