DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT — OFFICIAL USE ONLY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY — HISTORICAL REVIEW DIVISION
THE DULLES MEMO: A Novel (continued)
MANUSCRIPT SEIZED 1978 / STATUS: UNPUBLISHED
EXHIBIT B
The Policeman

The second murder happened forty-five minutes after the first. It received less attention—a cop instead of a president, a residential street instead of a motorcade. But to anyone reading the file carefully, the Tippit killing is where the story stops making sense. Or starts making a different kind of sense.

CASE NO. F-154
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TIPPIT, Jefferson Davis
BADGE NO:78 RANK:Patrolman ASSIGNED:District 78 (Oak Cliff) DOB:18 September 1924 SERVICE:11 years DPD STATUS:DECEASED 22 NOV 63
INCIDENT SUMMARY — 22 NOVEMBER 1963
12:30 PM
POTUS motorcade shots fired, Dealey Plaza. All units alerted.
12:45 PM
Dispatcher broadcast suspect description: "White male, approximately 30, slender build, 5'10", 165 lbs." Source of description never established.
12:54 PM
Officer Tippit reported position: Lancaster & 8th Street. This location is OUTSIDE his assigned patrol district.
⚠ PATROL ANOMALY
Officer Tippit's assigned district was #78 — bounded by Kiest Blvd (south), Illinois Ave (north), Westmoreland (west), and Marsalis Ave (east). At time of incident, Tippit was operating approximately 8 BLOCKS NORTH of his district boundary, in District #91. No dispatch order relocating Tippit to District #91 has been found in radio logs.
1:11-1:14 PM
Tippit observed white male walking east on 10th Street near Patton Avenue. Tippit pulled alongside, spoke briefly through passenger window. Subject approached vehicle.
1:14-1:15 PM
Tippit exited vehicle, walked toward front. Subject produced handgun, fired four shots. Tippit fell. Subject approached, fired fifth shot to head at close range. Subject fled south on Patton.
1:16 PM
Citizen used Tippit's patrol radio to report "Officer down."
WITNESS STATEMENTS — DISCREPANCIES
WITNESS: Acquilla Clemmons (nearby resident)
"I seen two men. One was kind of heavy. The other one was tall and thin. The heavy one did the shooting, then waved at the other one and they went off in different directions."

Mrs. Clemmons was never called before the Warren Commission. She reported being visited by a man who "wasn't police" who told her she "might get hurt" if she talked.

WITNESS: Frank Wright (across street)
"I heard the shots and ran out. The cop was lying there. A man was standing by a car — an old gray coupe. He got in the car and drove away. It wasn't Oswald. He was driving away while people were saying the shooter ran off on foot."

Frank Wright was not called before the Warren Commission.

WITNESS: Domingo Benavides (nearest eyewitness)
"The guy — I wouldn't say he looked like Oswald. His hair was a little different, more messed up. But I couldn't really say it was him."

Benavides initially told police he could not identify the shooter. His brother Eddy was shot in the head in February 1964. Case unsolved. Domingo subsequently testified he "thought" it might have been Oswald.

EVIDENCE ANOMALIES

SHELL CASINGS: Four casings recovered at scene. Two were manufactured by Winchester-Western, two by Remington-Peters. These brands are not interchangeable in standard revolver operation. The weapon attributed to Oswald (S&W .38 Special) would require manual reloading between brands.

BULLETS: Three bullets recovered from Tippit's body. One was too damaged for comparison. One was Western-Winchester. One was Remington-Peters. FBI firearms expert testified bullets could NOT be matched to Oswald's revolver.

TIMELINE: Oswald left rooming house at 1:04 PM (per housekeeper). Tippit shooting occurred at 1:14-1:15 PM (per radio log). Distance from rooming house to shooting scene: 0.85 miles. Walking speed required to cover distance: 5.1 mph (near jogging pace). No witness reported seeing Oswald running.

