Notecard about Ruby trial juror Douglas Sowell from the DA's Ruby file
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Notecard about Ruby trial juror Douglas Sowell from the DA's Ruby file
Notecard with information compiled by the Dallas County District Attorney's Office about Douglas Sowell, who was selected to serve on the Jack Ruby trial jury.The white unlined notecard has text typed in black:"No. 77DOUGLAS JEWELL SOWELL, [address], Dallas, Texas.Born 1930, San Augustine, Texas.Attended Broaddus High School but did notgraduate. Later received diploma G.E.D. Test. Employed by Braniff Airways since 5-53 as inspector. US. Air Force from5-46 to 12-52. Honorable discharge.Trade satisfactory. No suits or judgments.2 dependents. Wife Bernice."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.
Notecard about Ruby trial juror Douglas Sowell from the DA's Ruby file
02/17/1964 - 03/03/1964
Paper, Adhesive tape
3 × 4 15/16 in. (7.6 × 12.5 cm)
Loaned Courtesy the Dallas County District Attorney's Office/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
L2017.1.55
Douglas Sowell, Juror #5 in the Jack Ruby trial, passed away in Greenville, Texas, on April 19, 2009. He was eighty years old. A 1998 audio interview about his experiences during the trial is part of the Museum's Dr. John Mark Dempsey Collection. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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
Notecard about Ruby trial juror Douglas Sowell from the DA's Ruby file
Notecard with information compiled by the Dallas County District Attorney's Office about Douglas Sowell, who was selected to serve on the Jack Ruby trial jury.The white unlined notecard has text typed in black:"No. 77DOUGLAS JEWELL SOWELL, [address], Dallas, Texas.Born 1930, San Augustine, Texas.Attended Broaddus High School but did notgraduate. Later received diploma G.E.D. Test. Employed by Braniff Airways since 5-53 as inspector. US. Air Force from5-46 to 12-52. Honorable discharge.Trade satisfactory. No suits or judgments.2 dependents. Wife Bernice."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.
Notecard about Ruby trial juror Douglas Sowell from the DA's Ruby file
02/17/1964 - 03/03/1964
Jack Ruby trial
DA's Ruby file
Jury
Ruby, Jack
Sowell, Douglas
Dallas County District Attorney's Office
Dallas
Paper, Adhesive tape
3 × 4 15/16 in. (7.6 × 12.5 cm)
Loaned Courtesy the Dallas County District Attorney's Office/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
L2017.1.55
Douglas Sowell, Juror #5 in the Jack Ruby trial, passed away in Greenville, Texas, on April 19, 2009. He was eighty years old. A 1998 audio interview about his experiences during the trial is part of the Museum's Dr. John Mark Dempsey Collection. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
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
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