@ ( og) Ruby. was , tndirecthy. linked through others a yo _ to Oswald; 7 _ b) Ruby Killed Oswald, because of ‘fear; or. | or) Y Ruby ‘killed Oswald at the suggestion of others. - | Se ‘summary of Evidence Suggesting Further Investigation. | The following facts suggest the necessity of further anvesti- — gation: —_ oe . a a, “Ruby had time to eng gage in substantial ; activities — an addition to the management of his Clubs. Ruby's night club . '. business. usually occupied no more than five hours of a normal = - working day which bezan at about 10:00 a.m. and ended at. 9:00 a.m. It was his practice to spend an average of only. .. /. « one hour a day at his Clubs between 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. | 7 4: Qur depositions were confined primarily to persons familiar | a oO with Ruby's Club activities. The FBI has thoroughly investi-- i: o gated Ruby's nignt club operations but does not seem 3g ao have, | rah a inned down his. other business or s S . ; : basic materials do make reference to such other nee yaties © _ (see p. 27 of our report of February 18), but these are ea | on C. -and collateral and were not explored Bo Geteraing whether they os ~. involved any underlying sinister purpose. Nor were they probed: » .... dn such a manner as ta nermit a Getermination. as to how. much - of eo. c.. Ruby's tine they occupied. a . we os, bs Ruby has. Always: been ‘a. person who looked - for on money-malcing "sidelines." In the two.months prior to =. °° “ November 22, Ruby supposedly spent considerable time promoting. - on exercise device known as a "twist board.” . The "twist -. a _:." board" was purportedly manufactured by Plastellite Engineering,. 9: "a. Port Worth manufacturer of oil field equipment which has... ". . poor credit references and was the subject of an FRI investi- © 02 gation in 1952... We know of no Sales. of this item by Ruby; © eye “. nor-do we know if any "twist boards" were manufactured for oo. —. --. gale. The possibility remains that the “twist. board” was a ". front for some other Altegal enterprise. ” - es ‘Ruby has long been elose to persons pursuing — 7 ge 7 tlleg acti ° ,Althougn Ruby had. no known ideological on gee '. political interests. (see p. 35 of our report of February 18), | there is much evidence that he was interested in Cuban matters, _ In early 1929 Ruby inquired conseming the smuggling of persons out of Cuba. He has admitted that, at that time, he negotiated for the sale ef jeeps to Castro. In September 1959, . C. Rub sited Havana at the invitation of Las Vegas racketeer, - |. Louis J. Mcviilie, who paid Ruby's expenses for the trip and @ o wao was later expelled from Cuba. by Castro... HeWillie® is NW 55923 Doold: 32267370 Page 107
- Gescribed by Ralph Paul, Ruby's pusiness partner, as one of | @ Ruby's closest friends, Ruby mailed a gun to Mc¥illie in early 1963. In 1961,-it is resorted that Ruby attended three meetings. . din Dallas in connection with the sale of arms to. Cubans and : . the smuggling out of refugees. The informant: identifies an wie . Ed Brunner as Ruby's associate in this endeavor, Shortly after: +. his arrest on November 24, Ruby nated Fred Brunner as one of © | . his expected attorneys, ° Brunner did not. represent Ruby, -- however, insufficient investigation has been conducted to | —— . confirm or deny the report about meetings in 1961. then Henry: Wade amnounced to the Press on November. 