{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"50445"},"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":"Yellow legal pad with two pages of Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade's handwritten outline and notes for his closing argument during the Jack Ruby trial. \r\n\r\nThe full text of the notes is as follows:\r\n\r\n\"Temporary -\r\nI  Insanity - Flimsy defense -- comes from the mind\r\nof defense lawyers - not from doctors. --\r\nPresumed to be sane. - own family doctors. [underlined]\r\nPreponderance of Evidence (?). -\r\n\r\nII  Defense attorney argument communism lived (?) [handwritten in pencil above argument] lead to anarchy. - Barbarianism - Lynch law - one person decides who should be killed. --\r\n\r\nIII  Malice [handwritten in pencil in margin next to Roman numeral]   Pistol - no right to carry gun - Money (?) - Plead (?)\r\nClosed - Home - in car. -\r\n\r\nIV - Murdered our Democratic Institution (?) --\\ Commission - happy (?) [handwritten in pencil above Democratic]\r\nBill of Rights. Constitution -- Jury Trial --\r\nPresumption of Innocence. - Insanity as a defense. -- \r\n\r\nV  Ruby Robbed the people of Dallas and\r\nNation of Determining whether Oswald was \r\nGuilt [sic] --\r\n1 [written inside circle] whether he had helpers -\r\n2 [written inside circle] wh [scratched out] Communist. ? [sic] --\r\n3 [written inside circle] Who Inspired him to Do it. ? [sic] --\r\n4 [written inside circle] If Guilt [sic] - what we thought shot at (?). --\r\n\r\nVI -  [three lines of handwritten text; all marked through several times with pencil making it illegible]\r\n\r\nVII  Ruby -- Wasted Glory Seeker, Limelight, Publicity --\r\nHero - Fame and Fortune. -- Wanting to be Famous -- and capitalize on it --\r\n\r\nVIII -  What do you want history to say \r\nabout you -\r\n1 [written inside circle] Stamp of approval - his assassination\r\n2 [written inside circle] Put him back in Business at Carousel\r\n3 [written inside circle] Hollywood court with Mr. Belli --\r\n4 [written inside circle] Judge -- Jury -- Executioner\r\n\r\n[second page]\r\n\r\nClaim -\r\nI -  Law Enforcement -- no stronger than weakest link (?).\r\n\r\nII -  Duty and Responsibility = Noble words --\r\nStrong headed (?) Men and Women --\r\n\r\nIII -  Jack Ruby - Judge - Jury - Executioner\r\nof handcuffed and - [illegible] man (?) --\r\n[scribbled through] Now asks your Mercy, Sympathy, Compassion --\r\n\r\nGive him the same Mercy, Sympathy\r\nand Compassion that he gave\r\nLee Harvey Oswald = and your verdict\r\nwill be Death\r\n\r\nTell the world that you believe \r\nin Democracy - way of life - Bill \r\nof rights. - Rule of Law -\r\n\r\nIV  Deterrant [sic] - to others - legality (?) -\r\nassassination. - Fear Justice in the \r\nheart of all -\r\nLet the world know what you think\r\nof the assassination in Dallas --\".\r\n\r\nThe rest of the pad is blank after the first two pages of notes.\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":"L2017.1.43"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"One yellow, lined, legal pad with two pages of Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade's handwritten outline and notes for his closing argument during the Jack Ruby trial. \r\n\r\nAll handwriting for the outline is in blue ink; notations and edits are handwritten in pencil. The notes are outlined with Roman numerals I - VIII on the first page with the notes for Roman number VI scratched out, and Roman numerals I - IV on the second page. The first page has \"Temporary - \" written above the first line at the top left of the page. The word \"Malice\" is handwritten in pencil in the margin next to Roman numeral III. The second page has \"Claim - \" handwritten above the first line at the top left of the page. \r\n\r\nSeveral of the prior pages were torn off the legal pad as evidenced by the leftover perforations beneath the binding at the top of the notebook. The rest of the pad is blank after the first two pages of the closing argument outline.\r\n\r\nThe text of the notes is as follows:\r\n\"Temporary -\r\nI  Insanity [underlined] - Flimsy defense -- comes from the mind\r\nof defense lawyers - not from doctors. --\r\nPresumed to be sane. - own family doctors. [underlined]\r\nPreponderance of Evidence (?). -\r\n\r\nII  Defense attorney argument communism lived (?) [handwritten in pencil above argument] lead to anarchy. - [each word underlined separately]\r\nBarbarianism [underlined] - Lynch law [underlined] - one person\r\ndecides who should be killed. --\r\n\r\nIII  Malice [handwritten in pencil in margin next to Roman numeral]   Pistol [underlined] - no right to carry gun - Money (?) - Plead (?)