Tom Howard
 Tom Howard     ( lawyer, JFK/Assassination/Premature death) | |
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| Born | 1917 |
| Died | 27 March, 1965 (Age 47) |
Cause of death | " heart attack" |
A lawyer who agreed to represent Jack Ruby, died of a heart-attack, aged 48, on 27th March, 1965. | |
Tom Howard was a lawyer who agreed to represent Jack Ruby, the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald. Howard died of a heart-attack in 1965, in what was premature deaths after the JFK assassination.
Activities
Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald on 24th November, 1963. Ruby asked Howard if he would take the case.[1] On 24th November, 1963, Bill Hunter (Long Beach Independent Press Telegram) and Jim Koethe (Dallas Times Herald) interviewed George Senator. Also there was the attorney Tom Howard. That evening Senator arranged for Koethe, Hunter and Howard to search Ruby's apartment.
Howard planned to argue that killing Oswald was like "another ****** murder case" and after pleading guilty to murder without malice would get "five years in prison at most". Ruby was not convinced by this approach and replaced Howard with Melvin Belli.[1]
Death
Tom Howard died of a heart-attack, aged 48, on 27th March, 1965.
