[Letter from Josephine Briggs to Captain Will Fritz, May 12, 1963 #4] (open access)

[Letter from Josephine Briggs to Captain Will Fritz, May 12, 1963 #4]

Handwritten letter from Josephine Briggs to Captain Will Fritz, claiming to have information regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Briggs, Josephine
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo to W. P. Gannaway by B. B. Norris, December 5, 1963] (open access)

[Memo to W. P. Gannaway by B. B. Norris, December 5, 1963]

Photocopy of an office memorandum addressed to Captain W. P. Gannaway of the Special Service Bureau in Dallas, Texas. In the memo, detective B. B. Norris states that FBI agents A. J. Zimmerman and Joseph J. Peggs came into the office to look at the file on Joe Bonds.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Property Clerk's Receipt of Property from Ruth Paine] (open access)

[Property Clerk's Receipt of Property from Ruth Paine]

Photocopy of receipt by the property clerk of items belonging to Mrs. Ruth Paine. Items were received from R. S. Stovall and G. F. Rose. The items include maps, index folder boxes, phonograph records, movie film, and flash bulbs.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report to Chief J. E. Curry by O. A. Jones, concerning an interview with John Rutledge] (open access)

[Report to Chief J. E. Curry by O. A. Jones, concerning an interview with John Rutledge]

Report to Chief J. E. Curry by O. A. Jones, concerning an interview with John Rutledge of the Dallas Morning News. Rutledge stated that he did not ever see Jack Ruby with a press pass and had no information that an officer had told him that he could go up and see Lee Harvey Oswald. He stated that every time he saw Ruby, he was crowding himself around newsmen. Rutledge describes the Police Assembly where he saw Ruby in detail.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Jones, O. A.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report concerning an interview with Nolan Dement] (open access)

[Report concerning an interview with Nolan Dement]

Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren concerning an interview with Nolan Dement as a possible witness to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. McCaghren states that Dement was interviewed at his place of employment, Colonial Western Insurance Company, to determine if he had been in the basement of City Hall on the morning of the Oswald shooting. Dement stated that he had not entered the basement and could not add anything of value to the investigation.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: McCaghren, P. G.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by L. L. Fox, concerning the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald] (open access)

[Statement by L. L. Fox, concerning the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald]

Statement by L. L. Fox concerning the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. Fox states that he left City Hall at 10:45 a. m. the day of the shooting and did not return. He also states that he did not know Jack Ruby.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Fox, Leon L.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Supplement by L. C. Graves #5] (open access)

[Supplement by L. C. Graves #5]

Supplement written by L. C. Graves. Graves contacted Mr. Thomas Murphy, who worked at the Union Terminal and walked down the railroad tracks to see the parade. Murphy was unaware that the shooting was occurring.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report concerning an interview with Jack Beers] (open access)

[Report concerning an interview with Jack Beers]

Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren, concerning an interview with Dallas Morning News photographer Jack Beers. The interview was regarding photographs taken by him of the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Beers' first photograph shows Jack Ruby as he lunged towards Oswald and fired the shot, after which he took 7 other pictures. McCaghren states that Beers was well acquainted with Ruby.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: McCaghren, P. G.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report from P. G. McCaghren to Chief J. E. Curry, December 5, 1963] (open access)

[Report from P. G. McCaghren to Chief J. E. Curry, December 5, 1963]

Report from P. G. McCaghren to Chief J. E. Curry concerning an interview with KRLD-TV cameraman Robert Hankal. The interview was regarding Hankal's witness of the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald and pictures he took.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: McCaghren, P. G.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History