ASSORTED NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: SHAW TRIAL--GARRISON

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
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• Document Creation Date: June 6, 2025
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• Publication Date: January 1, 1969

D4-10189-101941 People Outnumber Seats for Shaw Trial--Sheriff Press Spots Number-1M; :he-..r+5 media with one seat; Requests NO sad ten. of course, they'll have; , lo a pool system." " �_�_, Hen! said all members of Clrlea"a".'" `"""`"`` rews media who expect to ter� Louis A. Herd 'it' s" cle...)..! sessions of the trial, that he as hay* tmt:e elxv confirm their seating * seats for MI* lite 14=v s office prior to Jan. 21. to attend the Jan. 21 tial ofTaase who were � wood Clay Shaw. pc:7:4cent - type indentification -For Instance," said Heyd in. � m September and have 32 interview. "See IT _,_set no ctazges to make may check as* about 160 Se= ter �ae in by telephone," said Heyd. re" media- dan't t.:"s or-'er persons will be te- at:On UUMber of Kew INLIegS or...eel to report to the sher. ;have bad* but rs ixsarrs cece on Jan. IL 17 or Heycl said "about , Mt" 33 to have identification pro-i 911 Oa 36 enme dePli" will be ass;Ch�t t� the. to aid -P:eot 'fatly s who cue' In secmkr mea- rePresea e bare badges but who have nevi According to Herd. dosed changed agency affiliation since � Se-cm..sec will also be retlutred has tL.cutt television into ettice been sot 3.to text: ta the office to have Mto the cotrti�Onm�sand Meta& cm4entials uPdatet" hauarays. orit have some Pxyd said due to shortage of tra men in our office ita ewer space la the courtroom, there any type of crowd scene s at i2 be a Press pool to Cover, difiladkV that may .arket.".. he the ruse: of the trial involv- ing sc1ection of a jury. He said sa.kt � f.led . said the Criminal as sero as & probable starting Qa-es Building whi be .iaedale fx the trial Itself can be ed wound the dock. -.we we a.s..-ertsined. his office will ar, . to provide astrak. se.>�,rak`e fx two additional days oi er.w an possible in this coco-�&*--"Awr, processing- � p.'..ex area." tie explained. Telerb. me confirmation may Asked if the closed cierait be me to his assistant, Mrs. te?"44ion of the commaenti..XMa &L.-ex, at 822-8000, said ct ' roclkwt somehow be m d.by Herd. Precessing will be done ru the overflow of reporters, tkvci.in the Sheriff's office, 2700 Tu. 6 answered, "It would bare to law- are., front 9 a. in. to 3:30 be okayed by Judge (Edward p. rn. Jun. 16, 17 and 20. tl; kb Hagerty. My Impremte.: Shaw is charged with alleged- N is P is strictly a security _eas-ly tng to actaesinate the II vie sad not a gain fee the late � Presdent John F. Ken. 2 revs media. Actually with DV ne.ty in :Al. President Ken. seats set aside, we shoed be nedy was murdered in Dallas, ab.,e to take care of wed of Tex. NN.w. 21. 1961: 1 r, l3Lat.Le.e.�....0 a � 1. SIIAVI MOTIONS � on: WILL BE.IIEA beA etd� t4�gof (1,.:=.,,Tru.,...atipica viru h -7���77.(1�� _r A criminal Vest:Ott Court L 0 5. IP. ;hearing wJl be -conducted Fri- Heal iday on one motion for a ehange,, see;ne 'venue in the trial of Clay L.I Net !Shaw and on another seeking! eau" LSI) to have the conspiracy citarKe firm ered'against -Shaw :thrown out of: new post.:courL nate *Judo Etheard A. Haggerty 1 ..n�. Jr, set the bearing for 11 c Glas-. a.m. after granting a third ;recto di) 'a 1 mottos that will Permit himw istate � ectori 'to rem-Malice on ids current lioaah.. e !Iasi 110.000 bond daring his trial. lbron r for which has beet selsedaled far 'drat. Jan. IL Shaw is accused of coruipir: triguith Lee Harvey Oswald,%"",'-' and others to kill Preitdent John F. Kennedy. The distriet-rili,,,,,s, attorney's office txweed on that charge on March 1,1 Al *.`"4.11967, and he was later in- , 015 "dieted by the Orleans Parish:1�ml ',Grind Jury. ,Cotnr Judge Hagerty gave an out- t line of court sessions far the';""'' lc!, trial. . A the �". Court will be in session from' m 9 a.m. to naen and from 1:20: ' ' sod p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays duel.ioes 3etd through Saturdays, and from ".'"'" 