Visit to Dallas Times-Herald
Ruby arrived at the Dallas Times-Herald around 4 a.m., speaking for about 15 minutes with composing room employee Roy Pryor, who had just ended his shift. Ruby described seeing Oswald, correcting Wade about the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, and arranging a phone interview with Wade, stating he believed he was in good favor with the district attorney. Pryor recalled Ruby calling Oswald a “little weasel of a guy” and being emotionally concerned about the President’s family, shaking a newspaper for emphasis. Ruby also spoke with Arthur Watherwax, seeking his views on closing the clubs and his plan to persuade other owners to follow suit, and with foreman Clyde Gadash. Ruby displayed a “twistboard” exercise device he had promised to Gadash, leading to demonstrations and merriment, though Gadash agreed Ruby’s general mood was one of sorrow. Ruby also expressed his view that the Weissman advertisement was an effort to discredit Jews.
Return to Apartment
At about 4:30 a.m., Ruby drove from the Dallas Times-Herald to his apartment, where he awakened his roommate George Senator. Ruby discussed the Weissman advertisement and a signboard urging Chief Justice Earl Warren’s impeachment, then telephoned Larry Crafard at the Carousel Club, instructing him to meet them at Nichols Garage with a Polaroid camera. The three men then drove to the “Impeach Earl Warren” sign near Hall Avenue and Central Expressway, where Ruby had Crafard take three photographs of the billboard, believing the sign and the Weissman ad might be connected. Ruby noted on the back of an envelope a name and post office box number appearing on the sign.
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