List of selected jurors for the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial
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List of selected jurors for the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial
List of selected jurors for the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial, typed on onion-skin, legal-sized paper.The top of the page is titled: "Jurors in Jack Ruby Murder Trial". Handwritten in blue ink pen at the top right of the page is the text "Mr. Bowie". This refers to Jim Bowie who was an assistant District Attorney in Dallas County, and who aided District Attorney Henry Wade and assistant District Attorney Bill Alexander on the Ruby case and trial.The list includes the name, address, biographical information and the date of selection for each juror. The text on the page is as follows:"1. Max E. Causey, Selected 2/20/64 [address], Garland, Texas Wife and 2 sons, Baptist, age 35, Aircraft worker2. Allen W. McCoy, Selected 2/21/64 [address], Irving, Texas Wife and 2 daughters, Industrial Eng., Fritz W. Glitz & Sons Co., native of Falls County, Baptist, age 403. Mildred McCollum, Selected 2/24/64 [address], Garland, Texas Husband and six children, stenographer for Alabama Construction Co., husband-mechanic, raised in Wood County, lived in Garland 23 years, Assembly of God4. Luther E. Dickerson, Selected 2/25/64 [address], Mesquite, Texas Vice President and Purchasing Agent of Fritz Chemical Co., 27 years old, has wife and 2 sons, Baptist5. Douglas J. Sowell, Selected 2/25/64 [address], Dallas, Texas Aircraft Mechanic with Braniff 11 years, wife and 2 children, Baptist, born San Augustine County, Texas, 33 years of age6. R. J. Flechtner, Jr., Selected 2/26/64 [address], Richardson, Texas Salesman with Clampitt Paper Co., wife and 2 children, Christian Scientist, 29 years old7. Mrs. Gwen L. English, Selected 2/26/64 [address], Dallas, Texas Bookkeeper with Bodycar Co., husband and no children, Baptist, raised at Cleburne, Texas 45 years old8. J. G. Holton, Jr., Selected 2/26/64 [address], Grand Prairie, Texas Mail carrier for eight years, wife and 3 children, 2 boys and one girl, all 6 or under, Church of Christ, born in California, in Dallas since 1949, 31 years of age9. James E. Cunningham, Selected 2/27/64 [address], Richardson, Texas Electronics Engineer with Texas Instruments 4 1/2 years, graduate of University of Texas, native of Ohio, wife and 2 sons, Episcopal Church, age 3410. J. Waymon Rose, Selected 2/28/64 [address], Dallas, Texas Manufacturer's Agent-Furniture-4 States, Wife and 3 children, born Chattanooga, Tenn. Dallas 15 years, Presbyterian, age 4211. Mrs. Ailleen B. Shields, Selected 3/3/64 [address], Dallas, Texas Employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. for 37 years, Divorced since 1934, Methodist, born Celeste, Texas, age ____ [sic], lives with mother, uncle and aunt12. Mrs. Louise Malone, Selected 3/3/64 [address], Dallas, Texas Accountant's widow, employee of American Liberty Oil Co., age about 64, Baptist".This object was originally part of the evidence collected by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office and specifically prosecutors Henry Wade and Bill Alexander during the investigation leading up to the Jack Ruby trial for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.
List of selected jurors for the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial
02/20/1964 - 03/03/1964
Jack Ruby trial
Jury
DA's Ruby file
Ruby, Jack
Causey, Max
Rose, J. Waymon
McCoy, Allen
Holton, Glen
Flechtner, Robert
English, Gwen
McCollum, Mildred
Sowell, Douglas
Dickerson, Luther
Cunningham, James E.
Shields, Aileen B.
