On March 3, 1969, just two days after Clay Shaw was acquitted of conspiring to kill JFK, Garrison indicted him on two counts of perjury -- for his statements that he had never met Lee Harvey Oswald or David Ferrie. New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 4, 1969 Jim Garrison had his work cut our for him. He now had to find new witnesses for an upcoming trial. His staff redoubled their efforts, and memos started flying in on some new, but mostly old leads, or more accurately rumors.