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/3 SutIMER 175 *FAG O" R PA(Wray?) THE GAY VERSION OF THE WARREN REPORT AND ITS CRITACS

"The quean network reaches everywhere, my attacks. Yet the presence of closet quean be- dear." havior, gay lifestyles, and overt homophobia all "1 rue, but mostly into the more interesting play a part in the Kennedy Assassination miasma places, don't you think?" of the last decade, and they provide us with a John Mine!. with response I good thumbhold for getting a grasp on the whole from Toni Dawson, in conversation incredible series of events. (That no one prior to this has taken the occasion to probe this angle is also revealing as to the cowering lad unimag- by John Mitzet, inative nature of the American press ailarge.) So let's pry this open a bit and get a look back- As an active follower of Kennediana since 1959, stage where the politer and/or more "respectable" a supporter of attacks on the findings in the War- press daren't look tat now. ren Report for the last decade, and a writer inter- ested in all the fallout of the Kennedy Assassi- nation, I have come'to the realization that amongst all the millions of words written about these mat- ters (literally cartons of books inked about the aetsteination, the cover-ups, and the conspiracies high and low) not more than an occasional and elliptical mention is made of the panoramic sub- theme of homosexuality and homophobia through all this: in the Kennedy Administration Waif (Bobby K-'s famous attack on Gore Vidal at a White Houae gala dinner when he instructed guards to "get that damn fag out of here!"), among conspiracy theorists, in the role of lucked-up &met queens who work for intelligence agencies, and most dramatically in the use to which "alleg- ations of homoseXualityr were put and the nefar- ious result garnered through an imaginary assump- tion of how the Queen Network operates in the New Orleans trial of Clay Shaw in 1969. The fact of homosexual activity among the principles in all these, when it existed, was re- legated to footnotes at best, if even there; pre- "Clay Shaw: America didn't kill him but we didn't help sence of homosexual behavior was used for keep bon alive," ran the obituary no- tice last August in Variety ad hominem attacks on a specific character paid or by Rod MeKuen and the without the accuser exploring the significance staff of Sianyan Records (lilk:Kuen's re- cording company). of his attack and the hocagshobia behind such 1•01.11141,01%,,,,,,,,1441,1011,1 MG...1mM •

Clay Shaw was indicted in March of 1967 by Ay! And there's the rub! I think most honto. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison for phobes, since they're incapable of understanding conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy. Gar- the gay sub-culture, assume that all fags know rison instantly became a hero to many determined all other fags, and that consequently Shaw must Assassination Conspiracy Theorists who believed have known David Ferrie and through hun must in some conspiracy—on whatever level— and who have had a hand ut killing Kennedy —that is, were willing to gung-ho support Big Jim Garrison when he wasn't otherwise preoccupied eating in his wild attack on Shaw as long as it permitted babies. • • them their attack on the Warren Report. Mark Lane and Mort Sahl were foremost among those A wall of hypocrisy and homophobia rises who were activist Garrison-backers. to obscure the truth and prevents even the well- Garrison had originally targeted a strange New motivated investigators Crum pursuing into Orleans right-wing character named David Ferrie areas they're ill-equipped to handle and/or cul- as his victim, but Ferrie dropped dead before G. turally predisposed against exploring fairly. could arrest him. The story that Garrison had Their ignorance of the homosexual sub-culture "solved" the assassination had broken by then. The world press were winging their way to New Orleans waiting for this authoritative D.A. to and their active homophobia and love of per- arrest someone in "The Crime of the Century." secution allowed them to support Garrison in With Ferne's death Garrison was left with the his starkly corrupt pursuit and destruction of press on his baek, leaks promising forthcoming Clay Shaw (be they the right-wing courtroom arrests and no patsy to nab. (I remember clearly "Hanging Ladies" or scribes of the trendy watching Huntley & Brinkley at the time when lefty press). Lacking a respect for legality the news came across that David Ferric, "a ho- themselves, folks like Lane and Sahl indulged mosexual," was hinted to be involved in Kennedy's Garrison his illegalities to get at what they murder; I was 19 then and I thought: oh boy, wanted. Garrison's filthy means were OK by it's witchhunt time. I wasn't far off the mark.) them if they got to their end of debunking the conclusions of the Warren Report. This atti- Anyway, immediately after Ferrie's death in tude not only set a bad tone for Assassination Feb 67, a young man named Perry Raymond Russo Theorists (since Lane and Sahl were quite happy stepped front and center in Baton Rouge and said in their roles of Super-Stars of the Theorists— he knew Ferrie and his gay friends and had over- Lane especially has made a full-time, money- heard Ferrie and others talking of assassination. making job of it). but it was a short-sighted Barn! Garrison plucks this lad from obscurity, tactic and ultimately a grave disservice to the Russo becomes the works him over, and voilLt many thousands who have worked in whatever main witness in the state's case against Clay Shaw. ways to expose government lies in the Warren Russo originally never put Shaw at Ferrie's "assas- Report. sinanon conspiracy party"—that was an idea ger- minated in the D.A.'s office—but after being I won't be going into many specifics of the drugged, hypnotized and given suggestions, Russo Shaw-Garrison trial; For those facts I encourage came around to a position where he would testify those who're interested to read Jim Kirkwood's that Shaw was there. Hence the indictment, al- fine book, American Grotesquefrom which I lowing New Orleans "justice" to wend its weird quoted above, as well as The Garrison Case: and wary way. A Study In The Abuse Of Power by Milton Brener. Ido want to point out in this article the systemic Garrison's line was: Ferrie was a fairy, Russo homophobia which allows such a thing as the was a homo, and Shaw was a fag. In Big Jim's bent mind it was a natural they should be hanging out together planning miscreant deeds. Or to quote the judge at Clay Shaw's trial, a Garrison lackie and notorious homophobe, Judge James Haggerty, a blustery, pugnacious, booze-swilling Irish-face who'd bamboozled his way into the New Orleans political scene through the usual corrupt methods: "The jury didn't get too much on the queer angle. They (the prosecu- tion) didn't make the cause cigbre of it that I would have. I would have if I'd been the prosecution...I am personally convinced that— from people I've spoken to and what I've heard over two years—I am convinced that Shaw knew Ferrie. I am convinced...queers know queers! In New Orleans particularly...they've got a clique !niter man the CIA."

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notion of "The "The of notion

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homophobes fear. That some outsiders like to to like outsiders some That fear. homophobes

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characteristics of the men in power it's accusing. accusing. it's power in men the of characteristics