22, 1953 that Oswald Was a member of the Free Cuba Committee, Ruby corrected Viade- by stating "Not the Free Guba Committee; The Fair Play for ~~ | Cuba Committee. There is a difference." ‘The Free Cuba Com=  . mittee Is an existing anti-Castro organization. Eerl Ruby, 9° brother of Jack Ruby, sent an unexplained telegram to. Havana 8 in April 1962. We aeoed a enak 8 Heasonable possibility exiats: that Ruby has maintained pbered: uban affrirs to 26 ow. “ --- the extent necess to barticipate in gun sales or smugsling... ae Om dy Bits of evidence link Ruby to others who may have " been interested in Cuban affairs. When Ruby's car was seized on. November 24, it contained various risntquing radio scripts /) ox C:. ie i, Hunt and a covy of the et Journal 7p _ ~ \ bearing the mailing address of a man who has not yet been 0-8 0 »  . Adentified. In May 1963, Earl Ruby, operator of a dry cleaning’. > business, is known to have telephoned the Welen Candy Company 9.0 -. @ - {owned by the founder of John Birch Society}. The purpose of ~~. - the call is'unkmown. Jack Ruby's personal. notebook contained | the Massachusetts telephane mumber and address o? Thomas Hill, ~ former Dallas resident, working at the Boston headquarters of = - . the gohn Birch Society. Although 1t is most likely that: all of: ‘those bits of taniial evidence have innocent explana- ve tions, none hes yet heen explained. a Ce _ @. Although Ruby did not witness the motorcade through © ~. ‘Dallas, he may have had a prior interest in the President's So _  - Visit. A November 20 edition of the Fort Worth Telegram showing 2... . the President's proposed route through Fort Worth, and the 23-2 - November 20 edition of the Dallas Morning News showing the a President's route through Dallas, vere found in Ruby's car on. November 24,00 oo yt -.. _. £. On November 16 Jack Ruby met at the Carousel Club with Eertha Cheek, sister of firs. Earlene Roberts, manaser of Lee Oswald's rooming house. iivs. Cheek said that she and Ruby. discussed her lending Ruby money to open a new night. club,. - MW 55923 Doold: 32967370 Page 108
_. Ruby was not. questioned about this matter. On November 20, @ ( 1963, a woman, who may be identical to Earlene Roberts, was’. reported to be in San Antonio at the time of President .- af. Kennedy's visit. ‘The possible identification of Hrs. Roberts “4n San Antonio has not been. cheched out. -In addition, the — - Jinke formed by Mrs. Roberts between Oswald and Ruby is - puttressed in some measure by the fact that one of Ruby's ‘strippers dated a tenant of the Beckley Street rooming house — ‘guring the tenancy. of Lee Oswald. We have previously sugges tes - the theory that Ruby and Mrs, Cheel could have een mvolved in Cuban arms sales of which Oswald gained knowledge through his efforts to infiltrate tne ants astro Cubans. Our doubts - _eanterning tne real Interest of Mrs. Cheek in Jack Ruby stem . from the fact that one of. her four husbands was 2a convicted as felon and one of her friends was a police officer who married: 2.5 one of Ruby's strip-tease dancers. — We have suggested that a Ruby might. have Idilled Oswald out of fear that. implicate Ruby and his frie a gave his own life... Vemthimiesta -. edequatelysexpiore ts - a. | . _ ae gq. Ruby made or attempted to make contacts on € November 22 and 23 with persons, kmoewn and unimown, who could rs eo have been co-conspirators. Ruby was visited in Dallas from 000 7. «November 21. to November 24, 1963 by Lawrence Meyers. of Chicago. ---« Meyers had visited Ruby two weeks previously. | Ruby aiso made, , it @ a long distance call shortly after the Prasidentts death to _., mo Alex Gruber in Los Angeles. Gruber had visited Ruby about Ve . ‘the same time as Meyers in early November. Bota Gruber and Ne ee 7 Neyers. give innocent explanations. Moyers. claims he was ims 00 Dellas. enjoying life with @ “aumb but accommodating broad." . ruber claims Ruby called to say he would not mail a dog that day, as he had promised to do. Finally between 11:35 p.m. . and 12 midnight, Saturday, November 23, Ruby made a series of brief long distance phone calls culminating with acall to =. » ‘entertainer Breck Wall at a friend's house in Galveston. Wall. | Se. claims Ruby called to compliment him for calling off his | eS (Wall's) act at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas. Background  - - Ghecks have not_heen-made_on these persons. - Tpeshert, We elteve thatthe nossibility ests, Bo —_— at pn ay a - Fe ae Reeth toned 2 Allee pe aah Tegner Go Peer : : a . based gu evicence.a rest chore ICs hae nobyeucsrer cones ae Sar eates eae,  1ie ¢ Patiee or sucn Gealings can only be surmised since ene Pp @ NW 55923 Docld: 32267370 Page i109 |
