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    "ocrText": "November 20, 1963\nMr. J. E. Curry\nChief of Police\nSubject: Assignment of Officer\nR. C. Nelson, #1652\nSunday, November 24, 1963\nSir:\nOn Sunday, November 24, 1963 at approximately 9:00 A.M., I was told to report\nto 511.\nOn arrival Lt. Pierce told me and 3 other men to report to Sgt. Dean in the basement\nof the City Hall. Upon reaching the basement, Sgt. Dean and Sgt. Putnam advised me\nto check people in both sections of the basement.\nI stationed myself inside the building just West of the exit door from the jail office.\nI had been at this position approximately 3 minutes when a man asked if he could go to\nthe window of the jail office to get someone out of jail. Sgt. Put nam came up and I\nasked him about letting people go to the jail office window. He told me to station\nmyself by the first window of the jail office and let people use this window to contact\njail office personnel.\nAt approximately 9:45 a reserve policeman stationed himself in the hall way on\nmy left side. I do not know this officer's name. The reserve and I checked everyone\nwho came by us for identification,\nAt approximately 10:45 A.M. I noticed a television camera on the elevator in the\nbasement, two men were with this camera. One of these men approached me and asked\nif they could move the camera through my position into the parking area of the\nbasement. I told Lt. Pierce, who was standing close by what the man wanted. Lt.\nPierce talked with this man and then told me it would be all right to let them pass.\nThe two men who were originally with the camera, pushed it by me and the reserve officer.\nAt approximately 11:20 A.M., I heard a shot come from the area outside the basement\ndoors. Several reporters who were standing in front of the jail office windows started\ntoward the double doors of the basement. I ran to the door in an effort to keep persons\nfrom coming through the doors at this time. Several officers were subdueing the suspect\n(Ruby) in front of me, someone yelled to watch for the gun. I reached for the suspect's\nleft hand and felt for a gun. After this I returned to the area outside the jail\noffice windows and remained there until relieved by Lt. Pierce.\nRespectfully submitted\nRonald C. nelson\nRonald C. Nelson\nPatrolman, #1652\nPatrol Division\nRCN/ch\nEtc.\n1111\n78"
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