/internal/media/dispatcher/74063/fullEugene Boone Oral History11/25/2003Duration: 51 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2003.001.00530Videotaped oral history interview with Eugene Boone. Mr. Boone was the Dallas Deputy Sheriff who discovered the rifle on the sixth floor of the School Book Depository. Prior to joining the sheriff’s department, he worked at The Dallas Times Herald and had contact with Jack Ruby.Oral Histories6492124698Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with Eugene Boone. A Dallas County deputy sheriff in 1963, Boone observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street and searched the Dealey Plaza rail yards immediately after the assassination. Less than one hour after the shooting, he discovered a rifle on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Prior to joining the sheriff's department, Boone worked at the Dallas Times Herald and knew Jack Ruby.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 25, 2003 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-one minutes long.Oral historiesMannlicher-CarcanoRiflesBoone, EugeneRuby, JackDecker, BillTexas School Book DepositoryDallas Times HeraldDallas County Sheriff's DepartmentDallasLaw Enforcement (OHC)Jack Ruby (OHC)News Media (OHC)Eugene Boone passed away on October 28, 2017. After this 2003 oral history, Boone became a good friend of The Sixth Floor Museum. In addition to donating a typed letter that Boone wrote to Sheriff Bill Decker on the afternoon of the assassination (https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/34830), he returned to the Museum for a second oral history in 2014 and a series of public programs between 2006 and 2014. A 2008 Living History program may be viewed here: https://emuseum.jfk.org/objects/26527. His last Museum program, recorded November 8, 2014, may be found on the Museum's YouTube channel: Living History with Eugene Boone - YouTube. - Stephen Fagin, Curator Eugene Boone's testimony before the Warren Commission begins on page 291 in volume 3. - Stephen Fagin, Curator