1:20 pen, to 5:30 days. He ruled out night sessionsl late, as too taxing. The jury will be lodged at a nearby hotel.la:tm� Women jurors. if any, will be:sun," accompanied by a polite ma-lt 's teen. ; A lengthy trial is expected:it-he DA, Jim Garrison estimates it�flu will take about five wce,ks. for "lit bold court on Mardi ;fatal( Gras tFeb. 181 if neeelsarY. f and It looks like 11 will be ; As necessary." Jidge Haggerty ivacc , said. mile In his attack on Shaw's con 1D.rin w ever- some- 1. I'll his neat city dice by and be S. death' Cent:In See. I. Pap 3, Col. 1 'age 2 S cowl - ?age 4 to fore- Page 7 verturn, In pultant UB5,1 g � � TO WORK FOR YOU Hdors's whore tho action is. co ATTACKS STATE LW- ',"4,.:7,3?�!')---arrispitt,��...,.1/1, WfA.r It dernes free.�;�:-.1 et speech.: - � - to the difeed..:. e chtreed. Bribe Story Lie, ' it Vidatt'S the proms:, � Leernaus Quoted clames of the tzrie and it-deral constitutions. ond r...eates the The d:s:rict attorney's office right of the a.ed to be in- Meektay released a statement � formed of Ve aceusation a:::-:.tvled to a Slidell man u S.� � against him. .e...at7:10,1 IV lied about being He also attacked the state ;briti.N1 by the DA's office In con-. law embodying the "aloe of ,eection %WI a statement about � 12 rule.' which bolds that �IClay L. Shaw In 1%7. � only nine of 12 Jarois need In the summer of that year; vote guilty to rodace a :nod H. Lermans Sr. appeared: guilty verdict. on a National ,Broadcasting Co.: Dymond argued that a guilty documentary about IM Jim Gar,1 verdict must be tosnerrious: 'rison's probe Into the astassina-: The motion for a change of lion of President John F. Ken-, venue- was the frer.th feed since Iwo, ,Shaw's case has been before. Leernans claimed that a mem.; the court The other three were ber id Garrison's staff at that' overruled by JiAig* HaltitertY- !firm Robert E. Lee. offered' The latest motion said the ac-him =.500 testimony to the. (1-'titk. (Ions of Garrison =kir bis-as-.effed-that-shaw used a Turkish! L lam istItizrtts dekgaed to prei-ibath ran by Lecmana, using the: tett"' t udiee and the rights of the de-Inarne clay Bertrand. ; sweetie! teed= and his antlitY to Sc- Garrison has clehned that 14e ma cure a -fair trial ta. an atmos-;ehaie used the. alias clay Bert --- phere fete of PreMdiee, pas-ltrand. awn, bias and pialaical tyratil However. In the statement �ClIAN �� ny.", the latest motion says la:leased Monday. Leemans uR.GE Part- 'quoted as saying that he lied1; Such actions constitute an .on L'w NBC program. cv�tinued from rage ?piracy int; :C:MC�r. 3.. 'rn..-y F. r,are:-�-f VA, jtuvrs and Irvin- .-a:! on persons (mit pane".$ state eoe.:rs,n�:-� .t.ttate it�e:f � � � of ;!!-ce m\-;::.nv. of court if the on several gra�;nis ' "extra-judicial ietempt" to; "I now state freely and voluti.;,.., persuade Prtecective Jurors, tartly and without any promises:Llection that Garrison's thrones about:of reward or Immunity that titre He the assassination are correct!staternents I made on the NBC' � and that there was a con-Imre:Tarn relative to Garrison's! spiracy, the deferar alleged. ioffice offering me a bribe for wAetto PRESS CONFERENCE !testimony favorable to their ..s ,D . Cited were a oae-isear presslmse was a lie," the statement: -.conference by Gx-risen on Dee.lsaid. ,losgues II, a television eve in which' The statement sald .Leemans'e.arrow Asst. DA James L. Alcock aplwanted to clear Lee and Gar,:st crisis peered on Dee. 9, and a TV ineriscees office from "the false It terview with Ake& on Dec. 31.Iaccusations that I had made." I� ALCOCK QCOTE On the television show Lee-i.ers'Anyeek''"4,1r The following cm.er. in which mans also claimed that Garri.-i eked suanasenat.- diseussedison's office tried to get .him to! 