⚠ UNRESOLVED
Officer Tippit was known to frequent Austin's Barbecue, a restaurant in Oak Cliff. Jack Ruby was also known to frequent Austin's Barbecue. Multiple sources indicate Tippit and Ruby knew each other. Both men also knew Officer J.D. Tippit's sometime partner, Officer R.C. Nelson, who worked security at Ruby's Carousel Club.
CASE CLOSED — OSWALD DECEASED
Why was Tippit outside his patrol district? Who gave the suspect description that went out before anyone had identified Oswald? Why did multiple witnesses describe two men, or a different man entirely? Why did the bullets not match the gun? These questions were not pursued. Oswald was dead. The case was closed. — CDJ

The official story: Lee Harvey Oswald, fleeing the Book Depository, shot Officer Tippit when Tippit tried to stop him. A lone gunman. A chance encounter. A cop doing his duty.

The file tells a different story. A cop outside his district. Witnesses who saw two men. Bullets that don't match. A timeline that barely works. And connections—to Ruby, to the Dallas underworld, to a network of relationships that the Warren Commission chose not to map.

Maybe Tippit was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or maybe he was exactly where he was supposed to be—part of an operation that required a patsy to be stopped, identified, and captured before he could talk to the wrong people. Maybe he recognized Oswald. Maybe he was supposed to do something else entirely.

We'll never know. Tippit is dead. Oswald is dead. The only people who could tell the truth are silent.

[AUTHOR'S NOTE: J.D. Tippit was a decorated officer with a complicated personal life—financial troubles, an affair, second jobs to make ends meet. He was also, according to multiple witnesses, acquainted with both Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald. The Warren Commission did not explore these connections. Perhaps they were coincidental. Dallas was a small town in some ways. But in an investigation this important, coincidences should be investigated, not assumed. — CDJ]

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DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT — RECORDS DIVISION
• • • EXHIBIT C • • •
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION — CONFIDENTIAL
EXHIBIT C
The Silencer

Two days after the President died, the man accused of killing him was shot to death on live television. The shooter was a nightclub owner named Jack Ruby. He said he did it for Jackie, to spare her the pain of a trial. The Warren Commission believed him.

The file suggests other possibilities.

FILE NO. 44-24016
SUBJECT
RUBENSTEIN, Jacob Leon
AKA: Jack Ruby, Jack Rubenstein, "Sparky"
DOB:25 March 1911, Chicago, IL OCCUPATION:Nightclub operator (Carousel Club, Vegas Club — Dallas) CRIMINAL RECORD:Multiple arrests — concealed weapons, liquor violations, assault. No felony convictions. FBI STATUS:Potential Criminal Informant (PCI) — Dallas office, 1959
ORGANIZED CRIME ASSOCIATIONS
CHICAGO OUTFIT
Grew up in West Side Chicago. Associates include Lenny Patrick, Dave Yaras (both Outfit hitmen). Ran errands for Capone organization as youth.
SANTOS TRAFFICANTE
Visited Trafficante in Havana, 1959. Visited Trescornia detention camp where Trafficante was held by Castro government.
CARLOS MARCELLO
Multiple phone contacts with Marcello associates in New Orleans, 1963. Received calls from Nofio Pecora (Marcello lieutenant) in weeks before assassination.
JIMMY HOFFA / TEAMSTERS
Assisted Teamsters organizing in Dallas, 1950s. Known to Paul Roland Jones, Hoffa's Dallas contact.
RUBY — INTELLIGENCE CONNECTIONS
Ruby FBI (PCI status)
Ruby CIA / Gunrunning
Ruby Dallas PD (50+ officers)
Ruby → Trafficante CIA-Mafia plots
Ruby → Marcello RFK prosecution target
CUBA CONNECTIONS — 1959

In August-September 1959, Ruby visited Havana at least once, possibly multiple times. He visited Santos Trafficante Jr. at Trescornia detention facility where Trafficante was being held by the Castro government. Ruby's stated purpose: "visiting a friend." Actual purpose: UNRESOLVED.

Ruby was associated with gunrunning operations to Cuba in 1958-59, initially supporting anti-Batista forces, later (after Castro's turn toward USSR) supporting anti-Castro exiles. Weapons reportedly moved through Dallas and Houston.

