At the time of the Kennedy assassination, I owned a Club (CIRO’S) on Rush Street, on Chicago’s near north side.. The club was, among being in the center of the fast lane in Chicago’s nightlife, was a popular spot for many of the Mob 2nd tier leaders,(capo’s) to meet with their hooker/stripper, girlfriends..
Most of them tried to maintain a lower profile, you could not avoid their presence.. Several of the bosses brought out of town friends with them to talk away from their own clubs, which many of them had.. One was a strip-club owner from Dallas, Jack Ruby, who I didn’t know his identity, until after he killed Oswald..
Some of the local strippers at that time knew him and worked for him at his Dallas Strip Club.. There was no doubt that he was connected to the Chicago Outfit, through Carlos Marcello, via Joseph Campisi, the Dallas connection.. Ruby got his start and his connection on Rush Street years before..
Well, a day or two after Ruby shot Oswald, one of the strippers was sitting with a group, and had her share of drink, they appeared that they were really celebrating the Kennedy affair, said in a louder voice “didn’t you tell me that Jack (Ruby) was going to pop Oswald?”..
With that, one of the guys grabbed her by the hair, and pulled her close and whispered something to her that caused her to start crying.. Shortly after that she was escorted out and I never saw her again..
I just happened to be at the table at the time opening a bottle of Champagne.. They all looked at me, and the oxygen left the room, the big guy said not to worry about me because I grew up in the neighborhood and he knew my whole family.. GULP!
My favorite pizza hangout in Dallas is Campisi's. There is no evidence that old Joe Campisi was in the mob, but members of the mafia liked his pies, including Jack Ruby.
That’s an amazing story. I can imagine you were quite unnerved after hearing that. I knew a guy from college who’s uncle was CIA in the 60s & his uncle told him a very different story about the Kennedy killing than the one sold to the public. Still, if there was a plot I suspect it would have come out by now. So I figure LHO did it himself.