{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"24771"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Judge Joe B. Brown, Jr. Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Western Union telegram sent to Judge Joe Brown regarding the verdict of the Jack Ruby trial.  Author John Roberts recommends that Ruby be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.\r\n\r\nTelegram is stamped: 1964 Mar 14 PM 12 16\r\n\r\n\"DB02 SYA184                                       (05).\r\n SY NA508 RX PD=NEW YORK NY 14 1245P EST=\r\n JUDGE JOE B BROWN, PRESIDING JUDGE IN JACK RUBY CASE=\r\n                DAL=\r\n IF VERDICT IS GUILTY IN FIRST DEGREE IN JACK RUBY TRIAL\r\n IT IS MY WILL AND THE WILL OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS\r\n THE WORLD THAT THE SENTENCE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT JACK\r\n RUBY BE HONORED WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR I\r\n BELIEVE THAT THE WAY OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT WAS SLAIN\r\n WAS ENOUGH TO DRIVE ANY MANY MAN INTO TEMPORARY \r\n INSANITY=\r\n                  DETECTIVE JOHN E ROBERTS     405 EDGECOMB AVE\r\n                  NEW YORK CITY 2 NEW YORK=\"\r\n\r\nTelegram sheet itself is printed with:\r\n WESTERN UNION\r\n TELEGRAM    1201\r\n W.P. Marshall, President"},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2004.010.0020"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Telegram sent to Judge Brown regarding Jack Ruby's verdict and recommending he be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.\r\n\r\nTelegram is stamped: 1964 Mar 14 PM 12 16\r\n\r\nTelegram reads as follows:\r\n DB02 SYA184                                       (05).\r\n SY NA508 RX PD=NEW YORK NY 14 1245P EST=\r\n JUDGE JOE B BROWN, PRESIDING JUDGE IN JACK RUBY CASE=\r\n                DAL=\r\n IF VERDICT IS GUILTY IN FIRST DEGREE IN JACK RUBY TRIAL\r\n IT IS MY WILL AND THE WILL OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS\r\n THE WORLD THAT THE SENTENCE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT JACK\r\n RUBY BE HONORED WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR I\r\n BELIEVE THAT THE WAY OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT WAS SLAIN\r\n WAS ENOUGH TO DRIVE ANY MANY MAN INTO TEMPORARY \r\n INSANITY=\r\n                  DETECTIVE JOHN E ROBERTS     405 EDGECOMB AVE\r\n                  NEW YORK CITY 2 NEW YORK=\r\n\r\nTelegram sheet itself is printed with:\r\n WESTERN UNION\r\n TELEGRAM    1201\r\n W.P. Marshall, President\r\n The filing time shown in the date line on domestic telegrams is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination\r\n\r\n Class of Service\r\n This is a fast message unless deferred character is indicated by the proper symbol\r\n\r\n SYMBOLS\r\n DL = Day Letter\r\n NL = Night Letter\r\n LT = International Letter Telegram\r\n\r\n The company will appreciate suggestions from its patrons concerning its service (printed at bottom)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/3945/full","displayOrder":"0","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"3945"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Telegram sent to Judge Brown before the Ruby trial verdict was announced"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Documents"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/3945/full"},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Jack Ruby trial","Brown, Judge Joe B.","Western Union","New York","Dallas"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Telegram"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"03/14/1964"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["20.3200000000"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["This telegram, was displayed in the Museum's temporary exhibition, \"Jack Ruby: The Man in That Hat\" from October 2010 to August 2011. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65063"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"5 3/4 x 8 in. (14.6 x 20.3 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["14.6050000000"]}}]}