Mr. CRAIG. 16.
Mr. BELIN. 16. And where?
Mr. CRAIG. Here in Texas.
Mr. BELIN. Here in Texas.
And then you enlisted in the Army when?
Mr. CRAIG. I volunteered for the draft when I was 17.
Mr. BELIN. And then you went in the Service?
Mr. CRAIG. Right.
Mr. BELIN. And served overseas?
Mr. CRAIG. Right.
Mr. BELIN. You were discharged when, then?
Mr. CRAIG. In--uh--October of 1955, I believe. In September or October
of 1955, sir, is when I got out.
Mr. BELIN. Was it an honorable discharge?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. What did you do when you were in the service?
Mr. CRAIG. I served in the--uh--motor pool of the 92d Armored Field.
Mr. BELIN. And, after you got out of service, what did you do?
Mr. CRAIG. Well, jobs were kind of hard to get. I got a job as a
dishwasher in a cafe, then cook. Then I did construction work for a
while. And then I went to work for the Purex Corporation out on Storey
Lane here in Dallas--2929 Storey Lane. Then I worked for them for about
3-1/2 years. Then, I came down to the sheriff's office.
Mr. BELIN. Now, what would your job have been there with the Purex
Corp.?
Mr. CRAIG. Packager. I just packaged the Purex.
Mr. BELIN. And when did you go to work for the Dallas County Sheriff's
Office?
Mr. CRAIG. In October--October the 9th of 1959.
Mr. BELIN. And you've been there ever since?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Are you married?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Family?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes; I have a girl and a boy and a stepboy.
Mr. BELIN. Now, Mr. Craig, I want to take you back to November 22d,
1963, and ask you whether or not you were working at the sheriff's
office that day?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Where is the sheriff's office located?
Mr. CRAIG. 505 Main Street.
Mr. BELIN. And where is 505 Main Street? Is it on the north or the
south side of Main?
Mr. CRAIG. It's on the north side of Main at the corner of Houston.
Mr. BELIN. It runs from Houston east to Record Street there? Is that
Record Street there?
Mr. CRAIG. No; the sheriff's office actually runs north from Main over
to Elm Street. It covers that entire block.
Mr. BELIN. How far east does it go--or is it just a half-block east?
Mr. CRAIG. No; it's just a half block to--uh--well, it's divided, then
the Records Building begins and goes on to Record Street.
Mr. BELIN. To Record Street.
Well, will you state what you did that day from about noon on--on
November 22?
Mr. CRAIG. I stood out in front waiting for the President's motorcade.
I went out there about--oh--5 minutes after 12, I guess; waited
directly in front of the front door on the curb.
Mr. BELIN. That would be on the north curb of Main?
Mr. CRAIG. Right.
Mr. BELIN. All right. Then what happened?
Mr. CRAIG. Well, we waited there for several minutes--and--uh--the
motorcade finally came by.
Mr. BELIN. About how fast was the motorcade going when you saw it on
Main Street?
Mr. CRAIG. Oh, just barely moving. I don't know. It was just barely
moving. I couldn't judge any miles per hour.
Mr. BELIN. Well, 5, 10, 15, 20--what?
Mr. CRAIG. Probably going--probably 3 or 4 miles an hour.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
You saw the President's car?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. You saw the motorcade reach the intersection of Main and
Houston?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. And then it turned?
Mr. CRAIG. Turned north on Houston.
Mr. BELIN. About how fast was it going as it turned north on Houston?
Mr. CRAIG. Oh, about the same. They--uh--they were going about the same
speed as they made the corner.
Mr. BELIN. Were there any motorcycle policemen alongside the
President's car?
Mr. CRAIG. Uh--not directly beside it. They was, I believe, on the
front part of it and--uh--I believe behind it--just a little ways
behind the back fender there was a motorcycle officer--one on each side
of the car, as I remember.
Mr. BELIN. The ones on the front--where would the back wheels of
the motorcycles have been with relation to the front wheels of the
President's car?
Mr. CRAIG. Uh--just in front of the bumper because they came by and
moved everybody back, you know, as the car approached us.
Mr. BELIN. And what about the motorcycles that were just behind the
car? Where were the front wheels of those motorcycles with relation to
the back wheels or the back bumper of the President's car?
Mr. CRAIG. About equal to the back bumper.
Mr. BELIN. All right.
You saw the President's car, then, turn north on Houston?
Mr. CRAIG. Yes.
Mr. BELIN. Then, would you describe what you saw and heard and did?