Dean Andrews
Oswald had visited Andrews' office on approximately three occasions in June and July 1963, seeking legal advice from Andrews relative to his citizenship status, his wife's status and his undesirable discharge from the Marine Corps.
On November 25, 1963 (the day after Oswald's murder by Jack Ruby), Andrews informed the FBI that two days earlier he received a telephone call from a man named Clay Bertrand who inquired if he would be willing to defend Oswald in the murder and assassination case. Andrews described him as a "swinging cat" who occasionally guaranteed fees for some of Andrews' homosexual clients. Andrews subsequently repeated his claims regarding the phone call in testimony before the Warren Commission in July 1964.
Neither the FBI nor the New Orleans Police Department were able to locate a "Clay Bertrand" in New Orleans. According to the FBI, Andrews admitted that Bertrand was a "figment of his imagination". However, Andrews would later deny the FBI report, claiming that he had never suggested that Bertrand might not be real. Later Andrews would claim that "Bertrand" was a cover for his friend Eugene Davis. In later years, Andrews continued to maintain that he had, in fact, received the phone call asking him to defend Oswald, but claimed that he was afraid to reveal the caller's true identity.
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