/internal/media/dispatcher/3945/fullTelegram sent to Judge Brown before the Ruby trial verdict was announced03/14/19645 3/4 x 8 in. (14.6 x 20.3 cm)PaperJudge Joe B. Brown, Jr. Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.010.00200Telegram sent to Judge Brown regarding Jack Ruby's verdict and recommending he be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Telegram is stamped: 1964 Mar 14 PM 12 16
Telegram reads as follows:
DB02 SYA184 (05).
SY NA508 RX PD=NEW YORK NY 14 1245P EST=
JUDGE JOE B BROWN, PRESIDING JUDGE IN JACK RUBY CASE=
DAL=
IF VERDICT IS GUILTY IN FIRST DEGREE IN JACK RUBY TRIAL
IT IS MY WILL AND THE WILL OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS
THE WORLD THAT THE SENTENCE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT JACK
RUBY BE HONORED WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR I
BELIEVE THAT THE WAY OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT WAS SLAIN
WAS ENOUGH TO DRIVE ANY MANY MAN INTO TEMPORARY
INSANITY=
DETECTIVE JOHN E ROBERTS 405 EDGECOMB AVE
NEW YORK CITY 2 NEW YORK=
Telegram sheet itself is printed with:
WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAM 1201
W.P. Marshall, President
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
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The company will appreciate suggestions from its patrons concerning its service (printed at bottom)Documents6506320.320000000014.605000000024771TelegramWestern 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.
Telegram is stamped: 1964 Mar 14 PM 12 16
"DB02 SYA184 (05).
SY NA508 RX PD=NEW YORK NY 14 1245P EST=
JUDGE JOE B BROWN, PRESIDING JUDGE IN JACK RUBY CASE=
DAL=
IF VERDICT IS GUILTY IN FIRST DEGREE IN JACK RUBY TRIAL
IT IS MY WILL AND THE WILL OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS
THE WORLD THAT THE SENTENCE BE SUSPENDED AND THAT JACK
RUBY BE HONORED WITH CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR I
BELIEVE THAT THE WAY OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT WAS SLAIN
WAS ENOUGH TO DRIVE ANY MANY MAN INTO TEMPORARY
INSANITY=
DETECTIVE JOHN E ROBERTS 405 EDGECOMB AVE
NEW YORK CITY 2 NEW YORK="
Telegram sheet itself is printed with:
WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAM 1201
W.P. Marshall, PresidentJack Ruby trialBrown, Judge Joe B.Western UnionNew YorkDallasThis 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