John Adamcik

I went home and assisted the family, because my father was injured. That was the reason I got the discharge.
And I don't know, I got everybody going in shape which would be, I think it was probably around a year, and I came back to Dallas and got on the police department.

And you have been in the police department ever since?

Every since, except I took another 6-month leave of absence and I spent 6 months on active duty with the U.S. Army Reserves. After the hardship ended, I went back in the Army for 6 months.

Your position with the Dallas Police Department is now what?

Detective in the homicide and robbery bureau.

Are you married?

Yes.

Family?

One-month-old baby.

A month old baby. Boy or girl?

Boy.

You must be pretty proud?

Yes.

What is his name?

Mark Allen.

Your wife taking good care of that baby?

Oh, yes.

Officer, first I want to talk about November 22, 1963. Were you on duty on that date?

No, sir; I wasn't, not at the time pertaining to this.

Not at the time of the assassination?

No; I wasn't.

You were off duty?

I was at home, off duty.

When did you get on duty that day?

I was supposed to go on at 3. However, when I heard of the assassination--I was supposed to go to court at 2 o'clock, and I reported down to the courts and the courts were closed, so I immediately reported to my office, which was about 2 or so.

You were at the office the rest of the afternoon?

No, sir. I stayed at the office a short period of time. I wasn't there over an hour when Oswald was brought in by the arresting officers and we were asked--Detectives Stovall and Rose and myself were asked by Captain Fritz and the supervisor to go to his residence in Irving, to the Paine residence.