W. W. Mabra

[Dealey Joe]

I, and officer Orville Smith were standing on the curb in front of Criminal Courts Bldg., appx. 40 ft. East of Houston St., when the car bearing Pres. Kennedy passed. Appx 1 min. after the car turned right onto Houston St. we heard 3 shots. Officer Smith said to me "That sounded like a Deer Rifle." We saw people running toward the parkway and ran in that direction. Officers and People were running to the parkway on north side of Elm. I went to the rail yards and parking area west of the book store and helped search this area. I talked to a city officer who said "I was stationed in rail yards and had this entire area in view. No body came this way." I then went to the Book Building and saw that several Sheriff's Dep. Were going in along with a large number of city officers. I did not go into the Bldg. I took 1 man to S. O. to talk to officer Lummy Lewis. I did not learn the mans name and do not know what he told officer Lewis. I did not take any further part in inv./s/ W.W. Mabra