/internal/media/dispatcher/50541/fullJack Ruby's address book with Dallas Police Department evidence tagcirca 1955with tag: 14 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (36.2 × 16.5 × 3.2 cm)
Other (address book only): 8 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (21.9 × 16.5 × 3.2 cm)Paper, MetalLoaned Courtesy the Dallas County District Attorney's Office/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey PlazaL2017.1.80Small black address book originally owned by Jack Ruby with evidence tag from Dallas Police Department still attached.
Small black book has thick textured paper cover with metal ring binding on the inside of the spine. Binding has sixteen metal rings and x-shaped ring opening mechanism at top and bottom of spine. Inside the address book there are address dividers from "A" to "YZ" that are made of yellow paper with thick black paper tabs that have gilded letters printed on the end; alphabetical tab labels are staggered so each section is visible from the right, open end of the book. Behind each alphabetical tab are 5" x 2.5" hole-punched lined address pages that overlap each other. Address pages have typed and handwritten addresses, contact information, occupations, and other notes about various individuals including musicians, "exotic" dancers, and vendors.
The evidence tag is attached at the top of the address book by a twisted, rusted wire. The tag has a pre-printed form in faded black ink on one side that has text written on the dotted lines of the form in blue ink. The text on the tag is as follows:
"Offense No.______________ Date 11-24-63 [written on dotted line]
Arrested [crossed through with blue ink pen] Loid Arostegui W F_____ \ Race, Sex, Age [printed under the dotted line]
Address____ Found [crossed through]__ 710 McDowell____________
Charge __Found by Above Behind Bus Sta. 1500 Jackson
Evidence [pre-printed square] Stolen [pre-printed square] Found [pre-printed square with X handwritten in blue ink pen] Confiscated [pre-printed square]
Officers __E. A. Wilkerson 1716 A. G. Bliss 1620
Write Owner, Complainant, Other Information on Back".
Reverse of evidence tag has handwritten text in blue ink pen across middle of tag "Inv. 11107G \ N-18".
Eugene A. Wilkerson and Albert G. Bliss were Dallas Police Department patrolmen.
No date specified on this object because there is no date on the address book, and it is unknown when this object was created or purchased. However, it cannot date later than November 24, 1963 because that is the date Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, and as a result this object along with many others were taken as evidence by the Dallas Police Department.
This object was originally part of the evidence collected by the Dallas County District Attorney’s 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.
Evidence tag has dark brown stains on reverse, some of which obscure the handwritten text on the reverse. Paper of tag is discolored, curled, and has many creases. Black paper cover has stains on front; indentations in cover near metal opening mechanism. Stains on address pages throughout book. (JM 09/07/2017)Artifacts6538916.510033020116.510033020136.195072390121.907543815150713Artifact3.17500635003.1750063500Small black address book originally owned by Jack Ruby, with evidence tag from Dallas Police Department still attached.
The address book has a thick, textured-paper cover with metal ring binding on the inside. Binding has sixteen metal rings. Inside the address book there are address dividers from "A" to "YZ" that are made of yellow paper with thick black paper tabs that are printed with gilded letters. Behind each alphabetical tab are 5" x 2.5" hole-punched lined address pages that have typed and handwritten addresses, contact information, occupations and other notes about various individuals including musicians, "exotic" dancers and vendors.
The evidence tag is attached at the top of the address book by a twisted, rusted wire. The tag has a pre-printed form in faded black ink that is filled in with information handwritten in blue ink. The text on the tag notes that DPD collected it on 11-24-63, and identifies the two Dallas Police Department patrolmen involved: Eugene A. Wilkerson and Albert G. Bliss.
This object was originally part of the evidence collected by the Dallas County District Attorney’s 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.Jack Ruby trialEvidenceDA's Ruby filePoliceWitnessesRuby, JackDallas Police DepartmentDallas County District Attorney's OfficeThis is one of several Jack Ruby address books found by law enforcement after the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. According to the evidence tag, this particular address book was found "behind bus sta. 1500 Jackson." This bus station was approximately half a mile from Dallas police headquarters where Ruby shot Oswald on November 24, 1963. A different, hardbound red leather address book was found on Ruby's person at the time of his arrest. Considered Ruby's personal property, that red leather address book was returned--along with Ruby's hat, shoes, gun, watch, and other belongings--to the Ruby estate following Ruby's death in 1967. Brother Earl Ruby later sold that address book at auction. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorThis 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