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PART B
CLASSIFIED
The Dallas Times Herald
DALLAS, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26,1967
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Garrison Aide's Checkup Assassination
Of Dallas Airports Bared
By GEORGE CARTER
and KEN ESTES
Staff Writers
An investigator from the New
Orleans district attorney's' office
checked airports in the Dallas
area last month to determine
whether the late pilot David
. Feme had been in Dallas near
the time of the assassination of
President Kennedy. The Times
Herald learned Saturday.
A mechanic at White Rock
Airport said he told the investi-
gator that he recalled seeing the
New Orleans pilot in Dallas but
"couldn't be sure of the date."
"I've seen him somewhere,"
mechanic JTred Lenz told The
Times Herald. "It could have
been at - the Dallas - Garland
Airport. I can't be sure, but it
could have been at the time the
investigator specified."
ACCORDING TO persons who
were interviewed by the New
Orleans investigator, they were
asked specifically if they re-
called seeing Ferrie in Dallas
in November of 1963.
Bobby Pike, another me-
ilianic at White Rock Airport,
said, "I thought at the time I
was shown a picture of Ferrie
(by the investigator) that I had
seen the man. I couldn't re-
member when or where, but it
has been some time ago."
The investigator's checks at
Dallas area airfields apparently
were made in connection with
New Orleans Dist. Atty. Jim
Garrison's probe into a possible
conspiracy in the assassination
of President Kennedy.
DETAILS OF the New Or-
leans investigator's visit to Dal-
las began unraveling when a
student gilot revealed to T h e
.Times Herald that he had ac-
companied the man on a fact-
finding tour to three airfields in
the immediate area.
The student pilot, Nelson
Knight of 2394 St. Francis, said
he accompanied the investiga-
tor on tours of White Rock,
Dallas - Garland and Highland
Park airports on an afternoon in
late January.
KNIGHT SAID the investiga-
tor apparently took him along
on the trips as a guide. "He
wasn't familiar with the loca-
tions of the airports in this
area," the student pilot ex-
plained.
Knight said the investigator
carefully explained to each per-
son he interviewed that he had
three pictures of a man, and he
was "trying to establish if the
man was in Dallas on a certain
date."
The dates mentioned were
Nov. 20-30, 1963, Knight recalled.
The student pilot, who is em-
ployed as a sales representative
for a manufacturing company,
said the investigator interviewed
about 30 people at the airfields
and was "very thorough."
Knight said the investigator
was flying a Cessna 172, which
he said he had rented at Red-
bird Airport, and upon landing
at each airport, the New Orleans
man "would get out a camera
and take four pictures of the
airfield, aiming the camera in
all four directions."
THE INVESTIGATOR would
then proceed with the inter-
views, Knight said, before
checking the airport's records
for November of 1963.
Of the persons interviewed,
only Pike and Lenz indicated
that they recognized Ferrie
from his picture, Knight said.
Lenz said he was working at
Dallas - Garland Airport in No-
vember 1963 and added that it
was possible that he could have
seen Ferrie at the airport.
"I've seen him somewhere."
he said. "You don't forget a
face like that."
Pike, meanwhile, said that he
thought he had seen Ferrie
"some time ago" in Dallas but
didn't think it was at an air-
port.
Officials at Redbird, White
Rock and Highland Park air-
ports confirmed that the New
Orleans investigator had visited
their airfields in late January
and had interviewed a number
of their employes.
Wayne McWhirter, manager
of White Rock Airport, reported,
"He really went over this place
with a fine tooth comb."
Probe Figure
In Seclusion
NEW ORLEANS (UPI)
Martin, a man believed t
given Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison
much of the information on
which his investigation of the
Kennedy assassination is based,
said Saturday he is in seclusion
"for reasons of security."
Martin is a publishing agent
in a book-writing venture. Ray-
mond J. Berg released Martin's
remarks in the form of a news
release, dated Feb. 22.
He echoed the tone of Garri-
son's statements Friday that he
fears more people may die be-
fore the investigation is over.
Martin's release said he heard
about David W. Ferrie's death
and thought the circumstances
sounded similar to those in the
death of the late W. Guy Ban-
ister, a private investigator.
Banister once was head of the
local FBI office and for a time
was police superintendent.
"Therefore, for my own
protection, I deem it feasible to
enter seclusion at this time for
reasons of security," Martin's
release said.
"I think the only way they
can get away is to kill them-
selves," said Garrison. The dis-
trict attorney said in answer to
a question he feels there might
be more suicides.