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Shaw
Re:SHAW (as "BERTRAND")
June 6, 1967
TO:
JIM GARRISON, DISTRICT ATTORNEY
FROM:
DOUGLAS WARD AND L. OTILLIO, JR., DETECTIVES
RE:
STATEMENT OF CLYDE JOHNSON, RESIDING BOX 327,
KENTWOOD, LOUISIANA
On January 11, 1964, at about 9:00 A.M. or 10:00 A.M.
my wife OUIDA, EDWARD MCMILLAN and his wife, MRS. MCMILLAN, and I
went to St. Helena Parish, fifth ward, so that OUIDA and I could
vote.
After having voted the. four of us left St. Helena and
drove to New Orleans. We stopped at various bars and restaurants
to more or less to politic and discuss the election with friends.
When we arrived in New Orleans, we checked into the
Monteleon Hotel. ED and MRS. MCMILLAN came to our room and we all
went downstairs to the Carousel Lounge and had a few drinks. We
left the Carousel Lounge, my wife and I returned to our room. ED
and MRS. MCMILLAN had gone out to eat, meanwhile someone called
my room and asked me to come downstairs to MCKEITHAN headquarters
to make a, statement on television about the election.
After having made the statements, I gave the key to my
room to one of my supporters and told him to go upstairs and have
drinks brought to the room,
We all then went to the Carousel and had more drinks
and then went to my room to watch television and celebrate the
election.
When we got to the room, it was packed like sardines and
I met a lot of people there. ED and MRS. MCMILLAN were with OUIDA
and I when we got back to the room. ED and MRS. MCMILLAN stayed
for a good while and left, saying they were going to the Famous
Door and asked if we wanted to go, but because we still had people
there we told them we would stay.
I do remember one thing distinctly, before they left
there was a grey haired gentleman about 50 or 51 that told my wife
to get up and fix him a drink, at the time he was laying across
one of the beds, surrounded by two or three other people. I told
this gentleman to get up and fix his own damn drink: my wife is
not your barmaid or anyone else's. This man was known to me as
ALTON BERNARD, that I have since identified as CLAY SHAW, after
having seen his picture in the paper many times.
After having viewed the four pictures you've just showed
me, I identified #4 as the man known to me at that time as ALTON
BERNARD.
It was not very long after this that the party broke up
and my wife and I went to bed.
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