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16-669: The Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse , named for former Dallas mayor Earle Cabell , is located in the Government District of downtown Dallas , Texas , United States. It houses the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas , which exercises original jurisdiction over 100 counties in North and West Texas; United States Bankruptcy and Magistrate Courts;

32-670: A United States Attorney office; an IRS office; passport offices; and other federal offices. Built in 1971, it shares a wall with the Art Deco -style Federal Building, previously known as the Santa Fe Building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. In 1995, the building was evacuated following a bomb threat called in to the IRS office. On June 30, 2015, an envelope containing white powder

48-403: A chain of dairies and convenience stores . He later became involved with banking and other investments. In April 1961, he was elected mayor to succeed Robert L. Thornton . Cabell was the youngest of four sons of the then former Dallas Mayor Ben E. Cabell and also the grandson of the former Dallas Mayor William L. Cabell . He was the brother of Charles Cabell , who was deputy director of

64-465: A criminal investigation or an advocacy campaign. In most jurisdictions, death threats are a serious type of criminal offence . Death threats are often covered by coercion statutes. For instance, the coercion statute in Alaska says: A person commits the crime of coercion if the person compels another to engage in conduct from which there is a legal right to abstain or abstain from conduct in which there

80-408: Is a legal right to engage, by means of instilling in the person who is compelled a fear that, if the demand is not complied with, the person who makes the demand or another may inflict physical injury on anyone.... A death threat can be communicated via a wide range of media, among these letters, newspaper publications, telephone calls , internet blogs , e-mail , and social media . If the threat

96-440: Is made against a political figure, it can also be considered treason . If a threat targets a location that is frequented by people (e.g. a building), it could be a terrorist threat . Sometimes, death threats are part of a wider campaign of abuse targeting a person or a group of people (see terrorism , mass murder ). In many governments, including monarchies and republics of all levels of political freedom, threatening to kill

112-426: Is named in his honor. Death threat A death threat is a threat , often made anonymously , by one person or a group of people to kill another person or group of people. These threats are often designed to intimidate victims in order to manipulate their behaviour, in which case a death threat could be a form of coercion . For example, a death threat could be used to dissuade a public figure from pursuing

128-529: The Bay of Pigs Invasion . This theory claims that Earle Cabell re-routed Kennedy's motorcade as a favor to his brother. In 2017 documents declassified under the JFK Records Act revealed that Cabell had been a CIA asset since 1956. On February 3, 1964, Cabell resigned as mayor of Dallas in order to run for Congress. He unseated the ten-year Republican incumbent Bruce Alger . Cabell served four terms in

144-596: The Baylor University Medical Center and being pronounced dead. There were no other casualties, although one employee was reported to have suffered superficial injuries when she took cover. This article about a building or structure in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Earle Cabell Earle Cabell (October 27, 1906 – September 24, 1975) was a Texas politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas . Cabell

160-624: The Central Intelligence Agency from 1953 to 1962. Cabell and his wife met United States President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy at Love Field on the morning of November 22, 1963. Cabell's wife reported that while riding in Kennedy's motorcade through Dealey Plaza , she observed "a rather long looking thing" sticking out of a window of the Texas School Book Depository immediately after

176-572: The head of state or head of government (such as the sovereign , president , or prime minister ) is considered a crime. Punishments for such threats vary. United States law provides for up to five years in prison for threatening any government official , especially the president . In the United Kingdom , under the Treason Felony Act 1848 , it is illegal to attempt to kill or deprive the monarch of their throne; this offense

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192-655: The House before he was defeated by Republican Alan Steelman in the 1972 election . Cabell voted in favor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968 . Following his defeat, he retired in Dallas, where he lived until his death in 1975 from emphysema . He was buried at Restland Cemetery in Dallas. The Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse on Commerce Street in Dallas

208-629: The first shot. After receiving word from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he was the subject of a death threat , Cabell was guarded by police when he traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend Kennedy's funeral and also upon his return to Dallas. One version of John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories , the " Renegade CIA Clique " theory, implicates Cabell and other alleged conspirators, including CIA officials James Jesus Angleton , William King Harvey , and Cabell's brother Charles Cabell , who had been fired by Kennedy following

224-406: Was discovered in an office on the 14th floor. The Dallas Fire-Rescue Department determined that the powder was chalk; no one was injured in the incident. On June 17, 2019, a lone shooter, identified as former Army infantryman Brian Isaack Clyde, opened fire at the building. Building security returned fire, fatally wounding the gunman. Clyde then collapsed in the parking lot before being rushed to

240-445: Was mayor at the time of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy and was later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives . Cabell was born in Dallas. He graduated from North Dallas High School in 1925. He attended Texas A&M University for one term, where he met Jack Crichton and H.R. "Bum" Bright , and thereafter Southern Methodist University for one term. He and his brothers founded Cabell's Inc.,

256-400: Was originally punished with penal transportation , and then was changed to the death penalty , and currently the penalty is life imprisonment . Named after a high-profile case, Osman v United Kingdom , Osman warnings (also letters or notices) are warnings of a death threat or high risk of murder issued by British police or legal authorities to the possible victim. They are used when there

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