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But to infer (turn (turn infer to But that any any that have-to-get4runk-before-I-can-do-it fraternity of knew Clay Shaw. This Is the New Orleans Quean what he's conditioned to see as "the dirty laun- closet queans, of which more later). Shaw's ac- Network bringing some people together, keeping dry" around for all viewers. Hypocrites and quaintances in the Quean Network were vast, some separate. This is the closest Shaw gets to homophobes seek to stigmatize people rather than ranging from Layten Martens, whom we already Ferrie. Steps forward the man with the man seeking to understand the totality of life. met, a sort of young-thing-about-town with whom, with the missing piece— Perry Raymond Russo What the prosecution did do was ask Shaw according to Kirkwood, Shaw used to play chess with his Garrison-primed line: flaw Shaw there! under oath if he knew David Ferrie. Shaw said _ to the most successful and respected members of Garrison and his straight-man demonologists had no After his acquittal for conspiracy, Shaw .vas literary society on the order of say Tennessee their case.They had made a patsy t immediately rearrested and indicted for perjury Williams, Edward Albee, etc. (Speaking of the Shaw was brought to trial two years after his Garrison asserted Shaw had lied in denying ac- Literary Network, apparently Frances Parkinson indictment, and it took the jury only 50 minutes quaintanceship with Ferric. Queers know queers; Keyes was great chums with Clay and was going to acquit him by a unanimous vote, which was to write a book about him before her death.) - •••• "a surprise to some because it was believed that As retired Director of the New Orleans Trade Garrison and the judge had the trial hopelessly Mart, Shaw had met many thousands of people I don't object to criticizing a public individual's rigged (as the original grand jury had been rigged). in his life. If David Ferrie had been one of them, life on the basis of what we know about his person- it's likely Shaw would have remembered and ad- It was assumed that the prosecution would trans- al behavior. I'm frankly fascinated 'with people's mitted it. (Ferries body odor alone, its said, '2 form Shaw's personal life into some orgiastic round `private lives,' for there's a politics in private life . made him unforgettable.) In a small and social of conspiratorial seductions and entrapments. Ama- which carries over into public behavior and can af- city like New Orleans with its active gay under- zingly, the direct courtroom testimony kept pretty fect others. (A Nat ional HealthInsurance plan was ground, people get around. It's not at all improb- well clear of this. delayed for years, admits Wilbur Mills now, be. able that Shaw couldhave met Ferrie. But Shaw Kirkwood: "I asked James Alcott [Asst. D.A: cuase he was loaded or hung-over all the time.) said he didn't (in court under oath and to all his who handled the actual prosecution of the case in I Intensely dislike the present state of affairs in friends), and as a conscientious investigative jour- court' why he didn't get into the homosexual which it is legally risky to comment on the pri- nalist, II take his word. thing in the trial as much as everyone thought vate behavior of others—unless of course they've they would. Everyone thought Clay Shaw would already done their damage. (In 1964 Ralph Gins- But such is the power of HomIntem-heritage be dragged through the mud. And you know what berg in his Fact Magazine printed shrink reports mentality that, once pegged as a faggot, any nef- Alcott said to me? He said it was a bummer, that that Barry Goldwater was bonkers: Goldwater arious activity could be attributed to the man's it could do nothing but backfire on the case [at sued and won an impressive libel settlement. life. How best to stigmatize the man? Well, for that point) - Because what is the theory of a gay If we had had an active press exploring Nixon's starters, Garrison sent his boys out on a dragnet person trying to assassinate President Kennedy? unstable mind and personal hyposcrises in the of Shaw's home after the arrest. Cud knows what Clay Shaw said to me one time: 'What do people late 60s, things might be different than they are he expected to find. What they brought back, think? That I made a pass at John Kennedy and now; instead we have these timid "Was Nixon among other things, were: I chain, 5 whips, Hab turned down, and because of that I wanted Sick In The Head" pieces. And I see in the 2 pieces of leather,1 Army cartridge belt; I 1. so kill him?'" papers where William Buckley has just won black hood & cape. Garrison "leaked" this info to the press immediately, and even called Of course the rumor mills worked full-time 60 grand in a libel suit because a writer referred in photographers from Life to take pictures of those two years before the case actually came to to him as a "fascist.") People in public life the gear. This was sure to be significant evidence trial, with the D.A.'s office utilizing the maxim should get it from all directions. Where I do to his assertion that Shaw was a Member-In- of all Dirty Tricksters; "Vilify, vilify, at draw the line is when a public official attempts Good-Standing of the duplicitous Homintem: least some of the mud will stick." to use a private person's "personal life" to dis- credit him in a public action when the accuser Respectable Businessman by Day but a Notorious As I said. Judge Haggerty was disappointed is assuming he can mobilize in his favor the Street-Stalking Queer By Night. The irony of all that the D. A.'s staff didn't try to trap Shaw up force of hypocritical "public morality." This this is that Garrison himself more nearly fits in some denials of his homosexual life. Haggerty Is exactly what Garrison, Lane, Sahl, Brussell this description. It's even been suggested that told Kirkwood what he would have done: "When and others have done and are doing, and I in- in his own personal aminosity for Shaw, Garri- Shaw himself was on the stand; 'Mr. Shaw, are tend to point out the disingenuousness of their ac- son projected all of his own hang-ups on Shaw tions. you a homosexual?' They [defense' object •••• who, in Big Jim's refracted mind, was getting 'It has nothing to do with the case.' 'I'm testing away with all the things either denied Big firn- his credibility. If he says no, I intend to prove Yes, Clay Shaw was actively and openly homo- social acceptance— or those that obsessed him— that he is.' " Thus the mind of a hypocrite at sexual in his life, within the bounds of discretion, homosexuality. of course. He had integrated his homosexuality work: even if he loses he wins because he waves Inever understood what all the fuss was about rather well into his life for a man of his social po- with that hood and those whips, etc. It was a 2 sition (unlike Big 11m Garrison who belongs to the casual tuni.on just reading about them I- tit piubing around in his private life— real or what. small potatoes, my dear, to what people who ever they imagined—then its our task to balance gle is a movement toward personal integrity and imaginative sex should have on hand these days the issue and bringrhem under the same kind of discovery of the fullness of self. We're coming to scrutiny and discussion. In other words, as if, indeed, that was the connotation Garrison was feel that there really are no secrets, nor should be, people dish, so shall they be dished! trying to get across. If everyone who keeps sex-gear in the way we live our lives. Only straight men is a potential Presidential assassin, someone better require the cloak of secrecy for the shame of their - MARK LANE tell Gerry Ford to watch our! Come browse through lives: Nixon, Helms, Vesco, Howard Hughes, Sen- my closet anytime—bring As Kirkwood mentioned in A.rtyricarn Cwt.,. a friend! ator Kennedy, infer alio. Gay males move in the que, part of the informal press kit every reporter Speaking of friends, some of Shaw's played the other direction, toward total accessibility and . r.tceived upon arriving in Nl'sor Orleans to cover the D.A.'s game by implicitly denying Shaw was know- full discussion of' their "personal lives." trial was a picture of a well-known Assas.sinationol- ledgeable in leather/S&M sex. Their line was that This has been a running theme through great °gist. "In the photograph he is nude, face grimac- all this was part of art old Mardi Gras costume (and gay art since Whitman at least who made poetry ing, hands behind him (rumored to be tied behind it was true that Clay attended Mardi Gras in '65 out of the 'taboo' impulses in his day-to-day life. him). sporting a full erection. Also present in the dressed as a monk with a whip). But why bother Or take Edward Carpenter who meshed his poli- picutre is a woman's hand holding a pin or needle with denials? I like the S&M connotation better tics, love of comrades, socialism and esthetics to his genitals." It's Mark Lane, of course. because it's probably closest to the truth and it into a working, unified whole; he had nothing to shows a haalthy attitude of not being afraid to hide. Gay writers of all sorts have been at the As far as t know, this photo has never appeared admit a fact. The real issue was Garrison's forefront in being candid. The series of inter: in print before as other journals would no doubt decline on grounds of it being "irrelevant" or "in sleazy tactics, not Shaw's attire a case during views in Gay Sunshine is a perfect example of bad taste" (unkown words at intimacy. Tom Dawson, a close friend of Clay's this. Or, as one friend of mine put it with a Fag Rag editorial wrote me and said: "Clay played at S&M (just weary sigh: "You just can't get Neddie Rorem conferences). There's a story behind the photo: it was taken back when Lane was in the New York the icing on the cake, he once said)...and Garrison to shut up!" thought to make hay out of that one. Well, he State Legislature and had embarrassed his party It seems only fair that if homophobic ambi- did, but it was falsified. You see, Clay's house leaders on a vote. A D.A.'s :tarch of some apart- tious men wished to discredit and condemn Clay had recently been rented out and he had scoured ment turned up this photo. It got passed from Shaw by stigmatizing him as homosexual and it of the faintest compromising item. Garrison's hand to hand, and now it belongs to the ages. lurid implications were indeed inspired by no more Such are the screen-tests for A Star. than Clay's two Mardi Gras costumes...no, three. I bring up this snap of Lane He owned a Shinto priests's outfit complete with posing because it seems slightly disingenuous of Korean horsehair hat, an executioner's hooded him to $3 rabidly prod Garrison on in his wit•.h. gown replete with rope sash and black hood and hunt—esp. when he saw what was happening to an old historic plantation whip some nice lady defame Shaw personally—when this very photo gave him, and finally a black Arabic costume, was floating around for all New Orleans to see gold-embroidered and with Feisal-type headdress, as evidence that sexual "kinkiness" is not the all given him by some dignitary in Damascus years sole domain of gay males! Lane's no dumb back." Well, I don't want to turn this into a fashion bunny; he should have read Garrison's heads show, but you get the point. right off and got the fuck out of there if he was •••• any good. Surely, being a laywer himself, and Oswald's posthumous legal rep, he must have Private lives- known the tricks Big Jim was up to. I think It seems to be essentially part of any progressive Lane's continued support and encouragement position that we constantly probe into peoples' pri- of Garrison is indicative of the limits of his vale behavior, and especially those who slide into own ambition and the lengths he'll go to in public office. Curtains of secrecy always invite order to gel what he wants. shoddy dealings and criminality of the greatest Mark Lane's long been on the conspiracy sort. Full exposure is anathema to hypocrites. case. He and few others rejected and actively Wealth, privilege and abuse of power all require opposed theconclusions" of the Warren Com- the secrecy of "privacy" for their crimes, Lack of disclosure invites double standards off which mission from the start. He braved public scorn to take his case to the people Over the hypocrites prosper. years The Event Itself he's met considerable success as well as attrac- Why I bring all this up now is that it seems to ted serious criticism even from those working me that a central theme In the gay liberation strug- his same side of the fence. I spoke with Carl

his 13-year-old son. It was only a front-rig accu- accu- front-rig a only was It son. 13-year-old his

self. lie lie self.

another breeding heterosexual fur "molesting" "molesting" fur heterosexual breeding another

grubby pandering tactics and dirty tricks, it was was it tricks, dirty and tactics pandering grubby doing his scoring in those places largely reserved reserved largely places those in scoring his doing

hypocritical of G.'s part. As a closet qucan him- qucan closet a As part. G.'s of hypocritical

tor married-men-fags : tearooms and baths. Gar- baths. and tearooms : married-men-fags tor

own math news by being puhlically accused by by accused puhlically being by news math own

to make political gain out out gain political make to

hypocrites play dirty. Garrison played it safe by by safe it played Garrison dirty. play hypocrites

all. According to this tale, she choked to death death to choked she tale, this to According all.

Jim pulled out his pod and gismcd all all gismcd and pod his out pulled Jim

ample piece, it's said, and he made her take it it take her made he and said, it's piece, ample

Garrison, unconfirmed but popular, has him him has popular, but unconfirmed Garrison, while blowing him, and on her last gag, Big Big gag, last her on and him, blowing while

being fellated by a prostitute. Jim's got an an got Jim's prostitute. a by fellated being

face. Big Man! Man! Big face.

My favorite New Orleans street story about Jim Jim about story street Orleans New favorite My

in spiked heels, slapping around prostitutes, etc. etc. prostitutes, around slapping heels, spiked in

offbeat sex offbeat

Orleans will tell you that Big Jim has a taste for for taste a has Jim Big that you tell will Orleans

behavior, and being a bully in power, he dares dares he power, in bully a being and behavior,

anyone to squeal. squeal. to anyone

perfect hypocrite, capable of any kind of closet closet of kind any of capable hypocrite, perfect

pectabte Career—yeah, we know that type: the the type: that know we Career—yeah, pectabte

The wife has been quoted as saying: "He keeps keeps "He saying: as quoted been has wife The

birthed 5 times, well above the national average. average. national the above well times, 5 birthed

into a Basic Heterosexual Breeding Unit that had had that Unit Breeding Heterosexual Basic a into

ter." Garrison's Garrison's ter."

