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-2- DAVIS stated that ANDREWS was under some kind of sedation at the time he was in the hospital. He also advised that he has been giving this CLAY BERTRAND a lot of thought and that he was wondering if DEAN could have meant something like "ROBERT TRAHAN or BERT TRAHAN". However, when asked specifically if he had ever heard the name of CIAY BERTRAND, he advised that the name is very familiar to him. DAVIS stated that when ANDREWS got back from the hospital, he found that someone had broken into his office and had gone through his files, however, nothing of value was taken. He stated that he believes that ANDREWS opened a file on the OSWALD case, however, he does not know the file number of if the file is available. He stated that the secretary only knew about 20% of what DEAN was doing. He stated that he does not believe that he would remember any of the homosexuals that went to ANDREWS' office. (At this time he was very evasive when it came to identifying persons that he worked cases on while he was associated with ANDREWS) . DAVIS stated, you have *to remember I was doing work for ANDREWS who represented these people. He was asked specifi- cally if he had ever accompanied ANDREWS to any place in the French Quarter. DAVIS stated that he had gone with ANDREWS to have a bunch of contracts signed up by a number of musicians. He stated that he believes that DEAN represented all of the musicians on Bourbon Street and that he remembers going to a place he believes is the Dixie Land Hall which he believes is located across from a new hotel in the Quarter. He stated that he believes DEAN ANDREWS had incorporated the Dixie Land Hall and that he, ANDREWS, had some connection with this. He stated that DEAN had very good connections in the Quarters and that he also remembered going to a Go-Go girl's apartment in the Quarter with ANDREWS. He stated that you could always find ANDREWS at the Dixie Land Hall because, "he was on a jazz kick. PRENTIES DAVIS stated that he saw OSWALD around the time that OSWALD was having trouble at the Trade Mart. He stated that he! believes that this was the time that OSWALD was arrested and charged in Municipal Court. He stated that DEAN ANDREWS did not represent OSWALD in Municipal Court, but ANDREWS did give OSWALD some type of legal advice regarding the charges pending against him, OSWALD. DAVIS stated that he does not know if BERTRAND came to the office or not concerning the OSWALD case in Municipal Court. He again advised when specifically asked if BERTRAND and CLAY SHAW were one and the same, that he did not know. He was evasive in his answers to this question. When questioned specifically about his visit to ANDREW in the hospital, DAVIS again stated that he went to the hospital right after DEAN ANDREWS had gotten the telephone call from BERTRAND regarding representing OSWALD in Dallas. DAVIS stated that it was at this time that ANDREWS told him that he, DAVIS, <mayshave to go to DALLAS. He began telling DAVIS that they - might be representing OSWALD.

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