Post by Rob Caprio on Aug 16, 2021 20:24:01 GMT -5
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Nicholas and Matilda Tadin both testified on February 27, 1969, at the trial of Clay Shaw during New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison’s prosecution of him for involvement in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK).
Mr. Tadin was the business agent for the Musicians' Union and this took him to the French Quarter of New Orleans many nights a week. They had two sons that were 20 and 14-years-old in 1969. The reason they were called as witnesses is because the eldest was taking flying lessons in 1964. The person providing these lessons was David Ferrie.
Mr. Tadin was asked if he had seen David Ferrie on more than one occasion.
Q. Did you ever have occasion to see David Ferrie, on more than one occasion?
A. For about two years – for about a year and a half I would say.
Q. Generally where did you see him?
A. At the airport.
Q. Would that be the New Orleans Airport?
A. Yes sir.
Q. (Exhibiting photograph to witness) I show you a picture that has been marked for purposes of identification as “State No. 3,” and I ask you if you recognize the person in the picture?
A. That is David Ferrie.
Q. Is this the man who was giving your son instructions in flying?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you ever have occasion to accompany your son out to the airport while he was taking a lesson?
A. Quite a bit. (Clay Shaw trial transcript, February 27, 1969, pp. 3-4)
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Mr. Tadin's testimony shows that he knew Ferrie and of course he knew what he looked like. He then recounted how he had heard about Ferrie's proclivities and he became concerned for his son's safety. This brought him and his wife to the airport on a day in the summer of 1964.
Q. Did you have occasion, Mr. Tadin, to ever be at the New Orleans Airport in the summer of 1964 with your wife?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Did you see David Ferrie on that occasion?
A. I certainly did.
Q. Did you see David Ferrie with anyone on that occasion?
A. Yes I did.
Q. And who was the person you saw him with?
A. Mr. Clay Shaw.
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Q. Had you ever seen Clay Shaw prior to that occasion?
A. Many times on Bourbon Street, riding around in the automobile.
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Q. Mr. Tadin, approximately how many times had you seen Clay Shaw before that occasion?
A. Oh, a few times around the French Quarter, riding around in an automobile.
Q. Did you have any doubt at all it was Clay Shaw at the airport?
A. No, sir, no. (Ibid., pp. 8-11)
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Mr. Hadin made a positive identification of Clay Shaw as the man he saw with David Ferrie at the airport. His wife would corroborate his statement as well.
Q: Now, Mrs. Tadin, in the summer of 1964 did you have occasion to be at the Lakefront Airport with your husband and your son at one time when he was to take a lesson?
A: Yes.
Q: On this occasion, Mrs. Tadin, did you have occasion to see this man I am pointing to here (indicating Defendant Shaw)?
A: Yes, I did.
Q: Mrs. Tadin, can you approximate when that was, what month?
A: It was the summer of '64, the latter part of the summer.
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A: So I can explain myself, we were out there and we were waiting for Dave to come, and he was heading towards us and I noticed a gentleman with Dave and I passed the comment to my husband that it was a distinguished-looking man with Dave and my husband said, "Oh, look, who is with Dave."
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Q: Who is the Dave you are referring to?
A: Dave Ferrie.
Q: And who is the man that you said was with Dave Ferrie, is that the man you identified just now?
A: Yes.
This means two people saw Ferrie with Clay Shaw on that day. Why is this important you might be thinking? Because the Warren Commission (WC) claimed that Ferrie and Shaw didn’t know each other. We have already seen in this series that Vernon Bundy saw both Shaw and Ferrie together so now we have three witnesses that saw them together.
Mrs. Tadin would testify to recognizing Shaw in 1967 during the preliminary hearing.
Q: Mrs. Tadin, do you remember about 1967 when a preliminary hearing was held on this case?
A: Yes, I recall.
Q: Did you see news about that on the television?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: And read about it in the newspapers?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: Did you follow it pretty closely?
A: Off and on I did.
Q: Did you see pictures of Mr. Shaw at that time in the paper and television?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: At the time you saw those pictures did you recognize him as the person you had seen with Ferrie back in 1964?
A: Yes, sir, I did.
The Tadins were firm in their identifications of Shaw. Despite the defense's best efforts, including getting Mr. Tadin to admit that he lies sometimes (pp. 30-31), they couldn’t shake them.
Why would a businessman like Shaw be meeting with a character like Ferrie? Ferrie had contacts within the mob, the intelligence community and the anti-Castro Cuban groups. What would a businessman need with these kind of contacts?
If we consider his ties to the CIA then it makes more sense.
