Mr. BALL. Wait a minute--did you go to lunch?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Well, I went back downstairs to eat lunch--yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. What time?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Oh, it was 12 o'clock.
Mr. BALL. When you talked to the FBI men, I've got a statement here
dated the 19th of December 1963, a statement from Special Agent William
O. Johnson, and he reports that you told him that you saw Lee Harvey
Oswald at approximately 8 a.m. when he, Oswald, arrived.
Mr. DOUGHERTY. That's right.
Mr. BALL. That you saw Oswald again at approximately 11 a.m. on the
sixth floor?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. That's right.
Mr. BALL. But you didn't see him again after that, is that your
testimony?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Is that the truth?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. That's right.
Mr. BALL. And it also says, this report from Mr. Johnson, states that
you told him that just prior to 12 noon you and five other men were
working on the sixth floor. Were you?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Yes; we were working on the sixth floor.
Mr. BALL. What were you doing?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Well, I was getting some stock off of the sixth floor.
Mr. BALL. You weren't helping the men lay floor?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. No, sir.
Mr. BALL. Did you go down to lunch?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Yes.
Mr. BALL. To what floor?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. The first floor.
Mr. BALL. How did you get down there?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Well--used the elevator.
Mr. BALL. Did you go down alone or with someone?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. I went down alone.
Mr. BALL. Where did you eat your lunch?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. In the domino room.
Mr. BALL. Now, what time did you go back to work?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Oh, at 12:30.
Mr. BALL. Did you know that the President was going to pass in a
motorcade that noon?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Well, they said something about it.
Mr. BALL. Did you intend to go out and watch him?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Well, I would have loved to have went out and watched
him but the steps were so crowded--there was no way in the world I
could get out there.
Mr. BALL. Did you take a look at it--did you go out and take a look at
it, or didn't you?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Well--no, sir.
Mr. BALL. Now, you were on the first floor in the domino room when you
finished your lunch, didn't you?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. And did you stay there any length of time after you finished
your lunch?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. No, sir--just a short length of time.
Mr. BALL. Then what did you do?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Well, then, I went back to work.
Mr. BALL. And where did you go to work?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Let me see--oh, up to the sixth floor.
Mr. BALL. Did you go to the sixth floor?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. About what time?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Oh, it was about 12:40--it was about 12:40.
Mr. BALL. Had you heard any shots before that?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Yes--I heard one--it sounded like a backfire.
Mr. BALL. Where were you when you heard that shot?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. I was on the fifth floor.
Mr. BALL. You were on the fifth floor?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. Yes, sir.
Mr. BALL. Now, when you left your lunch, did you go to the fifth floor
or the sixth floor to go back to work?
Mr. DOUGHERTY. I went on the fifth floor when I was getting ready to go
down to eat lunch.
Mr. BALL. Yes; and then what happened?