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Jim Garrison, JFK's Assassination, and the Case That Should Have A FAREWELL TO JUSTICE Other Books by Joan Mellen Big Bad Wolves: Masculinity in the American Film Bob Knight: His Own Man A Film Guide to the Battle of Algiers Hellman and Hammett: The Legendary Passion of Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett In the Realm of the Senses Kay Boyle: Author of Herself Literary Masterpieces: One Hundred Years of Solitude Literary Masters: Gabriel García Márquez Literary Topics: Magic Realism Marilyn Monroe Natural Tendencies: A Novel Privilege: The Enigma of Sasha Bruce Seven Samurai Voices from the Japanese Cinema The Waves at Genji’s Door: Japan Through Its Cinema Women and Their Sexuality in the New Film The World of Luis Buñuel: Essays in Criticism A FAREWELL TO JUSTICE Jim Garrison, JFK’s Assassination, and the Case That Should Have Changed History JOAN MELLEN Potomac Books, Inc. WASHINGTON, D.C. Potomac Books, Inc. Copyright © 2005 by Joan Mellen. Published in the United States by Potomac Books, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, ex- cept in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mellen, Joan. A farewell to justice: Jim Garrison, JFK’s assassination, and the case that should have changed history / Joan Mellen. —1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-57488-973-7 (hardcopy : alk. paper) 1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963—Assassina- tion. 2. Garrison, Jim, 1921- I. Title. E842.9.M443 2005 973.922—dc22 2005012425 (alk. paper) Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39-48 Standard. Potomac Books, Inc. 22841 Quicksilver Drive Dulles, Virginia 20166 First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 For Robert Buras “He has abandoned his life to understanding that moment in Dallas, the seven seconds that broke the back of the American century.” Don DeLillo, Libra CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Preface xvii Cast of Characters xxi 1 An Article in Esquire Magazine 1 2 The Mafia, Sacred Cows, the Cupid Doll and a Spy Left Out in the Cold 17 3 Clay Shaw Co-Signs A Loan 31 4 Oswald and Customs 46 5 The Banister Menagerie 65 6 More Evidence Denied to Jim Garrison 79 7 Tiger by the Tail 94 8 A Witness Comes Forward and Intrigue at the VIP Room 111 9 An Operative In Action 128 10 A Skittish Witness 144 11 John F. Kennedy, Jim Garrison and the CIA 161 12 “White Paper” 185 13 Smoking Guns in a Rural Parish 204 14 An Unsung Hero and the Do-Not-File File 221 ix A FAREWELL TO JUSTICE 15 A Tale of Two Kings and Some Soldiers of Fortune 238 16 Witnesses and Roustabouts 254 17 Jackals for the CIA 270 18 Upheaval 286 19 State of Louisiana v. Clay Shaw 301 20 Just Another Day at Tulane and Broad 317 21 Potomac Two-Step 333 22 The Death of Jim Garrison: VALE 350 23 Rabbi 369 Notes 387 Annotated and Selected Bibliography 519 Index 529 About the Author 547 x ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OR HER COMMITMENT TO this project, I would like to thank most my agent, Ellen Levine. The platonic ideal Fof a literary agent, she has been a beacon of light and inspira- tion, no less of courage and integrity. I am grateful. Rick Russell, my editor at Potomac Books, Inc., has manifested an intellectual courage rare among publishers. For his confidence in this project, his resolute objectivity, and the broad range of his wisdom as a professional historian, I am also grateful. I would like to express my appreciation as well to Jehanne Moharram for her tireless efforts and ready imagination. Michie Shaw approached the production of this book with a rare standard of excellence and commitment. A very special thank you for his generosity and many kindnesses to Malcolm Blunt, that most brilliant navigator of the National Ar- chives. James H. Lesar of the Assassination Archives and Research Center in Washington, DC, was a source of encouragement from the beginning to the end of this project. I’m grateful as well to Dan Alcorn for reading the manuscript and for his suggestions. Special gratitude goes as well to Teresa Neaves, who worked with Don Lee Keith on an investigation of the murder of Mary Sherman. The hos- pitality of Gordon Winslow in Miami is much appreciated. I am deeply grateful to Judge Louis P. Trent for his help. I owe as well special thanks to those who stood by with en- couragement and support. When I looked up, they were there: Chris- topher Sharrett; Gary Aguilar; Larry Hancock; Andy Winiarczyk; Donald V. Organ and Joan Bovan Organ; Zachary Sklar; Peter Whitmey; Marlene Mancuso; Gaeton Fonzi; and Stuart Wexler. And especially for his faith in this project, Lyon (“Snapper”) Garrison. A particular thank you goes to James Rubino, to Marianne Fisher- Giorlando, Gregory Parker, and Larry Haapanen. xiWWW A FAREWELL TO JUSTICE In New Orleans, Numa Bertel, John Volz and Robert Buras understood the nature of this task. For their patience, generosity