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PAGE-iA p. f S il f, ' vt ASSASSIN SHOT Jack Ruby (right) .hoots Lee Ha r voy Oiwald as ha was being transferred from city to county iail in Dallas Sunday. Oswald had been charqed with the murdor of Presidont Kennedy in Dallas. Police N. 1 ' - P 1 V III, . SLAYS ASSASSIN Jack Ruby, who police say shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President John Kennedy, is led back to jail after being questioned and charged in the Dallas City Hall after 1he shooting. J UPI Telephoto s Police Certain swale! Shot President : DALLAS (UTli - Dallas po ; lice are absolutely Mire they j had President Kennedy's assas- sin. - "I have sent men to the elec . trie chair on less evidence than T we havo now," said Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade. IffUBEIGSDtrON PROOUCIION CUBERLAIN Whom you know at Dr. Ktldat. In Ma tint Uftrring rol (n lilmil h X IN TINAV.SICN ' 55 l 1 "-" name "A. Hydell" but Ihe order L M AttL6 6 I " ln 0sWilli' handwriting. S'-fL - 4Cy,I " fxprrt marks- W-m r CtjCfll I wl"le in "1 M"" forps. P - II He was emplowd in tlw WS-M'IfflNSM I bu.Idins Horn wlmh Kennedy The Wildest Showdown The West Ever Saw I m JO!! f llltll . I TECHNICOLOR TONITH HERA1.D AND Itiirf1' But Lee Harvey Oswald, 24, maintained he was Innocent. He denied he shot Kennedy fatally, wounded Gov. John B. Cnnnal ly, and later killed policeman J. D. Tippitt. Willi nhsoluto finality, anv chance of getting at the truth was wiped out Sunday when Oswald was shot tn death. But what was the evidence that police had making them so certain they had the right man'.' The Dallas News reported in a copyright article that it had learned ol the most damning piece of evidence of all against Oswald a map found in his room showing the path n the bullets that killed Kennedy and wounded L'onnally. The News said this was the "major evidence" that police held and would have become Wade's "exhibit A" if lie had gone to trial. Belore Wade called his news conference, this in u c h was known: Paraffin lets for cunpow der on boih hands were "posi tive" iiidicaling he had fired a gun. Pholoui aphs had been foiin.l at Its home showing Oswald nosins wnh a rifle in bis hands similar to the K5 llalian Car cann weapon which killed Ken nedy and will) a pistol strapped In his waisl similar to the one that killed Ttppilt. Oswald's Kussian wife said he owned such a rifle. It was missing Oswald admitted own ing the pistol. -Tho gun was purchased from a Chicago sporting goods house. It was piuvhasod under Ihe WIIIIIUllA PANAVISION Oprni 6:4S JiWJ NEWS, Klamalh Fall. Oregon ' f'n''""ii i-i f '- were unable to halt the shooting and Oswald died later in Parkland Hospital from the bullet wound. This drama tic picture was taken by photographer Bob Jackson of the Dallas Times Herald. Reporter Relates Details Of Slaying Kditors Note: When l.re Harvey Oswald was fatally shot Sunday, L'nltcd Press In- Irrnatlonal correspondent Ter ry McGarry was standing five steps from him. This h IMe Carry's story. n.v TKRRY IMcCARRY 1 United Press International DALLAS I UPI I It w as 11:21 a.m. CST by my watch w-licn Lee Harvey Oswald was brought through the swinging doors that lead from a small police office In the basement of cily hall. Two detectives preceded him, pushing open the doors. Two plainclothesmen held his arms, and three more followed tho suspect. Of Ihe eight men In the group, only Oswald in slacks, shirt and ercw - neck sweater looked calm. Tint detectives were grim. They were taking Oswald, charged with murdering Presi dent Kennedy and a Dallas po liceman Kriday, from Cily Hall to Dallas County Jail, seven or eight blocks away. Tile basement swarmed with police, afraid of an attempt u)on Oswald's lire. Fearing that the attempt rr.'ght come on the street, they got an armored car to transfer him, rather than use a paddy wagon or squad car. The armored car was backed up to Jho entrance to the ga rage. The detectives propelled Oswald toward it. I was behind a railing. As Hiey tirougbt Oswald oul. I climbed over the