28-03-2016, 11:20 AM
I realise that there are two different Rubys. Just trying to flesh out the point that it's very possible that Ruby (of Chicago) knew Johnson at that time.
“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.â€
― Leo Tolstoy,
― Leo Tolstoy,