Image of Jack Ruby with lawyer Sam H. Clinton
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Image of Jack Ruby with lawyer Sam H. Clinton
Original black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey. The image shows Jack Ruby sitting at a table in a courtroom, with several men around him, including lawyer Sam H. Clinton on Ruby's right. Dallas Deputy Sheriff Nelson can be seen sitting in the background.
Image of Jack Ruby with lawyer Sam H. Clinton
1964
Film
2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)
Bill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2004.058.0345.0001
In 1964, Sam Clinton was legal counsel to the Texas Civil Liberties Union when he joined with attorney Elmer Gertz, Sol Dann and Phil Burleson to reverse Jack Ruby's conviction for killing Lee Harvey Oswald. The man leaning over Clinton and Ruby is WBAP-TV reporter James Kerr. - Gary Mack, Curator
Image of Jack Ruby with lawyer Sam H. Clinton
Original black and white negative on Kodak Safety Film taken by Dallas Morning News photographer Bill Winfrey. The image shows Jack Ruby sitting at a table in a courtroom, with several men around him, including lawyer Sam H. Clinton on Ruby's right. Dallas Deputy Sheriff Nelson can be seen sitting in the background.
Image of Jack Ruby with lawyer Sam H. Clinton
1964
Jack Ruby trial
Photographs
Ruby, Jack
Clinton, Sam Houston, Jr.
Winfrey, Bill
The Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Film
2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (5.7 x 5.7 cm)
Bill Winfrey Collection, The Dallas Morning News/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2004.058.0345.0001
In 1964, Sam Clinton was legal counsel to the Texas Civil Liberties Union when he joined with attorney Elmer Gertz, Sol Dann and Phil Burleson to reverse Jack Ruby's conviction for killing Lee Harvey Oswald. The man leaning over Clinton and Ruby is WBAP-TV reporter James Kerr. - Gary Mack, Curator
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