railing. Step ping down, I glimpsed a brown iilur. I could in see where il came from. Oswald and (lie detectives had turned right, en roule to Ihe armored car. The brown blur lack ttuliy crouched and Case Closed By Police WASHINGTON tUPI - Willi the death of Harvey Os wald. Dallas authorities con sider the case of President Ken nedy's assassination closed, but Ihe KBl said Sunday niuht it would continue tn investigate Ihe mailer. "Their is very strong ri ileme that Oswald was the President's assassin." a Ju-in i' Department spokesman here said. "Bit we do not oiimi'er Ihe case cloed just because Os wald himself has fallen victim tn an assassin." "We will not consider Ihe case cloved until we have oh lamed all evidence we can." the spokesman said. Oswald Took Mexico Jaunt LAREDO, Tex. U PD - Lee Harvey Oswald spent a week in Mexico under mysterious cir i umvlaikcs last Sept. 2fi, Ihe U.S. tuums Sonne said Sun ila.v. William M. Kline, assistant l:.S. Customs accnt in charge of Ibf agency's incstiga!ie service here, said Oswald crossed the border Sept. 2i, go ing lo Mexico City, and re lumed Oct. .1 "I'heie ate lecoids that es tablish tins." Mine said Kline insisted that he did not know ihe purpose of Oswald's visit and did not know whether he was alone. Mond. November M, H63 went toward Oswald. I could not see a pistol the gunman's back .was lo me but 1 heard tho gun crack. It happened five steps from where 1 stood. I measured the distance later. Oswald slumped. I did not hear Jtuby say anything, ln a flash, a policeman grabbed his gun by the mu.ile. Ms barrel waggled back and forth until the policeman could jerk it out of Ruby's grasp. t backed out of the way. A policeman on a ramp crouched and aimed with his pistol. Eight policemen had piled on Ituby. I was directly between the pile of policemen and the officer pointing his gun. I flattened myself against the wall with my arms straight out from my sides. Then 1 ran for a telephone. While I talked lo my office, a stretcher on wheels rolled past. Oswald lay on it, his head wobbling back and forth. Oswald's shirt was torn open. Just below his ribs on the left side was a small, blue - ringed hole. There was no blood. He made no sound. SaiJ Z)lianLs the Thanksgiving Tradition J I Via &J Flowc,i hov ivmbohicd oil the jj a v)-'1 W bounties we ore IhankM tor . . . J J-r' 1963. 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He took to the grave with him the reason Kennedy was killed if, as police are convinced with out doubt, he was the assassin. The 24-year-old pro - Castro Marxist was being transierred in handculfs from city jail to a maximum security cell at the county jail house when Jack Ruby, a one time Chicaqo street brawler and owner of a Dal las striptease night club, leaped from a crowd of newsmen and policemen with a curse, jammed a snub-nosed 38 cali ber pistol into' Oswald's side fired one shot. Could Do Nothing Oswald jerked back. So did the police bodyguards flanking him. But there was nothing they could do to slop Ruby. Dallas policeman P. T. Dean said Ruby (old him he shot Os wald out of concern for Mrs. Kennedy. Dean said Ruby did not want Mrs. Kennedy to "go through Ihe ordeal of returning to Dallas" and testifying at Os wald's trial. He said Ruby decided to "ob viate" the legal process by ex ecuting Oswald himself. Osw ald was quickly rushed tn Parkland Hospital's emergency ward w here President Kennedy died Kriday. At 1 p.m. (2 p.m. EST', 48 hours to the minute from the official time of Ken nedy's death, Oswald's heart stopped beating. Open heart massage failed. He was pro nounced dead at 1:07 p.m. Henry Wade, Dallas County district attorney, filed murder charges against Ruby and said he would ask for the death pen alty. Seeks Death Penalty "A second assassination does n't help (justify) the first one," he said. "1 will seek the death penalty for Ruby even if he pleads guilty because shooting a handcuffed man deserves the death penalty." Oswald died without speaking a word. There was no chance for a death-bed confession. He had steadfastly maintained that he