and wisdom I am particularly grateful. And a special thanks to Dr. Frank and Cathy Martello. I am grateful to Temple University for its generosity in offering me a study leave and a summer research grant to complete this project; to Professor Robert Caserio, now the chair of the Depart- ment of English at Penn State University, for his help and interest; his departure is Temple’s overwhelming loss; to Professor Alan Singer, director of the graduate program in creative writing during the years of this project, for his generosity and friendship; to Marina Angel, professor at the Temple University School of Law, for her gracious- ness and the loan of her own research assistants who worked on Jim Garrison’s opinions for the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit; Professor Justin Vitiello did simultaneous translation from the Italian; Professor Emerita Maria Luisa Caputo-Mayr translated from the German. The transcendent liberality of spirit and open-mindedness of all these people are herewith acknowledged; if Jim Garrison had ever suffered public attack for his investigation of the murder of John F. Kennedy, you would not have known it from them. The following people contributed to my understanding of Jim Garrison, of Louisiana politics or of Jim Garrison’s investigation. I am grateful to them all: William Alford; Anselmo Aliegro; Joseph E. Allain; Mark Allen; Smiley Anders; Richard Angelico; Thomas An- gers; Trent Angers; Edward I. Arthur; Gerald P. Aurillo; Michael H. Bagot; F. Lee Bailey; Peggie Baker; Wilma Baker; Judge Denis A. Barry; Herbert Barton; Alvin Beauboeuf; Eddie Becker; Tammy Beckham; Thomas Edward Beckham; Jack Benjamin; Sally Boyce Benjamin; Barbara Bennett; Col. Esteban Benuvides; Pierre Bezou; Richard N. Billings; Gary Bizal; Christopher Blake; Don Bohning; Steve Bordelon; Isidro Borja; Joseph Bosco; Jeffrey Bowman; Carol Boyd; Edgar Eugene Bradley; Jim Bradshaw; Sheila Breaux; H. John Bremermann; Mickey Bremermann; Milton E. Brener; Tyler Bridges; the late Linda Brigette; Carlos Bringuier; Eric J. Brock; Betty Brown; Jordan Brown; Morris Brownlee; Vincent J. Bruno; Jay Bryant; Carl Bunch; Van H. Burns; Clay Calhoun; Debra Calhoun; Allen Campbell; Daniel Campbell; Martin Xavier Casey; Lawrence J. Centola Jr.; Loraine Chadwick; Patricia Chandler; the late Judge Lawrence Chehardy; Dan Christensen; John Ciravolo; Ramsey Clark; John Clemmer; the late Corrie Collins; James A. Comiskey; Raymond Comstock; Harry Connick; Dr. Dimitri L. Contostavlos; Jean Franco Corsini; Curtis Crafard; Edward Craford; Louis Crovetto; Jorge XXXxii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Navarro Custin; Martin F. Dardis; Howard K. Davis; Warren de Brueys; L. J. Delsa; Bill DeMar; the late Irene Dempsey; the late Jack Dempsey; Dr. Doug Desalles; Bernard Diedtrich; John J. Dolan; Michael Dolan; Julius N. Draznin; Thomas Duffy Jr.; Judge Adrian Duplantier; Clarence O. Dupuy; George Dureau; Judge Thomas A. Early Jr.; Paul Eberle; Lolis Elie; Samuel Exnicios; Wayne Fairchild; the late Mary Ferrell; Diane Fernandez; Silvio Fernandez; Phillip Foto; Alberto Antonio Fowler; George Fowler; Charles W. Frank Jr.; Donald Freed; Richard Gaille; Warren Garfunkel; Eberhard Garri- son; Elizabeth Garrison; Jasper Garrison; Mrs. Liz Garrison; Max Gartenberg; Pat Gartenberg; Edwin H. Gebhardt; Seymour Gelber; the late Walter Gemeinhardt; Darrow Gervais; the late Vance Gilmer; K. Eric Gisleson; Earl Patton Gore; Fred Gore; Alvin Gottschaull; Morgan Goudeau; C. Jackson Grayson Jr.; Carla Grayson; Eliza- beth Grayson; Lawrence Guchereau; Judge James C. Gulotta; Joy Gulotta; H. Jeremy Gunn; Edwin Guthman; David Halberstam; the late Walter Hammer; Margaret Palmer Harvey; John Haygood; the late Dr. Robert Heath; Bob Heller; Gerald Patrick Hemming; Sharon Herkes; Matt Herron; Don Howell; Mary Howell; Merryl Hudson; Mrs. Nora Ibert; Louis Ivon; Dr. Bernard Jacobs; Stephen Jaffe; Rosemary James; Steve Jennings; Roger E. Johnston Jr.; the late Don Lee Keith; Iris Kelso; Maxine Kemp; Angelo Kennedy; Arthur Kinoy; Phillip Kitchen; Burton Klein; Judge William F. Kline; Helen Kohlman; the late Herman Kohlman; Allen B. Koltun; Louise Korns; Gail Kramer; Phyllis Kritikos; Irene Lacost; Elizabeth Landry; Rob Landry; Mark Lane; Jose Antonio Lanuza; Judge Rene Lehmann; Professor Henry Lesnick; Mary Lesnick; Dr. Harold Lief; Sheriff Elmer Litchfield; Marcie Ann Little; Judge Marcel Livaudais; William Livesay; Lt. Col. Lawrence E. Lowry; Irvin L. Magri Jr.; Scott Malone; Michael Marcades; Victor Marchetti; Ray Marcus; Vince Marino; David Marston; the late Layton Martens; Dr. Robert N. McClelland; Edwin Lea McGehee; Ray McGuire; the late Emory Carl McNabb; James McPherson; Lou Merhige; the late Frank Meloche; the late Gene Miller; Dr. Frank Minyard; Van Morgan; Jefferson Morley; Pat Morvant; Hugh Murray; Antonio Navarro; John Newman (New Or- leans); Nicholas Noriea; Donold P.
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