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    "ocrText": "ST.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH\nMetruly\n1968\nTo:Orchesi\nRuby Trial's\ne\n3 of\nfun.\nt of\nspe-\nIder\ncon-\nLax Judge\nther\nthat\njour\n;lad\nJust Joe B. Brown Never Argued a Case,\n, of\nTried to Be Courteous to All\n¡ese\nof\nline,\nBy Robert K. Sanford\n7 of\nAFTER\nJack to Ruby the for TESTIMONY the killing of had Lee been completed in the\nOf the Post-Dispatch Staff\nting\nage\nous\nup jury. State judge, Joe B. Brown. He Harvey had to Oswald, prepare was of\nac-\nDistrict Judge Brown\n,dle\nDuring the time of the appeal the\nwn\ntated a few months before for had writ-\nten structions which another judge the in-\nchallenge easily. He borrowed met this\nBrown an unusual fact came to light. process,\nblo-\nmurder case, But there a premedi-\nthe lawyers didn't like the trial.\nDefense was writing a book about Judge\nest\nind\nthe suspense involved. Would the was some in\nwas judge still was writing about a that at all;\nThe Ruby trial accept such lawyers\nPhil under consideration in case which\ners waited and stayed and judge's\nchambers and prosecution - went into the defense\njudge and the lawyers instructions? -\na asking the filed\nmotion Burleson, one of the lawyers, his court.\nhimself, B u judge to disqualify\nbe heard the 40 feet\nfrom in a\nhave Brown's decisions in argued the that Judge\nout Brown overruled the motion the book.\nJudge an effect on the sale appeal of could\na could\ntight-lipped, not talking.\nlawyer come out grim-faced and then\ncomment.\nwith-\nand\ntrial, one of the biggest talkers law-\nyers Then and Joe Tonahill, one of Ruby's\nten Then by Burleson got hold of a\nread, publisher. \"it \"About the book,\" New York\nJudge Brown to his letter writ-\nHe would came out, He had fire in his in the\ntalk. Reporters eye,\nis not perhaps is a good thing the letter\nTelevision cameras began gathered to\n\"These \"This is grind.\nhaving motion to disqualify me on the have filed of a\nfinished, because they that it\nround.\nWe've instructions don't Tonahill fit said,\nonly been in there two hours, this case.\nhas been refute that by stating the that case.\n\"I CAN a pecuniary interest in grounds\nhalf through and we've we're\nhave not no book published that thère I\nbegun to write or\nWe're things in the first half that we found 35\nare along nicely. a book, We\ncome going to take a break object to,\nil\nWord back. We may be here all night.\" now and\nhint as judge gave the\nThen the pages complète have\nhe Tonahill was out of the courthouse\nthat went out around the\nfuture: to how the case might publisher fare in a\nthe\n!\nin\nhad was mad. He was in a session and\nbeen converted into courtroom a that\nthe \"As Court you probably read in the\nmen Reporters, - photographers, movie press room.\nRuby's to me to d tussed the\ncase back of Crimina! Appeals papers,\naround. perhaps 75 in all - crowded camera-\nwill ontcome but ic is my e opinion don't mine that know Jack the\nsanity\nAgain, Suddenly, S o m e o n e shouted\nThe never prove Ruby insane.'\nthey\nhad \"FIRE!\" Heads turned to see \"Fire!\"\n80\nof this at any time after judge:\na hearing. P-Now Burleson questioned resulted the in\njudge-as-write business\nHe yelled. It was Judge Brown.\nwho\nTonahill. until he was\nup reporters pushed his way through the bunched\nyou contract back in July the signing\nsion There, he smited standing into the beside\ncameras and spoke.\ntelevi-\nQ. - I probably did, yes,\nA. deny that you were writing of a 1964, book? did\ninstrue 'Mr. Tonahill, you have my copy of the\nbe said,\nto A. me - - that As I you a matter were writing of fact, a did book? you deny\nwas denving probably did, Mr. I\nit to most everwhode Burleson,\n.id"
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