/internal/media/dispatcher/58817/fullT03 Transcript of State vs. Ruby: Motion for a Change of Venue, Volume 102/10/196411 3/16 × 8 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (28.4 × 21.9 × 2.9 cm)PaperDallas County District Clerk Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1994.002.0008.00010Transcript of The State of Texas vs. Jack Rubenstein alias Jack Ruby, Hearing on Defendant's Motion for a Change of Venue, Volume One. Appearing as witnesses in Volume One: Frederick S. Carney, A. C. Green, Ray Zauber, Harry McCormick, Pierce McBride, Lonnie Hudkins, and W. W. Mabra. Melvin Belli, Joe Tonahill, Phil Burleson, Samuel Brody, and Tom Howard spoke for Ruby; Henry Wade, Dallas County District Attorney, was the prosecutor, assisted by Jim Bowie, Bill Alexander and Frank Watts. The presiding judge was Judge Joe B. Brown.
Transcript retains original covers. The transcript is 216 typed pages of very thin onionskin paper; each page has a printed footer that reads “James J. Muleady, Dallas, Texas".
Originally held together with metal brads. [Metal brads removed prior to transport to UNT for digitization. Per a discussion with Lindsey Richardson and Stephanie Allen-Givens, it was agreed to dispose of the metal brads since we would not be putting them back in the transcripts and there was no need to keep them for historical purposes. (JM 11/20/2019)]
The cover has a black printed box with the following text typed within it:
"No. E. 4010-J
In the Criminal District Court
No. 3, Dallas County, Texas.
January Term, A. D. 1964.
The State of Texas
vs.
Jack Rubenstein,
Alias Jack Ruby
Statement of Facts
Hearing on Defendant's Motion
for a Change of Venue.
Volume One
February 10, 1964, Pages 1-216
(Copy) [sic]"
Printed at the bottom appears the following:
James J. Muleady
Official Court Reporter
Phone Davis 1-5882
Dallas, Texas"
This copy of this transcript is identical to 1994.002.0013, except that the covers are in better condition, it was originally held together with three brass brads rather than the usual two, and the stamp on the bottom of the front cover says "Henry Wade, District Attorney, Records Building, Dallas 2, Texas". Halfway through this second transcript the paper changes from smooth onionskin with the "James J. Muleady" footer, to a more textured onionskin with a different footer printed on it: "Shirley M. Stinebaugh, Official Court Reporter, RI 2-8274, Dallas, Texas."
[NOTE - Numbering issue needs to be resolved. Two separate items should have two separate numbers. (LR 07/02/2015) UPDATE TO NOTE: Numbering issue resolved. Poorer condition copy of this transcript assigned unique number of 1994.002.0013. Transcript numbered 1994.002.0008.0001 is the one that was digitized by UNT for the Portal to Texas History. (JM 02/04/2020)]
Transcript in ok condition. Onionskin pages are in better condition than front and reverse covers; yellowed on edges. Covers are discolored and edges have tears and folds. Edges of three-hole punches have been worn with small tears. (JM 11/20/2019)Documents6616421.907543815128.41630683265513Transcript2.8575057150Transcript of The State of Texas vs. Jack Rubenstein alias Jack Ruby, Hearing on Defendant's Motion for a Change of Venue, Volume One.
Melvin Belli, Joe Tonahill, Phil Burleson and others spoke for Ruby; Henry Wade, Dallas County District Attorney, was the prosecutor, assisted by Jim Bowie, Bill Alexander and Frank Watts. The presiding judge was Judge Joe B. Brown.
The following appeared as witnesses: Frederick S. Carney, A. C. Green, Ray Zauber, Harry McCormick, Pierce McBride, Lonnie Hudkins and W. W. Mabra. Ruby's defense called witnesses to make the case that Dallas as a city was harmed by the assassination and the shooting of Oswald and that as such, the city could no longer offer an uncontaminated jury pool for Ruby's murder trial.
Text on the cover:
"No. E. 4010-J
In the Criminal District Court No. 3, Dallas County, Texas. January Term, A. D. 1964.
The State of Texas
vs.
Jack Rubenstein,
Alias Jack Ruby
Statement of Facts
Hearing on Defendant's Motion for a Change of Venue.
Volume One
February 10, 1964, Pages 1 - 216
Copy"
Printed at the bottom appears the following:
James J. Muleady
Official Court Reporter
Phone Davis 1-5882
Dallas, Texas"
Sherry Stinebaugh is listed as court reporter at the bottom of transcript pages starting partway through the document.DallasHearingTranscriptsJack Ruby trialCourt recordsTrialsRuby, JackCarney, Frederick S.Greene, A. C.Zauber, RayMcCormick, HarryHudkins, LonnieMabra, W. W. "Bo"Wade, Henry M.Muleady, James J.Stinebaugh, Shirley M.McBride, PierceBelli, MelvinTonahill, Joe H.Burleson, PhilBowie, JimAlexander, William F.Brown, Judge Joe B.Brody, SamuelHoward, TomWatts, FrankJadaCriminal District Court No. 3Dallas County Criminal Courts BuildingDallas County District Attorney's OfficeState of TexasThe Museum recorded oral histories with the following individuals named in this document: journalist A. C. Greene, defense attorneys Joe Tonahill and Phil Burleson and Dallas County D.A. Henry Wade. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorDallas Times Herald editor and columnist A. C. Greene recalled in his 1992 oral history an encounter that he once had with Jack Ruby in the Times Herald newsroom about the Carousel Club's marquee performer, Jada:
[Jack Ruby] said, "I want you to write an editorial about my exotic." By an "exotic," he meant a stripper--an exotic dancer, he called them. I said, "Well," you know, "why?" He said, "Well, she's a college graduate." And I said, "Well, Mr. Ruby, that's probably very, very interesting." I said, "I assume it's very unusual." "Darn right, it is!" And I said, "Well, but," I said, "you know, we just don't write editorials about things like that." "Well, you should," he says. "This is real news." And I said, "Yeah, I know, but," I said, "we may get way off into left field sometimes, but we just don't write editorials about exotics," or strippers, "and that sort of thing." He started to give me reasons why we should, and it was Jada. He kept saying, "Jada, you ought to know her. She's an unusual woman." Well, I thought, yes, if she's a college graduate, she must be pretty unusual to be a stripper, even though I figured she made pretty good money.... "Well," he said, "Come on over to the club anytime to see her." He said, "Maybe you'll change your mind."
Some time later, A. C. Greene did have the opportunity to meet Jada, and he told her about Jack Ruby's insistence that she was unique because she was a college graduate. According to Greene, Jada sighed and said, "That's Jack. You know, I went to a little cow college for one semester. But to Jack, that's a college education." - Stephen Fagin, Curator