Editing Jack Ruby (section)

==Character==
According to people interviewed by law enforcement and the Warren Commission, Ruby was desperate to attract attention to himself and his club. He knew a great number of people in Dallas, but had only a few friends. Because his business ventures were unsuccessful, he was heavily in debt.<ref name=posner/>

The Commission received reports of Ruby's penchant for violence. He had a volatile temper, and he often resorted to violence with employees who had upset him. He acted as the bouncer of his own club and beat his customers on at least 25 occasions. The fights would often end with Ruby throwing his victims down the club's stairs.<ref name=posner/> In one fight with a man, the man bit Ruby's left index finger so badly that the doctors had it amputated.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1964-01-31 |title=Nation: For the Defense |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,897073,00.html |access-date=2023-11-20 |issn=0040-781X |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120212009/https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,897073,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Stories of Ruby's eccentric and unstable behavior describe him as sometimes taking his shirt or other clothes off in social gatherings, and either hitting his chest like a gorilla or rolling around on the floor. During conversations, he could change the topic suddenly in mid-sentence. He sometimes welcomed a guest to his club, but on other nights he would forbid the same guest from entering. He was described by those who knew him as "a kook", "totally unpredictable", "a psycho", and "suffering from some form of disturbance".<ref name=posner/>

During the 1970s, prominent psychiatrist [[Irene Jakab]], who was known for her use of [[art therapy]] in diagnosing and treating patients with mental illness, analyzed artwork that had been created by Ruby while he was in jail. While assessing one of Ruby's drawings, which had been included as part of art exhibits at the [[World Psychiatric Association|World Congress of Psychiatry]] meeting in [[Waikiki]] and the University of Hawaii in late August and early September 1977, she claimed that his work conveyed "repressed [[Repression (psychoanalysis)|aggression]] and [[secretiveness]]," adding:<ref>Knoefler, Tomi. "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/272279430/?terms=%22Irene%20Jakab%22&match=1 Art Is a Tool of Psychiatrists] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408215106/https://www.newspapers.com/image/272279430/?terms=%22Irene%20Jakab%22&match=1 |date=April 8, 2023 }}." Honolulu, Hawaii: ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin'', August 31, 1977, p. 30 (subscription required).</ref>

<blockquote>Notice how he really constricts himself so as not to reveal himself. He hides behind all those geometrical lines and pointed edges. You can feel his controlled aggression.</blockquote>