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    "ocrText": "H\nNoverbber 27, 1963\nMr. J. E. Curry\nChicf of Police\nSir:\nI should like to submit the following report of the\nevents occurring in the basement on November 24, 1963.\nI\nwas on duty in the Auto Theft Bureau beginning at 8:00 a.m.\nI was told to stand by in the office until further notice.\nit approximately 11:45 a.l. all members of our bureau on duty,\nexcept the desk man,went to the besement of the City Holl\nand waited in the corridor just outciue the jail office.\nAbout fifteen minutes later the prisoner was brought down to\nthe jail office and we heard ho was being brought through\nthe officc. it this time I closed the double doors and held\nthem, not allowing anyone throu: ch these doors as he was e3-\ncorted out the door of the booking office.\nI could see the prisoner for a few soconds through the doors\nglass partition. At this time I heard a chot, but could not\nsee the prisoner or the percon who fired the shot. The photo-\ngraphers in the corridor behind ne had to nake their pictures\nthrough the glass. Then the prisoner was taken back i.to\nthe booking office until the aubulance arrived and he was\nplaced in it with officers escorting him.\nI did not see the man who fired the shot because he was 1. stled\nout of sight into the joil office and elevator. I did not see\nthe man before or after the shot was fired, but heard the name\nJack Ruby called out as the man who shot the prisoner.\nI was told by Captain Jones to remain on this door until\nrelieved and check everyone who entered or exited for their\ncredentials, as Press Photographers, Press Reporters, and\nauthorized Police and City of Dallas civilian personnel on\nduty. I was relieved about thirty minutes later by Lieutenant\nR. S. Pierce who said I could return to my office.\nRespectfully submitted,\nA.Lanson\nH. L. Dawson\nDetective\nCriminal Investigution Division\n26"
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