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>> yes. >> who is he? >> i couldnt tell you. >> do you know what kind of business he happens to be in? >> i wouldnt want to say. >> right. >> dallas city hall is normally a public building, but today it was really under armed guard. >> this a confirmed report as to who did the shooting? >> as far as i know. >> vic robertson from city hall reports that jack ruby, the owner of the carousel which is a bar in dallas did the shooting. >> my statement will be very bri brief. oswald expired at 1:07 p.m...

From a very authoritative source that police are working on the assumption that there indeed is a connection between jack ruby and lee oswald, and that in some manner of speaking oswalds murder was to shut him up. captain fritz just told me that ruby has said that he did it, that it was his gun, and that he had built up a tremendous grievance over the death of the president. >> in jack rubys small mind, he thought he was going to become a big big hero. he killed the guy who killed the president....

Service. >> there are three issues the commission had to grapple with. did oswald commit the physical act of the murder? and even if he did the physical act, did he have forces behind him? and then of course, whats rubys involvement in this? >> you had various branches of the investigation traveling, interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, bringing it back to the commission. >> the time of day was about -- not very far from two hours from it. >> there were questions how would they deal with...

We have arrested the man, the man will be charged with murder. >> who is he? >> the suspects name is jack rubenstein, i believe, he goes by the name of jack ruby. >> and here at associated press a still picture of the moment, the split second as the shot was fired. this is the man dallas police have identified as jack rubenstein, and this of course is lee harvey oswald. you see the gun in the hand of ruby and just about to be fired. >> i know my own feelings were -- and i think the were widely s...

>> what do you think of this verdict? >> i believe that jack ruby was a paid killer to close the mouth of my son, lee harvey oswald. >> the question of whether ruby knew oswald before or was in cahoots to kill him is one of the most important questions. because ruby knew people in criminal activities, there was a lot of investigation about a potential conspiracy. >> ruby would have been one of the most unlikely and worst hit men that the mob could ever get. >> on november 24th, 1963, lee harvey ...

Eyebrows for people was the fact he was killed. jack ruby went up and killed him. why would he do that? people dont believe he wouldve done that, you know, just because he wanted to avenge the first lady and so on. what of that? >> well, thats what happened. he was the owner of a sleazy strip club in dallas. he would bring sandwiches to the cops late at night. hed tell his women to be nice to the police and they knew what that meant. ruby was temperamental, undisciplined, violent, beat customers...

>> do you know this subject? do you know him? have you seen him before? >> yes, i do. >> is he from dallas? >> yes. >> who is he? >> i couldnt tell you. >> do you know what kind of business he happens to be in? >> i wouldnt want to say. >> right. >> dallas city hall is normally a public building, but today it was really under armed guard. >> this a confirmed report as to who did the shooting? >> as far as i know. >> vic robertson from city hall reports that jack ruby, the owner of the carousel w...

Members were, we were not going to be reassured by a commission. >> were already having a little disagreement here while the commercials were on. what were you saying, david? >> well, i think i disagree almost totally with mark lane on several counts. i dont know where to begin. >> let me show you something just in case we have a chance. that is a picture of jack ruby. this was taken five minutes after the assassination in front of the texas school book depository building. the commission said r...

Eyebrows for people was the fact he was killed. jack ruby went up and killed him. why would he do that? people dont believe he wouldve done that, you know, just because he wanted to avenge the first lady and so on. what of that? >> well, thats what happened. he was the owner of a sleazy strip club in dallas. he would bring sandwiches to the cops late at night. hed tell his women to be nice to the police and they knew what that meant. ruby was temperamental, undisciplined, violent, beat customers...

And legal expert and investigation reporter james. his book is titled "case closed" the assassination spun theories. lyndon johnson had a hand in the death, 60% of americans believe its a conspiracy. i know you say case closed, why do you think it persists 50 years later? >> i think, anderson, david hit some of it before. jack ruby looks like hes from central casting and looks like a hoodlum and running strip clubs and bars in dallas. and david says it doesnt do a good job and stumbles on things...