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.atei Patent Office, FSDAY. MAIICH 15, 1967 President, and the Attorney General in Washington said the FBI investigated Shaw late in 1963 and cleared him of any link to the assassination. Witness Says He Heard Oswald, Russo, a part-time college student who lives with a youn- ger cousin near the campus of Shaw, Ferrie Plot Assagsination Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, was described as "a nice young kid" by a neigh- Garrison's 'Informant' bor. A fellow student at L.S.U. said he was "a quiet type who Describes Alleged is interested in politics." Russo was first publicly con- Conspiracy nected with the Garrison probe February 24, when he told news- men he knew Ferrie, , March 14 IA's Called Him "Leon" 's "confidential Under the questioning by Jim informant" told a three-judge Garrison, district attorney, Rus- criminal district court panel to- so said Oswald was introduced day he heard Lee Harvey Os- to him as "Leon Oswald" and wald, and David Shaw as "Clem Bertrand." Ferrie plotting to assassinate Shown a photograph by Garri- President Kennedy. son, Russo identified "Leon" as RaLyi.aymond Russo, 25, , the man an insurance saiesmafro from the Warren Commission named Baton Rouge, testified he was as the assassin. in Ferrie's apartment here in Asked if "Clem Bertrand" September, 1963, and listened was in the courtroom, Russo to a discussion of how to kill pointed at Shaw. At Garrison's President Kennedy and make direction, he stepped from the a gateway. witness chair, walked around Use Of Scapegoat the defense table and held his Russo said the plot involved hand over 'Shaw's silvery white "triangulation of crossfire," 13P'l Telephoto UPI Telephoto hair. PERRY RUSSO diversionary shooting, a possible CLAY SHAW Has Denied Charge flight to Cuba and the sacrific- The 54-year-old' Shaw, calmly ing of one man as a scapegoat smoking a cigarette, did not to allow the others to escape. move. Former managing direc- Kennedy was killed in Dallas tor of the International Trade November 22, 1963-2 months Mart here, he has denied any after the alleged meeting in part in an assassination con- Ferrie's cluttered apartment spiracy. not far from New Orleans' ele- President Kennedy was killed gant Garden district. by high-powered rifle bullets in The Warren Commission said Dallas November 22, 1963, some Oswald was the lone assassin, 2 months after the• alleged and there was no credible meeting here. evidence of any conspiracy. Russo said that, after the Of the three alleged conspira- party, he next saw Lee Harvey tors, only Shaw is alive. Oswald Oswald in Ferrie's apartment, was killed by Jack Ruby 2 days and that Oswald was "wiping after the assassination, and or cleaning a bolt action rifle. Ferrie died in bed February 22. It had a sight on it for hunting." Shaw Denies Charge Garrison showed Russo a rifle Shaw has denied taking part in any conspiracy to kill the (Continued, Page A 9, Col. 2)

rie. Bertrand, Russo said. He said "Open Book Invitation" Bertrand argued that as soon as (Continued from Page A 1) the shots were fired "the world Russo said he not only knew and asked if it had similarities Ferrie but had an "open book would know about it" and once to the one Oswald held in Fer- invitation" to visit Ferrie's the plane landed in Mexico rie's apartment. apartment at any time. there would be no way to get Russo said: "The difference out. He said that it was in the to my mind is that this end summer of 1963 that Ferrie The crowd in the stuffy panel- [front] was not nearly so bubble "indicated to me that he was ed courtroom included 74 report- shaped." He said the weapon obsessed with Kennedy." This ers—leaving just a few seats had the same bolt action, but a for spectators. All of them were shinier stock, and its telescopic sight was larger than the one carefully checked in and out of on the rifle Oswald had. the courtroom by 20 sheriff's Russo said he had seen Ber- deputies assigned to maintain trand in May, 1962, when Pres- tight security. A device to de• ident Kennedy dedicated a new tect metal objects was used tc wharf in New Orleans, and said screen everyone entering the "New Orleans must trade or courtroom. Russo's testimony brought fade." drew an immediate objection as "I was in school," Russo said. vehement objections by the de- "The President was coming being a- conclusion reached by fense that it contained hearsay down to make a speech. At that the witness. The Court sus- The objection was sustained by time I saw 'Bertrand.' While tained the objection. presiding Judge Bernarc the President was speaking I "Don't tell us your conclu- Bagert, with qualifications. was looking around. 'Bertrand' sions," Garrison resumed. James Alcock, the assistant was one of the few not looking "What did Ferrie say to you in district attorney, argued that at the President." regard to Kennedy?" hearsay is admissable at a pre- This drew a new objection, Estimated 20,000 There liminary hearing—which seeks also sustained. only to establish probable cause. Police estimated 20,000 per- The defense, however, said any sons attended the dedication. Party At Apartment Garrison then switched the testimony taken at the prelimin- Russo said that after he con- ary hearing could then be intro- tacted Garrison following Fer- testimony to the apartment par- ty with this query. "Do you duced at a subsequent trial and rie's death, the district attorney defense lawyers would have no Dau- recall anything unusual happen- took him to "a house on grounds on which to argue phine street." Shaw lives at ing at Ferrie's apartment in against it. 1963?" 1313 Dauphine street. "He stuck The defense attorney, F. Irv- his head out the door and "Sometime around the middle ing Dymond, said the main said, 'that's the man,' " Russo of September I went to the purpose of a preliminary hear- said, referring to "Bertrand." house and at that time there ing—caned by Garrison in this The hearing recessed at 3.30 was some sort of party in case—was to get hearsay testi- P.M. until 10 A.M. Wednesday. progress. There were eight or mony past the normal legal The defense issued subpoenas nine people there. As the party barriers against it at a court for Russo's school and employ- dissipated it narrowed down to trial. ment records. three people beside myself be- The rare three-judge criminal cause I had no ride home." district court panel was called At this point, Garrison drew to hear the preliminary case from Russo testimony regarding Informant Gives and decide whether there is the identification of Oswald and enough evidence to warrant for- Shaw as "Leon Oswald" and Opposite Story mal charge and trial for Shaw, "Clem Bertrand." now retired. Said Ferric Did Most Shaw was arrested in Garri- New Orleans, March 14 14'i-- Russo testified that Ferrie, Perry Russo, the "confidential son's office March 1.. He was 49, a free-lance pilot who was booked — but never formally informant" in Jim Garrison's under investigation by Garrison probe of the assassination of charged—with conspiring to kill at the time of his death, did the President. Such procedure President Kennedy, told a tele- most of the talking about. the vision interviewer he had never is common under Louisiana proposed assassination. law. heard of Lee Harvey Oswalk Ferric, pacing the floor, said until he was linked with the Shaw, one-time Army major, the attempt should have three presidential assassination. was freed on $10,000 bond short- gunners in order to provide "a ly after his arrest. triangulation of cross - fire," WDSU-TV of New Orleans Ferrie, a former airlines pi- Russo testified. broadcast an interview tonight it made with Russo shortly after lot, was found dead in his bed He quoted Ferrie as having the death of two Febuary 22. The coroner ruled said that one man would have weeks ago. Garrison described death resulted from natural to be sacrificed as a scapegoat. causes. Ferrie, Russo added, was to Ferrie as a central figure in the assassination probe. After leading Russo through a be the get-away pilot, flying into brief summary of his education- Mexico to refuel for a flight to "I never heard of Oswald until on television fafterl the al background and present job, Cuba. assassination." Russo said in Garrison asked if be knew Fer- Objections were raised by the interview. He said Fer- rie never mentioned Oswald's name.