John F. Kennedy Assassination Dallas Police Department Files

Description

Kennedy Assassination: Dallas Police Department Files Summary

Timeline of Main Events (Based on Dallas Police Department Files Description)

This timeline is based solely on the information provided in the description of the Dallas Police Department files. It focuses on the events and investigations documented within these files.

• November 22, 1963:
• Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (documented in a Homicide Report by C. N. Dhority).
• Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested and charged with the murder of President John F. Kennedy (Formal arrest warrant exists in the files).
• Shooting of Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit (Reports concerning witnesses to this shooting are included).
• Lee Harvey Oswald is interrogated by the Dallas Police Department (Report on interrogation with handwritten notes and corrections is present).
• Seymour Weitzman participates in the initial search of the Texas School Book Depository and notes finding a rifle on the sixth floor (documented in his affidavit).
• Statements are taken from employees of the Texas School Book Depository.
• Buell Wesley Frazier provides a statement concerning his relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald and mentions Oswald carrying a large object wrapped in a blanket, identified as curtain rods.
• Lee E. Bowers reports unusual activity in the railroad yard prior to the assassination (documented in his affidavit).
• Marina Oswald provides a statement (Affidavit In Any Fact).
• Evidence such as firearms, fingerprints, and bullets are collected from the Dallas Police Department (documented in an FBI laboratory report).
• November 22-24, 1963:
• Lee Harvey Oswald is held in Dallas Police custody (Jailer’s Release Forms document his transfer for processing).
• November 24, 1963:
• Lee Harvey Oswald is shot and killed by Jack Ruby (implied by the existence of files related to Jack Ruby and a “combined summary of the murders of President Kennedy, Tippit, and Oswald”).
• Post-November 24, 1963 (Immediate Aftermath):
• Dallas Police Department collects handwritten notes by Lee Harvey Oswald describing various activities.
• Dallas Police Department collects notes found in Jack Ruby’s apartment.
• Photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald with a rifle are taken (documented by CSS Form – Crime Scene Section).
• Statements are taken from friends of Marina Oswald and Lee Harvey Oswald.
• Forensics reports are conducted for President John Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald.
• The public sends letters claiming to have information regarding the assassination.
• The public sends telegrams to Jack Ruby congratulating him on killing Lee Harvey Oswald.
• Dallas Police Department compiles Criminal Intelligence reports.
• Polygraph examinations are conducted (reports included).
• Personnel file for Dallas Police Officer J. D. Tippit is created/maintained.
• Later Investigations:
• Report to Melvin Belli is created concerning the physical and psychological evaluation of Jack Ruby.
• Jack Ruby’s rap sheet is documented.
• Copies of photocopies of Dallas Police Department photographs are made.
• Reports to Captain W. F. Dyson are created concerning Jim Garrison’s investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy.
• 1974:
• A police report is filed concerning money missing at a Seven-Eleven store where Marina Oswald Porter was working.
• Ongoing Documentation:
• Jack Ruby’s phone bill is collected.
• School report cards for Lee Harvey Oswald are collected.

Cast of Characters (Principle People Mentioned)

• John F. Kennedy: The 35th President of the United States, assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. The Dallas Police Department files contain a homicide report documenting his death and forensics reports.
• Lee Harvey Oswald: Former U.S. Marine identified as the assassin of President John F. Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit. The files include an arrest warrant for his murder of Kennedy, reports on his interrogation, handwritten notes by him, forensics reports, school report cards, and statements from people who knew him. He was later shot and killed by Jack Ruby.
• J.D. Tippit: Dallas Police Officer shot and killed shortly after President Kennedy’s assassination. The files contain a report concerning witnesses to his shooting and his personnel file.
• Jack Ruby: Dallas nightclub owner who shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald while Oswald was in police custody. The files include notes found in his apartment, his rap sheet, his phone bill, reports on his physical and psychological evaluation, and telegrams sent to him.
• Marina Oswald (later Marina Oswald Porter): Wife of Lee Harvey Oswald. The files contain her affidavit and a 1974 police report related to her work at a Seven-Eleven store.
• C. N. Dhority: Author of a Homicide Report within the files, which officially documents the assassination of President Kennedy as a homicide.
• Seymour Weitzman: Individual who participated in the initial search of the Texas School Book Depository and documented finding a rifle on the sixth floor in his affidavit.
• Buell Wesley Frazier: Acquaintance of Lee Harvey Oswald who provided a statement concerning his relationship with Oswald, including Oswald carrying a wrapped package.
• Lee E. Bowers: Witness who reported unusual activity in the railroad yard prior to the assassination, documented in his affidavit.
• Melvin Belli: Attorney involved in the physical and psychological evaluation of Jack Ruby, as indicated by a report addressed to him.
• W. F. Dyson: Captain in the Dallas Police Department to whom reports concerning Jim Garrison’s investigation were addressed.
• Jim Garrison: District Attorney of New Orleans who conducted his own controversial investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy. The Dallas Police Department files contain reports related to his investigation

John F. Kennedy Assassination Dallas Police Department Files

11,334 pages of Dallas Police Department files, related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby.

Copies of material transferred from the Dallas Police Department to the Dallas Municipal Archives, from major items to minutia. The documents include homicide reports, affidavits, witness statements, newspaper clippings and correspondence.

Among the many items of interest are:

A Homicide Report, by C. N. Dhority.

Official procedural form documenting the assassination as a homicide.

Formal arrest warrant charging Lee Harvey Oswald with the murder of President John F. Kennedy.

Report on the interrogation of Lee Harvey Oswald, with handwritten notes and corrections.

Report concerning witnesses to the shooting of Officer J.D. Tippit.

FBI laboratory report concerning firearms, fingerprints, bullets and other evidence taken from the Dallas Police Department.

Jailer’s Release Form, forms documenting the transfer of Oswald for processing.

Handwritten notes by Lee Harvey Oswald describing various activities.

Affidavit In Any Fact handwritten, by Seymour Weitzman, concerning the initial search of the Texas School Book Depository, noting finding a rifle in the corner of the sixth floor.

Statements from employees of the Texas School Book Depository.

Statement handwritten by Buell Wesley Frazier, a statement concerning his relationship with Lee Harvey Oswald. Also mentions Oswald carrying a large object wrapped in a blanket, identified as curtain rods.

Notes found in Jack Ruby’s apartment.

CSS Form (Crime Scene Section) concerning photographs of Lee Harvey Oswald with a rifle.

Letters from the public claiming to have information regarding the assassination.

Affidavit In Any Fact, by Marina Oswald, statement from the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Affidavit In Any Fact, by Lee E. Bowers, regarding unusual activity in the railroad yard prior to the assassination.

Statements from friends of Marina Oswald and Lee Harvey Oswald.

Forensics reports for President John Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald.

Telegrams from the public to Jack Ruby, congratulating him on the killing Lee Harvey Oswald.

Dallas Police Department Criminal Intelligence reports.

Report to Melvin Belli, concerning physical and psychological evaluation of Jack Ruby.

Jack Ruby’s rap sheet. Copies of photocopies of Dallas Police Department photographs.

Polygraph examination reports.

Combined summary of the murders of President Kennedy, Tippit, and Oswald.

Personnel file for Dallas Police Officer on J. D. Tippit.

Reports to Captain W. F. Dyson concerning Jim Garrison’s investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy.

A 1974 police report concerning money missing at a Seven-Eleven store, where Marina Oswald Porter was working.

Jack Ruby’s phone bill.

School report cards for Lee Harvey Oswald.