/internal/media/dispatcher/73764/fullGeorge W. Bramblett Jr. Oral History03/10/2004Duration: 43 MinutesHi-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.001.00100Oral History with George W. Bramblett, Jr.
Now a partner with Haynes and Boone, LLP, Bramblett was a freshman law student at Southern Methodist University in 1964 and attended one day of the Jack Ruby trial, which turned out to be the day of the infamous Dallas County jailbreak.
Mr. Bramblett passed away November 2016. (See Text Entries for Obituary)Oral Histories6351226027Oral historyVideotaped oral history interview with George W. Bramblett Jr. A longtime partner with Haynes and Boone, LLP in Dallas, Bramblett was a freshman law student at Southern Methodist University in 1964. After a personal encounter with defense attorney Melvin Belli at SMU, Bramblett attended the Jack Ruby trial on March 6, 1964. That day he became a close eyewitness to an infamous jailbreak at the Dallas County Jail during which seven inmates briefly escaped.
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on March 10, 2004 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-three minutes long.Jack Ruby trialAttorneyStudentInmatesOral historiesBelli, MelvinBramblett, George, Jr.Dallas County JailSouthern Methodist UniversityDallasJack Ruby (OHC)In addition to this oral history, George Bramblett Jr. also participated in two Ruby Trial panel discussions at The Sixth Floor Museum in 2004. He passed away on November 21, 2016. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator