Santo Jose Trafficante, nephew of Santo Jr. and named as a made member of the crime family in 1990, died yesterday in Tampa. He would assign that to a lower level guy who he knew he could trust and knew could influence Ruby. Where did you read that Ruby had dinner with Joey? Werent there dozens of news people at the conference that could have informed Wade? Mafialand (formerly published as Shadowland) - Google Books Santos Trafficante called in the mobs chits with Ruby and ordered him to kill Oswald, Anderson wrote in his 2000 memoir, Peace War and Politics. (p. Upon completion at each level, the conspiracy to kill JFK was operational and executable by 11/22/1963, just in time for Dallas, Texas the city itself symbolic of OIL money and power, the South, and conservative [war industry] leaders. 180-10141-10497. The Italiano faction in Tampa found the situation intolerable. She says that her father was in meetings with Harvey, Angleton, Rosselli, and others during 1963, and that at one point Joe confided in her that LBJ had requested an increase in his personal security detail that spring. Ruby apparently lived nearby. Of course, the Church Committee and HSCA were well aware of Trafficantes role in the early anti-Castro plots, so either Shimon is pointing to someone else (without providing any clue whatsoever) or is being extremely disingenuous. [13], The HSCA had previously quoted Aleman as stating that he thought Trafficante's use of the phrase "he is going to be hit" meant that the mob boss knew Kennedy was going to be killed. No, I cant believe that Tippit getting shot was any part of the conspiracy. Tippit failed to carry out the assignment earlier. For someone who professed to being shocked at the assassination of JFK, he displayed no desire to describe his friend Jack Rubys thoughts and words. He was standing right across the street from the ramp and Vaughn. Especially if it implicated Castro. Re: Ronnie Wayne, September 7, 2014 @ 11:36pm. "Kingpin of no Kingdom: A Brandom man Denies any mafia ties". [12] Trafficante said that he introduced the trio to Cuban exiles in Florida. PDF The Echo From Dealey Plaza The True Story Of The First African American Trafficante Sr. had always wanted to make it big in Cuban with casinos and dispatched his son, Santo, Jr., to Havana in 1946 to help operate a mob-owned casino. And he asked Russ Knight who Earl Warren was. http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Sylvia%20Meagher%20Clips/Sylvia%20Meagher%20Images/SM-015.pdf. I am just saying its odd. Incidentally, I recently saw the movie The November Man. Mather did not get immunity from the HSCA for knowing nothing. 1946. P.S. Perhaps Ruby was hopeful that he would not actually have the position he found himself incoming to the DPD basement late and then having to actually do his part. Id agree that Tippit knew his killer. Damn. So the Laredo reference is not related to the use of it as a code name by Richard Case Nagell? Ruby 1st approached the office O was being interrogated in on the afternoon of 11/22, likely with pistol in pocket but was denied entrance. What I find there is extreme naivete, or disingenuous understanding of the public face of practical politics. We can however glean more information about the significant figures who may have been involved in the assassination, and understand more about the lies, deception , and anti American activities of the intelligence agencies who are purportedly representing the interests of the nation. Jack Ruby, Santos Trafficante, Carlos Marcello, David Ferrie, Sergio Aracha Smith, Osantos, Rose Cheramie, Barney Ross.Heroin, Houston and Havana. As a leading member of the syndicate, he also was suspected of having behind-the-scenes interests in other syndicate-owned Cuban casinos: the Hotel Habana Riviera, the Tropicana Club, the Sevilla-Biltmore, the Capri Hotel Casino, the Commodoro, the Deauville, and the Havana Hilton. If Wade erroneously referred to an anti-Castro group, then Rubys correction was to associate (and incriminate) Oswald to a pro-Castro group. Wasnt that his duty in a full investigation of the presidenfs death? I dont think he actually wanted to kill Oswald. I believe that Ruby may have been a witness (possibly under an assumed name) for the McClellan (?) Certain Tippit murder witnesses changed their story from their initial accounts. ], http://www.comingsoon.it/film/segreti-di-stato/42139/scheda/. IMHO, he had already been ordered to kill him. I have a smith and wesson 38 caliber revolver even when shooting 38 caliber with plus p a hotter load there is no kick that I can recall. Phase 1: Conspiracy Agreement and Motive to Kill JFK; Phase 2: The Means to Recruit and Organize Personnel; Phase 3: Logistics & Planning; Phase 4: Propaganda and Media Control (JFK & Oswald); Phase 5: Oswalds Legend and Doppelgangers (Sheep-dipping in New Orleans, Mexico, and Dallas); Phase 6: Wet-Work Mechanics; Phase 7: Dealy Plaza Murder/Coup detat; Phase 8: Body Theft by Proxy (Secret Service); Phase 9:The Extraction of Bullets Autopsy; Phase 9.5; Suspect/Witness Extinction (ongoing); Phase 10: Obstruction of Investigation by Secret Service, FBI CIA, Military, and Dallas Police; Phase 11: Formation of LBJs Official Whitewash Commission. At some point over the weekend Ruby becomes frantic, acting very different, more emotionally distraught. I feel he kept putting off, almost begging to get caught at best or, at the very least, not be in the same place as Oswald on Sunday.