Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Anatomy of a Front Page, Nov. 25, 1963 Chicago Tribune-- Part 3: Chicago Connection

This was the front page featuring Lee Harvey Oswald being shot by Jack Ruby.  Continued from July 3rd, 2014 blog.

CHICAGO CONNECTIONS:  Jack Ruby, or Rubenstein, was a former Chicagoan, the Tribune noted on page 1, fleshing out his connections in another story inside.

Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, was one of weight children raised in his family on Chicago's Maxwell Street area.  "He grew up to be a tough street fighter who struggled throughout his life to support himself and members of his family.  Some of the means he used were extra-legal," the Tribune reported.

The next day, the Tribune continued that he was linked by federal agents to "a number of Chicago hoodlums.

Ruby  was the second Chicago connection to the president's assassination.    The Sunday Tribune, Nov. 24 Tribune reported that the gun used to kill Kennedy was a "mail order rifle purchased in Chicago for $12.78" from Klein Sporting Goods on West Madison Street.


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