JFK Assassination: Jack Ruby CIA Files

Description

Jack Ruby and the Kennedy Assassination Timeline

Detailed Timeline of Main Events

• March 25, 1911: Jacob Leon Rubenstein (later known as Jack Ruby) is born.
• November 1963: Jack Ruby operates two nightclubs in Dallas, Texas: the Carousel Club and the Vegas Club.
• November 22, 1963:President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
• Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested by the Dallas Police Department as a suspect in the murder of Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit.
• Approximately 12 hours after his arrest, based on evidence from Federal, State, and local agencies, the State of Texas arraigns Lee Harvey Oswald, charging him with the murders of President Kennedy and Patrolman Tippit.
• November 24, 1963: Jack Ruby fatally shoots Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of the Dallas Police Department headquarters building while Oswald is in police custody.
• (Date not specified in source): A Dallas jury finds Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, and he is sentenced to death.
• (Date not specified in source): Jack Ruby appeals his conviction and death sentence and is granted a new trial.
• January 3, 1967: Jack Ruby dies of a pulmonary embolism at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. This is the same hospital where Lee Harvey Oswald died and President John F. Kennedy was pronounced dead after his assassination.
• (Ongoing as of the document’s creation): The CIA compiles files related to Jack Ruby, totaling 3,862 pages. These files include approximately 2,700 pages from the CIA and approximately 1,000 pages from the FBI and the House Select Committee on Assassinations, all containing information related to both the CIA and Ruby. The subject matter of these files includes investigations into potential connections between Lee Harvey Oswald and Ruby, Ruby’s trip to Cuba, and his ties to organized crime, including a possible attempt to get Fidel Castro to release Santos Trafficante from jail.

Cast of Characters with Brief Bios

• Jack Ruby (Jacob Leon Rubenstein): An American nightclub owner operating the Carousel Club and the Vegas Club in Dallas, Texas, in November 1963. He fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy and Patrolman J.D. Tippit, while Oswald was in police custody on November 24, 1963. Ruby was convicted of Oswald’s murder and sentenced to death, though he was later granted a new trial. He died of a pulmonary embolism on January 3, 1967.
• Lee Harvey Oswald: A former U.S. Marine who was arrested by the Dallas Police Department as the prime suspect in the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit on November 22, 1963. He was formally charged with both murders approximately 12 hours after his arrest. Two days later, on November 24, 1963, he was fatally shot by Jack Ruby while in police custody.
• John F. Kennedy: The 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
• J.D. Tippit: A Dallas Police Department patrolman who was murdered on November 22, 1963, shortly after President Kennedy’s assassination. Lee Harvey Oswald was also charged with his murder.
• Fidel Castro: The communist revolutionary and former Prime Minister and President of Cuba. CIA files related to Jack Ruby include investigations into whether Ruby was involved in an attempt to get Castro to release Santos Trafficante from jail.
• Santos Trafficante: A prominent American mobster with significant influence in Cuba prior to the Cuban Revolution. CIA files related to Jack Ruby mention an investigation into a possible attempt to get Fidel Castro to release Trafficante from jail.

JFK Assassination: Jack Ruby CIA Files

3,862 of pages of CIA files related to Jack Ruby, material produced or collected by the Agency. Approximately 2,700 pages of the files are from the CIA. Approximately 1,000 pages are FBI and House Select Committee on Assassinations files containing information related to both the CIA and Ruby.

Jacob Leon Rubenstein (March 25, 1911 – January 3, 1967), he later changed his last name to Ruby, operated two nightclubs, the Carousel Club and the Vegas Club in Dallas, Texas, in November 1963. On November 22, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested by the Dallas Police as a suspect in the murder of Dallas Police Department patrolman J.D. Tippit. Citing evidence provided by Federal, State, and local agencies, the State of Texas arraigned Oswald 12 hours after his arrest, charging him with the murder of both President Kennedy and Patrolman Tippit.

On November 24, 1963, Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald, who was in police custody, in the basement of the Dallas Police Department headquarters building. A Dallas jury found Ruby guilty of murdering Oswald, and Ruby was sentenced to death. Later, Ruby appealed his conviction and death sentence and was granted a new trial. Ill with lung cancer, Ruby died of a pulmonary embolism on January 3, 1967 at Parkland Hospital, where Oswald had died and where President Kennedy had been pronounced dead after his assassination.

Much of the subject matter in the files involve looking for a connection between Lee Harvey Oswald and Ruby.  Files show attempts to gather information about Ruby’ trip to Cuba and his connections to organized crime. Memos take note of  an investigation into whether Ruby was a part of an attempt to get Fidel Castro to release Santos Trafficante from jail.