Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Visit to the Pago Club

After finishing the calls to Paul and Wall at 11:48 p.m., Ruby drove to the Pago Club, a 10-minute trip from the Carousel Club. He took a table near the middle of the club, ordered a Coke, and asked the waitress in a disapproving tone why the club was open. When manager Robert Norton joined him a few minutes later, Ruby expressed concern about whether it was proper to operate the club that evening, noting the Carousel was closed but not criticizing Norton for staying open. Norton brought up President Kennedy’s death, saying no one had the right to take another’s life, and Ruby expressed no strong opinion before saying he was going home because he was tired. Ruby later told the Commission he knew “something was wrong” with him in the mood he was in that night.

第八章 She did not then know Oswald’s address in Dallas.[C6-367]

This chapter details Jack Ruby’s activities on the morning of November 24, 1963, leading up to his fatal shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald in the Dallas Police Department basement, alongside evaluations of Ruby’s conduct surrounding the John F. Kennedy assassination and assessments of unsubstantiated rumors that Ruby and Oswald were previously acquainted.

Sunday Morning Activities

Ruby’s Sunday morning activities are the subject of conflicting testimony. Ruby and his roommate George Senator maintained he did not leave their apartment until shortly before 11 a.m., supported by two other witnesses, while three WBAP-TV technicians claimed to have seen Ruby near the Police and Courts Building between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. These technician identifications are largely discredited: none had prior familiarity with Ruby, made only brief observations, and gave inconsistent descriptions of Ruby’s appearance that conflict with verified details of his attire that morning. Testimony also indicates Ruby received a confused, seemingly distraught phone call from his cleaning lady Elnora Pitts between 8:30 and 9 a.m., and after breakfast he paced the apartment, mumbled unintelligibly, and spoke with his entertainer Karen Carlin at 10:19 a.m. to arrange sending her $25 via telegraph, mentioning he would be downtown that day.