{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"50433"},"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":"Court document from Criminal District Court No. 3 in Dallas, Texas, regarding the agreement for further \"scientific tests\", specifically an \"Encephalographic Examination\", that Jack Ruby is to undergo at Dallas Neurological Clinic.\r\n\r\nThe document is signed by Judge Joe B. Brown, District Attorney Henry Wade, assistant District Attorney William Alexander, and Jack Ruby's attorneys - Mr. Joe Tonahill and Mr. Tom Howard. The document was signed on January 29, 1964. The document specifies that the Sheriff of Dallas County is to escort Mr. Ruby to the clinic for the EEG testing. The doctors performing the tests and with whom the Sheriff will coordinate the scheduling of the testing are the following: \"Dr. Martin Towler, Dr. John Holbrook, Dr. Stubblefield and Dr. Olinger\".\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":"L2017.1.40"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"One court document from Criminal District Court No. 3 in Dallas, Texas typed and signed on onionskin paper regarding the agreement to further \"scientific tests\", specifically an \"Encephalographic Examination\", that Jack Ruby is to undergo at Dallas Neurological Clinic.\r\n\r\nThe document is signed by Judge Joe B. Brown, District Attorney Henry Wade, assistant District Attorney William Alexander, and Jack Ruby's attorneys - Mr. Joe Tonahill and Mr. Tom Howard. The document was signed on January 29, 1964. The document specifies that the Sheriff of Dallas County is to escort Mr. Ruby to the clinic for the EEG testing. The doctors performing the tests and with whom the Sheriff will coordinate the scheduling of the testing are the following: \"Dr. Martin Towler, Dr. John Holbrook, Dr. Stubblefield and Dr. Olinger\".\r\n\r\nAt the top of the page is the following text centered: \r\n\"NO. E 4010 J.\r\n\r\n[left aligned]\r\nThe State of Texas\r\nVS\r\nJack Ruby\r\n\r\n[right aligned]\r\nIn Criminal District Court\r\nNo. 3, Dallas County, Texas.\r\nJanuary Term, A. D. 1964.\".\r\n[See media attachment for full text of document.]\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 paper is badly creased and curling on the right side of the document. There are brown stains from an unknown substance along the top of the page. Most of the left side of the page has been torn off. (JM 08/23/2017)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/50484/full","displayOrder":"1","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"50484"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Signed court document arranging EEG for Jack Ruby"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Documents"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/50484/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Jack Ruby trial","DA's Ruby file","Epilepsy","Medical tests","EEG","Ruby, Jack","Wade, Henry M.","Tonahill, Joe H.","Brown, Judge Joe B.","Alexander, William F.","Howard, Tom","Olinger, Sheff D.","Stubblefield, Robert","Towler, Martin","Holbrook, John T.","Dallas County District Attorney's Office","Dallas County Criminal Courts Building","Criminal District Court No. 3","Dallas"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Document"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"01/29/1964"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["21.5900431801"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["Attorney Tom Howard, who signed this document, was the first lawyer employed by Jack Ruby's family following the death of Lee Harvey Oswald. He withdrew from the case on February 15, 1964, after clashing with lead defense attorney Melvin Belli of San Francisco, who was hired by the Ruby family in early December 1963. - 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":"65378"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["27.9400558801"]}}]}