had nothing to do with the assassination of Kennedy, the wounding of Gov. John Connal ly, who was riding with Ken nedy, and later the slaying of TU 4-8188 Flowers TU 4-8173 As Assassin Sealed By Pistol Shot Dallas police officer J. D. Tip pitt. Wade said, however, that there was more than enough evidence to send Oswald to the electric chair. W ade said he had no idea of Oswald's motives. They died with him. Some of the outrage expressed across the nation at Ruby's vengeance shooting was based on the fact Oswald never will be able lo tell what he knew and never can be brought to justice. The Dallas Morning News re ported in a copyright story that agents searching the room Os wald rented under the alias "0. H. Lee" found a map that was Wade's "exhibit A." Pa Hi of Bullous The pa)er said the map was lined with the gath of the assas sination bullets. Tile News said this was the "major" evidence uncovered by police but not re vealed. Wade did not mention it. Kennedy had just ridden through the heart of Dallas in a motorcade en route to (lie Dallas Trade Mart, where he was to speak, when the sniper struck. He was hit in the head and throat. Connally was hit once. The sniper shot from the sixth floor of tlic Texas Schoolbook Depository Building in which Oswald worked. Sunday night, Wade called a news conference. "As far as Oswald is con cerned, the case is closed," he said. He added that tliere was "no concrete" evidence that anyone helped liim in Ihe as sassination, or that he belonged tn any political organizations other than the "Kair Play for Cuba" Committee. Wade revealed additional ev idence that police had gathered against Oswald. He said he was doing so because of calls he had been getting from "Stockholm and all sorts of foreign coun tries" to clear up questions about evidence. Found Three Shells The assassination rifle was an Italian 6.4 mm Carcano bolt ac tion weapon with a 4-power tcl esocpic sifjltt. It was found w ith' three empty shells in a sixth floor room of the Schoolbook Depository Building, about 100 yards from the spot where Ken nedy and Connally were shot. The rifle was purchased by mail from Klein Sporting Goods Co. in Chicago and traced to Oswald. The mail order was in his handwriting. There was a photograph with the rifle in his hands. And there were Oswald's palm prints on the butt of the gun and on a box in the room k M M from which the assassin fired, W ade said. Police already had disclosed that Oswald had wrilten to Hie Klein Co., using a Dallas Po-t Office box and the assumed name "A. Hydell" to purchase the gun for $12.78. W'itneses saw Oswald in the building before the shooting and saw him leave immediately aft erward. He was stopped by a policeman, but was told "he's all right" because he worked in the building, and was al lowed to leave. Laughed at Shooting Wade said police got on his trail because of the report of a woman who told of a man who laughed because Kennedy had been shot. Oswald boarded a bus to go lo his SB-a-week rented room about 12 blocks from the build ing where he worked. It was about this time that a woman said that a passenger told her that the President had been shot. She didn't believe it. and asked the passenger where he had heard it. He pointed to a man, presumably Oswald, in the rear. She went back and asked the man. "Yes, the President is shot," the man said. He laughed, ehe said, and shocked her. It was at this point that po lice started trailing Oswald. They said he left the bus, took a cab to his rented room, changed clothes, and rushed back out. Shot Policeman Within minutes. Patrolman J. D. Tippilt stopped him. Wade indicated, and was shot and killed with two bullets. Witness es saw Oswald reload his pistol and flee on foot. He was captured and subdued in a movie theater five blocks from the site of Tippitt's slay ing. Oswald's Russian wife, Ma rina, who lived vlith their two children in suburban Irving, told authorities that her husband had a rifle similar to the one that killed the President. It was missing. 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