\r\nClosed [underlined] - Home - in car. -\r\n\r\nIV - Murdered our Democratic Institution (?) --\\ Commission - happy (?) [handwritten in pencil above Democratic]\r\nBill of Rights. [each word underlined twice] Constitution -- Jury Trial [underlined] --\r\nPresumption of Innocence. - Insanity as a defense. -- [each word underlined]\r\n\r\nV  Ruby Robbed the people of Dallas and\r\nNation of Determining whether Oswald was \r\nGuilt [sic] --\r\n1 [written inside circle] whether he had helpers -\r\n2 [written inside circle] wh [scratched out] Communist. ? [sic] --\r\n3 [written inside circle] Who Inspired him to Do it. ? [sic] --\r\n4 [written inside circle] If Guilt [sic] - what we thought shot at (?). --\r\n\r\nVI -  [three lines of handwritten text; all marked through several times with pencil making it illegible]\r\n\r\nVII  Ruby [underlined] -- Wasted Glory Seeker, Limelight, Publicity --\r\nHero - Fame and Fortune. -- Wanting to be Famous -- and capitalize on it --\r\n\r\nVIII -  What do you want history to say \r\nabout you [last word underlined] -\r\n1 [written inside circle] Stamp of approval - his assassination\r\n2 [written inside circle] Put him back in Business at Carousel\r\n3 [written inside circle] Hollywood court with Mr. Belli --\r\n4 [written inside circle] Judge -- Jury -- Executioner\r\n\r\n[second page]\r\n\r\nClaim -\r\nI -  Law Enforcement [underlined] -- no stronger than weakest link (?).\r\n\r\nII -  Duty and Responsibility [underlined] = Noble words --\r\nStrong headed (?) Men and Women --\r\n\r\nIII -  Jack Ruby - Judge - Jury - Executioner\r\nof handcuffed and - [illegible] man (?) --\r\n[scribbled through] Now asks your [sic] Mercy, Sympathy, Compassion --\r\n\r\nGive him the same Mercy, Sympathy\r\nand Compassion that he gave\r\nLee Harvey Oswald [Oswald underlined] = and your verdict\r\nwill be Death [death underlined twice]\r\n\r\nTell the world that you believe \r\nin Democracy - way of life - Bill \r\nof rights. - Rule of Law -\r\n\r\nIV  Deterrant [sic] [underlined] - to others [underlined] - legality (?) -\r\nassassination. - Fear Justice in the \r\nheart of all -\r\nLet the world know what you think\r\nof the assassination in Dallas [each word underlined twice] --\".\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\nLegal pad in good condition. (JM 08/23/2017)"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paper, Cardboard"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":[{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/50486/full","displayOrder":"1","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"50486"},{"mediaURL":"https://emuseum.jfk.org/internal/media/dispatcher/50485/full","displayOrder":"2","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"50485"}]},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Henry Wade's handwritten notes for closing arguments in Ruby trial"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Documents"},"primaryMedia":{"label":"PrimaryMedia","value":"/internal/media/dispatcher/50486/full"},"depth":{"label":"Depth","value":["0E-10"]},"thesconcepts":{"label":"Terms","value":["Jack Ruby trial","DA's Ruby file","Insanity","Communism","Pistols","Ruby, Jack","Wade, Henry M.","Oswald, Lee Harvey","Dallas County District Attorney's Office","Dallas"]},"culture":{"label":"Object","value":"Notepad"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"March 1964"},"width":{"label":"Width","value":["21.5900431801"]},"textEntriesTextentries":{"label":"Curatorial Commentary","value":["In a Museum oral history recorded in 1992, former Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade said, \"Jack Ruby would have been better off if he had pled general insanity rather than temporary insanity because I don't think you can find twelve people that would believe that a man could be sane now and, one minute from now, insane. It's not something you can turn on and off.\" - 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":"65379"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"14 1/16 × 8 1/2 in. (35.7 × 21.6 cm)"},"height":{"label":"Height","value":["35.7188214376"]}}]}