Tony Krome Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 https://jacks.forumotion.com/t43-linking-ruby-s-friend-tortoriello-to-the-hesters#401 Some interesting link ups to the above names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) 5 hours ago, Tony Krome said: https://jacks.forumotion.com/t43-linking-ruby-s-friend-tortoriello-to-the-hesters#401 Some interesting link ups to the above names. Fascinating. Tortoriello was a Mafia bodyguard? Was this the fellow who raced to help Ruby's feature stripper Jada ( Janet Conforto ) right after her pedestrian hitting incident while trying to race out of Dallas the morning of 11,22,1963? Edited February 19 by Joe Bauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Krome Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 13 minutes ago, Joe Bauer said: Fascinating. Tortoriello was a Mafia bodyguard? Was this the fellow who raced to help Ruby's feature stripper Jada ( Janet Conforto ) right after her pedestrian hitting incident while trying to race out of Dallas the morning of 11,22,1963? Same guy. The trick to work who it was, is that it had to be someone that was only minutes away from the scene, and someone who drove that same model Cadillac as Jada. Tortoriello was Jada's boyfriend at the time, lived just around the corner, and drove a 63 Cadillac. The guy that showed up after Jada called, had to have an Italian surname, so that's another tick. Yes, he was a bodyguard, and Jada's guy that showed up was large, dark and heavy-set, so that works too. So now we have Jada, Frank Tortoriello, Jack Ruby, Tammi True and her bartender friend, Pete Devoire at Parkland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 5 hours ago, Tony Krome said: Same guy. The trick to work who it was, is that it had to be someone that was only minutes away from the scene, and someone who drove that same model Cadillac as Jada. Tortoriello was Jada's boyfriend at the time, lived just around the corner, and drove a 63 Cadillac. The guy that showed up after Jada called, had to have an Italian surname, so that's another tick. Yes, he was a bodyguard, and Jada's guy that showed up was large, dark and heavy-set, so that works too. So now we have Jada, Frank Tortoriello, Jack Ruby, Tammi True and her bartender friend, Pete Devoire at Parkland. If only there was a picture of Tortoriello. He is involved personally with so many major characters in the Mafia/Ruby/Carousel Club connection. Dallas Mafia Capo Joe Civello, Lewis McWillie, Ruby himself, Jada. He was certainly known in other high level Mafia circles as well as the mentioned in the FBI memos above including, New York, Chicago and one would think Vegas where McWillie lived and New Orleans as Jada lived there right up to her three month gig in Dallas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Doudna Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 You've got me convinced, Tony, on the Frank Tortoriello identity of the man Jada phoned that morning after the incident with the injury of the pedestrian, which functions to place him with Jada at Parkland Hospital at the time of arrival of the presidential limousine following the shooting of JFK and Connally, this bad man Tortoriello, reported to terrorize women and travel in the company of Dallas mob boss Joe Civello. Also I don't know if it means anything but you can add one more Carousel Club stripper present at Parkland Hospital that morning to your list: Joy Dale (Joyce McDonald). She says she was there taking her girl to an eye doctor's appointment at Parkland that morning. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/artist-reunites-carousel-club-stripper-ruby-in-deep-ellum-mural/287-411304395. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Krome Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 31 minutes ago, Greg Doudna said: Also I don't know if it means anything but you can add one more Carousel Club stripper present at Parkland Hospital that morning to your list: Joy Dale (Joyce McDonald). She says she was there taking her girl to an eye doctor's appointment at Parkland that morning. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/artist-reunites-carousel-club-stripper-ruby-in-deep-ellum-mural/287-411304395. Thanks Greg. Certainly a cast of Carousel characters at Parkland. That Pete Devoire guy with Tammi True, I've found out, was Peter Allen (or Alan) Devoire out of Tulsa. Tammi stated they were at Mickey Ryan's (Roy Pike) place just minutes after the shooting. However, Mickey stated they were not there. So take your pick which story to go with there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Krome Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 1 hour ago, Greg Doudna said: You've got me convinced, Tony, on the Frank Tortoriello identity of the man Jada phoned that morning after the incident with the injury of the pedestrian, which functions to place him with Jada at Parkland Hospital at the time of arrival of the presidential limousine following the shooting of JFK and Connally The Texas Instruments people, in particular, William Walsh, a few days later, asked Dallas Cowboy's coach Tom Landry, about the big guy that showed up to help Jada minutes after the accident. Landry told Walsh he knew the guy, so there's no doubt they had his name on the day. The reason Walsh asked him was because the man was talking pro-football at the scene. A few days following this, all of a sudden, the name is not recalled, and Tortoriello becomes the "unknown man" in reports. As for the "function" to have that Cadillac at Parkland, that's the interesting part. The FBI actually suspected Tortoriello was the man with Jada, and she has stated she was with her friend at Parkland as the Limo pulled in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Nix Jackson Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Steve Thomas, if still on the forum, studied this as well. See here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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