Seven pieces of 'fan mail' sent to Jack Ruby and his lawyer Tom Howard, totaling eleven pages, dated from November 24-29, 1963. Some quotes from the letters: "'Congradulations' on the fine job you did by killing 'Oswald.' I am only 14 years old but in my book you'll allways be a very great and honorable man for what you did, that no one else had the guts to do…I do not think you should be found guilty. If anything, you should be decorated"; "I think you deserve a medal for a job well done. The police should shake your hand and send you home"; "I think you righted a grave wrong and things will work out in your favor in the end. Enclosed is a check for two dollars for a deed well done"; "Would it not be right, just and proper to file complains against the police force, from the Chief on down, with gross negligence, dereliction of duty, negligence contributing to a homicide?"; "Mr. Jack Ruby was, in a sense, a hero, rather than a criminal…His was a noble act of loyalty to his Chief"; and "Mr. Rubenstein should be set free, taken to Washington, wined, dined, feted, and then given the Congressional Medal of Honor with an appropriate scroll attesting to his brave and most honorable deed." In overall fine condition.
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