Dispute over Jack Ruby pistol

Title

Dispute over Jack Ruby pistol

Genre

News report; Interview; Special

TX Date

30 Oct 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:22

Description

Nick Peters reports from Washington DC on a legal case in the United States over the ownership of the Colt Cobra .38 revolver used to shoot John F. Kennedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, by nightclub owner Jack Ruby who died from cancer in 1967. Includes recording of Lee Harvey Oswald shooting; interview with Earl Ruby, brother; Jules Mayer, lawyer. Broadcast on LBC Newstalk Breakfast.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Earl Ruby; Jules Mayer

Keywords

USA; Homicide; Weapons; Trials; John F. Kennedy; Property ownership; Lee Harvey Oswald; Jack Ruby

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