Lawyer Must Give Up Jack Ruby’s Revolver
A lawyer was removed Tuesday as executor of Jack Ruby’s estate, whose major asset is the .38-caliber Colt Cobra revolver the Dallas nightclub owner used to kill presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.
A jury ruled that Ruby’s former attorney, Jules Mayer, grossly mismanaged the estate after Ruby died in 1967. Dallas County Probate Judge Robert E. Price must now decide how to distribute Ruby’s assets.
Ruby’s brother, Earl, had sued, asking to be named executor.
Mayer has said the gun could bring $125,000 on the collectors’ market. He wanted proceeds from the gun’s sale to pay off Ruby’s debts.
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