ALS, signed "Jack Ruby" and "Jack R.," three pages on two sheets, 7.25 x 10.5, Cabana Motor Hotel of Dallas letterhead, 1963. Handwritten letter to a girlfriend explaining his daily routine and method for collecting old debts, written on the stationery of the Cabaña Motor Hotel of Dallas, which opened in 1963. Ruby frequently visited the Bon Vivant Room at the Cabaña Motor Hotel and was there the night before President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
In part: "Today went well - and I think by tomorrow this guy will be honest - or running scared. Time will tell. I'm working hard & being good. I usually (that's yesterday) get up at 630 & cull thru the collection of garbage I have available 'till 900 or so - and then the session runs 'till 500 & I come back & cull some more 'till 900 or 930 - then I eat dinner & come back & fiddle around 'till like now - and then I have a few drinks out of my bottle - call you and go to bed. I'm a hard working son of a bitch - really I am. It's a drag man! But it's the only way to keep ahead of the crowd.
You ask the guy a question - and he says Gee, I'm sorry I don't remember. Then (because you've been working hard & have good notes - you say) well, look at this little old mother-loving letter you wrote two years ago & see if you remember better. So he looks - then he has to talk a little. And after you do that a few times he doesn't say "I don't remember" so much. Pretty soon, whether he remembers or not, he talks - and then (because you've worked hard) you say - "well wait a minute, but I heard what you said & here's a letter that says something else & how about it. After that you usually don't have any trouble - all you do is say - isn't this the way it was -- & he's afraid of the letters & stuff & says, Yes, it probably is - and then he's telling the truth. But anyway, to get to this point, you have to do lots of homework, unless you're real brilliant & remember everything without looking at it 20 times - which I ain't & can't. So come on down & join the working class - you don't get rich but it's a living. And if you're competitive, it's fun to win. I try to relax about those things, but really I can't. I'm a bundle of nerves. I hate it!"
He adds a postscript, "P.S. I just called & there you were! You're so smart honey. While I wish you were here it probably would end up so that we wouldn't have too much time. It's better that we say 'fun time' is our time & working time is on me. There'll be lots of times when things are quiet - and I love you for being you -- & being smart enuf to known when to stay home." In very good condition, with overall creasing, tears, and old tape staining.
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