JIM GARRISON GARRISON JIM Shaw. who was single, Garrison was legally bonded bonded legally was Garrison single, was who Shaw.

me pregnant in the summer and barefoot in win- in barefoot and summer the in pregnant me

an easy mark in that erime-ridden town. Unlike Unlike town. erime-ridden that in mark easy an

leans politics as a Crusader Against Vice, always always Vice, Against Crusader a as politics leans

means, just just means,

behaved in a similar manner—not worrying over over worrying manner—not similar a in behaved

in a position of power like Garrison's he would have have would he Garrison's like power of position a in

sonally, I have few doubts that if Lane had been been had Lane if that doubts few have I sonally,

be a set-back for cirtics of the Warren Report, Report, Warren the of cirtics for set-back a be

assistance to a pot like Garrison turned out to to out turned Garrison like pot a to assistance

and Lane's ambition is partly to blame. blame. to partly is ambition Lane's and

colleagues resent his flashy publicity-seeking as as publicity-seeking flashy his resent colleagues

well as some of his methods. Surely, Lane's Lane's Surely, methods. his of some as well

in Boston, Oglesby told me that some of Lane's Lane's of some that me told Oglesby Boston, in

of the Boston-hased Assassination Information Information Assassination Boston-hased the of

Oglesby, a brilliant theorist himself and member member and himself theorist brilliant a Oglesby,

Bureau. After a recent A.I.B. conference here here conference A.I.B. recent a After Bureau.

Stigmatizing Shaw as homosexual, and tkopin g g tkopin and homosexual, as Shaw Stigmatizing

Yet barmaids and waitresses all around New New around all waitresses and barmaids Yet

Jim Garrison made his entrance into New Or- New into entrance his made Garrison Jim

was was

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equally open to this 'criticism." But But 'criticism." this to open equally

being walked on naked by a woman woman a by naked on walked being

relentlessly relentlessly

a a

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pursuing his end. end. his pursuing

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preferred scenario. He maintained a calm and, to to and, calm a maintained He scenario. preferred

killed Kennedy Kennedy killed corpses. corpses.

on the assumption that suicide implies guilt, a a guilt, implies suicide that assumption the on

that matter), that careers for ambitious men are are men ambitious for careers that matter), that

a close friend of Shaw's, told me. And wouldn't wouldn't And me. told Shaw's, of friend close a

trial then. lie could move his juggernaut forward forward juggernaut his move could lie then. trial

suicide after he was arrested," Gail Baumgartner, Baumgartner, Gail arrested," was he after suicide that be neat for Garrison. He wouldn't need a a need wouldn't He Garrison. for neat be that

money on a beach. Two other prisoners, Mi- prisoners, other Two beach. a on money

on orders. orders. on

dered in his cell, and his death, it appears, came came appears, it death, his and cell, his in dered

it. Nut long thereafter Frost was found mur- found was Frost thereafter long Nut it.

kept quiet about his refusal. Frost boasted of of boasted Frost refusal. his about quiet kept

guel Torres and Jack Frost, refused. Torres Torres refused. Frost, Jack and Torres guel

kie, agreed to testify he saw Shaw give Oswald Oswald give Shaw saw he testify to agreed kie,

stories made up by the D.A.'s staff linking Shaw Shaw linking staff D.A.'s the by up made stories

with Ferric and Oswald. Vernon Bundy, a Jun- a Bundy, Vernon Oswald. and Ferric with

prison to "testify" against Shaw with phoney phoney with Shaw against "testify" to prison

rison attempted to coerce prisoners in the Parish Parish the in prisoners coerce to attempted rison

pity. The critics and theorists, or at least the the least at or theorists, and critics The pity.

company they keep. keep. they company

really really

super-stars among them, should take are the the are take should them, among super-stars dealings. Garrison, by his actions, set back criti- back set actions, his by Garrison, dealings.

innocent men and use hysterical charges to dis- to charges hysterical use and men innocent

cism on the Warren Report at least 6 years: a a years: 6 least at Report Warren the on cism

He, like Nixon, is a perfect lesson of how power power how of lesson perfect a is Nixon, like He,

tract attention from their grubby day-to-day day-to-day grubby their from attention tract

drugs, death and intrigues will always set up up set always will intrigues and death drugs,

He's He's

ests), power-mad, mentally unbalanced, a tyrant. tyrant. a unbalanced, mentally power-mad, ests),

tical freak, he's the norm with a lucky break. break. lucky a with norm the he's freak, tical

ical in his personal life, a "bought-man" pro. pro. "bought-man" a life, personal his in ical

bit of work to conceive a a conceive to work of bit

fessionally (beholden to organized crime inter- crime organized to (beholden fessionally

corrupt as Jim Garrison: corrupt and hypocrit- hypocrit- and corrupt Garrison: Jim as corrupt

making it with Perry Raymond Russo! Russo! Raymond Perry with it making

heard from one who'd know that Garrison was was Garrison that know who'd one from heard

Anyway, thaw refused to play out Garrison's Garrison's out play to refused thaw Anyway,

receptacles of Big Jim's Big Phallus. I've even even I've Phallus. Big Jim's Big of receptacles

of Clay Shaw's Sex Life, Life, Sex Shaw's Clay of

full of stories about the ways and means and and means and ways the about stories of full

of it (I wonder why), but my dear! For a D.A.'s D.A.'s a For dear! my but why), wonder (I it of

who's got a lot of press out of the Twilight World World Twilight the of out press of lot a got who's

sation, to be sure, and no It-.gal charges came out out came charges It-.gal no and sure, be to sation,

"Clay thought Garrison felt he would commit commit would he felt Garrison thought "Clay

As part of his campaign to defame Shaw, Gar- Shaw, defame to campaign his of part As

Even for an imaginative person, it takes a a takes it person, imaginative an for Even

an an

worts in the United States. Dealers in in Dealers States. United the in worts

For Garrison knew, as do the men who who men the do as knew, Garrison For

anarchist's best argument. He's no poli- no He's argument. best anarchist's

(or (or

the Nennedys themselves for for themselves Nennedys the

we've we've

man man

as thoroughly thoroughly as

got a backroorn backroorn a got

12 12

MORT SAHL SAHL MORT

cal radio talk show. I phoned in to ask him his his him ask to in phoned I show. talk radio cal

a few years ago Mort Sahl Sahl Mort ago years few a

remains. remains.

agents at the State this final assault on Shaw's Shaw's on assault final this State the at agents

Baumgartner stood her ground and refused the the refused and ground her stood Baumgartner

said one of Slu.sv's friends had done him in " " in him done had friends Slu.sv's of one said

exhume the body. Some woman had called them them called had woman Some body. the exhume

and said the bodies had been switched. Someone Someone switched. been had bodies the said and

clique were still around. As Gail Baumgartner Baumgartner Gail As around. still were clique

tells it: 'The police called me. They wanted to to wanted They me. called police 'The it: tells

the State. Though no longer D.A., Garrison's Garrison's D.A., longer no Though State. the

I wanted Clay Shaw to live so he could nail nail could he so live to Shaw Clay wanted I

he died before it was resolved. As Kirkwood Kirkwood As resolved. was it before died he

them." them."

told me: "If l ever wanted anyone to live live to anyone wanted ever l "If me: told

sequences, Inc.) was stuck with legal delays; delays; legal with stuck was Inc.) sequences,

nessmen who funneled large amounts of cash cash of amounts large funneled who nessmen

backers (and hand of rich New Orleans busi- Orleans New rich of hand (and backers

Shaw's own civil suit against Garrison and his his and Garrison against suit civil own Shaw's

to Garrison through their group, Truth or Con- or Truth group, their through Garrison to

courts, the perjury indictments were dismissed. dismissed. were indictments perjury the courts,

mediately rearrested Shaw and charged him with with him charged and Shaw rearrested mediately

perjury. After several years of appeals in higher higher in appeals of years several After perjury.

