T24 "Belli Fears Ruby May Try Suicide," clipping from Rockford Register-Republic

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T24 "Belli Fears Ruby May Try Suicide," clipping from Rockford Register-Republic

"Belli Fears Ruby May Try Suicide," newspaper clipping from the Rockford Register-Republic, from Rockford, Illinois, dated March 16, 1964. Immediately after the March 14, 1964, return of a guilty verdict in Jack Ruby's murder trial for the shooting of alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, Ruby began to threaten - and eventually attempt - self-harm. This newspaper article demonstrates the national reach of news of Jack Ruby's state of mind after the trial.

Object Details
Object title:

T24 "Belli Fears Ruby May Try Suicide," clipping from Rockford Register-Republic

Date:

03/16/1964

Medium:

Newsprint

Dimensions:

7 1/16 × 3 1/2 in. (17.9 × 8.9 cm)

Credit line:

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection/Estate of Melvin Belli

Object number:

2010.027.0939

T24 "Belli Fears Ruby May Try Suicide," clipping from Rockford Register-Republic

"Belli Fears Ruby May Try Suicide," newspaper clipping from the Rockford Register-Republic, from Rockford, Illinois, dated March 16, 1964. Immediately after the March 14, 1964, return of a guilty verdict in Jack Ruby's murder trial for the shooting of alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, Ruby began to threaten - and eventually attempt - self-harm. This newspaper article demonstrates the national reach of news of Jack Ruby's state of mind after the trial.

Object Details
Object title:

T24 "Belli Fears Ruby May Try Suicide," clipping from Rockford Register-Republic

Date:

03/16/1964

Terms:

Trials

Jack Ruby trial

Verdict

Newspapers

Suicide

Appeal

Mental health

Belli, Melvin

Ruby, Jack

Decker, Bill

Tonahill, Joe H.

Burleson, Phil

Brown, Judge Joe B.

Rockford Register-Republic

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Dallas County Jail

United Press International (UPI)

Rockford

Medium:

Newsprint

Dimensions:

7 1/16 × 3 1/2 in. (17.9 × 8.9 cm)

Credit line:

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection/Estate of Melvin Belli

Object number:

2010.027.0939