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32. Ruby had organized crime connections long before 46-47.

If you go to the front page of the Chicago Tribune for Dec. 9, 1939 you will see a headline about the murder of union reformer, Leon Cooke. Ruby's picture is right below the headline because police suspected him of the killing. Cooke had gone to the union office to complain about a contract he considered to be a sellout. The union was the Scrap iron and Junk Handlers union. Cooke and Ruby got into a argument and Cooke was shot dead. Like most mob killings in Chicago no charges were ever filed.

After Cooke was out of the way Ruby helped Paul Dorfman, the gambling boss of the North side, to gain control of the union. The mob wanted control of that union so they could extort businesses where they picked up garbage.

Ruby worked for the mob in Chicago until after WW II. Then they sent him to Dallas to expand their influence in the rapidly growing Texas cities.

It is too bad the Chicago Tribune does not have issues online. But you can go to your local library and through the inter-library loan program get the paper for that period.