Unsigned handwritten notes in pencil by Jack Ruby, three pages both sides, 4 x 6, no date but written while imprisoned. Ruby relates stories of himself being a 'tough guy,' in part: "Once shot a bullet in ceiling at Vegas Club, because some fellowes were beating up on a friend who was trying to break up a fight…Once fought three fellowes in the Silver Spur, who were causing a lot of trouble with the knife and hit him with my fist just in time, but luckily my jacket was cut to shreds—went to court and nothing happened—One fellow was throwing up in the club and he also had taken his shoes off, and I asked him to leave, and after he put his shoes on, he was exceptionally huge man, and he went for me with a heavy wooden chair and he swung the chair at my head to kill me, and I ducked in time to save my life and I started to hit him and cut him up pretty bad. When the officers came, they asked me what happened and I told them if they would rather see me on the floor They left taking the fellow with them. I don't recall whether or not it was the next day or that same nite, but didn't pay any attention to the chair, and when one of the employees showed me the chair and what had happened…he…then realized how close to death I really came, from that time on I realized how important it was for me to always have my pistol on me, if I wanted to stay alive." In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Thomas E. Miller, who was imprisoned with Ruby in the Dallas County Jail.
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