He was always quick tempered and just couldn’t take it.
Mr. Griffin. What other fights did he get involved in because of the Jewish question?
Mr. Ruby. Many fights. I know on several occasions he came home once with his suit full of blood from downtown.
He was downtown Chicago. I said, “What happened?”
He said, “Somebody called me a dirty Jew or something like that.”
Mr. Griffin. Do you know who he fought with on that occasion?
Mr. Ruby. No, no; there are many instances that my older brothers and sisters know of because I was younger, 4 years younger and in his teens, early teens, I didn’t go with him because 4 years makes a big difference, and I went my way and he went his way.
Mr. Griffin. How old was Jack at the time that you saw him with this suit full of blood?
Mr. Ruby. This goes back now, if I recall in 1946, I think, 1946.
Mr. Griffin. This was after he got out of the service?