⚠ OPERATIONAL NOTE
Ruby's Cuba activities parallel CIA-Mafia assassination plotting against Castro (Operation MONGOOSE / ZRRIFLE). Ruby knew Trafficante and Marcello—two of the three mob figures recruited by CIA for Castro plots. Ruby's Dallas club was frequented by both organized crime figures and law enforcement. Perfect cover for intelligence work or criminal conspiracy—or both.
DAYS BEFORE ASSASSINATION — PHONE RECORDS

In the weeks preceding 22 November 1963, Ruby's phone records show dramatic increase in long-distance calls:

OCT 26, 1963
Call to Irwin Weiner, Chicago. Weiner: Outfit bondsman, associate of Sam Giancana.
OCT 30, 1963
Call to Nofio Pecora, New Orleans. Pecora: lieutenant to Carlos Marcello.
NOV 7, 1963
Call to Barney Baker. Baker: Hoffa enforcer, described by RFK as "Hoffa's roving ambassador of violence."
NOV 8, 1963
Call to Murray "Dusty" Miller. Miller: Teamsters official, close to Hoffa.
NOV 17, 1963
Call received from David Ferrie associate in New Orleans. Ferrie: pilot, Marcello employee, alleged CIA contract agent.

Ruby told the Warren Commission these calls concerned "union troubles" at his club. The Carousel Club had no union employees.

22-24 NOVEMBER 1963
22 NOV — PM
Ruby present at Dallas PD headquarters during Oswald interrogations. Photographed in crowd. Attempted to enter room where Oswald was held; turned away.
23 NOV — AM
Ruby visited DPD headquarters multiple times. Brought sandwiches to officers. Observed timing of Oswald's movements.
24 NOV — 11:21 AM
Ruby entered DPD basement via Main Street ramp. Ramp guard Officer Roy Vaughn testified no one passed him. Ruby claimed he entered when Vaughn was distracted by exiting vehicle. Video evidence inconclusive.
24 NOV — 11:22 AM
Ruby shot Oswald once in abdomen with .38 Colt Cobra. Oswald pronounced dead at Parkland Memorial at 1:07 PM.
SUBJECT IN CUSTODY
WARREN COMMISSION TESTIMONY — 7 JUNE 1964
"I have been used for a purpose... I would like to request that I go to Washington... I want to tell the truth, and I can't tell it here... Gentlemen, my life is in danger here... I want to tell the truth, but I cannot tell it here."
— Jack Ruby to Chief Justice Earl Warren, Dallas County Jail

Warren declined Ruby's request to be transferred to Washington. Ruby remained in Dallas. He was convicted of murder, sentenced to death. The conviction was overturned on appeal in 1966. A new trial was ordered.

On January 3, 1967, before the new trial could begin, Jack Ruby died of lung cancer at Parkland Memorial Hospital—the same hospital where Kennedy and Oswald had died.

⚠ FINAL STATEMENTS
In his final days, Ruby told psychiatrist Werner Teuter: "The answer to the Kennedy assassination is with the man who was responsible for the oil depletion allowance."

Ruby told another visitor: "They're going to find out about Cuba, about the guns, about New Orleans, about everything."

He was dead before anyone could follow up.
Jack Ruby knew Trafficante. He knew Marcello. He knew Hoffa's people. He knew fifty Dallas cops by their first names. He ran guns to Cuba. He visited a mob boss in a Havana prison. And he silenced the only man who could have told the world what really happened in Dealey Plaza. The Warren Commission concluded he acted alone, out of grief and patriotism. Perhaps. But the phone records in the weeks before the assassination tell a different story—a story of frantic communication with the very mob figures who had motive, means, and CIA connections to kill a president. — CDJ

The file does not prove conspiracy. Files never prove conspiracy. What the file proves is connection—a web of relationships linking Ruby to the Chicago Outfit, to the Marcello organization, to the Trafficante network, to the Teamsters, to the anti-Castro Cubans, to the Dallas police, and through all of them, to the CIA operations that had been trying to kill Castro with mob assistance.

Ruby silenced Oswald. Cancer silenced Ruby. Time silenced everyone else.

But the files remain. And the files, for those who read them carefully, still speak.

[AUTHOR'S NOTE: Ruby begged Earl Warren to take him to Washington where he could talk safely. Warren said no. Ruby said: "I want to tell the truth, but I cannot tell it here." Warren did not ask what truth, or why Dallas was unsafe. Perhaps Warren didn't want to know. Or perhaps he already did. Allen Dulles was in the room for that interview. He asked Ruby no questions at all. — CDJ]

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