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Doctor's Flippant Greeting Jobs Feverish Member of Ruby Defense
By Bob Considine Joe Tonnhill a 240 pound 6 foot 4 member of Jack Ruby's defense staff came down with a fever and sore throat in court. An old friend the court doctor treated him and Joe joked about the jury burning his boy. The story shifts to reporters in Dallas and Judge Joe Brown who reads their copy over their shoulders.
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Jack Ruby
Joe Tonnhill
Hank Wade
Criminal Courts
Joe
Joe Brown
Ruby
Cassius Clay
Sonny Liston
Sam Sheppard
Marilyn
Dr. Sam
Cleveland
Sam