Bernard Garrett
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Bernard S. Garrett Sr. was an American businessman, investor and banker.
Bernard Garrett Sr. in 1965
The Bankers Building in Los Angeles (now called the Los Angeles Jewelry Center)
Jack Ruby
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Jack Leon Ruby was an American nightclub owner. He murdered Lee Harvey Oswald two days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. He was born in Chicago, and operated nightclubs in Texas.
Bernard Garrett
…misapplication of funds and a conspiracy to defraud the bank by using funds for personal purposes. The Garretts hired lawyers Melvin Belli—who had defended Jack Ruby—and Joe Tonahill to defend him. Garrett was sentenced in 1967 to three years at Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island near Long Beach…
Mug shot of Ruby taken on November 24, 1963
Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Robert H. Jackson of Ruby shooting Oswald, who is flanked by Dallas police detectives Jim Leavelle (left, tan suit) and L. C. Graves (right, black hat, face covered by Ruby)
Ruby after his arrest
Headstone at Ruby's grave in Westlawn Cemetery. The Hebrew text is an abbreviation of tehei nishmaso tserurah bitsror hachaim, "may his soul be bound with the bond of life."