T03 Transcript of State vs. Ruby: Motion for a Change of Venue, Volume 1

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Transcript 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-JIn the Criminal District Court No. 3, Dallas County, Texas. January Term, A. D. 1964.The State of Texasvs.Jack Rubenstein, Alias Jack RubyStatement of FactsHearing on Defendant's Motion for a Change of Venue.Volume OneFebruary 10, 1964, Pages 1 - 216Copy"Printed at the bottom appears the following:James J. MuleadyOfficial Court ReporterPhone Davis 1-5882Dallas, Texas"Sherry Stinebaugh is listed as court reporter at the bottom of transcript pages starting partway through the document.

Object Details

Object title:

T03 Transcript of State vs. Ruby: Motion for a Change of Venue, Volume 1

Date:

02/10/1964

Medium:

Paper

Dimensions:

11 3/16 × 8 5/8 × 1 1/8 in. (28.4 × 21.9 × 2.9 cm)

Credit line:

Dallas County District Clerk Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

1994.002.0008.0001

Curatorial Note:

The 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, Curator

Dallas 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