In a city replete with eclectic characters, Dean Andrews was larger than life. He was the number to call when you were down and out in the Crescent City and needed legal representation. After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963, Andrews would appear among the litany of witnesses who testified before the Warren Commission. Andrews had allegedly been contacted by a shadowy figure and asked to represent reputed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald after Oswald’s arrest in Dallas. The identity of the caller would figure in the controversial investigation of the assassination conducted in 1966-1969 by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison. Garrison and Andrews were old friends, but Garrison believed Andrews knew the true identity of the man who called Andrews and requested his legal services for Oswald. Andrews’ knowledge or perceived knowledge would drag him and his family through a maelstrom of paranoia and despair. Andrews was immortalized on the big screen by the great John Candy in the film “JFK” in 1991.
In “Pipe the Bimbo in Red”, authors William Matson Law(In the Eye of History, 2004) & Donald Jeffries(Hidden History, 2016) probe deeper into the background of Dean Andrews, the building conspiracy in New Orleans in 1963, and the deadly repercussions that followed the tragedy in Dallas. The book covers the research of pioneer assassination skeptic Harold Weisberg along with the leads he uncovered. The pall cast by Garrison’s investigation and the efforts to stymie his case are explored. The interviews with Andrews’ son Dean Andrews III further elucidate the character of Dean Andrews beyond the flamboyant litigator. The web of death that ensnared conspirators and inconvenient witnesses alike from 1964 onwards reverberates throughout the story. A valuable addition to the continuing research into the Kennedy assassination.
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