“I never read any books on the JFK assassination,” I continued casually. He was riveted, his eyes no longer sad, now wide. “But it always seemed to me from the second I saw Ruby shoot Oswald on TV that it was Jack Ruby’s job…” He got grayer and harder as I spoke. “…to get rid of Oswald. When that went haywire on the street, Ruby had to finish the job. There’s a lot worse than facing a judge for murder.” His massive forearm muscles bulged on the arms of his gray La-Z-Boy. “If Ruby didn’t shoot Oswald” — I switched to loud and aggressive — “he’d be tortured to death, his family, too. Tortured to
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