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Nicholas and Matilda Tadin both testified on February 27, 1969, at the trial of Clay Shaw during New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison’s prosecution of him for involvement in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (JFK).
Mr. Tadin was the business agent for the Musicians' Union and this took him to the French Quarter of New Orleans many nights a week. They had two sons that were 20 and 14-years-old in 1969. The reason they were called as witnesses is because the eldest was taking flying lessons in 1964. The person providing these lessons was David Ferrie.
Mr. Tadin was asked if he had seen David Ferrie on more than one occasion.
Q. Did you ever have occasion to see David Ferrie, on more than one occasion?
A. For about two years – for about a year and a half I would say.
Q. Generally where did you see him?
A. At the airport.
Q. Would that be the New Orleans Airport?
A. Yes sir.
Q. (Exhibiting photograph to witness) I show you a picture that has been marked for purposes of identification as “State No. 3,” and I ask you if you recognize the person in the picture?
A. That is David Ferrie.
Q. Is this the man who was giving your son instructions in flying?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you ever have occasion to accompany your son out to the airport while he was taking a lesson?
A. Quite a bit. (Clay Shaw trial transcript, February 27, 1969, pp. 3-4)
www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1310#relPageId=4
Mr. Tadin's testimony shows that he knew Ferrie and of course he knew what he looked like. He then recounted how he had heard about Ferrie's proclivities and he became concerned for his son's safety. This brought him and his wife to the airport on a day in the summer of 1964.
Q. Did you have occasion, Mr. Tadin, to ever be at the New Orleans Airport in the summer of 1964 with your wife?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Did you see David Ferrie on that occasion?
A. I certainly did.
Q. Did you see David Ferrie with anyone on that occasion?
A. Yes I did.
Q. And who was the person you saw him with?
A. Mr. Clay Shaw.
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Q. Had you ever seen Clay Shaw prior to that occasion?
A. Many times on Bourbon Street, riding around in the automobile.
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Q. Mr. Tadin, approximately how many times had you seen Clay Shaw before that occasion?
A. Oh, a few times around the French Quarter, riding around in an automobile.
Q. Did you have any doubt at all it was Clay Shaw at the airport?
A. No, sir, no. (Ibid., pp. 8-11)
www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=1310#relPageId=9
Mr. Hadin made a positive identification of Clay Shaw as the man he saw with David Ferrie at the airport. His wife would corroborate his statement as well.
Q: Now, Mrs. Tadin, in the summer of 1964 did you have occasion to be at the Lakefront Airport with your husband and your son at one time when he was to take a lesson?
A: Yes.
Q: On this occasion, Mrs. Tadin, did you have occasion to see this man I am pointing to here (indicating Defendant Shaw)?
A: Yes, I did.
Q: Mrs. Tadin, can you approximate when that was, what month?
A: It was the summer of '64, the latter part of the summer.
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A: So I can explain myself, we were out there and we were waiting for Dave to come, and he was heading towards us and I noticed a gentleman with Dave and I passed the comment to my husband that it was a distinguished-looking man with Dave and my husband said, "Oh, look, who is with Dave."
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Q: Who is the Dave you are referring to?
A: Dave Ferrie.
Q: And who is the man that you said was with Dave Ferrie, is that the man you identified just now?
A: Yes.
This means two people saw Ferrie with Clay Shaw on that day. Why is this important you might be thinking? Because the Warren Commission (WC) claimed that Ferrie and Shaw didn’t know each other. We have already seen in this series that Vernon Bundy saw both Shaw and Ferrie together so now we have three witnesses that saw them together.
Mrs. Tadin would testify to recognizing Shaw in 1967 during the preliminary hearing.
Q: Mrs. Tadin, do you remember about 1967 when a preliminary hearing was held on this case?
A: Yes, I recall.
Q: Did you see news about that on the television?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: And read about it in the newspapers?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: Did you follow it pretty closely?
A: Off and on I did.
Q: Did you see pictures of Mr. Shaw at that time in the paper and television?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: At the time you saw those pictures did you recognize him as the person you had seen with Ferrie back in 1964?
A: Yes, sir, I did.
The Tadins were firm in their identifications of Shaw. Despite the defense's best efforts, including getting Mr. Tadin to admit that he lies sometimes (pp. 30-31), they couldn’t shake them.
Why would a businessman like Shaw be meeting with a character like Ferrie? Ferrie had contacts within the mob, the intelligence community and the anti-Castro Cuban groups. What would a businessman need with these kind of contacts?
If we consider his ties to the CIA then it makes more sense.