While going through Jim Garrison s papers at NARA in Maryland, I found this letter that was sent to him, along with a newspaper clipping.
I thought this was all meaningless pap, and I ignored it. I had no reason to believe that Jim Garrison took any of this seriously.
I recently purchased 150 pages of Jim Garrison s manuscript,
A Farewell to Justice, from 1985. Here is his summary of Chapter 12:
So, Garrison actually believed this nonsense! He was intrigued by the city of Omaha, which is where Thomas Beckham used to hang out. Beckham was a con man and an associate of Fred Crisman.