'Urging Shaw, was cited by- IN, motion: identify a young man , who al-'diffieult "We can and will try him lefiedIv accompanied - Shaw to tor= B without the autopsy report and X-rays." (Garrisaa sought original records of the autopsy and X-rays of Pleisi. dent Ken- nedy's body as evidestee.) Airsick was further quoted: the baths as Lee Harvey Cos.;consteti u wait � !that pute Part of the reason he .partie-; The eiv !paled in the show was threat-lreferred oiling phone calls "relative to /resident the information that I had giveriscatihdate "We feel that OM We auto!). Mr. Garrison." Leemans.ls sup- :of electo sy report) is vital evidence and Posedmt an� has avlesosadeids'eribei a vis.:It.L.:14 ba- the -jury is entnied to see it Lco it from a man with a badge1restoved. and to have experts tell thernre. who stated that he.was a gor- ss .. what is reflected ts.y these ernment agent. , us ports. !bate om The man supposedly told Lee-looed n "We feel sure they will show that President K was mans that the government was ee...nedy shot from at leag two direc- checking bar owners In the Sli-'.e,ast his lions and especiele from the d,ell,,,atea�___fir Possible lleeme,:1ace. a front, which is in t, area of 'ax "c41"Qu5" 1,,, The man also warned him that "it was not smart" to involved In the Clay Shaw, ease.1":" were fired from the "becausea led of people that tbe grassy had been Involved got hurt." ;molar knoll, on Kenne&rls right, in- stead of or in addition to the An anonymous caller told Lee-1 mans tochaire his statement! unde shots the ccenmiket said were cts,n, be tad been bribed, treach fired by Oswald /rem the book `r",;,:tnatt."'"" depository to Kemiecte's � s' statement said. i-ar-ld � The caller also suggested that:eledot ,,,,DYn!'sndk.ssled an ilt,';;Leemans contact Irvin Dymond, 'urhottz' �ta;.;:g that would one of sh3w.s attorneys, Leo..17.- cause no further &tie in the mans said_ trial. Alcock said he scold have After contacting' Dymood.I S his answers by ADDITIONAL RE.NCHES Leemans said, he was: intro-,B,.. duced to Walter Sheridan. in-:tat Judge liagizeet.Y said additiekvestigative reporter for NBC'. ;E:& al benches will be 71.-.13Pd in his Leemans ciaaiins Dymond etnirtemm kr the �This fered hen an attorney and bond -be will increase the capaci� in the event he were charge:11ot ty Ato p017021. of 15 Drwsznea will ithevithDgiAysio,oefffiacels.e information to,s4 VN be admitted durisr. jury selee- Leentars said his appearance, lion, when most selts *ill be on the show was taped in the � occupied by poter=1 jurors. office of Aaron Kohn. manag-�tat Later, 100 r.ews-....-ed will hr ing dtre-,..tor of the Metropolitan be admitted. Crime C..Nurrission. in the pros-- the grassy knoll.' Many critics tl the Warren Commission comesd that shots 'UMW , s C. 7 � S..,- �5 � NEW ORLEANS lied Abut DA' �Shaw Case Figure Quoted Jim Garrison m June, 1967. ACCORDTNG TO the affidavit. Leernans claims he lied when "I NOW STATE freely and voluntarily and without any promises of reward ci immtut- ity that the statements I made on the NBC program relative to Garrison's office offering me a bribe for tegimony favorable to their case was a lie." The affidavit says Leemans' motive for saying he lied Is "to, dear the name of Robert E. Lee. Fenner assistant district at- torney, and the office of Jim Garrison from the false accusa- tions that I made." The statement gives several', reasons why Leeman's alkgedl ly lied on NBC. IT CLAIMS Leeman's re- ceived numerois anonymous threatening phone calls about in- formation he 'had given Gavel. son, warning him to change his statement and say that he was bribed by Garrison. The affidavit also says Lee. mans was visited by a man with a badge who said be was a gov- ernment agent. The man al- legedly warned Leemans not to get involved in the Clay Shaw case and said "that a kit of people that had been got hurt ne district a:tomer* office,he told *wets that "a ment- hes nirised, rift affidavit ,sat-iber of Jim Garrison's staff, one tiihisted is a . Slidell man lei Robert E. Lee. .-had offered me which he dairns be was fyinglstsoo for testionte. to the er. when 'he sad en natianal tett that day chow used aly tetev44a hrt'' that he hadfiturkish bath and that: on those been bribed b.,' die, district itiveastem .wmt the 'name Netters office: faci.