[Journal of J. Waymon Rose, juror during Jack Ruby's murder trial]

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Mohawk theme book used as a journal by Ruby trial juror, J. Waymon Rose. A salesman for a Dallas furniture manufacturer, Rose was selected as the tenth juror in the 1964 trial of Jack Ruby for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. At his wife's suggestion, Mr. Rose kept a detailed journal of his experiences during the course of the trial, detailing the living conditions and limited activities of himself and his fellow jurors as well as his personal thoughts on Jack Ruby, his attorneys and the trial as a whole. The journal contains 50 handwritten pages within a spiral-bound … continued below

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[49] p. ; 20 x 26 cm.

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Rose, J. Waymon February 28, 1964.

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Mohawk theme book used as a journal by Ruby trial juror, J. Waymon Rose. A salesman for a Dallas furniture manufacturer, Rose was selected as the tenth juror in the 1964 trial of Jack Ruby for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. At his wife's suggestion, Mr. Rose kept a detailed journal of his experiences during the course of the trial, detailing the living conditions and limited activities of himself and his fellow jurors as well as his personal thoughts on Jack Ruby, his attorneys and the trial as a whole.

The journal contains 50 handwritten pages within a spiral-bound notebook of 76 pages.

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[49] p. ; 20 x 26 cm.

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Rose, J. Waymon. [Journal of J. Waymon Rose, juror during Jack Ruby's murder trial], text, February 28, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth337258/: accessed December 10, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

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