Mr. Sims. I do.
Mr. Ball. Will you state your name, please?
Mr. Sims. Richard M. Sims.
Mr. Ball. And what is your business or occupation?
Mr. Sims. Police department, city of Dallas.
Mr. Ball. And what is your position with the police department?
Mr. Sims. Detective in the homicide and robbery bureau since August 2, 1948.
Mr. Ball. Will you tell me something about yourself, where you were born and educated and what you have done before you went with the police department?
Mr. Sims. I was born and raised here in Dallas and I went to school—grade school in Dallas, but moved out to a little city called Hutchins, south of Dallas, and finished my education out there, and joined the Navy when I was 17, and was discharged when I was 21, and I came to work down here when I was 23.
Mr. Ball. With the police department?