* Bertrand. The mast, Fred teeinms! "I further related how Mr. Sr., appeared on the Natiorial:e.ambawa dike attempted to Broadcasting C. teirellA 111e1 get me 14 Identify young JFK ConspiracY: The Case w white male, who accompanied Shaw to the baths. as Lee Har- vey Oswald. � ONE ANONYMOUS caller sug- � gested Leeman: contact Shaw's attorney, Irvin F. Dymond. the affidavit says. After consult. ing with Dymond. Leemans was introduced to Walter Sheri- dan. investigative reporter for NBC, who suggested that Lee' mans appear on the show he was preparing. "My actual appearance on the show *as taped in the office of Aaron Kohn. managing direc- tor of the Metropolitan Crime Commission. in the presence Of Walter Sheridan and Irvin Dy- Mood," Leernans concludes ..his affidavit. JA:aiiAht (P;E�r,:g.;;;; 7117.7�71: D.A. TO SUBPENA liENNEDY X-RAYS New Procedure Sc t for' Garrison Probe � 12tori request by Orleans Dia.! trict Attorney Jim Garrison, a; private attorney in Washigton, is expected to file a sub- mits early rw-It week foe the amorance here Of Dr. James .B. Rhoads, archivist of the Owed States. . . TO be hied, in the Court of General Sessions, the subPella! val ask Rhoads to appear and, being with him all of the .1(1. ray and photographic records! connected with the autopsy cow' ducted on the body of Nest- � elect Jobe F. Kennedy after he I was assasSinated la Dallas on Nov.11. 1963. The move was a new legal[ pnwedure. by.Cairrison to obtain,' the X-rays and 'photographs off t...sutoosy fOr use in the Jan.I , 11.111' Wit of Clay Shaw, a New i Orleans basinessman. accused by Garrison of conspiring to kin President Kennedy. La ,a Previous attempt. Garr!, son had asked for the appear., ance of a United States altor-I rey in New Orleans to provIdoi ; the records, but this requestj I .was turned down. , The dzstriet attorney and oth-I er critics of the Warren Com, minion Investigation of the as- sa..naUon contend there is soate doubt about the number of Wats tired at Kennedy.. The X-rays and photographs bear on the controversy. Garrison to Aid Slaying Probes ',Apr/04'4M tt. Board of may be behni y. Niatior.:: Committee r. Alaitia h:r; \Jr. New Iltstrat Attorney j PRIVATE FUNIss* Jim Car vs fur, been nanoWi The Warren c to the kk-'174 cf 44"slum�I'l a headed by Chief .iir!;1;:e Fi d National to Investi-,wan.ro.'alcst c.,2; V. d gate Ass:s...7.-EIZNI.S. the forma-'spitoey in.,,arest net lom ix-tat-ea the th.-re slay- , ' zed.led. 'The tnost that can be Raid at preisr.t is that there are a flambee ef paralle/s -in the eases, which might Indi- cate a comrnm madtss operandt ahich normally u�sui.1 be sub- s- ti'ln at ilZt% 11" amtmmeml'elent Kennedy's deat.s. ject to offiaal serunny." 11 Thursday is ; Bernard renslcrwa'sf. Gan-ls��- been con-.,1.. director. said "Ls.s piaTsgse;Hi a- ducting h* can probe Into the'd the committee is to cesvdt-1 assassinatice a President John,00te.ona ok.p.up the eons ot: :n r. Kennedy l'7c almost two ,individual investigators thief...10.1i .0 tr years, will be among other;, the comtry... k- many critists a the Walrenicontributions. he said. I. ks Corruntssirell rePsct ea the eel "With the help of a prates-i IY sa.sainsitiat _'atonal staff," Fensterwald fetid.; clmod Along scl'A 2(3C�UriCt.((kn( mj"the committee ultimate:1 ;!.- the committes formation came, hopes to tome the. Herat ' a suffSestica Cat a in to the thorough and, Sr. 'honest inquiry oast tt has: avoided since Nov.