Ruby

      In Chapter 6 of the Warren Commission report it address the issue behind whether or not there was conspiracy of the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby. The chapter consists of three major heading. First is Ruby's activities from November 21st -November 24th. Second is whether there was any connection between Oswald and Ruby in the past. Third is research done on Ruby's past and his associations (Warren).
      The Warren Commission has put together extensive research on the movements of Jack Ruby the day before the murder of the president and the days following. No suspicious movement was detected before the assassination of the president. It what was what happened after that the assassination that starts to raise the eyebrows. There is notable distress after he received the news of the death of Kennedy (Warren). Ruby was the owner of a couple clubs in town and he closed them all down for three days after the assassination, which was a big deal because he would lose a lot of money(Fulsom). He made comments to an off duty police officer that frequented his club that "they should cut this guy [Oswald] inch by inch into ribbons" (Warren). There are many other instances where Ruby shows his distraught over the death of Kennedy.
     There is has been little connection made between Jack Ruby and Harvey Oswald. As owner of multiple clubs in the downtown area of Dallas Ruby had many friends and acquaintances. Many witnesses said they saw Oswald in various clubs owned by Ruby (Fulsom). There is a chance that they could have met on one of these night because Ruby would go out on the floor of his clubs and get to know the people there (Knox). When Oswald was being moved and was shot by Ruby there was a camera rolling, and this has been analyzed by many. When Oswald is ono the move he makes no facial expression or body reaction to the sight of Ruby as he is on the move (Warren). Ruby then pops out with a gun and the look on Oswald's face is more confusion than fear (Warren). This could be an added explanation that Oswald had no connection to Ruby.
      The last point is whether Ruby was paid to kill Oswald by somebody. Ruby had a troubled childhood, growing up in the slums of Chicago. When he was young he would run errands for Al Capone himself (Knox). There is no doubt that Ruby had the connections and means to kill Oswald, but the question is weather he acted alone or not.
      In my opinion I believe after reading the Warren Commission report that he did in fact act out of grief and shock for what happen to his president. Ruby may have had a shady past but there was one thing that he did love, and that was his president and country. The events the followed up to the shooting of Oswald visibly show that Ruby had taken the death of Kennedy personally and hard. The little connection that Ruby and Oswald had is no grounds for a conspiracy.


Works Cited:

Fulsom, Don. “Did Jack Ruby Know Lee Harvey Oswald?” Crime Magazine, 27 Mar. 2009,
      crimemagazine.com/did-jack-ruby-know-lee-harvey-oswald. 

Knox, Patrick. “Who Shot Lee Harvey Oswald, Did He Know Jack Ruby and Why Did He Shoot JFK? The Full              Lowdown.” The Sun, The Sun, 4 Dec. 2017, www.thesun.co.uk/news/4771034/lee-harvey-oswald-jfk-                      assassination-jack-ruby/. 

Warren, Earl. “Chapter 6.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records                     Administration, www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/chapter-6.html#top.                                               

The Facts

The many conspiracies that surround the death of President John F. Kennedy still loom overhead. There have many theories in the past, but with new technology there could be a way to crack this cold case and put the conspirators to rest. Nova, and affiliate with PBS, has done research using cutting edge technology to try and recreate the crime scene to look at it from every angle. Based off their research in company with the original report generated by the Warren Commission in 1964 (Warren). The many different angles presented by the Commission will be looked at as well as other angles that were not addressed initially. 

The Single Bullet Theory is one of the points that the Warren Commission reports on. This is the theory that one bullet was used to injure President Kennedy, as well as Governor John Connelly (Warren). The forensics behind this shot is studied by one Luke Haag, who has been  a firearms expert for 47 years. The first shot stuck Kennedy in the upper part of his shoulders with the bullet exiting just above the knot on his necktie (Warren). After the exit from Kennedy bullet then began to yaw. This means that the bullet was no longer was flying straight, the nose was now tilted up (DeNooyer). Haag set out to prove this theory. He obtained ballistic gelatin, which is just will react the same was as human flesh will. When he fires the shot into the gelatin, it parts as if it were going through a bag of water, but as it leave the bullet does in fact begin to yaw (DeNooyer). To help prove this theory the bulled hole on the back of Connelly's suit coat is shaped as if the bullet went through side ways, helping prove the theory (Warren). After the bullet exited Connelly's chest it then hit is wrist, shattering it, then it lodged itself into the left thigh of the governor (Warren). Thus one single bullet cause four wounds, which all encompass the single bullet theory.

The ability to recreate the crime scene has been attempted many times, but few if any results have come from these attempts. With recent technology there is a new way to re-create the crime scene that could help the case. Tony Grissman is a 3D laser scanning tech advisor from California, and was called in to help on the case. He uses laser scanners to recreate the crime scene, which allows him to look at the scene from every single angle possible. With this technology they were able to look at the trajectory from the Book Depository to see if it matched up with The Warren Report, which in fact it does stating that Oswald fired three shots from the 6th floor of the depository (Warren). The angle at which the bullet would have been fired matches with the prescribed trajectory of the 3D scans (DeNooyer). 

With these two bits of evidence they support all that the Warren Commission has said. The more and more I research the more I begin to silence the conspirators. There maybe some things here and there that are fishy, but there are too many facts that line up with the Warren Commission's report which states there was no conspiracy. 

Works Cited:

DeNooyer, Rushmore, director. Cold Case JFK. PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 2016, www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/cold-case-jfk.html.

Warren, Earl. “Warren Commission Report: Table of Contents.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report.