Christ! you want somebody to pay for it!" it!" for pay to somebody want you Christ!

with the jury's prompt acquittal. Garrison im- Garrison acquittal. prompt jury's the with

al thing to see. You see his head blown off and and off blown head his see You see. to thing al

sitting there accused of it. It's such an emotion• emotion• an such It's it. of accused there sitting

more during deliberations' trid have that man man that have trid deliberations' during more

that that

because you cannot show the Zapruder Zapruder the show cannot you because

guilty by that jury, regardless of the testimony, testimony, the of regardless jury, that by guilty

The feeling was that he was going to be found found be to going was he that was feeling The

that people could still give it serious attention! attention! serious it give still could people that

into this farce, and you saw the press press the saw you and farce, this into

criminal proceeding, and then you saw it turn turn it saw you then and proceeding, criminal

circus. It was so ridiculous that when you thought thought you when that ridiculous so was It circus.

ing it as something serious, I mean it's incredible incredible it's mean I serious, something as it ing

man from New York, Spiesell— it was a terrible terrible a was it Spiesell— York, New from man

that this was in fact, supposedly, a sane, sane, a supposedly, fact, in was this that

me up. When these yo-yos came into that that into came yo-yos these When up. me

courtroom with their ridiculous testimony—that testimony—that ridiculous their with courtroom

..rnazing thing was to me that he was cheering cheering was he that me to was thing ..rnazing

at least 3 nights a week daring the trial, and the the and trial, the daring week a nights 3 least at

Just off the top of my head. I remember back back remember I head. my of top the off Just

out his two-year ordeal. ordeal. two-year his out

some of his friends, a maddening stoicism through- stoicism maddening a friends, his of some

But even death didn't end the harassment by by harassment the end didn't death even But

Shaw's harassment by the D.A. didn't end end didn't D.A. the by harassment Shaw's

Kirkwood : 'I had dinner or drinks with Clay Clay with drinks or dinner had 'I : Kirkwood

many times [5 times in court and several several and court in times [5 times many

was was

in Boston on a lo- a on Boston in

still still

film film

legal. legal. play-

half of his Heterosexual Breeding Unit, he split. split. he Unit, Breeding Heterosexual his of half

Sahl's so busy breaking open the Kennedy case, case, Kennedy the open breaking busy so Sahl's

Stewart" Sahl exploded: "I won't have this kind of of kind this have won't "I exploded: Sahl Stewart" problems like homophobia. homophobia. like problems

Mark Lane, Jim Garrison and God. in that order. order. that in God. and Garrison Jim Lane, Mark please don't disturb him with current and important important and current with him disturb don't please

bullshit on my show!" and along with the other other the with along and show!" my on bullshit

I want him on the Kennedy Case Case Kennedy the on him want I

After this went on for for on went this After

ing in reopening the Kennedy affair. At one point, point, one At affair. Kennedy the reopening in ing killer of John Kennedy." Yeah, him, Mae Brusscll, Brusscll, Mae him, Yeah, Kennedy." John of killer

Irritation at even having to talk to these people. people. these to talk to having even at Irritation

he bellowed to the audience that he was one of of one was he that audience the to bellowed he

He was angered by the men, but it was the les- the was it but men, the by angered was He perhaps five persons in the world who know the the know who world the in persons five perhaps reminded him: "I'm not John Kennedy...I'm Sally Sally Kennedy...I'm John not "I'm him: reminded

Sahl launched into the important role he was play- was he role important the into launched Sahl

guests, audience and public that he felt the the felt he that public and audience guests,

Sahl "refused to deal with the women on any- on women the with deal to "refused Sahl whole matter beneath his time and intelligence. intelligence. and time his beneath matter whole

bians who drove him to expose his truly incred- truly his expose to him drove who bians

Again, after at least two dozen previous references, references, previous dozen two least at after Again,

Stewart and Sharon Cornelison. Sahl revealed revealed Sahl Cornelison. Sharon and Stewart thing close to a serious level...and reminded his his reminded level...and serious a to close thing

were selected: Morris Kight, Bob Sirico, Sally Sally Sirico, Bob Kight, Morris selected: were

ible homophobia. According to the account in in account the to According homophobia. ible the 11 April 75 edition of of edition 75 April 11 the

homophobia on the air. Two men and Iwo women women Iwo and men Two air. the on homophobia

representatives of their groups to discuss Sahl's Sahl's discuss to groups their of representatives

naturally, outraged, and they demanded time for for time demanded they and outraged, naturally,

Now. Now.

...they're ...they're

They despite [women' because you have the the have you because [women' despite They

seek psychiatric care or buy a plot at Forest Lawn." Lawn." Forest at plot a buy or care psychiatric seek

real thing...Can't you see the negative fence of homo- of fence negative the see you thing...Can't real

sexuals in society?...Have you ever seen a poor faggot? faggot? poor a seen ever you society?...Have in sexuals

enemy. They view nihilism as a way of life... life... of way a as nihilism view They enemy.

scavengers," he told the women. "They're your your "They're women. the told he scavengers,"

panel gab show in Los Angeles called called Angeles Los in show gab panel

sexuals, one of his favorite avocations: avocations: favorite his of one sexuals,

a panel of women, Sahl lunged into attacking homo- attacking into lunged Sahl women, of panel a leads to conspiratorial thinking. thinking. conspiratorial to leads

Perhaps the moderator knew what was coming: coming: was what knew moderator the Perhaps

work together." Homophobia, as Freud observed, observed, Freud as Homophobia, together." work

wood's nothing but a goddamn fag and they all all they and fag goddamn a but nothing wood's

at any rate he cut cut he rate any at

the line. I heard Sahl snap: "That fucking Kirk- fucking "That snap: Sahl heard I line. the

views on Kirkwood's book book Kirkwood's on views

The gay community in and around L. A. was, was, A. L. around and in community gay The

Sahl's current career finds him the host of a TV TV a of host the him finds career current Sahl's

In late March of this year, while hosting hosting while year, this of March late In

a a

destructive force...I would suggest they they suggest would force...I destructive

to to

an ad while 1 was left on on left was 1 while ad an

a a

while, one of the women women the of one while,

Entertainment West, West, Entertainment

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anyway, anyway,

Both Sides Sides Both

—

They're They're

as he sees sees he as

"painted lady.") lady.") "painted

uncontested is that Russo kmav David Ferrie in the the in Ferrie David kmav Russo that is uncontested

summer of 1963—which was otherwise a pretty good good pretty a otherwise was 1963—which of summer year. (To a friend, Russo referred to Ferric as as Ferric to referred Russo friend, a (To year.

half-truth, confused impressions and and impressions confused half-truth,

Perry was making a career out lit hummingaround hummingaround lit out career a making was Perry

tales of undetermined origins. What is true and and true is What origins. undetermined of tales liar has unfortunately left us with his legacy of lies, lies, of legacy his with us left unfortunately has liar

from one party to another, Ile was 31, kind of at r rac. rac. r at of kind 31, was Ile another, to party one from

in their slipshod case against Clay Shaw and a proven proven a and Shaw Clay against case slipshod their in

DAVID FERRIE & "LEE HARVEY OSWALD" OSWALD" HARVEY "LEE & FERRIE DAVID

of the Century. Century. the of

that he was involved. involved. was he that

plicated Shaw in the Crime Crime the in Shaw plicated

be a Star. For that he im- he that For Star. a be

Shaw was gay was surely enough "proo' to Sahl Sahl to "proo' enough surely was gay was Shaw

Russo. He only wanted to to wanted only He Russo.

This is Perry Raymond Raymond Perry is This

fags everywhere in "The Conspiracy." That Clay Clay That Conspiracy." "The in everywhere fags

Perry Raymond Russo, the State's main witness witness main State's the Russo, Raymond Perry

Russo's Dad was in prison that stannic( and and stannic( that prison in was Dad Russo's

(all of them) them) of (all

a a

jumble of of jumble

a a

ple, a trait he shared with the Warren Commission's Commission's Warren the with shared he trait a ple,

swamp. Ferrie loved guns and the idea of killing peo- killing of idea the and guns loved Ferrie swamp.

Agency was training training was Agency

ping bombs on Havana; that he was involved in gun- in involved was he that Havana; on bombs ping

running for the CIA before the Bay of Pigs when that that when Pigs of Bay the before CIA the for running

I've heard all sorts of Ferrie stories, and I'd gamble gamble I'd and stories, Ferrie of sorts all heard I've

there's more truth than not in most of them: that he he that them: of most in not than truth more there's

flew anti-Castro "guerillas into Cuba as well well as Cuba into "guerillas anti-Castro flew

with ant i-Cast i-Cast ant with

of some sort, nut unlikely since they're list-in-glove list-in-glove they're since unlikely nut sort, some of

with the ganastcrs down there. Ferrie was also tight tight also was Ferrie there. down ganastcrs the with

deported. He also worked for the intelligence services services intelligence the for worked also He deported.

Orleans crime crime Orleans

Orleans Mafia. He once flew Carlos Marcello, New New Marcello, Carlos flew once He Mafia. Orleans

pornographic films. Ile was a stringer for the New New the for stringer a was Ile films. pornographic

ently didn't use them himself- and the sale of of sale the and himself- them use didn't ently

involved in drug distribution—though he appar- he distribution—though drug in involved

sacrifice and blood guzzling). In addition he was was he addition In guzzling). blood and sacrifice

(Ferric conducted religious services involving animal animal involving services religious conducted (Ferric

pianist, a self Aykt1 priest in that weird cult called called cult weird that in priest Aykt1 self a pianist,

the Orthodox Old Catholic Church of North America America North of Church Catholic Old Orthodox the

Russo's "painted lady" epitaph. Besides being a pilot, pilot, a being Besides epitaph. lady" "painted Russo's

he was a chemist, a cancer "researcher," a a "researcher," cancer a chemist, a was he

eyebrows with cosmetics—perhaps the origin of of origin the cosmetics—perhaps with eyebrows

miner). He had no hair on his body—the result result body—the his on hair no had He miner).

of alopecia - lie smelled bad, lived like a pig, pasted pasted pig, a like lived bad, smelled lie - alopecia of

tufts of hair on his head and face or drew in his his in drew or face and head his on hair of tufts

homosexual morals charge (for having sex with a a with sex having (for charge morals homosexual

Airlineswhen they found out about his arrest on a a on arrest his about out found they Airlineswhen

Pleasance playing Ferric in the eventual film version.) version.) film eventual the in Ferric playing Pleasance

realities. Tackola Tackola realities.

a sleazy fellow with Bold Aspirations and low-rent low-rent and Aspirations Bold with fellow sleazy a

Of-The-Pages-Of-Ripley's.Believe-lt-Or-Not Number, Number, Of-The-Pages-Of-Ripley's.Believe-lt-Or-Not

himself in their company. Ferrie's the the Ferrie's company. their in himself

"character" in this whole fiasco, a real Right-Out- real a fiasco, whole this in "character"

