Did Clay Shaw perjure himself when he denied knowing Lee Harvey Oswald?
No; there is no evidence that Shaw knew Oswald. Several individuals claimed to have seen Shaw and Oswald together. One was Perry Russo, whose story about Clay Shaw and “Leon Oswald” at Ferrie’s apartment is taken seriously by very few. Another was Vernon Bundy, a heroin addict who testified that he saw Shaw and Oswald together in a New Orleans park while preparing to shoot up. According to Bundy, Shaw handed Oswald what appeared to be a wad of money, a few words were exchanged, and the two men departed. Bundy testified that Oswald had dropped several yellow leaflets concerning Cuba, and that the man he saw had a slight limp, as did Shaw — the result of a World War II back injury. Upon inspection, Bundy’s story makes no sense. He testified that he continued his preparations to shoot up despite the fact that he was concerned that the man he identified as Shaw was a police officer, because of the manner in which he was dressed. Two convicts who had shared a cell with Bundy — John Cancle
