Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

 This is from the Case Report on the arrest of Jack Ruby, which includes statements by the arresting officers. I want you to see what they claimed Ruby said DURING THE ATTACK. The most outlandish one is that of Detective Thomas McMillan, who said that as Ruby was rushing Oswald, he said," "You rat, Son of a Bitch. You shot the President."

Now, we have the films, and we can plainly see that the Shooter rushed in without saying anything. He just rushed in: shot Oswald; then jumped from the side to in front of him; and then he just dove into the waiting arms of the penguins, I mean, the cops. But, he never spoke. And the idea that he would have had time to say all that, "You rat, Son of a Bitrch. You shot the President," is ridiculous; it is preposterous.

And it's not just preposterous because of the time restraint but because it's such a stupid thing to say. It's so verbose and theatric. It sounds like a line out of Vaudeville. Why would he have to tell him that he shot the President? Didn't he know?

I am telling you: they all lied. All those cops lied. They just weren't good liars. They weren't smart enough to be good liars.

Now, read this testimony of Detective Archer because he lays out exactly what happened once they got "Ruby" inside the Jail Office.

Mr. ARCHER. After we got the subject into the jail office I still didn't know who he was. I assisted in keeping his left arm behind him and someone got his right. I couldn't say who it was that had his other arm. Laid him down on the floor, his head and face were away from me at that particular time. But that is when I said, "Who is he?" I made that statement, because I didn't know who it was and Ruby then turned his face in my direction. He didn't look directly at me. His face had been turned in this manner [indicating]. He then turned in this manner [indicating], and he--that is when he said, "You all know me, I'm Jack Ruby." Mr. HUBERT. What happened next in that jail office area? Mr. ARCHER. When we had the subject on the floor, I was reaching for my handcuffs. I reached back in this manner [indicating] to unhook my handcuffs off my belt, and Detective McMillon was astraddle and over him, over Ruby, and I believe I said, "Mac, do you need my cuffs?" About that time, "No; I have got it now." And he placed the cuffs on Ruby. Mr. HUBERT. What did you do next? Mr. ARCHER. After he got the cuffs on him, there were still--oh, there was still lots of confusion going on, and several statements were being made or being asked. I don't know. They seemed--some of the statements seemed to come from behind me. I don't know whether it was reporters looking into the jail office or just who it was, but there were some statements made inquiring--several people were asking, "Who is he?" Did he hit him? Did he shoot him? Or things of that nature, as I recall. And he said at that particular point, "I hope I killed the son-of-a-bitch." I think Captain King was there just a very short time. We began to get--McMillon and I and Detective Clardy, I know the three of us and perhaps one or two other officers, I couldn't say for sure, assisted Ruby to his feet, and we started toward the jail elevator with him, along with Captain King. I believe Captain King said at that point in there somewhere, "Let's get him onto the elevator and take him to the fifth floor jail." So, we then went to the elevator. They put him on the elevator, and I believe that I was either last, or near the last getting on the elevator, and then we proceeded on to the fifth floor jail. Mr. HUBERT. What did you do when you got up there? Mr. ARCHER. After we got to the fifth floor jail we took him back to the investigative section of the jail, which is just an open section, not a cell. Just an open section of the jail, and we began to search him for any weapons. We were, at least I was mainly concerned as to whether he had any other weapons on him at all. We stripped him and stripped him of his clothing, and I wasn't interested too much in personal property, but mainly searching for weapons or bombs, or anything else he might have concealed on him.

RC: Notice that he didn't say that they removed his jacket in the jail office. And what he said was ridiculous. He said that upon getting him into the Jail Office, they pushed him down to the ground. Then, before cuffing him, they talked a while, that Archer was holding one of his arms down, as he asked, "Who is he?" and that Ruby turned his head and said, "You all know me. I'm Jack Ruby." But, isn't it ridiculous that they should have that conversation before cuffing him? And in what way was Ruby struggling and resisting? How was he fighting them? Exactly what was he doing? And who stops in the middle of a struggle to make such a casual statement, "You all know me. I'm Jack Ruby." The only thing that would make this more ridiculous is if Archer responded by saying, "Oh, hi, Jack. It's great to see you.,"

And then, consider what Archer said about what Captain King said about taking Ruby upstairs, "Let's put him on the elevator and take him up to the 5th floor jail." That is way too verbose and explicit. How else were they going to get him up to the 5th floor than by elevator? The stairs? And why say 5th floor jail? Didn't they all know that the jail was on the 5th floor? In that situation, it would have been enough for King to say, "Take him upstairs." You certainly wouldn't have to specify the use of the elevator. What he said was ridiculous and stupid. I read through Archer's whole testimony, and let me tell you, that guy sounded as dumb as a dullard.

But, the most important thing is that he made it clear that they did not remove Ruby's jacket in the jail office, and that means that that footage of Ruby being led through the Jail Office in just a shirt that was unbuttoned and all desheveled is bogus.