David Ferric would have latched on to. to. on latched have would Ferric David

tive in a pasty-faced way, just the kind of youth that that youth of kind the just way, pasty-faced a in tive

Back in 1961, Ferrie was fired as a pilot for Eastern Eastern for pilot a as fired was Ferrie 1961, in Back

Ferrie loved the young men, and he tried to keep keep to tried he and men, young the loved Ferrie

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having used Ferrie's pimp services for meeting Martens Martens meeting for services pimp Ferrie's used having

and Lewallen. But this was never proved. proved. never was this But Lewallen. and

society. This is where it's alleged Clay Shaw fit In— fit Shaw Clay alleged it's where is This society.

person/pimp. "Oswald"-Lewallen was straight Trade Trade straight was "Oswald"-Lewallen person/pimp.

who was sleeping his way through gay New Orleans Orleans New gay through way his sleeping was who

kind of "referred trick" with Ferrie acting as contact- as acting Ferrie with trick" "referred of kind

him. Just wonderful but such work, my dear, to get get to dear, my work, such but wonderful Just him.

lucked in the ass in New Orleans! Orleans! New in ass the in lucked

how he had whipped up a love potion, fed it to "Os- to it fed potion, love a up whipped had he how

wald"-Lewallen who then became aroused and fucked fucked and aroused became then who wald"-Lewallen

and had to share word of his conquest. Ferrie revealed revealed Ferrie conquest. his of word share to had and

friends. friends.

Lewallen, probably as old tricks, or old tricks of of tricks old or tricks, old as probably Lewallen,

in court to knowing both Layten Martens Martens Layten both knowing to court in

to as "Leon" or "Lee." Interestingly, Shaw admitted admitted Shaw Interestingly, "Lee." or "Leon" as to

ing type that Russo noticed. He was often referred referred often was He noticed. Russo that type ing

gether after their slight acquaintanceship in the Civil Civil the in acquaintanceship slight their after gether Lewallen, a bearded, scruffy number, a a number, scruffy bearded, a Lewallen,

the pit of the Texas Theatre and destined for stardom. stardom. for destined and Theatre Texas the of pit the

Ferrie in that summer of 1963 was actually James James actually was 1963 of summer that in Ferrie

not at all like the "Lee" Harvey Oswald we all came came all we Oswald Harvey "Lee" the like all at not

heavy and sets your Mort Sahls salivating. Russo, Russo, salivating. Sahls Mort your sets and heavy ory," recalled "Leon Oswald" as husky and bearded, bearded, and husky as Oswald" "Leon recalled ory,"

is where the Quean Network Action gets fast and and fast gets Action Network Quean the where is

to know that Friday afternoon, the one plucked from from plucked one the afternoon, Friday that know to

Air Patrol in the 50s. This "Leon" who lived with with lived who "Leon" This 50s. the in Patrol Air who's realty not known for the accuracy of his "mem- his of accuracy the for known not realty who's

claims he met a "Leon Oswald" whom Ferric Ferric whom Oswald" "Leon a met he claims

Identified as his roommate. Hold tight 'cause this this 'cause tight Hold roommate. his as Identified

Ferrie had been to alienate him from Landry.) Landry.) from him alienate to been had Ferrie

boyfriend. (In fact, Russo's original contact with with contact original Russo's fact, (In boyfriend.

a kick in the teeth"— probably to Al Landry, an old old an Landry, Al to probably teeth"— the in kick a

his death read: "Dear Al, I offered you love and and love you offered I Al, "Dear read: death his

the best I could; all I got in return, In the end, was . . was end, the In return, in got I all could; I best the

and never come back. Ferric couldn't keep any boy boy any keep couldn't Ferric back. come never and

course, and when it didn't work out, they'd leave leave they'd out, work didn't it when and course,

for long. One letter found in Ferrie's effects after after effects Ferrie's in found letter One long. for

couraged Perry to drop by with with by drop to Perry couraged

the game. Ferrie only wanted to blow them, of of them, blow to wanted only Ferrie game. the

a bunch of right-wing Cuban refugees. Ferric en- Ferric refugees. Cuban right-wing of bunch a

Russo played baseball regularly that summer with with summer that regularly baseball played Russo

And on. on. And

According to my sources, "Oswild"-Lewallen was a a was "Oswild"-Lewallen sources, my to According structing a submarine to torpedo Havana Havana torpedo to submarine a structing

"Os.vald." At one point Ferric was personally con- personally was Ferric point one At "Os.vald."

Anyway, it was on one of these visits that Russo Russo that visits these of one on was it Anyway,

Like a kiss-n-tell qucan, Ferrie drew Russo aside aside Russo drew Ferrie qucan, kiss-n-tell a Like

Most accounts never place Oswald and Ferric to- Ferric and Oswald place never accounts Most

The story I like best comes from Russo himself. himself. Russo from comes best like I story The

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but left no signs of forced death and that the autopsy autopsy the that and death forced of signs no left but

he had in his his in had he

would would

leave a farewell note. He had often bragged that that bragged often had He note. farewell a leave

murder or or murder

Garrison investigation story broke. His autopsy said said autopsy His broke. story investigation Garrison death due to cerebral hemorrhage; it could have been been have could it hemorrhage; cerebral to due death

of things down there; he remains a troublemaker here.") here.") troublemaker a remains he there; down things of

all sorts of rumors that the 'reverend' was in the thick thick the in was 'reverend' the that rumors of sorts all

pondent of mine wrote of Broshears: "We have heard heard have "We Broshears: of wrote mine of pondent

all with whatever there is to know. One coastal corres- coastal One know. to is there whatever with all

has at times spoken of his life with Ferric, and it's our our it's and Ferric, with life his of spoken times at has

hope that he will take future occasions to acquaint us us acquaint to occasions future take will he that hope

a a

a man with much to tell and tell and tell. Rev. Broshears Broshears Rev. tell. and tell and tell to much with man a

sloppy-&-quasi-rightwing politics. He's also the famous famous the also He's politics. sloppy-&-quasi-rightwing

Ray Broshears of the much-touted "Lavender Panthers," Panthers," "Lavender much-touted the of Broshears Ray

outlook on life. life. on outlook

the San Francisco scene and editor of of editor and scene Francisco San the

clothes, all charachristic of one with a military military a with one of charachristic all clothes,

was Ray Broshears—now the Rev.--currently working working Rev.--currently the Broshears—now Ray was

of him when he was arrested; his hair is neat, clean clean neat, is hair his arrested; was he when him of

knew LHO to wear a heard. In fact, he seems more the the more seems he fact, In heard. a wear to LHO knew

landlady in New Orleans have testified that they never never they that testified have Orleans New in landlady

type to be pathologically clean cut. Look at the photos photos the at Look cut. clean pathologically be to type

once asked something of him and he beat her up. Did Did up. her beat he and him of something asked once

this Oswald know Ferrie? Both Marina and LHO's LHO's and Marina Both Ferrie? know Oswald this

home, even though he hadn't a job most of the time. time. the of most job a hadn't he though even home,

Marina never questionzd him about his activities. She She activities. his about him questionzd never Marina

abroad. abroad.

was also a piece of Trade. That summer he was rarely rarely was he summer That Trade. of piece a also was

marriage was a queer affair if you ask me, obviously obviously me, ask you if affair queer a was marriage

much, up to something. Marina's no help, even though though even help, no Marina's something. to up much,

spoke virtually no English back then; their whole whole their then; back English no virtually spoke

she was with the husband in that city, breeding. She She breeding. city, that in husband the with was she

the slipshod work of some intelligence agent here or or here agent intelligence some of work slipshod the

was in in was

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suicide as well as natural death. Ferrie Ferrie death. natural as well as suicide

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bodies, a phoney story to get their names in the news news the in names their get to story phoney a bodies,

are foot-loose, no politics, an inkling of what it takes takes it what of inkling an politics, no foot-loose, are

to Get Ahead in America, willing to use a smile, their their smile, a use to willing America, in Ahead Get to

don't want no unearned cum stains on her ball gown!) gown!) ball her on stains cum unearned no want don't

and thereby defaming his fine character. This gums gums This character. fine his defaming thereby and

azine for mistaking him him mistaking for azine

touchy about being mislabelled. He sued sued He mislabelled. being about touchy in seedier transactions—Wm. F. Buckley, say—Russo's say—Russo's Buckley, F. transactions—Wm. seedier in

should watch myself here: like most people involved involved people most like here: myself watch should

helped Ferrie in some of his drug dealings (though (though dealings drug his of some in Ferrie helped

appeared in some of these films.) He may also have have also may He films.) these of some in appeared

volved in pornographic film sales. (Perry might have have might (Perry sales. film pornographic in volved

of the Western World World Western the of himself. He was impressionable. He was easily hyp- easily was He impressionable. was He himself.

notized. He confessed to having difficulty separating separating difficulty having to confessed He notized.

what was real from what wasn't. Ferric got him in- him got Ferric wasn't. what from real was what

salesman; he pushed insurance and and insurance pushed he salesman;

talked about. The fellow he had met had been intro- been had met had he fellow The about. talked

duced to him as "Clem Bertrand." Bertrand." "Clem as him to duced

like Clay Shaw. though under a different name, was was name, different a under though Shaw. Clay like

rison, rison,

past four years, With the help of the f.r.A.'s sodium sodium f.r.A.'s the of help the With years, four past

phone. What all this signifies remains to be revealed; revealed; be to remains signifies this all What phone.

