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...first prosecution witnesses, Police Reporter John Rutledge of the Dallas Morning News, testified that Ruby was "a loudmouthed extravert" who loved to strut wherever there was big action. Rutledge said that he saw Ruby at police headquarters at least three times on the night of Nov. 22, after Oswald had been arrested. Ruby was familiar with the place; he always liked to hang around with cops. Wielding pad and pencil, he had slipped past a police guard among surging newsmen. "He was explaining to members of the press from out of state who everybody was," said Rutledge. "Somebody would come...
...hurry, exchanged pleasantries and departed. According to police measurements, Ruby walked 339 ft. 6 in. down the street to the underground garage ramp of police headquarters, and at precisely 11:21 a.m. he stepped out of a crowd of newsmen, shoved a snub-nosed .38-cal. revolver at Oswald and pulled the trigger...
...closest to it all was Dallas Detective James Leavelle, who was handcuffed to Oswald while escorting the prisoner out of the city jail for transfer to a maximum security county cell. In a matter-of-fact Texas twang, Leavelle testified that "there was a man come from the crowd of reporters and photographers, right up in front of myself and Oswald. When he first dashed out from the crowd, I saw he had a pistol in his right hand, and he was raising his hand, getting ready to shoot. I reached to catch the man by his left shoulder...
...Oswald grunted and said, "No," and slumped to the floor. I had to go down with him because I was handcuffed to him. Police Officer Graves had grabbed his gun and was wrestling the gun away from him. I was watching the gun more so than anything else at the time. The right hand was still contracting on the gun as if he were attempting to fire another shot. I had pulled Lee Harvey Oswald back behind me. As soon as I saw Mr. Graves had his gun arm, I turned my attention back to Mr. Oswald and carried...
...Know Me." Detective Thomas McMillon who also was close by, said Ruby shouted: "You rat son of a bitch -you shot the President," as he fired at Oswald. After Ruby was disarmed, he kept repeating, "I hope I killed the son of a bitch, I hope I killed the son of a bitch! You know me, you know me-I'm Jack Ruby...