From Ruby's WC testimony.......
This is referring to the night of the assassination.
"I left the club--I left the synagogue and I drove by the Bali-Hai Restaurant. I noticed they were open. I took recognition of that. I drove by another club called the Gay Nineties, and they were closed.
And I made it my business to drive down Preston Road. In my mind suddenly it mulled over me that the police department was working overtime. And this is the craziest thing that ever happened in a person's life. I have always been very close to the police department, I don't know why.
I felt I have always abided by the law--a few little infractions, but not serious--and I felt we have one of the greatest police forces in the world here, and I have always been close to them, and I visited in the office. And over the radio I heard they were working overtime.
I stopped at the delicatessen called Phil's on Oak Lawn Avenue, and suddenly I decided--I told the clerk there I wanted him to make me some real good sandwiches, about 10 or 12, and he had already started on the sandwiches and I got on the phone.
I called an officer by the name of Sims and I said, "Sims, I hear you guys are working," and so on. I said, "I want to bring some sandwiches." And he said, "Jack, we wound up our work already. We wound up what we were doing. We are finished what we were doing. I will tell the boys about your thoughtfulness, and I will thank them for you.""
Is this Detective Richard Sims from Homicide? If so, why was he not asked about this conversation during his WC testimony?
Ruby was very busy that night.
After being told by Detective Sims the sandwiches weren't needed, he still purchased 8 corned beef sandwiches, 8 black cherry sodas, two celery tonics, 3 cups of butter, a half loaf of Jewish rye and extra pickles.
He told the counterman at Phil's Deli that he was going to take the sandwiches to the disk jockeys at KLIF, and he eventually did just that.
But not before attending the press conference, and notably correcting Wade's erroneous 'Free Cuba movement' statement with the actual 'Fair Play for Cuba' moniker.
Shortly afterwards, Ruby is on the phone with KLIF trying to gain admission to the station to bring them the sandwiches. Ruby is rebuffed and told the doors to the station are locked.
At that moment Ruby sees Wade outside the phone booth and asks the man at KLIF if they'd like an interview with him. KLIF agrees to it. Wade is talking to reporter Ike Pappas, when Ruby approaches and says 'There's a call for you, Henry'. Wade goes into the booth and is interviewed.
Interview over, Wade gives the receiver back to Ruby who asks if they'll let him in with the sandwiches now. He's told they'll leave the door open for 5 minutes only.
Before leaving for KLIF, Ruby runs into KLIF reporter Russ Knight upstairs, hurries back down to the basement, and sets up yet another interview with Wade.
Ruby doesn't make it to KLIF in 5 minutes and finds the door locked.
He waits there 10 minutes before Russ Knight comes down the street returning to KLIF with the taped interview of Wade that Ruby had just arranged.
Knight unlocks the door and Ruby brings his $9.60 bag of sandwiches into the station.
Busy night for Ruby. Life is strange.
