[Report concerning an interview with Bob Finley] (open access)

[Report concerning an interview with Bob Finley]

Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren concerning an interview with Dallas Times Herald Reporter Bob Finley and the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Finley stated that he did not take any pictures during the shooting, and that he did not know Jack Ruby nor remember seeing him at City Hall.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: McCaghren, P. G.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Supplement by L. C. Graves #3] (open access)

[Supplement by L. C. Graves #3]

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
[Newspaper Clipping: Ruby Penalty Cut Proposed, November 5, 1965] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Ruby Penalty Cut Proposed, November 5, 1965]

Newspaper article clipped from the Chicago Tribune titled "Ruby Penalty Cut Proposed." The article states that the district attorney proposed that Jack Ruby's death sentence be reduced to a prison term.
Date: [1965-11-05..1965-11-11]
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Supplement by L. C. Graves #2] (open access)

[Supplement by L. C. Graves #2]

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
[Letter from Josephine Briggs to Captain Will Fritz, May 12, 1963 #3] (open access)

[Letter from Josephine Briggs to Captain Will Fritz, May 12, 1963 #3]

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
[Envelopes by Josephine Briggs #5] (open access)

[Envelopes by Josephine Briggs #5]

Photocopy of envelopes from Josephine Briggs addressed to Captain Will Fritz.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Briggs, Josephine
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report concerning an interview with Robert Jackson] (open access)

[Report concerning an interview with Robert Jackson]

Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren concerning an interview with Dallas Times Herald photographer Robert Jackson, about the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. McCaghren states that Jackson took one photograph the moment of the shooting and two photographs later, one showing Oswald being placed in the ambulance.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: McCaghren, P. G.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Barnes to Chief of Police, December 5, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from J. J. Barnes to Chief of Police, December 5, 1963]

Letter from J. J. Barnes of the Douglas, Georgia Police Department to the Chief of Police in Dallas, Texas. Barnes requests information regarding the possible relationship between Lee Harvey Oswald and Ingram G. Oswald.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Barnes, J. J.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelopes by Josephine Briggs #1] (open access)

[Envelopes by Josephine Briggs #1]

Photocopy of envelopes from Josephine Briggs addressed to Captain Will Fritz.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Briggs, Josephine
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hannah Erickson to the Dallas Police Department, November 22, 1963] (open access)

[Letter from Hannah Erickson to the Dallas Police Department, November 22, 1963]

Letter from Hannah Erickson to the Dallas Police Department, arguing from an anti-Catholic standpoint that the Police Officers were convicting the wrong murderer.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Erickson, Hannah
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report concerning an interview with George Phenix of KRLD-TV] (open access)

[Report concerning an interview with George Phenix of KRLD-TV]

Report to Chief J. E. Curry by P. G. McCaghren concerning an interview with George Phenix of KRLD-TV, regarding the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. McCaghren describes photographs that Phenix took of Jack Ruby and Oswald during the shooting.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: McCaghren, P. G.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report from Gerald L. Hill to Chief J. E. Curry, concerning the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald #2] (open access)

[Report from Gerald L. Hill to Chief J. E. Curry, concerning the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald #2]

Report written by Gerald L. Hill to Chief J. E. Curry concerning the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald. Hill describes going to the Texas Theater in search of the suspect who shot Officer J. D. Tippit. Once inside he requested the manager to turn on all the lights. He saw several officers struggling to restrain Lee Harvey Oswald and he joined them and assisted in handcuffing him.
Date: December 5, 1963
Creator: Hill, Gerald L.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
[Receipt by Property Clerk for Telephone Index Book] (open access)

[Receipt by Property Clerk for Telephone Index Book]

Carbon copy of a receipt by the property clerk of a telephone index book which was property of Mrs. Ruth Paine. A note is handwritten on the copy which reads: "2-7-64 Release this notebook to Mrs. Paine when she comes for it. J W Fritz."
Date: February 5, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report to W. P. Gannaway by J. R. Revill, February 5, 1964 #2] (open access)

[Report to W. P. Gannaway by J. R. Revill, February 5, 1964 #2]

Criminal intelligence report written by J. R. Revill and submitted to W. P. Gannaway of the Secret Service Bureau. The report states that in preparation for President Kennedy's visit to Dallas, Texas, the Criminal Intelligence Section kept members of extremist groups under surveillance. Active groups in Dallas included (among others) the KKK, the Indignant White Citizens Council, National States Rights Party, and Black Muslims. Members of the Indignant White Citizens Council were seen outside of the Dallas Trade Mart on November 22nd and arrested. These individuals were: Bobby Joiner, Raymond Lee Joiner, Roy Eugene Joiner, Gary Dwayne Joiner, Gene Audra Guinn, and William Lee Cummings.
Date: February 5, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report to W. P. Gannaway by W. S. Biggio, February 5, 1964 #2] (open access)

[Report to W. P. Gannaway by W. S. Biggio, February 5, 1964 #2]

Photocopy of an intelligence report addressed to Captain W. P. Gannaway of the Dallas Police Department's Special Service Bureau. The report, which was submitted by detective W. S. Biggio, states that Doyle E. Lane works as a teletype operator and maintains satisfactory credit. He has been charged with disturbing the peace on several occasions.
Date: February 5, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Report
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 to W. P. Gannaway by R. W. Westphal, March 5, 1964] (open access)

[Report to W. P. Gannaway by R. W. Westphal, March 5, 1964]

Criminal intelligence report addressed to Captain W. P. Gannaway of the Special Service Bureau in Dallas, Texas. The report, which was submitted by detective R. W. Westphal, states that Kay Helen Coleman and Harry Olsen are living in Long Beach, California.
Date: March 5, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement of Travis R. Benkendorfer, February 5, 1964 #1] (open access)

[Statement of Travis R. Benkendorfer, February 5, 1964 #1]

Statement by Travis R. Benkendorfer given in the city of Houston, Texas. Berkendorger states that he spoke to a stripper named Pixie Lynn while working at the Midnight Lounge on November 23, 1963. Pixie Lynn said that she had attended some "gay" parties while in Dallas, but had never heard of Jack Ruby.
Date: February 5, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History