BOB WILLS and JACK RUBY in Dallas

Subject: BOB WILLS and JACK RUBY in Dallas
From: Art Thieme
Date: 04 Jan 00 - 01:28 PM

Quite a while back I heard that Jack Ruby (the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald) bought his nightclub in Dallas, Texas from Bob Wills. Can anyone out there verrify that and possibly add information to my querie.

Thanks,

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: BOB WILLS and JACK RUBY in Dallas
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 04 Jan 00 - 01:37 PM

My God Art! You're probably right! I just KNEW that Bob Wills had something to do with JFK's killing. I've just played "Bubbles in My Beer" backwards after drinking a sixpack, and I swear I can hear Tommy Duncan saying "Paul isn't dead, but George has a stomache ache".

By the way, Happy New Year Art. You were in my headphones for an hour last night, while I was re-reading "Lonesome Traveller" for the fifth time.

Rick

Subject: RE: BOB WILLS and JACK RUBY in Dallas
From: JedMarum
Date: 04 Jan 00 - 02:05 PM

Art -

The answer is; YES. In 1952 Ruby bought the Bob Wills Ranch House with a business partner. They paid 3700 for it. Ruby was also running his strip club (the Silver Spur) in those days, and the Bob Wills club never made a go of it for Ruby. He sold it within the same year he bought it.

Subject: RE: BOB WILLS and JACK RUBY in Dallas
From: Art Thieme
Date: 05 Jan 00 - 02:57 AM

liam devlin,

Thanks so much for the details. That fleshes out what had been just a stray bit of trivia I hAD picked up somewhere.

Rick, Happy New Year to you too---and to all here at Mudcat.

Art