{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"50367"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Loaned Courtesy the Dallas County District Attorney's Office/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza"},"labelText":{"label":"Description","value":"Police report issued by the Dallas Police Department for Jack Ruby for the charge of murder against Lee Harvey Oswald. The \"Date of Arrest\" is typed on the form as \"November 24, 1963\". The \"Charge\" is typed on the form as \"Murder\". \r\n\r\nTyped information on the form identifies the \"Investigating Officers\" as \"J. R. Leavelle and E.R. Beck\", the \"Arresting Officers\" as \"L. C. Graves - W. J. Harrison\", and the \"Location of Defendant\" as \"County Jail\".\r\n\r\nThe main body of the report has more typed entries identiying the defendant, the place of arrest, the complainant and the \"Property Taken and Value\", which is filled in as \"Life\". The form goes on to summarize more details of the events as well as providing a list of witnesses which includes the names Jim Leavelle, Captain Will Fritz, Ernst Beck and Leslie D. Montgomery.\r\n\r\nThis object was originally part of the evidence collected by the Dallas County District Attorney\u2019s Office and specifically prosecutors Henry Wade and Bill Alexander during the investigation leading up to the Jack Ruby trial for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"L2017.1.153"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"One City of Dallas Police Department police report for Jack Ruby for the charge of murder against Lee Harvey Oswald. The \"Date of Arrest\" is typed on the form as \"November 24, 1963\". The \"Charge\" is typed on the form as \"Murder\". \r\n\r\nThe report is on onionskin-like paper. The form is pre-printed in black ink with black lines to fill in the information. The information is typed in black ink. At the top center of the page is printed in all caps:\r\n\"Police Department\r\nCity of Dallas\r\nCase Report\".\r\nIn the upper left corner, the following text is printed in a very small font: \"Form No. CPS--GF--379\". There are two columns of pre-printed text with lines for filling in information on the right and left sides of the page; the left is for the \"Disposition\", which is blank, and the right is for the \"Filed\", which has been partially filled. The \"Filed\" column of the form has \"Investigating Officers\" typed as being \"J. R. Leavelle and E.R. Beck\", the \"Arresting Officers\" typed as being \"L. C. Graves - W. J. Harrison\", and the \"Location of Defendant\" typed as being \"County Jail\".\r\n\r\nThe main body of the report has pre-printed text and lines that go across the page. The \"Defendant\" is listed as \"Jack Ruby\" with his \"Race\", \"Age\", \"Sex\", and \"Residence\" typed on the lines following his name. The \"Place of Arrest\" is typed as \"2001 Commerce Basement\". The \"Complainant\" is typed as \"Lee Harvey Oswald\", and the \"Property Taken and Value\" is typed \"Life\". The \"Where and How Committed\", \"Evidence and Seizures\", and \"Summary of Case\" lines are filled out with typed text. [See Media Attachment for full text] A line is printed at the center bottom of the front of the page: \"Any additional information may be placed on reverse side.\". \r\n\r\nOn the reverse, a numbered and typed list of twelve \"Witnesses\" with descriptions of the witnesses' locations fills up the page. Among these witnesses listed is Jim Leavelle, Captain Will Fritz, Ernst Beck, and Leslie D. Montgomery.\r\n\r\nThis object was originally part of the evidence collected by the Dallas County District Attorney\u2019s Office and specifically prosecutors Henry Wade and Bill Alexander during the investigation leading up to the Jack Ruby trial for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.\r\n\r\nThe police report is in poor condition. The page has numerous creases and fold lines around the edges and particularly in the lower right corner. The page was originally stapled to something at some point - there are staple holes and rust marks in the upper left corner of the paper. The page has yellowed and is badly stained along on edge. Needs conservation. (JM 08/22/2017)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/50478/full","displayOrder":"1","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"50478"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/50477/full","displayOrder":"2","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"50477"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Dallas Police Department case report for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Documents"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/50478/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Jack Ruby trial","DA's Ruby file","Basement","Witnesses","Pistols","Bullets","Firearms","Ruby, Jack","Oswald, Lee Harvey","Beck, Ernst","Leavelle, Jim","Graves, L. C.","Fritz, Will","Montgomery, Leslie D.","Dallas Police Department","Dallas County District Attorney's Office","Dallas Municipal Building","Dallas County Jail","Dallas City Hall","Dallas"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Document"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"11/24/1963"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["21.5900431801"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["In famous photographs and news footage of the Oswald shooting, Dallas Police Department homicide detective Jim Leavelle, wearing a light-colored suit and hat, can be seen walking on Oswald's right side. Handcuffed to Oswald on his left side is homicide detective L.C. Graves. - Stephen Fagin, Curator","In order to ensure its long-term care and preservation and to facilitate public access, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office placed their Jack Ruby Trial Collection (sometimes referred to as \"the DA's Jack Ruby file\") on long-term loan with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2017. The Museum is working to make the entire collection accessible through this online collections database. To find out more about this collection or to access materials not yet included here, contact the Museum's Reading Room at readingroom@jfk.org. - Megan Bryant, Director of Collections & Interpretation","This item, along with materials from the DA's Ruby file (which is on loan to the Museum) and from the Museum's permanent collection, briefly appeared in a temporary display on the Museum's seventh floor in 2017. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections"]},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"65374"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["27.9400558801"]}}]}