ot i. We suggest that these matters cannot be left 6 (0 "hangings in the sir." They must either be explored further. (or a Dirn decision must be made not to do so supported by stated reasons for the decision. As a general matter, we ‘ink the > anvestigation deficient in these respects: ~Q) Substential time-segments in Ruby! Ss gaily | routine from September 25 to Hoyember ae. have: not been accounted for, -. (2) About: 46 persons who. saw Ruby from Movember 22. ooh — to November 24 have not been questioned by staff “oo \. members, although there are FB™ reports OD oO . interviews with all these people. Set eee one (3) Persons. yho have been interviewed because of PR Ing associations with Ruby generally have 9. 0. poe os HOt been investigated thenselves so that their aoe “truthfulness can be evaluated. . The FST reports: fo OO . -. specifically do not attempt. evaluation. . “The. ° exception has been that. where the FBI has been. given ineriminating evidence against Ruby, it. ot oo wo. Ras made further investigation to determine. - C as whether others might also be implicated w th hn soos we sys * Roby. .In every case where there was some .~ eed Po os... evidence implicating others, those other per SONS? 8 + @ “0... ware interviewed and denied the incriminating => ~ - a - allegetions. Further investigation has not been : — undertaken to resolye: the contlicts. ey oo (4) Much of our ‘Imowledge of Ruby, comes from his . friends Andrew Armstrong, Ralph Paul, Georze - ~ Senator, and Larry Crafard. Invesi tigations PT ey -- have not: been undertaken to corroborate ‘their. Np Claims... oo ae wots re Ae Specific Investigative Recommendations aman aear anneal . a. We should obtain photos of all property found | on a ‘Ruby's person, in his cer, or at his home oz: clubs, now in . possession of the Dallas District Attorney. We already have: ' photos of Ruby's address books, but no other items have been es “photographed or delivered to the Commission, These items include: °-" . the H.. L. Hunt literature and newspaper Ss mentioned in para- 7 ; graphs 3a and 32: ' 7 mS , a ae 2. me ee ee - NW 55923 ‘Docld: 32267370 | Page 110
/ b. We should conduct staff interviews or tele rT "depositions with respect to Ruby's Cuban activities of the | following persons: a A 1. Robert R HeKeown. Ruby contac ted Y eKeown | an 1959 in connection with the sale of jeeps — -. to Cuba. Tne objective of an interview or deposition of McKeown would be to obtain tnformation on possible contacts Ruby would: _. have made after 1959 if his interest. in... _ armament sales continued. Us 44, Maney Perrin. Perrin claims she met with Ruby three times in 1961 concerning refugee eh Ruby and arms sales. She says she can identify the. _. house in Dallas where meetings took place. '° Peprin now lives in Boston. Ruby admits he was. | once interested in the: sale of Jeeps s at least, cous Ty ts __.. Toteningatabptechaclgepund-inoluetneeniseposstubesCunans - Cc . _aatdvkthesysbarre Te penis i: dS not peentrecehyedaaseyes. @ ne “a. ‘Ve. should. obtetin reports from the. FBI. based. on- ‘requested investigation of allegations suggesting that Earlene a Roberts was. in, San Antonio on: November 21. ee The Comission. should take the tes tisony of the oo <n, following, persons for: the reasons Stated: ide “Hyman ‘Rubenst sein Kar 1 Ruby | -All are siblings of Jack Ruby. Hyman is: the oldest child ‘and- presumably will be the best witness as to. family history. He talked’ to Jack on November 22, reportedly visited Jack the week... before the as sassination, ‘and participated in Ruby's twist board venture.» Eva lived with Jack for 3 years in California prior to World War II, induced Jack to come to Dallas in J9NT and, managed the Vegas Club for Jack in Dallas from 1959 % 1963. Earl was a travelling salesman with Jack from 1981-1943; -. | .@ business partner 1946-1947, en@ made phone calls. before . ( - November 22, 1963.and afterwards which require explanations « NW 55923 DoeId:32267370 Page 111
