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'''Jacob Leon Rubenstein''', later changed his name and was known as '''Jack Ruby''' (]?, ] - ], ]), a ] nightclub owner, shot and killed ] on ], ], two days after Oswald was arrested for the ] of ]. | ||
| Jack Ruby was born to ] immigrant parents in ] in 1911. Various conflicting birth dates, from March to June of that year, are quoted in various sources and were given by Ruby at various times. The fifth of his parents' eight living children, he had a troubled childhood and adolescence, marked by juvenile deliquency and times in foster homes. Young Ruby worked selling horse-racing tip sheets, then for a scrap-iron collectors union |
Jack Ruby was born to ] immigrant parents in ] in 1911. Various conflicting birth dates, from March to June of that year, are quoted in various sources and were given by Ruby at various times. The fifth of his parents' eight living children, he had a troubled childhood and adolescence, marked by juvenile deliquency and times in foster homes. Young Ruby worked selling horse-racing tip sheets, then for a scrap-iron collectors union. He also had links to ] while working for the ] mafia organization. He served in the military during ] without seeing combat. After being discharged he moved to Dallas and worked managing nightclubs, strip clubs, and dance halls, and also working as manager for entertainers and prostitutes. He visited Cuba in 1959 on one of his gun-running ventures and to visit a mafia friend whom Castro had put in prison. | ||
| Ruby often carried a ]. He came to major national attention when he |
Ruby often carried a ]. He came to major national attention when he murdered Oswald, which he later claimed was a spur of the moment action taken when the opportunity presented itself, even though at first he claimed his killing Oswald would show the world that "Jews have guts" and his action would spare Mrs. Kennedy the ordeal of appearing at Oswald's court trial. The killing was shown live on national television, the first such incident in the ]. Oswald was being transferred from one jail to a closeby jail. The gun used by Ruby was a ] Cobra ] of .38 Special caliber, serial number 2744 LW. | ||
| There has been much debate about Ruby's motives. He claimed that he killed Oswald in order to save ] from testifying in a murder trial. Other people suggest that he was carrying out a ] "hit" (there is some evidence to support his having strong crime syndicate links), or that he was part of a ] to assassinate the president and silenced Oswald to prevent him from testifying. Much suspicion was aroused by the fact that he was able to freely enter a supposedly secure area, armed with a pistol, minutes prior to the alleged assassin of the President of the United States being transferred out. However, others have pointed out that Ruby was an unstable man who revered Kennedy and was seeking vengeance of his own accord. They point to the fact that Ruby had only just arrived at the police station, having wired money to an employee, whilst Oswald's movement had been delayed, due to his |
There has been much debate about Ruby's motives. He claimed that he killed Oswald in order to save ] from testifying in a murder trial. Other people suggest that he was carrying out a ] "hit" (there is some evidence to support his having strong crime syndicate links), or that he was part of a ] to assassinate the president and silenced Oswald to prevent him from testifying. Much suspicion was aroused by the fact that he was able to freely enter a supposedly secure area, armed with a pistol, minutes prior to the alleged assassin of the President of the United States being transferred out. However, others have pointed out that Ruby was an unstable man who revered Kennedy and was seeking vengeance of his own accord. They point to the fact that Ruby had only just arrived at the police station, having wired money to an employee, whilst Oswald's movement had been delayed, due to his last Dallas police/secret service interrogation and his putting on a black sweater. | ||
| Ruby was tried and on ], ] was convicted of |
Ruby was tried and on ], ] was convicted of murder with malice. In an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court, it was successfully argued that Ruby could not have gotten a ] in the city of Dallas due to the excessive publicity surrounding the case. The appellate court agreed and ruled that his motion for a ] before the original trial court should have been granted, and so Ruby's conviction and ] was overturned. While awaiting a new trial, Ruby died of a ] in Parkland Hospital on January 3, 1967. He is buried in the Westlawn Cemetery in ]. | ||
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Revision as of 18:52, 9 June 2004
Jacob Leon Rubenstein, later changed his name and was known as Jack Ruby (March 25?, 1911 - January 3, 1967), a Dallas nightclub owner, shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was arrested for the assassination of President Kennedy.
Jack Ruby was born to Polish immigrant parents in Chicago in 1911. Various conflicting birth dates, from March to June of that year, are quoted in various sources and were given by Ruby at various times. The fifth of his parents' eight living children, he had a troubled childhood and adolescence, marked by juvenile deliquency and times in foster homes. Young Ruby worked selling horse-racing tip sheets, then for a scrap-iron collectors union. He also had links to organized crime while working for the Al Capone mafia organization. He served in the military during World War II without seeing combat. After being discharged he moved to Dallas and worked managing nightclubs, strip clubs, and dance halls, and also working as manager for entertainers and prostitutes. He visited Cuba in 1959 on one of his gun-running ventures and to visit a mafia friend whom Castro had put in prison.
Ruby often carried a handgun. He came to major national attention when he murdered Oswald, which he later claimed was a spur of the moment action taken when the opportunity presented itself, even though at first he claimed his killing Oswald would show the world that "Jews have guts" and his action would spare Mrs. Kennedy the ordeal of appearing at Oswald's court trial. The killing was shown live on national television, the first such incident in the United States. Oswald was being transferred from one jail to a closeby jail. The gun used by Ruby was a Colt Cobra revolver of .38 Special caliber, serial number 2744 LW.
There has been much debate about Ruby's motives. He claimed that he killed Oswald in order to save Jacqueline Kennedy from testifying in a murder trial. Other people suggest that he was carrying out a Mafia "hit" (there is some evidence to support his having strong crime syndicate links), or that he was part of a conspiracy to assassinate the president and silenced Oswald to prevent him from testifying. Much suspicion was aroused by the fact that he was able to freely enter a supposedly secure area, armed with a pistol, minutes prior to the alleged assassin of the President of the United States being transferred out. However, others have pointed out that Ruby was an unstable man who revered Kennedy and was seeking vengeance of his own accord. They point to the fact that Ruby had only just arrived at the police station, having wired money to an employee, whilst Oswald's movement had been delayed, due to his last Dallas police/secret service interrogation and his putting on a black sweater.
Ruby was tried and on March 14, 1964 was convicted of murder with malice. In an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court, it was successfully argued that Ruby could not have gotten a fair trial in the city of Dallas due to the excessive publicity surrounding the case. The appellate court agreed and ruled that his motion for a change of venue before the original trial court should have been granted, and so Ruby's conviction and death sentence was overturned. While awaiting a new trial, Ruby died of a pulmonary embolism in Parkland Hospital on January 3, 1967. He is buried in the Westlawn Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.