After more than 40 years, new documents are beginning to see the light of day in the President John F. Kennedy assassination.

Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins said that the documents were brought to his attention soon after taking office last year. He also stated that every DA since Henry Wade (of Roe v. Wade fame) has known of the documents and chosen to keep quiet about them.

Watkins said that after discussions with his staff, they felt the citizens of Dallas County deserved to know about the documents and make their own decisions - if nothing else, some of the content is bound to fan the conspiracy flames.

The DA’s office is in talks with the Sixth Floor Museum about the future of the items.

Amongst brass knuckles, gun holsters and a $1 million dollar movie contract for Henry Wade, there is a transcript that supposedly documents a conversation between Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby and alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. An excerpt is below:

Oswald: You said the boys in Chicago want to get rid of the Attorney General.

Ruby: Yes, but it can’t be done … it would get the Feds into everything.

Oswald: There is a way to get rid of him without killing him.

Ruby: How’s that?

Oswald: I can shoot his brother.

Ruby: You mean the President?

Oswald: Yes, the President.

Ruby: But that wouldn’t be patriotic.

Oswald: What’s the difference between shooting the Governor and in shooting the President?

Ruby: It would get the FBI into it.

Oswald: I can still do it, all I need is my rifle and a tall building; but it will take time, maybe six months to find the right place; but I’ll have to have some money to live on while I do the planning.”