= : NS pee ee . - @: $40 Y.Henry Wade. This pergon can testify to the : development of the testimony by Sgt. been ' and Det, Archer azainst Ruby and of seeing Rupy on November 22 an the Police Departnent building: fii. Jack. Ruby f. We should ; cake the depositions of the following. ‘persons For the reasons stated: os oe 3. Tom. Howard. This person: is one of Ruby's _ original mitorneys, ang is reported to have been Lange -in the police basement a few minutes. vefore oe ‘.- Oswald was shot. and to have inquired if Oswalt la’. "had been moved, He filed’a writ of habeas. /-: gorpus for Ruby about one hour after the -- “> shooting of Oswald. He could explain. these. ' gotivities: and possibly tell us about the Ruby. a 0 $a. FRE. Agent Hall. This pers on intervieved Ruby Cc! ol... For 2s hours on November 24 beginning at trial. ve should have these explanations. coe ~ approximately 12 noon. His report is cont wens os dictory to Sgt. Dean's trial. testimony. He e bo Oe also int serviewed Ruby on December 21, 1963.0 ca . . . Tat. Seth Kantor. This person was interviewed tudee” acre nee by che #bL end persists in his clain that. he . ne saw Ruby at Parkland Hospital shortly before: or after the President's death was announced, - Ruby denies that he was ever at. Parkland .. ~ Hospital. We must decide who is telling the truth, for there would be considerable ‘sienifij - eance IP it were concluded that Ruby is tying . Should we make an evaluation 1 without, seeing | Kantor ourselves? “ 7 “av. BLL, Deller. thts ‘person ‘clains | to have seen | - Oswald at the Carousel. Club prior to November 22, and this rumor perhaps more than any other has. been given wide circulation. Should we evalu- ' ate Delter’s credibility solely « on the basis of FBI reports? : &. Te PBI should re~ ~int exview the following persons: for the purposes , Stated: . oe MW 55923 Doold:322967370 Page 112
_ Ken Dowe. “Hickey Ryan Alex. Gruber, contacts with Ruby; -to Dallas in November 1963, including where he: stayed, how long, who saw hin, etc. should also check tts own files on Gruber. co To obtain personal history to ~ establish original meeting and subsequent to obtain details of visit . Lawrence Meyers (Sane as ax uber) The FSI .(KLIF reporter) To ascertain how he: happened to first contact Ruby on November 22 or 23; (Ruby provided information to KLIF concerning the location of Chief Curry), and. . whether KLIF gave any inducements to Ruby to. a ~ for it on the weekend of November 22-28, 7 ot Rabbi Silverman. “9 ‘establish ‘when Silverman Saw Ruby abv the Synagogue and obtain names of ole other: persons who may have seen Ruby at the: ““"s Synagogue on November 22 and 23. Silverman - states that he. saw Ruby at the 8 p.n. service ‘on Movember 22 and at November 23; but ‘both. of. these services lasted. _,. at least. two hours and we co not ce “ Ruby was present for the entire services. Silverman (and others) could “place” Ruby, or service on. know whether: fail to. do SOs Curing erdt tical. hours. : Breck Wall. “This person yas an en (Sone as Gruber, plus. exployment ertainer at. _ . the Adolphus. Hotel, > President Kennedy's . him in Galveston at Dallas, at. the time of |. assassination. Ruby called: 11:47 p.m. Saturday, — ‘November 23, 1663. He also visited Ruby at " the County jail. A background, check should he ae conducted. as. to this: person. See nr | val. Andrew Armstro 2, “Bruce Carlin, Karen Bennett Ce _. ° Carlin, Curtis Laverne Cr alards Ralpn Paul, oe a George Senator. Co These six persons were. deposed at length hecause:: of their friendship with Ruby, familiarity with . “Ruby's personal and business life, and contacts ‘ with Ruby on November 22, 23, and 24. In = general, each has profes ssed to have had no > vo know" edge © of Ruby's activities curing those three days Nw 55923 BDocld: 322367370 Page 115 .
