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10/28/64 … Fowler said a "secret group" of lawyers are drawing their own appeal for the convicted slayer. … The judge said he probably would leave the case in the hands of Phil Burleson and Joe Tonahill … Both attorneys said they intended to continue representing Ruby. … At least eight other lawyers have been on the defense team at one time or another since Ruby shot … Oswald. AP 514 pcs 11/14/64 Foreman's record has, indeed, been little short of miraculous. During his flamboyant career he has represented no fewer than 700 accused killers who had the presence of mind to tell loved ones, "Get Percy Foreman." … Only 50 of the 700 ever so much as went to jail. And of the 370 murder cases which Foreman has brought before a jury, only one ended in death for the accused ... … Shortly after gunning down ... Oswald, Jack Ruby issued a call for Foreman's services from his Dallas jail cell. But in one of the more bizarre twists of that period, Ruby's family balked at what it considered Foreman's demand for an excessive fee. As Foreman tells it today, " ... Ruby's family was quoted a figure which happened to be four times higher than the fee I had actually asked, and they turned it down. I don't know how something like that happened - but it did." 'Get Percy Foreman', Saturday Evening Post, Thomas Martin, Patrick O'Bryan 11/15/64 From round-up story on anniversary of assassination: … His lawyers hope to have his trial appealed by the end of the year. If Ruby cares he doesn't seem to show it. He would rather talk to Henry Wade, the prosecutor who convicted him to die, than to his own lawyers. He sits in his cell. His mind possibly gone, his nightclub closed then reopened under new management, his beloved dogs he called his children given away. He keeps but two things in his cell: a Bible and a picture of John F. Kennedy. AP, 1105 pes, Sid Moody [See Ruby, 10/3/64, AP, Peggy Simpson 11/18/64 Dallas - ... Ruby's lawyers hope to win a reversal of [the death sentence] when they argue before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin sometime next spring. They will contend, among other things, that local conditions made it impossible for Ruby to get a fair trial in Dallas, and that testimony from certain police officers, which tended to show malice on Ruby's part, should have been ruled inadmissible. … Tonahill said Ruby might be a free man in a year if the Austin court reverses the case. "If the appellate Court supports us on the issue of inadmissible police testimony," he said, "then the element of malice will be gone from the case. Murder without malice means 2 to 5 years, and, considering time off for good behavior, Jack already will have served the minimum time on such a sentence." Both Burleson and Tonahill said a sanity hearing could not be ruled out. If a jury found Ruby insane, he then would be committed to a mental institution, where his lawyers say he belongs. AP 130 acs 11/18/64 Dallas - ... [Ruby], the once well-groomed, well-exercised nightclub operator now is a sloppy, befuddled man who apparently suffers from delusions of persecution. … In his constantly guarded jail quarters, wearing white coveralls and sandal-type shoes, Ruby waits. Sheriff Bill Decker maintains strict security measures. Ruby's food each day is selected at random from serving carts to avoid the possibility of poisoning. His visitors are restricted to his family, his Rabbi, and his lawyers. Those allowed to see him say he often appears to lose touch with reality, and raves about how Jews are suffering because he killed Oswald. … Does Ruby realize the first anniversary of the assassination is approaching? "I'm sure he's aware of it," said Burleson, "but he doesn't like to talk about these things anymore." AP 130 acs 11/21/64 Dallas - Lawyers gathered in the Dallas County Court House chambers of District Judge Joe B. Brown yesterday to sign the transcript papers of the month long Jack Ruby murder trial. … His lawyers plan now to appeal Ruby's death sentence to the Court of Criminal appeals in Austin. AP 118 acs 11/24/64 Washington - Marina Oswald disclosed in testimony released yesterday that she had written a letter to attorneys prosecuting Jack Ruby asking that her husband's killer be spared the death penalty. … Mrs. Oswald said at the time that she had not mailed the letter. San Francisco Chronicle [UPI] 11/24/64 Story on Ruby's lie detector test in Dallas County jail 7/18/64: Commission testimony disclosed … that Warren was allowed to talk to Ruby alone. A  P 726 acs, Anthony Catella
11/24/64 Dallas - ... Sheriff Bill Decker ... said Ruby ... spends much of his time playing cards and dominos with guards assigned to his cell. Decker keeps Ruby apart from other prisoners to make certain they do not harm him. Decker refuses to let reporters see Ruby. As a result, they must depend on hearsay accounts when writing about Ruby's physical and mental condition. Defense attorneys say Ruby has "gone steadily down hill" since his arrest. AP 940 pcs 1  1/25/64 Washington - ... In the first 24 hours after Ruby shot Oswald a year ago yesterday ... messages of congratulations began pouring in for Ruby. Copies of 102 of them are among the exhibits in the Warren Commission's report on the assassination of Kennedy and slaying of Oswald. AP 403 pcs
11/30/64 Ft. Worth – [Melvin] Belli revealed he recently wrote a letter to District Judge Joe Brown of Dallas ... and asked him to commit Ruby to a mental hospital. "It was a letter from one human being to another," Belli said. "I asked that he remember the spirit of the holiday season and put Jack where he belongs." AP 126 acs [Partial text of letter filed, Ruby, 12/4/64, AP. 842 pcs] 11/30/64 Ft. Worth – [Melvin] Belli said he did not intend to see or call Ruby, explaining that it would cause too much of a commotion. He predicted the death sentence would be reversed, and that Ruby never will die in the electric chair. He said Ruby has called him several times in his San Francisco office. "I know it's Jack," he said, "because it comes collect." He added: "So many people are tapping the telephone [when Ruby calls] that there is hardly enough juice to relay the call over the Rocky Mountains." AP 129 pcs 12/25/64 Ruby is sent five $20 bills by a West Coast Sunday school class. New York Times [UPI] |