rie's death to cash in his chips held in reserve to those those to reserve in held chips his in cash to death rie's PERRY RAYMOND RUSSO RUSSO RAYMOND PERRY

pentothal, hypnosis, and some strong-arming by by strong-arming some and hypnosis, pentothal,

breeder. breeder.

ning literary jailbird, E. E. jailbird, literary ning

yet off the cuff l'd say it reads like some trashy pop pop trashy some like reads it say l'd cuff the off yet

thriller out of the murderous pen of that award-win- that of pen murderous the of out thriller

ence known and spent most of the time by a pay pay a by time the of most spent and known ence

again. again.

so much of the same Trade— The Quean Network Angie Angie Network Quean The Trade— same the of much so

apprehended, Ferrie Ferrie apprehended,

rink in Texas through a rainstorm. He made his pres- his made He rainstorm. a through Texas in rink

likely have never been brought into this mess, except except mess, this into brought been never have likely perhaps to find find to perhaps

When Kirkwood went to interview Russo after the the after Russo interview to went Kirkwood When

Blg Jim dead than alive. Had Ferric lived, Shaw would would Shaw lived, Ferric Had alive. than dead Jim Blg

lance. As it turned out, Ferric was worth far more to to more far worth was Ferric out, turned it As lance.

how such things work. Garrison had him under surveil- under him had Garrison work. things such how

I'd gamble Ferrie smelled a set-up--esp. since he knew knew he since set-up--esp. a smelled Ferrie gamble I'd

0! These young things that want to be stars! They They stars! be to want that things young These 0!

Perry Russo till the time of the trial had been a a been had trial the of time the till Russo Perry

P.R. Russo stepped forward immediately after after immediately forward stepped Russo P.R.

The night of the assassination, with Oswald already already Oswald with assassination, the of night The

Garrison had already talked with Ferrie extensively; extensively; Ferrie with talked already had Garrison

Russo suddenly "remembered" that somebody somebody that "remembered" suddenly Russo

out how both Ferrie and Shaw knew knew Shaw and Ferrie both how out

series, but mostly Perry sold sold Perry mostly but series,

drove with two boys to to boys two with drove

for the junkie Vernon Vernon junkie the for

Howard Hunt, another another Hunt, Howard

The Great Books Books Great The

Time Time

Bundy, Bundy,

a skating skating a

Mag-

vulgar vulgar

Gar-

I I Fer- 1

plans to knock off the Warren Report ("Promise him had Sahl and Lane plying him with their rasputian anything, but give him...the Zapruder Film!"), the quent "revelation".

pulled off The Crime of The Century and its subse-

case about. It's an odd assortment that could have of the Conspiracy Ball.

grudged him his efforts for the prosecution. Kirkwbod on a stolen goods rap which some have hinted was a through fully on his case. So much for this Cinderella set-up by Garrison to get Russo for not coming again: "I felt sorry for the poor fucker. He's a real

loser. The evening I sprint with him was a surprise to Point being: who, ultimately, wouldn't tlaky Perry imagine. But he really wants to meet you."Sure. No me because he had been told not to talk with me... about." but he was doing that [rubbing' a lot. I just pretended Clay said: 'For what? To apologize?' I said: 'I would I told Clay: 'Perry Russo wants to talk with you.' Russo's main thing was: I wonder how does Shaw feel? problem. I would love to meet him.' It didn't come hampton, New York. Garrison's thugs also stole K.'s Garrison was out gunning for him. One plot of the mail regularly while he was in New Orleans—only a he said, 'Do you mind if I take off my shirt?' I said

bidding homosexual intercourse in privateper across from me during during the interview. I noticed so I was drinking wine or something. He was sitting an entrapment, though Louisiana hasn't any laws for- about ever meeting Clay Shaw. It was very warm and D.A.'s was to plant some grass on him and bust him. Raymond Russo if he wasn't trying to accomplish some kind of en- no. He was drinking beer and I was-1 don't like beers- Kirkwood has a marijuana arrest to his credit in East- that finally he put his hand down like this [into his that I couldn't even see hinr...I wouldn't be surprised in effect telling me, yes, he could easily be mistaken the book. He was trying to do it as subtly as he could,

federal offense—scrounging for some dirt to nail him. trousers and rubbing his groin]. I did not put this In

trial—even though Russo had been warned not to talk to him—here's what happened: trapment." Poor Kirkwood! It just might have been

Russo wondered after Shaw's acquittal if Shaw be- So there we have the principles who brought this

Surely Garrison needed a victim rather badly. He

Yet the question lingers: Why Clay Shaw?

Sometime after the trial, Perry Russo was arrested

Kirkwood: "So, we were hitting it off. He's really

fuck

•••

for fame, fortune and..,infamv?

se.

But

•

Garrison to no end was the fact that Clay Shaw was in

his everyday dealings with people extremely mascu- line. He was not a 'camp.' He had great dignity, great strength. He had a great sense of business acumen. And

mosity that Garrison bore Shaw, and Big Jim expected

it all to cook up nicely.

doubt this. Toss in a liberal measure of personal ani- manufacture his evidence (just as a corrupt police force,

Money, my dear, will buy anything in America; never like the one in Dallas, say, can destroy evidence).

corrupt, ambitious pot like Garrison. He set out to

you want to call it...If these casual coincidences, but that didn't matter to a had someone who was vulnerable, then he I man who made up the name Clem-Clay Bertrand? On perjury charge by finally uttering the truth: " 'Clay he's homosexual!' Once you had two givens—that Clay Bertrand' is a figment of my imagination, or whatever as part of his work at the Trade Mart—once Garrison had led a homosexual life and that he spoke Spanish still keep the matter confused since there was in Clay." prime factor that allowed Garrison to keep his claws

to begin with! Shaw at the International Trade Mart?' Another said, somebody?' Someone said, 'Hey! What about Clay

the stand at Shaw's trial, Andrews earned himself a wouldn't let go.

Bertrand.' Garrison said: 'Find a Clay. Is there a Clay his name was 'Clem Bertrand,' then it was 'Clay Bert- Bertrand in New Orleans!' Well, there was no Bertrand. Shaw's arrest had dropped, Clem Bertrand or Clay Bertrand...So '0! He speaks Spanish too!' And somebody said, 'And

on...There was that name that lawyer, Dean Andrews, rand,' and somebody said that Garrison said: 'Find a personal humiliation in public. thing like this: somebody said, 'We can't find a Clay

somebody. He had to have a

when somebody said that some lawyer said that a pri- vate person called up on behalf of Lee Harvey Oswald, Jim Garrison would rather muck up the world and press clucking for some results, and his primary sus- pect being left holding the proverbial bag. And He-Men like

thousands of lives given the choice than risk

would say his name was John Jones," which would

Kirkwood: "I think that something that annoyed

There was no "evidence" against Shaw except

And what had Dean, Andrews to say, as he was the

Still, why Clay Shaw? Here's the story Kirkwood got:

"After Ferrie died, Garrison was frantic to get

cold dead. Big Jim Garrison was on the verge of

came

I

think the homosexuality is the

out of a meeting that went some-

I

had my life to live over again,

body;

the show had to go

really

no man

, it. Wait till you get some concrete evidence.' But he

-head. He was reelected as D.A. in Nov. '69.

maps his come-back. Currently, Garrison has lose in the '73 election after another series of scandals. Orleans where he handles the business of friends and

creased his popularity with the voters. He did finally ernor's manse and/or the U.S. Senate Chambers in his

the embarassrnent of the Shaw trial, which, oddly, in- hands and he had to get somebody else.

stage." Garrison also entertained visions of the Gov- Now Ferric was dead:Garrison had a corpse on his and he couldn't step out of it. He could not get off- 'Jim, wait a minute. You're at a dead end now. Cool all you saw was Garrison on the news. And the planes had solved the assassination. Once that hit the papers,

was like a performer. He'd been hit by the spotlight

blinders on...He had announced to the world that he he's also a bright man in certain ways. When you talk I also think he's an extremely

started landing in New Orleans from all over the world. I firmly believe that ment—Kirkwood, Vidal—because they have rejected I think he's a megalomaniac which I said in the book. him part and parcel." Garrison is still trying. He hates the Eastern Establish-

talking to many members of his staff that they said: hates fags because he is one and can't come to terms to him, he's not a dumb head at all. He tends to have

hates Shaw because Shaw made it the right way; he

with that: he hates OsWald because the man reached is the explanation for Jim. He half-assed believes his

some inner demon he has wrestled with all his life. He considered akin to the Mafia—a result of all the obvious the pinnacle of notoriety in a matter of moments and graft and corruption...) don't think power-mad alone absolutely infuriating to Garrison." shit. The other half is a Nixon-crusade to wipe out circles. Law enforcement has never gone over well

operating well on all other levels of his life I think was time of the trial and who was also personally associated

with one of the principles put it this way: with socialites anyway, but in New Orleans the law is

the bit about the D.A. feeling inferior is based on much truth. Garrison was tolerated in polite New Orleans then the idea that he was also homosexual and was

Kirkwood: "I'll tell you how I feel about Garrison.

"It is known that Garrison really disliked Clay, and

A friend of mine who was in New Orleans at the

he

believed there was a conspiracy.

a

private law practice in New

dangerous

I

man because

know from

-

even after

,7‘ionable district. He had retired from the Trade Mart Mart Trade the from retired had He district. ,7‘ionable

- New Orleans in 1948. He was a translator of the Span- the of translator a was He 1948. in Orleans New -

• •

. jury. Subsequently when this injury bothered him, it it him, bothered injury this when Subsequently jury. .

