L. C. Graves

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L. C. Graves
Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby as Oswald is being moved by police, 1963.jpg
Graves (right with dark hat) with Jim Leavelle and Lee Harvey Oswald
Born(1918-10-08)October 8, 1918
Camp County, Texas, U.S.
DiedFebruary 11, 1995(1995-02-11) (aged 76)
Kaufman, Texas, U.S.
OccupationPolice detective
SpouseMyrt Graves[1]
Children2[1]

L. C. Graves (October 8, 1918 – February 11, 1995) was an American police detective. He served as a law enforcement for the Dallas Police Department and was also known as a figure who grappled the gun from nightclub owner, Jack Ruby after shooting United States Marine Corps veteran, Lee Harvey Oswald of the John F. Kennedy assassination.[1][2]

Born in Camp County, Texas.[3][4] He then served in the United States Army during World War II, in which Graves was then married to his first and only wife Myrt at the outdoor stadium Cotton Bowl.[4] Graves had served for the Dallas Police Department from 1949 to 1970.[1][4] His job involved with homicide and robberies.[3][4] He was also the brother-in-law of police detective, Paul Bentley.[5] With Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald with a gun, Graves was one of the police detectives along with Jim Leavelle who thorough to bodyguard Oswald.[1][6] He grappled the gun from Ruby, in which he had grappled away the revolver and his wrist.[1] Graves had a testimony about the case on March 24, 1964, for which it took until April 17, 1964.[3]

Graves died on February 11, 1995 of heart failure at the Presbyterian Hospital in Kaufman, Texas, at the age of 76.[1] According to The New York Times, it was changed that he died from a surgery.[7] Graves as buried in Grove Hill Cemetery.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "L. C. Graves, 76, Dallas Officer Who Wrestled Gun From Ruby". The New York Times. February 14, 1995. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Witness Ascribes Malice To Ruby; Quotes Him as Saying He Hopes Oswald Would Die". The New York Times. March 5, 1964. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c United States. Warren Commission (1964), Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Hearings Before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy · Volume 7, U.S. Government Printing Office
  4. ^ a b c d Sneed, Larry (2002). No More Silence: An Oral History of the Assassination of President Kennedy. University of North Texas Press. p. 375. ISBN 9781574411485 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Hevesi, Dennis (July 25, 2008). "Paul Bentley, 87, Dies; Detective Arrested Oswald". The New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  6. ^ Blumental, Ralph (August 29, 2019). "James R. Leavelle, Detective at Lee Harvey Oswald's Side, Dies at 99". The New York Times. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  7. ^ "Corrections". The New York Times. February 17, 1995. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  8. ^ Benoit, Tod (September 29, 2015). Where Are They Buried?: How Did They Die? Fitting Ends and Final Resting Places of the Famous, Infamous, and Noteworthy. Hachette Books. p. 539. ISBN 9780316391962 – via Google Books.
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