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oo (®@ "507 Hest in (® ; aet New York, N.Y. 10@5 ~ September 3, 1971 BenjaminfR. Fern, Esq.* Chicf founsel Select ittee on Standards and Conduct* ; - United States Senate os - Washington, D.C, 20105 , — -™ Dear Mr. Fern: in oe -——. Thank you for your reply of August 24th to my letter of the 20th to Senator Stennis, Since your initial interest has been expressed, I can tell you that the senator referred to ie Edward HM, Kennedy, of Massachusetts, I heard the Senator's rad{fo/TV explanation of his “aecident" of mid- ; July 1969, in which Mary Jo Kopechne lost her life from drowxing, in the course of which he made one particular statement that, due to certefa specific knowl- edge that I possess, left me with no choice but disbelief. Some time later, I obtained a published copy of the inquest that was held the fsllosing winter and 3 Lound the same incredible statenent made under oath, alongwith a number of others that I cannot but regard as perjurious, not only on the pert of Senator . _ Kennedy but others who ware members of the party. . A sworn statement of my allegations together with emerlying evidente, such as you request, would constitute what I want to presen: fo the Committee J) in person and discuss with them, and I hope the reas for such strong no reply.) preference will become apparent in the light of the following, if it is not already. . I understand your desire for preliminary informatim well enough, and to provide you with such I am enclosing herewith a photocopy of the last page of the mentioned published inquest that carries the most sisaiffeant portion of presiding Justice Boyle's official Opinion. L£ you are not already fam{liar with the fact, Senator Kennedy stated under oath during the inquest that he:had left the cottage that evening at 11:15 with the intention of returning directly to his hotel in Edgartom, after dropping Miss Kopechne off at hers, and that he was unavare that he had made a “wrong turn" until the moseat just before his car went off the bridge, I now draw your attention to the fact that Justice Boyle expressed grave doubt as to the veracity of those statements, (What is ° equally unbelievable to me is that Justice Boyle concerned bimself with whether - there was “anything criminal in (Senator Kennedy's) oparatim of the motor ver hicle (emphasis added), rather than the Senator's motive for deliberately turn- ing teward the bridge instead of the ferry, a6 he (the Juste) obviously sus- pects. Incidentally, after having read only & portion of the inquest, I wrote - to Justice Boyle and asked te waom the information should be given if there was reasoa to believe that perjury had been committed in this faguest. I recoived