= =

.booking agency which handled tours for concert concert for tours handled which agency .booking

French Quarter, transforming it once again into a fash- fash- a into again once it transforming Quarter, French Submerged Submerged

buy and restore old homes in that city's famous famous city's that in homes old restore and buy

restoration, travelling and writing. But Jim Garrison's Garrison's Jim But writing. and travelling restoration,

iation with the Trade Mart. As Managing Director of of Director Managing As Mart. Trade the with iation

ambitions mined all that. Shaw's savings and property property and savings Shaw's that. all mined ambitions

groups and the like. After the war he began his assoc- his began he war the After like. the and groups

were wiped out by his legal expenses.: Tom Dawson Dawson Tom expenses.: legal his by out wiped were

caused him to limp when he walked. Garrison was sure sure was Garrison walked. he when limp to him caused

Bundy's fabricated testimony. testimony. fabricated Bundy's

relatively relatively

writes: "By the way, Clay's lawyers never accepted a a accepted never lawyers Clay's way, the "By writes:

with the opening of the T.M.'s new building in 1965, 1965, in building new T.M.'s the of opening the with

ish playwright Alejandro Casorta. He served and was was and served He Casorta. Alejandro playwright ish

the year he retired. retired. he year the

investigators and such) sold his house to give them them give to house his sold such) and investigators decorated in WW II in which he suffered a back in- in- back a suffered he which in II WW in decorated

it was over. Clay (then broke by the cost of private private of cost the by broke (then Clay over. was it

a full-length play, play, full-length a

plays among community theatre groups. (In Boston, Boston, (In groups. theatre community among plays

to pick up on this small detail and include it in Vernon Vernon in it include and detail small this on up pick to

something. He insisted." insisted." He something.

that establishment, Shaw culminated his career there there career his culminated Shaw establishment, that

one of the most-performed and most prize-winning prize-winning most and most-performed the of one

thored a one-act play, play, one-act a thored

red cent. despite marathon work for him. But when when But him. for work marathon despite cent. red

ry of Clay Shaw, a fine man. man. fine a Shaw, Clay of ry

Shaw was, in addition, a leader in the movement to to movement the in leader a addition, in was, Shaw

For awhile Shaw was involved in a theatrical theatrical a in involved was Shaw awhile For

Putting all of this aside, we're left with the memo- the with left we're aside, this of all Putting

He was born a country boy. At age 16 he co-au• co-au• he 16 age At boy. country a born was He

early to pursue these pleasures: architectural architectural pleasures: these pursue to early

is available at Baker's Plays.) He also state state also He Plays.) Baker's at available is

In Memoriam, Memoriam, In

Submerged, Submerged,

ios• ios•

which appeared in- in- appeared which

which has become become has which

• •

I.': I.':

jury pool were also named Shaw.) Shaw.) named also were pool jury

homosexuality, he was also convinced Shaw was a a was Shaw convinced also was he homosexuality,

dence" for this in that several black men in the vast vast the in men black several that in this for dence"

"Mongroloid-Negro," and he found supportive "evi- supportive found he and "Mongroloid-Negro,"

phobia. (The judge was not only obsessed with Shaw's Shaw's with obsessed only not was judge (The phobia.

- his friend Marilyn Tate when it was thought he risked risked he thought was it when Tate Marilyn friend his -

- • • -

one held together by a web of racism, sexism & homo- & sexism racism, of web a by together held one

in America and who prospers by it and who's de- who's and it by prospers who and America in stroyed. The Personality Type which succeeds most is is most succeeds which Type Personality The stroyed.

ble events. What happened to Shaw provides us with with us provides Shaw to happened What events. ble

lny lny

one more clear-cut example of how Power Power how of example clear-cut more one

events and ambitions. His was not a set of unreplica- of set a not was His ambitions. and events

strange ordeal was not just that of an individual at a a at individual an of that just not was ordeal strange

time in a place caught in the specific confluence of of confluence specific the in caught place a in time

not.

happen to everybody. But what I'm talking about about talking I'm what But everybody. to happen

tonight Zooid happen to anybody within the sound of of sound the within anybody to happen Zooid tonight

He bought some buildings, in effect going back to work work to back going effect in buildings, some bought He At one college engagement Shaw told the students: students: the told Shaw engagement college one At

to to

mostly in the way of let ters and small contributions. contributions. small and ters let of way the in mostly

during his ordeal, Shaw was pleased with the wide sup- wide the with pleased was Shaw ordeal, his during

after after

port he received from people all across the country, country, the across all people from received he port

physical assault and/or murder attempts if he stayed stayed he if attempts murder and/or assault physical

his his

at home.) Though there were threats made against him him against made threats were there Though home.) at

and prodded him to get some kind of security. (Right (Right security. of kind some get to him prodded and

even thOugh many of his friends feared.for his safety safety his feared.for friends his of many thOugh even

I write about Clay Shaw here because I think his his think I because here Shaw Clay about write I

make make

Various lawsuits kept hint tied up until his death. death. his until up tied hint kept lawsuits Various

doesn't matter what happens to me: terrible things things terrible me: to happens what matter doesn't

During the trial Shaw continued to 'reside alone at at alone 'reside to continued Shaw trial the During

volde. You think it's iniposiible. I assure you it's it's you assure I iniposiible. it's think You volde.

- -

home home

his arrest, Shaw spent several days at the home of of home the at days several spent Shaw arrest, his

some money. He did some public speaking. speaking. public some did He money. some

at 1313 Dauphine St. in the French Quarter, Quarter, French the in St. Dauphine 1313 at

really really

works works

have a cover-up of of cover-up a have

work angle, queers know queers, and you name it. The The it. name you and queers, know queers angle, work

rison and his backers had to create a need fur Shaw to to Shaw fur need a create to had backers his and rison

probably would have found him fascinating. him found have would probably

a cover-up in his his in cover-up a gerty's bust at a stag party) than it is fur him to deal deal to him fur is it than party) stag a at bust gerty's

dinner that that dinner

with the integrity of Clay Shaw who had no need fur fur need no had who Shaw Clay of integrity the with

it," Gail Baumgartner said. "He once told me over over me told once "He said. Baumgartner Gail it,"

dals (as his own sensational molestation, or Judge Hag- Judge or molestation, sensational own his (as dals

derstand double-standards, sleazy backroom sex-scan- backroom sleazy double-standards, derstand

many levels. It's easier for a man like Garrison to un- to Garrison like man a for easier It's levels. many

job for the D.A., Lane, Brussel, etc., was to some way way some to was etc., Brussel, Lane, D.A., the for job

successfully stigmatize Shaw. Shaw. stigmatize successfully

like Shaw was obviously threatening to Garrison on on Garrison to threatening obviously was Shaw like

pressed as part of their effort to succeed. Someone Someone succeed. to effort their of part as pressed

people) possess an irrational dislike of homosexual men men homosexual of dislike irrational an possess people)

of comparable social standing who seem in their eyes eyes their in seem who standing social comparable of

own life is that ambitious people (almost always men- always (almost people ambitious that is life own

because he was gay, and B) he was productive and in- and productive was he B) and gay, was he because

target for destruction. One thing I've found in my my in found I've thing One destruction. for target

more alarming because he's A) viewed as "vulnerable" "vulnerable" as viewed A) he's because alarming more

fie and hence an an hence and fie

in the here and now as is breaking open assassination assassination open breaking is as now and here the in

cover-ups. The snaring of Shaw as a victim is all that that all is victim a as Shaw of snaring The cover-ups.

Mort Sahl, for example, is is example, for Sahl, Mort

tegrated in his life and not a weird neurotic like Fer- like neurotic weird a not and life his in tegrated

posturing. The queer-baiting of a public figure like like figure public a of queer-baiting The posturing.

rios is actually rooted in their homophobic paranoic paranoic homophobic their in rooted actually is rios

of the energy that goes into their conspiratorial scena- conspiratorial their into goes that energy the of

distract the Kennedy Assassination Theorists from from Theorists Assassination Kennedy the distract

Joe McCarthy McCarthy Joe

conspiratorial thinking. Enter J. Edgar Hoover and and Hoover Edgar J. Enter thinking. conspiratorial

pressed homosexuality is connected with paranoia and and paranoia with connected is homosexuality pressed

their fine work, but I can't help but wonder how much much how wonder but help can't I but work, fine their

debate, as I've mentioned above, is his idea that re- that idea his is above, mentioned I've as debate,

of the few proposals of Freud's that wins me without without me wins that Freud's of proposals few the of

ripple out into extensive public repurcussions. One One repurcussions. public extensive into out ripple cism; the distortions which result from this repression repression this from result which distortions the cism;

sonality requires the repression of homosexual eroti- homosexual of repression the requires sonality

to be getting away with it," while while it," with away getting be to

"If he had ever met Ferric, he would have admitted admitted have would he Ferric, met ever had he "If

It's no news to suggest that the Authoritarian Per- Authoritarian the that suggest to news no It's

he he

wished he he wished

inter alia. alia. inter

life. life.

even even

something: something:

Hence. to serve his needs. Gar- needs. his serve to Hence.

more "attractive" choice to to choice "attractive" more

had met the the met had

Jim Garrison, too. I hate to to hate I too. Garrison, Jim

equally equally

hence, the Qum Net- Net- Qum the hence,

important to me me to important

they they

man. He said he he said He man.

remain re- remain

— —

basis for dismissing her as incompetent.") incompetent.") as her dismissing for basis

believing Clay Shaw to be a 'proven agent' is also my my also is agent' 'proven a be to Shaw Clay believing

(Jim Herlihy's comment was: "Mae Brussel's basis for for basis Brussel's "Mae was: comment Herlihy's (Jim

people this was the mud that was thrown which stuck. stuck. which thrown was that mud the was this people formation Bureau convention in late January and I I and January late in convention Bureau formation

spirator because he had been a C.I.A. agent. For many many For agent. C.I.A. a been had he because spirator sel led the pack in defaming Shaw as an obvious con- obvious an as Shaw defaming in pack the led sel

Ms. Brussel was in Boston for The Assassination In- Assassination The for Boston in was Brussel Ms.

