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JFK Treasure Trove Revealed

Long-lost files, Ruby's and Oswald's personal effects appear in public

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 18, 2008 3:35 PM CST

(Newser) – Numerous items related to the JFK assassination were revealed to the public today after having spent years forgotten in a Dallas courthouse safe, the Dallas Morning News reports. Brass knuckles and a holster belonging to Jack Ruby were in the safe, as was a lucrative contract signed by Ruby prosecutor Henry Wade for a film that was never made.

"We have nothing to hide," said the Dallas County DA, who acknowledged that a record of a conversation, almost certainly fictional, between Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald "will open up the debate as to whether or not there was a conspiracy to assassinate the president." The contents of the safe, which also held clothing probably belonging to Oswald and Ruby, will be scanned and donated to museums.

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins addresses members of the media as he presents  historical documents and other memorabilia, in boxes and on table, connected to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy during a press conference in Dallas, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins addresses members of the media as he presents historical documents and other memorabilia, in boxes and on table, connected to the assassination of President...   (Associated Press)
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins addresses members of the media as he presents some historical documents and other memorabilia, in boxes to left and on table to right, connected to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy during a press conference in Dallas, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008.  (AP Photo/Tony...
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins addresses members of the media as he presents some historical documents and other memorabilia, in boxes to left and on table to right, connected to the assassination...   (Associated Press)
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins reads from a document that was found along with other memorabilia in a safe at the county courts building that is connected to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, during a press conference in Dallas, Monday Feb. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins reads from a document that was found along with other memorabilia in a safe at the county courts building that is connected to the Assassination of President...   (Associated Press)
Brass knuckles and a pistol holster that were in Jack Ruby's possession at the time of his arrest after he murdered Lee Harvey Oswald are presented along with other historical documents and memorabilia connected to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy during a press conference in Dallas, Monday, Feb....
Brass knuckles and a pistol holster that were in Jack Ruby's possession at the time of his arrest after he murdered Lee Harvey Oswald are presented along with other historical documents and memorabilia...   (Associated Press)
Brass knuckles and a pistol holster that were on Jack Ruby at the time of his arrest are displayed on a table during a news conference where Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins presented historical documents connected to the assassination of president John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Monday, Feb. 18,...
Brass knuckles and a pistol holster that were on Jack Ruby at the time of his arrest are displayed on a table during a news conference where Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins presented historical...   (Associated Press)
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