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From a very authoritative source that police are working on the assumption that there is, indeed, a connection between jack ruby and lee oswald and that in some manner of speaking, oswalds murder was to shut him up. >> captain wolfowitz has 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. i mean, he killed the guy who...

>> i would very say illegal and unethical. >> he had everyone and their grandmother involved in the assassination. at one time it was oil millionaires. then it was the minutemen. then it was a homosexual killing. >> yes, sir. >> you feel that homosexuality or the coercion of homosexuality was a factor in the assassination? >> at one point he had 15 assassins in dealey plaza. >> garrison announced he had discovered a code. >> he said jack rubys unlisted telephone number appears in address books b...

Two days talking with newsmen and distributing his card, also making friends. >> jack ruby was a police and media groupie. ruby thought he was our friend. >> so im in this very same room friday night when we had the defendant up here. some of you will recall he asked a question from out here. no, standing right back here. i didnt know who he was. i thought he was a member of the press. and he told me as we walked out of here that he was a nightclub operator. >> rubys act was that of a vigilante....

>> in a unanimous verdict by a 12-man jury, shaw was found not guilty of charges that he conspired to kill the late president john kennedy. >> why did you do it? [ laughter ] >> after the not guilty verdict, editorials around the country, one of the darkest chapters in american jurisprudence history. its just a crime. >> from what i saw and heard, i dont think he had proved clay shaws guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. i would have voted not guilty for clay shaw. >> i think that garrison feels tha...

>> 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 ruby was not there. this is a picture showing how commission publi...

>> what type of man is he? >> jack is a very emotional-type person. and as i was saying awhile ago, hes the type man that probably would give you the shirt off his back at one moment and then turn around and do something as nutty as this in the next. >> i never used the term "angry." thats not in my vocabulary. >> he was known for a quick temper. and later as it turned out, he was hooked on two kinds of speed at the time of the shooting. >> he had been here at the police station during the past ...

>> no matter how illustrious the members were, we were not going to be reassured by a commission. >> were already having a little disagreement here. >> well, the commercials run. >> i think i almost disagree totally with mark lane on several counts. i dont know where to begin. >> let me show you while we have a chance. that is a picture of mr. jack ruby. this was taken five minutes after the assassination in front of the texas school depository book building. the commission said ruby was not the...

The family would say we know how he loved kennedy. >> lewis mcwillie knew john roseli the mafia they hired to assassinate fidel castro? >> they found him in a barrel of oil or something. >> right. he was stabbed his throat was cut. >> all right lewis mcwillie thats the key name to remember. jack rubys sister admitted he knew lewis mcwillie. he visited jack ruby did in dub cuba. up next we will tie everything together. another exclusive with the watergate burglar. you remember the name frank stur...

Geraldos vault. you will see them unseason including with the sister of jack ruby the man who killed lee harvey oswald. john roberts has an interview with the wild and crazy crack smoking mayor of tornado. okay ladies, whenever youre ready. thank you. thank you. i got this. no, ill get it! no, let me get this. seriously.

What in the hell is going on? >> just learned from city hall 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 said he did it that it was his gun, and 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 kille...