As part of the "stigmatizing" campaign. Mae Brus- Mae campaign. "stigmatizing" the of part As

nanknoul nanknoul

to Shaw. "Clay once told me that he sometimes got got sometimes he that me told once "Clay Shaw. to

compassion and desire that not often rinds expression. expression. rinds often not that desire and compassion

Dawson told me that many young men were attracted attracted were men young many that me told Dawson

seeing pictures of Shaw and watching his nightmare un- nightmare his watching and Shaw of pictures seeing

space and connects people who've never met. lust lust met. never who've people connects and space

fold in those years sparked in me a rare mixture of of mixture rare a me in sparked years those in fold

a a

silver-white hair, sensitive yet tough. tough. yet sensitive hair, silver-white won over by a photo in in photo a by over won

well: 6'4", barrel-chested, blue eyes, dark complexion. complexion. dark eyes, blue barrel-chested, 6'4", well:

monstrously wronged. wronged. monstrously

be be about Shaw hit the stands, I immediately felt him to to him felt immediately I stands, the hit Shaw about

story first broke broke first story

about anything. anything. about

specific information, some people will conjecture conjecture will people some information, specific

like that, she shouldn't be working this vein. Lacking Lacking vein. this working be shouldn't she that, like

idential Assassination on a vaguri scrap of "Complicity" "Complicity" of scrap vaguri a on Assassination idential

what Mae Brussel Brussel Mae what

public would misunderstand it." Which is exactly exactly is Which it." misunderstand would public

time because a guy like Garrison would distort it. the the it. distort would Garrison like guy a because time

but they just don't want it to come up at this point in in point this at up come to it want don't just they but

contact [with Shawl had been broken off tong ago, ago, tong off broken been had Shawl [with contact

quality of comradeship comradeship of quality

imate activities of the CIA.' Then he said that the the that said he Then CIA.' the of activities imate

in and identify identify and in

a a

with people so they could be debriefed. Now that was was that Now debriefed. be could they so people with

would put the Domestic Contact Services in touch touch in Services Contact Domestic the put would

going from areas in which we were interested. So he he So interested. were we which in areas from going

export-import business. He knew people coming and and coming people knew He business. export-import

in contact with the Ageney. You know, lie was in the the in was lie know, You Ageney. the with contact in

And lie said. 'Oh. a long time ago Clay Shaw had been been had Shaw Clay ago time long a 'Oh. said. lie And

was the Director's (Helm's) assistant...I assistant...I (Helm's) Director's the was

Director's Director's

this concern about the trial down in New Oilcans':" Oilcans':" New in down trial the about concern this

the Shaw Shaw the

he caught up with Marchetti at a Yak Conference on on Conference Yak a at Marchetti with up caught he

the C.I.A. and the assassinations. He asked him about about him asked He assassinations. the and C.I.A. the Apparently I was not alone in this response. Tom Tom response. this in alone not was I Apparently

column column

er who's got the talent and curiosity to get at the the at get to curiosity and talent the got who's er

truth behind stories and blast off the bullshit. bullshit. the off blast and stories behind truth

April issue of of issue April

mation on this story in a column by Ed Sanders in an an in Sanders Ed by column a in story this on mation

interest and sonic relief that that relief sonic and interest CI.A. CI.A. not to reveal much. Consequently. it was with much . . much with was it Consequently. much. reveal to not

simpatico. simpatico. ence to Shaw made in Marks and Machetti's book, book, Machetti's and Marks in made Shaw to ence

very very story. Both Both story.

twice asked her her source for this "Shaw-C.I.A." "Shaw-C.I.A." this for source her her asked twice

Too, Too,

overt-type Agency Agency overt-type

I write about Clay Clay about write I

and and

"Domestic Intelligence." Sanders writes that that writes Sanders Intelligence." "Domestic

assistant...) asked somebody. I believe it it believe I somebody. asked assistant...)

C111111tXj011. C111111tXj011.

the Cult of Ifitelligence. Ifitelligence. of Cult the

I sensed right off that lie was being being was lie that off right sensed I

tunes she merely referred me to a refer- a to me referred merely she tunes

Win Win

themselves. themselves.

eight years ago ago years eight

did. did.

Magazine. Magazine.

I had an an had I

Tune. Tune.

If she's willing to hang hang to willing she's If

......

which reaches out across across out reaches which

Marchetti said: said: Marchetti

activity. These guys guys These activity.

Shaw because even as this this as even because Shaw

It's It's

It's strange but there's there's but strange It's

I came came I

Sanders is a sensible writ- sensible a is Sanders

attraction to Shaw as as Shaw to attraction

and pictures and news news and pictures and

one one

I think I was was I think I

of of

which turns out out turns which

across more infor- more across

the inure legit- inure the

said, 'What's 'What's said,

was Deputy Deputy was

a a

come come

Pres-

In his his In

just just

The • • The

up. up.

leave the consequences of their actions like some slop slop some like actions their of consequences the leave on the floor for someone else to come along and clean clean and along come to else someone for floor the on

lives, wind up endorsing injustice, then run off and and off run then injustice, endorsing up wind lives,

endeavor but they make a mess of it, ruin peopje's peopje's ruin it, of mess a make they but endeavor

even the "good" people can't undertake undertake can't people "good" the even

out of control and start Its own destruction. destruction. own Its start and control of out

of an example for me of how this search can easily slip slip easily can search this how of me for example an of

thould be, but what happened to Clay Shaw is enough enough is Shaw Clay to happened what but be, thould hunt for causes, motives and perpetrators than I I than perpetrators and motives causes, for hunt

justice to the dead. Perhaps I'm more set off by the the by off set more I'm Perhaps dead. the to justice

rights of the living before mobilizing to right an in- an right to mobilizing before living the of rights

always remember to tend to the needs and heed the the heed and needs the to tend to remember always

new evil by uncovering and rooting out the old. Let us us Let old. the out rooting and uncovering by evil new

one evil in the past sup by unattributed than create create than unattributed by sup past the in evil one

us never separate means from ends. For I'd rather let let rather I'd For ends. from means separate never us

and why. But, please, let us go gently and consider consider and gently go us let please, But, why. and

the damage a reckless pursuit of obsession can do. Let Let do. can obsession of pursuit reckless a damage the

ers. I'm always eager to find out who killed whom whom killed who out find to eager always I'm ers.

tice, of those in public office and among private pow- private among and office public in those of tice,

ups. I'm all in favor of shedding light on the evil prac- evil the on light shedding of favor in all I'm ups.

...This ...This

to "know"him) so present and real to Me. Me. to real and present so "know"him) to

and support, for there're people and groups and or- and groups and people there're for support, and

what's made the memory of him (such as I have come come have I as (such him of memory the made what's

offering him my friendship and support is perhaps perhaps is support and friendship my him offering

This foss of never meeting Clay Shaw Shaw Clay meeting never of foss This

ganizations out there with plans to disrupt our liver. -_ -_ liver. our disrupt to plans with there out ganizations

time later to get in touch with people we must know know must we people with touch in get to later time

when Ws Ws when

cy of making contact Is never more more never Is contact making of cy

body. He was 61 years old when he died. It's a dumb dumb a It's died. he when old years 61 was He body. and maudlin and obvious thing to say, but the urgen- the but say, to thing obvious and maudlin and

heavy smoker). He was treated for it, but even so the the so even but it, for treated was He smoker). heavy

malignancy spread to his brain and then all parts of his his of parts all then and brain his to spread malignancy Clay would say,'There aren't many people close to Me. . . Me. to close people many aren't say,'There would Clay

I spoke with Gail Baumgarnter: "Toward the end end the "Toward Baumgarnter: Gail with spoke I

chance to befriend him. This hurt came back again as as again back came hurt This him. befriend to chance

across his obituary last August, August, last obituary his across

waited waited

to allow for eventual communication. When I came came I When communication. eventual for allow to

in his late 50's then; I figured there was plenty of time time of plenty was there figured I then; 50's late his in

I I

was keenly suited. suited. keenly was

And And

how I among others saw him and a role fur which he he which fur role a and him saw others among I how

tired of playing the Moses role," which is. I suppose, suppose, I is. which role," Moses the playing of tired

So let us press on and expose corruption and cover- and corruption expose and on press us let So

knew: here's a man I must meet someday, someday, meet must I man a here's knew:

Shaw had had Shaw

And so, especially after reading Kirkwood's book, book, Kirkwood's reading after especially so, And

to me it's such a typically American story; story; American typically a such it's me to

isn't any way to to way any isn't

too long to contact this man. I had missed missed had I man. this contact to long too

too late. We must never assume there'll be be there'll assume never must We late. too

developed cancer of the lung (he was a - - a was (he lung the of cancer developed

end a a end

- •• -

life.' " " life.'

■■ ■■

I was pained. I had had I pained. was I

apparent than than apparent

personally and and personally

their their

noble , , noble

• •

Shaw was was Shaw a a