Malone, Louise
Bowie, Jim
Criminal District Court No. 3
Dallas County District Attorney's Office
Dallas
Paper
14 × 8 5/8 in. (35.6 × 21.9 cm)
Loaned Courtesy the Dallas County District Attorney's Office/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
L2017.1.66
In order to ensure its long-term care and preservation and to facilitate public access, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office placed their Jack Ruby Trial Collection (sometimes referred to as "the DA's Jack Ruby file") on long-term loan with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2017. The Museum is working to make the entire collection accessible through this online collections database. To find out more about this collection or to access materials not yet included here, contact the Museum's Reading Room at readingroom@jfk.org. - Megan Bryant, Director of Collections & Interpretation
This item, along with materials from the DA's Ruby file (which is on loan to the Museum) and from the Museum's permanent collection, briefly appeared in a temporary display on the Museum's seventh floor in 2017. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
Of the twelve individuals who served on the jury in the Jack Ruby trial, only two are known to be living as of September 2017: Robert J. Flechtner and J. Waymon Rose. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
List of selected jurors for the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial
List of selected jurors for the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial, typed on onion-skin, legal-sized paper.The top of the page is titled: "Jurors in Jack Ruby Murder Trial". Handwritten in blue ink pen at the top right of the page is the text "Mr. Bowie". This refers to Jim Bowie who was an assistant District Attorney in Dallas County, and who aided District Attorney Henry Wade and assistant District Attorney Bill Alexander on the Ruby case and trial.The list includes the name, address, biographical information and the date of selection for each juror. The text on the page is as follows:"1. Max E. Causey, Selected 2/20/64 [address], Garland, Texas Wife and 2 sons, Baptist, age 35, Aircraft worker2. Allen W. McCoy, Selected 2/21/64 [address], Irving, Texas Wife and 2 daughters, Industrial Eng., Fritz W. Glitz & Sons Co., native of Falls County, Baptist, age 403. Mildred McCollum, Selected 2/24/64 [address], Garland, Texas Husband and six children, stenographer for Alabama Construction Co., husband-mechanic, raised in Wood County, lived in Garland 23 years, Assembly of God4. Luther E. Dickerson, Selected 2/25/64 [address], Mesquite, Texas Vice President and Purchasing Agent of Fritz Chemical Co., 27 years old, has wife and 2 sons, Baptist5. Douglas J. Sowell, Selected 2/25/64 [address], Dallas, Texas Aircraft Mechanic with Braniff 11 years, wife and 2 children, Baptist, born San Augustine County, Texas, 33 years of age6. R. J. Flechtner, Jr., Selected 2/26/64 [address], Richardson, Texas Salesman with Clampitt Paper Co., wife and 2 children, Christian Scientist, 29 years old7. Mrs. Gwen L. English, Selected 2/26/64 [address], Dallas, Texas Bookkeeper with Bodycar Co., husband and no children, Baptist, raised at Cleburne, Texas 45 years old8. J. G. Holton, Jr., Selected 2/26/64 [address], Grand Prairie, Texas Mail carrier for eight years, wife and 3 children, 2 boys and one girl, all 6 or under, Church of Christ, born in California, in Dallas since 1949, 31 years of age9. James E. Cunningham, Selected 2/27/64 [address], Richardson, Texas Electronics Engineer with Texas Instruments 4 1/2 years, graduate of University of Texas, native of Ohio, wife and 2 sons, Episcopal Church, age 3410. J. Waymon Rose, Selected 2/28/64 [address], Dallas, Texas Manufacturer's Agent-Furniture-4 States, Wife and 3 children, born Chattanooga, Tenn. Dallas 15 years, Presbyterian, age 4211. Mrs. Ailleen B. Shields, Selected 3/3/64 [address], Dallas, Texas Employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. for 37 years, Divorced since 1934, Methodist, born Celeste, Texas, age ____ [sic], lives with mother, uncle and aunt12. Mrs. Louise Malone, Selected 3/3/64 [address], Dallas, Texas Accountant's widow, employee of American Liberty Oil Co., age about 64, Baptist".This object was originally part of the evidence collected by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office and specifically prosecutors Henry Wade and Bill Alexander during the investigation leading up to the Jack Ruby trial for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald.
List of selected jurors for the State of Texas vs. Jack Ruby trial
02/20/1964 - 03/03/1964
Jack Ruby trial
Jury
DA's Ruby file
Ruby, Jack
Causey, Max
Rose, J. Waymon
McCoy, Allen
Holton, Glen
Flechtner, Robert
English, Gwen
McCollum, Mildred
Sowell, Douglas
Dickerson, Luther
Cunningham, James E.
Shields, Aileen B.
Malone, Louise
Bowie, Jim
Criminal District Court No. 3
Dallas County District Attorney's Office
Dallas
Paper
14 × 8 5/8 in. (35.6 × 21.9 cm)
Loaned Courtesy the Dallas County District Attorney's Office/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
L2017.1.66
In order to ensure its long-term care and preservation and to facilitate public access, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office placed their Jack Ruby Trial Collection (sometimes referred to as "the DA's Jack Ruby file") on long-term loan with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 2017. The Museum is working to make the entire collection accessible through this online collections database. To find out more about this collection or to access materials not yet included here, contact the Museum's Reading Room at readingroom@jfk.org. - Megan Bryant, Director of Collections & Interpretation
This item, along with materials from the DA's Ruby file (which is on loan to the Museum) and from the Museum's permanent collection, briefly appeared in a temporary display on the Museum's seventh floor in 2017. - Lindsey Richardson, Curator of Collections
Of the twelve individuals who served on the jury in the Jack Ruby trial, only two are known to be living as of September 2017: Robert J. Flechtner and J. Waymon Rose. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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