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Known for. Trial of Clay Shaw. James Carothers Garrison (born Earling Carothers Garrison; November 20, 1921 – October 21, 1992) [3] was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, from 1962 to 1973 and later a state appellate court judge. A member of the Democratic Party, he is best known for his investigations into the assassination ...
Sep 11, 2013 · 09/11/2013 08:18 AM EDT. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former U.S. Rep. E. Clay Shaw has died following a lengthy battle against lung cancer. He was 74. Shaw’s family says in a statement that he ...
Clay LaVerne Shaw (March 17, 1913 – August 15, 1974) was a businessman in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the only person prosecuted in connection with the Assassination of John F. Kennedy and was acquitted. Shaw, a native of Kentwood, Louisiana, was the son of Glaris L., a United States Marshal, and Alice Shaw. His grandfather had been the sheriff of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. When he was ...
Mar 11, 2015 · Clay Lavergne Shaw is a prominent example of this phenomenon, second only, perhaps, to Lee Harvey Oswald. Arrested by Garrison in 1967 and charged with conspiracy to assassinate President Kennedy, Shaw was tried in 1969 and acquitted by a jury after less than one hour of deliberations.
Garrison's evidence? Shaw was a homosexual, the DA observed, and his first name was Clay. Shaw adamantly denied being "Bertrand," insisted he'd never met Lee Oswald, and strenuously denied having anything to do with the death of the man he called "a splendid president." "If there was any one person in New Orleans who believed in John F. Kennedy ...
Sep 11, 2013 · “Clay cherished his time in the U.S. Congress representing the people of South Florida,” said his wife Emilie Shaw in a statement. “He was a devoted family man setting a fine example for our ...
Shaw was under arrest for conspiracy to assassinate the President just a week later. Clay Shaw was a prominent New Orleans businessman and civic leader; he was a pioneer in the restoration of historic New Orleans sites, and the founder of the city's International Trade Mart. Garrison's memoir, On the Trail of the Assassins, claims that ...
