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    "ocrText": "-2-\noccasion, Gill sent Ferrie to Washington to discuss a case with\nan Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.\nFerrie practiced the Roman Catholic religion and was\nextremely knowledgeable in Catholic Canonical Law, but in the\nwriter's opinion he was carried away to the point that he believed\nhimself to be a saint and had such beliefs that he could cause the\nappearance of saints, demons, etc. I am of the opinion that J. S.\nMartin put him in contact with a pseudo Orthodox Bishop named\nStanley in Louisville, Kentucky, and that Ferrie went to Louisville\nand was consecrated a Bishop in this Church. In comment, these\nBishops scattered throughout the country have no churches, no\npriests, decons or congregation. They are self-styled bishops\nrecognized by none but each other.\nDavid Ferrie having been a pilot for Eastern Airlines\nand was dismissed from that duty upon homosexual charges being\nfiled against him, carried on various business activities involv-\ning flying, including charter work and flight instruction. At one\ntime, he operated a Gulf filling station on the river side of\nVeterans Hwy. one block toward Baton Rouge from Metairie Court.\nI had heard that Carlos Marcello, whom Ferrie had become friendly\nwith had financed this filling station. I have also heard that\nFerrie was a confidant of Marcello and a legal advisor. At one\ntime, Guy Banister did some investigation work for Marcello.\nI\nthink that this case was referred to Banister by G. Wray Gill. I\ndo not think that David Ferrie or Jack Martin did any investigative\nwork on this case nor did I to my knowledge. Though, I may have\nbeen assigned some phase of the investigation not knowing what it\ninvolved. This method of operation was typical of Banister and\nthis writer feels that no one knew al of Banister's business\ndealings."
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