NW 35923. Doold: 32267370 Other ereas of Ruby Investiga Andrew Armstrong was very active in the operation of the Carousel and worked closely with Ruby for 18 months. His deposition covers Ruby's activities and emotional state generally and particularly several hours on November 22 oo and 23. A background check should be conducted as to this person and selected parts of his _ testimony should be checked out ta test his oo a veracity. - ‘aren ‘ond Bruce Carlin were the recipients of ae a $25 money order bought by Ruby approximately | .§ minutes before. Ruby shot Oswald. iHarguerite Oswald testified that she believed she imew =. Karen. Carlin. . Background. checks should be conducted on. the Carlins. > Crafard flea Dallas. unexpectedly: on Satundoy .-: “morning November 23.. Although we tend. to a .. believe his explanation, we believe a back- “2: , ground check on him plus verification of some Of his activities on November 30 are warranted. - Paul 4s Ruby's business. partner. A background’ ae _eheck should be conducted as. to nim end his. a telephone calls: during Movember should. be: PE eS _ checked out. George Senator, ‘Ruby's. roommate, ‘allesed by Crafard to be a homoseXual, claims not.to have-: ~. seen Ruby except at thet apartment. Sunday she. morning and for a few hours early Saturday fe MOImaing.. Senator's background and own. admitted | activities on November 22, “23, and (2h should 7 be verified, penne oe tion wach are not completes. Page i114
_.. its: report, a copy: of such witnesses* appearance should. be... Made a part of the Commission records by introducing thea in. |. ° -.@évidence. If one person were directed to superintend and -. _ condition; however, we will obtain transcripts of the psychiatric... | _ testimony at the Ruby i eC stations tape recorded every _ .. the tapes. shed considerable Jignt. on the- manner in which Dallas. i puolic officials and federal. agents conducted the investi- °° unreasonable expenditures of Commission time and money, 4 a portion of November 24, and the tapes include a number or. - reviewed by staff members. Wherever witnesses appear on these . iii. After the depositions of Nancy Perrin, _ Robert MeKeown,. and Sylvia Odio have been | taken, further investigation ay be “ - _ Mecessary with respect toi VLONSs bb. Ruby's notebooks. contain numerous names, addresses, and telephone numbers. Many of these persons have. either not. been located or deny Imowing Ruby. We believe. Eyed further investigation is appropriate in Some instances; however, | we have not yet evaluated the reports now on hand. t.. We have no expert evidence as to Ruby's mental 3° Lan: rfale = Ita Pa Bnd hh om rap uRER AAI Ge TES Sy CIBER. Two Dallas radio. minute of air time.on November: 22)... 3 and 24, We have obtained these radio tapes for all except... interviews with key witnesses in the Oswald area. In addition;.0000." gations and performed in public view. ~ We believe that similar video tapes and movie films should be obtained from: NBC, CBS yo Ax, UPI, and Movietone News, and relevent portions Siould be =. films who have been: considered by the Commission in preparing 2°: orgsnize this effort, we believe 14 could te done without == |: SLee StHaicns Sate y WHSSnGT iteretionsxeccords . epSSSGHEeE ‘ iia Nabea ah ete LOE LS) Copies of Dallas hotel and- motel registrations and airline --Manifests. to and from Dellas should be obtained for the period September 25 to December 1; 1953. Similarly, Emigration and . immigration records. should be obtained for the period October 1, 1963 to January 1, 1964, We believe that these records may provide a useful tool as ney evidence develops after the Commission substits its report. We do not suggest that. these - records necessarily he. examined by the Commission staff at NW 55923 Docld:32267370 Page 115
z Te ire Me wemt Pe Wess C gnicesa | : “In yespanee to yore meserendun. ot Fens. ay W362," Te OF poet thet ce py godnendag Sima 3, 1964 all of the Investigative reqieste Vtoh - ee — ere ro8 spptopriate wit haya been delivered “be 5 5 Vite Tepeeh to Bosex Yokl, wa y believe that £4 ony later be. aporour iste te qustic bin, dos Peterson, oof Bsips Paul Deron the FRE or ty dapeattiion concerning the telephone balks Ruby mBie bpetyeen 11 W216 D-De and ii: £5. Dee on Sat set ay Te soos” abe Thoreyen, - we do not wih te undertake such questioning will the resulta of om other regs sesta hare Doan oxenined, In ateitsen, It shed be > enghoniss apised that fieether Investigative requests moy hecons eppropeiste (in the course of reading tha fuby trial trancerist, eromboing -fochher | eyle cones to ba prenduced by maby. oa hia eterna, Sekt 38 a fined crelsy, and > PDOTIRS » Hlopethskess, we believe the Anes ties’ abe. xementa. na unten Dy metas) yikh corve $2 cormoss ot rf lie Jf, 2 prespe that our “‘nepgeut ions rox chin thing 2 Sodio topes, television ot tepes, hotel, aml motel roaomis, mm) aivitne passenge menifests axa of such a broad naare ns to he wilde the pempe af ony Peyueste hy vee of lebbose & FRIZ beh we uid ersband t oonsidamrt ion has been given to thoeo castost Lory me “abs sha tackois ~ At hy gary] et f Ps t “W32l be cate fn tt 1S Lueure as ws yhether or nok Rove. BUSS eshions wilh - far 4 Grif Cin/ jv/6-1-64 CC: &eiffin chron file NW 55923 Doold: 32267370 Page i168