If you have doubted me about Jack Ruby being innocent, I have something surprising to tell you that may change your mind.
First, you know that Oswald pleaded for a lawyer, but the Dallas Police wouldn’t give him one. He devoted his whole MPC speech to protest that and to implore the world for “legal assistance.” He did so much damage that night, that they had to do “damage control” the next evening by having Attorney H Louis Nichols meet with an Oswald double who turned down his offer of a lawyer.
I assure that that was not Oswald in the cell. You know that in the wee hours of Saturday morning he pleaded with the whole world for a lawyer. You think he changed his mind 16 hours later? No way.
But, it was very different for Ruby. It was the opposite for him. Supposedly, he shot Oswald at 11:21, and before 1:00, he had a lawyer without even asking for one. Llet’s talk about that lawyer.
His name was Tom Howard, and he was NOT Ruby’s lawyer, and he never was. He had never ever done any kind of legal work for Ruby. Not criminal, and not civil. We have been lied to about that since 1963. And there is evidence that Howard and Ruby didn’t now each other at all.
Over the years, a story arose that Ruby’s family called Howard. That’s a lie. Another story emerged that George Senator drove him to visit Ruby- another lie. There is no solid evidence that Ruby knew Howard at all.
The way that Tom Howard became Ruby’s lawyer was rigged by him and the Dallas Police. First, he was let into the Police Department, even though it was on lockdown after the shooting. Fritz and most of his men were at Parkland Hospital waiting for Oswald to die. Howard was let in, and somebody in the police department took him up to Ruby’s cell.
All Ruby was told was that a lawyer was here to see him. Read this testimony by FBI Agent Hall.
Here is the relevant portion of FBI Special Agent C. Ray Hall's sworn testimony, taken May 28, 1964, concerning Tom Howard and Jack Ruby.
Warren Commission Hearings, Volume XV, pages 64–65.
How did Tom Howard get involved?
Mr. Hubert: How did Mr. Howard get into the matter; do you know?
Mr. Hall: I was interviewing Jack Ruby when one of the jailers, a uniformed officer that I did not know, came in and said that an attorney was downstairs and wanted to talk with Jack Ruby. I told him that Jack was available immediately to go talk with his attorney.
Jack was wearing only a pair of shorts. (RC: he meant boxer shorts So, Ruby was left in his underwear, and that is a documented fact.) The officers bought him his clothing: shirt, trousers, shoes, and then after dressing, Ruby went downstairs to talk to Mr. Howard.
Mr. Hubert: You went with him too?
Mr. Hall: Yes, sir; I went with him too. Ruby did not know who the attorney was.
Did Ruby recognize Howard?
Mr. Hubert: Did he recognize him when he saw him? I mean, did he say anything or do anything to indicate he did?
Mr. Hall: Not relly—Ruby walked over to a door where there was a screen where people can confer with prisoners and I was at the back of the room and I did not hear any of the conversation.
Mr. Hubert: Through the usual accommodations for attorneys-clients?
Mr. Hall: Yes, sir.
Mr. Hubert: They are separated by a screen?
Mr. Hall: Yes, sir; and I stayed with the other officers and we were back. I knew who Howard was, but whether Jack Ruby did or not, I couldn’t say.
How long did the meeting last?
Mr. Hubert: And that was, as I understand it, between 1:58 and 2:02?
Mr. Hall: Yes.
Mr. Hubert: So, about 4 minutes?
Mr. Hall: Just 4 minutes.
RC: Let me explain something. Ruby got to the basement an hour early, and he was jumped upon and taken up to the jail. For several hours, he was kept under wraps. He wasn’t really slipped into the story until 3:00. Fritz had gotten back after Oswald died, and it was time for Ruby’s first interrogation with him. So, they brought him down to the 3rd floor, which was packed with reporters and cameramen, and that’s when he got slipped into the story for the very first time.
Ruby was not in the garage during the spectacle. FBI Agent James Bookhout masqueraded as Ruby. But, he was quite a bit shorter than Ruby, and he was pudgier than Ruby. And being an FBI agent, Bookhout had razored hair in back. Ruby didn’t have razored hair in back. So, Bookhout wore a mop of a wig. And that is who we are seeing in the films and photos; not Ruby.
So, why did they want Ruby to have a lawyer but not Oswald? They wanted Ruby to have a lawyer because the lawyer that they picked, Tom Howard, would reinforce to Ruby that he did it, that he shot Oswald. Everyone was reinforcing that in Ruby.
And Ruby went along with everything. He was the most submissive person there ever was. His submission to Authority, in this case the Dallas Police, the FBI, and the Secret Service, was absolute. I’ll give you an example. Dr. Fred Bieberdorf, the Jail doctor who was still a student, he went to Ruby and told him that he had to perform a rectal exam on him because the Police were concerned that he might be hiding a firearm in his rectum. I’m not making it up. So, Ruby let him perform a rectal exam. There was nothing that Ruby protested. He was so passive and submissive, it makes you wonder what the melee was about. Well, I know what it was about. It was about keeping James Bookhout covered up until they could get him inside, so that people and television viewers wouldn’t see that he wasn’t Jack Ruby.
Ruby never, ever requested a lawyer, but they brought him one. Oswald howled for a lawyer, but they wouldn’t let him have one. The difference was that Oswald was of right mind and Ruby was not. If Oswald had talked to a lawyer, they would have had to kill the lawyer.
So, am I saying that James Bookhout shot Oswald in the garage? No. Absolutely not. That would have been dangerous. Someone else could have been hurt. That was all theater. Oswald was shot in the Jail Office afterwards. By whom? By the Dallas Police. They killed Oswald and framed Ruby. That is the disgusting truth about what happened on 11/24/63.
Read this exchange I had with AI:
RC: You say Howard “bypassed security.” Explain that.
When historians say Tom Howard "bypassed security," they are referring to how he utilized his extreme familiarity with the building and personal rapport with the officers to casually walk into a highly restricted crime scene.
Howard did not sneak past guards or break through barricades. Instead, the "bypass" occurred because the Dallas Police Department’s strict lockdown procedures entirely dissolved for individuals who were considered trusted insiders.
Official FBI interviews and Warren Commission documents detail how the bypass occurred: [1, 2]
- He Was Already Inside the Basement: Howard's law office was directly across the street from City Hall. On the morning of November 24, he walked over and entered the building through the Harwood Street basement entrance. [1]
- The "Insider Pass": A detective was stationed at that door specifically to block unauthorized personnel. However, Howard was a prominent, fixture-like defense attorney in the Dallas legal system who drank, networked, and worked daily with local cops and detectives. Because the guard recognized him as a trusted insider, Howard was simply waved through into the basement garage without a press pass or security clearance. [1]
- Witnessing the Shooting: Howard walked over to the jail office windows, looked inside to see what was happening, and asked a detective if they were getting ready to move Oswald. Within seconds, Lee Harvey Oswald was led out, and Jack Ruby stepped from the crowd and fired the fatal shot right in front of Howard. [1, 2]
- Walking Into the Booking Area: Immediately after the gunshot, absolute bedlam erupted. While the basement was instantly locked down to the public, Howard used the chaos and his recognizable face to walk directly into the jail booking area where officers had tackled and dragged Ruby. [1]
Because the Dallas police were treating the most high-stakes transfer in American history with an "old boys' club" mentality regarding building access, Howard was able to bypass standard security protocols simply by being a familiar face in the crowd.
Jack Ruby was innocent. He did not shoot Oswald. But, he was so impaired mentally, and also drugged, that he was tricked into believing that he did. And the whole country was tricked into believing that he did with that dog and pony show they put on.

