09-11-2013, 12:04 AM
Don't get me wrong, I have not spent a lot of time on McAdams' site. Last night I went there to cross-check the bit about where Ruby came up with the 'I did it for Jackie' story.
IMO, McAdams does a bit better with that than he does with his pathetic 544 Camp Street theory. But like much of his material, it is ultimately a red herring.
Even if it is true Ruby told Sorrels he did it for Jackie - before he claimed his lawyer came up with the idea (and I'm not saying it is true) - that does not rule out the possibility that Ruby actually did it for the mob.
Simply because Ruby said one thing does not make it true. And where there is a contradiction in the documentary evidence, as there is on that point, you have to look to extrinsic evidence. Ruby's mob ties, phone calls immediately prior to the event, his financial situation, his hanging around the police station with a gun for two days and the whole mystery of how he managed to be present at the transfer, tell me this was no spur of the moment crime of passion.
Thus far, I think Summers has done a pretty good job on the Jack Ruby part of his book.
IMO, McAdams does a bit better with that than he does with his pathetic 544 Camp Street theory. But like much of his material, it is ultimately a red herring.
Even if it is true Ruby told Sorrels he did it for Jackie - before he claimed his lawyer came up with the idea (and I'm not saying it is true) - that does not rule out the possibility that Ruby actually did it for the mob.
Simply because Ruby said one thing does not make it true. And where there is a contradiction in the documentary evidence, as there is on that point, you have to look to extrinsic evidence. Ruby's mob ties, phone calls immediately prior to the event, his financial situation, his hanging around the police station with a gun for two days and the whole mystery of how he managed to be present at the transfer, tell me this was no spur of the moment crime of passion.
Thus far, I think Summers has done a pretty good job on the Jack Ruby part of his book.