- =. I90" --1 the date of President KennWs: :sf assassination in Dallas, ON ASSUMPTIONS 1 Fensterwald Is resigning as 1 on chief counsel of the Senate Jukii-! ciary Committee's mks:aura- tee on administrative practice and procedure. In his statement annonnetng, organization of the Cammitteej to Investigate Assazinatis.1 Fensterwahl said the group's work would proceed on a nuns-. her of assumptions. arr.. .16 IV am. TIIAT 11.11 ne Amu. We ������ bo , Name IarrIson C7 o anei on.11 Assassinations A national comrnittee to ia- vestlgate assassinations has S named New Orleans District At. 4 orncy 'Jim Garrison to Its board .directors. risa The formation of the corn- :mince and the selection of Gar- rison was announced in. Wash- Pt button, D.C. yesterday. Bernard Fenstenvaid, execu- tive director of the committee. mc said its purpose will be to ca. ordinate and step up efforts of Individual investigators throu&h.:1!v out the country looking into slay- lag conspiracies. � .res IT WAS suggested the coin- tittee's formation came as a result of a belie( that a conspir- acy May have been behind the - sal slayings of President Kennedy. rta, his brother. Sen..Robert F. Ken- nedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 3:1 "With the help of a profession- tw al staff," Fensterwald said. "the committee ultimately hopes to force the federal governm-mt into the thorough and honest in- ; quiry which it has avoided since. sz � Nov. 22. 1963"�the date of Pr-es- Went Kennedy's assassination. - Garrison has been conducting . a probe into a possible conspir- acy In the death of President Kennedy for two years. � FENSTERWALD S.110 "there :are a.namber of parallels in the C three national slaying c a ses which might Indicate a conur.on � modus operandi which mrmally would be subject to off kind sem: The Warren Commission has concluded that no conspiracy, 73 !was involved in President K&i-- ir :nedy's death.. z.. Garrisen's New Orleans con- ii spiracv trial against Clay Shaw .is set -for Jan. 11. . !der lard � bt uoy us- .rts tan of led Ins us- Re said these Included the as- sumptions that a conspirasy was involved in President Ken- nedy's assassination and in the laying of King in Memphis and that "there are footprints which point toward a conspiracy" in. the pistol death of Sen. Kennedy; in Los Angeles. "As to a possible Inter-con.: h�ard tcmt-Ts sil/0 Include' It will be financed by peivate'wit; LifjC titbit Serving America's International Gateway Since 1837 PI, National News and rid AP WIREPHOlil. NEW ORLEANS. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1968 Secorid-Class Posta at New Orleans � on"! I. OPIM. Suru �tfvskosi ..������ burLey la whit the earth twice Ware hurtling inesusta.rd. gunt sub% if ft., haw Lau)yer Foresees . No Further Trial Delaysrearth4 Jgal 11S CROUP Reports Pleadings Won't sght:IA. S' � Alter Jan. 21 Date tYThe trial of Clay L. Shaw on a ;charge of conspiracy to murder vaY1President Kennedy will not be �� ;further delayed by legal plead- ings, one of Shaw's lawyers said Friday. lima; F. Irvin Dymond said be ;ads! plans W fat more pleadings of: before Criminal District Court lag Judge Edward A. Haggerty ace Jr.. but they will not set the a trial buck beyond the Jan. 21 st. date set by District Attorney Ity. .11m Garrison. 11 .te t ay. Garrison set the date after the Ex otp U.S. Supreme Court refused to Ids consider an appeal of a lower Ime 00, court ruling against Shaw. a n � a Dymond would not reveal 2.- what motions he Intends to file, id, but said, "They will have no no, 11.- effect on the trial date." a aY DEFENSE SAID READY 4 Dytnond said the defense Is ti an "ready to go" and will seek no an, further delay. of Criminal Sheriff Louis A. ed ileyd said he will lay down ze- a- ;,�eurity regulations for the trial after the oeginrung of the year. Neither the defense nor We C_. stale has subperwed any hit- t nessrs: Garrison *reportedly �; will have his istinesses stand I by for cell, but will not place ; them ender subpena. . Garrison's office arrested :Shaw on March 1, 1967. lie was booked with conspiring to mur- der the President. At a prelim- ipdinary hearing, former Baton 3 Rouge insitranceman Perry Rus- re.!so testified he heard Shaw plot- : 4 4ing with Lee Harvey Oswald n ad- and others in September. 1963. m e 5i Shaw was later indicted. and 5I101' IN DALLAS ha e iO President Kennedy was shot n.ar ito death in Dallas. Nov. 22, I963.t IIn addition to Dymond, attor-i neys Edward Wegmartn. and and William Wegmann will defend � e Pr lea- i ' we � I mi