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    "ocrText": "He told me that he was beaten and left for dead and as\na result was sickly and was now at the Ozanam Inn located in the\n800 block of Camp Street and had been standing in a bread line\nfor food. This is the same Richard who once sold tickets for an\nairline at Moisant Airport- The airline that had travel service\ninto Central America. I saw him two more times after that and\nsimilar instances occurred but each time I saw him, he was in a\nworse condition and in fear for his life.\nQuestion by Det. Loisel: How long has it been since you have\nseen him?\nAnswer: Before Banister's death. I don't know if he is living\nor dead.\nQuestion by Det. Loisel: Go back to Hugh Ward -\nAnswer: Now deceased - Hugh Ward was an associate of Guy\nBanister and Associates. I think he was the one who was treasurer\nas a convenience and owned one share of Banister and Associates.\nHe was not on the payroll, but he did come occasionally into\nthe office. On one such occasion he mentioned to me that he\nhad smuggled guns into Cuba to help with the overthrow of Castro.\nQuestion by Det. Loisel: What about Banister knowing about both\nsides?\nAnswer: Mr. Banister had many different characters in and out\nof the office, not on the payroll. Many claimed to be private\ninvestigators. Others just were interested in giving him\ninformation knowing of his former connection with the FBI.\nHis advice was sought at times and given sometimes in return\nfor information or sometimes in form of a fee. Mr. Banister\nwas connected with people associated with both the conservative\nelement as well as the Communist element or \"Left Wing\".\nHe\noften told me being in the type work he was - security - you\nrub shoulders with all kinds of characters in order to be able\nto get information from both sides. It was by this means he\nwas abreast of everything taking place in and out of the\ncountry. He received information from all over. This is why\nhis files were so huge. We received many long distance calls\ntoo. He belonged to a world wide Intelligence network to\nreceive information from all areas.\nQuestion by Det. Loisel: Let's go to the movement of the files.\nAnswer: Mr. Banister found rent a burden at 531 Lafayette\nStreet and due to the fact that much money was owed him, he\nwas unable to collect, he was in financial difficulty. Because\nhe was unable to cover payment in advance on the rent in the\nNewman Building, the landlord, Sam Newman, who was pressing\nhim constantly to make the payments on time, asked him to\ngive up the office. We had been office hunting for another place\nbut one night my mother suggested that he move his office to our\nhouse and occupy the den and basement. Mr. Banister had\ndecided to do this and was not only in the process of\nreorganizing the company but had begun a physical movement\nof his paraphernalia and had moved some of his files to\n6569 Wuerpel Street. On the day of his unexpected death,\nJune 6, he was to have picked me up at my home and we were\nto start transferring his files and library to my house. He\nhad already had part of the library there and had brought a few\nthings to the house. These things are still there. When\nMr. Banister failed to come, and I had waiting quite sometime,"
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