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OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ORLEANS
DATE:
1/28/68
TIME:
10:50 A.M.
INTERVIEW OF:
MRS. LOUISE DECKER
7809 Airline Highway
Telephone: 721-7681
EMPLOYED BY:
KELLY GIRL SERVICE
BY:
DETECTIVE DOUGLAS WARD
During the interview with MRS. DECKER she told Detective
Ward that she had met GUY BANISTER in 1959 through a friend of
hers by the name of MRS. HUGH WARD
MRS. DECKER stated that GUY BANISTER never gave her any
indication that he was anything but a gentleman.
MRS. DECKER stated that she was out of work during the
month of October 1961 and that she had run into MRS. WARD who told
her that GUY BANISTER was looking for a secretary.
MRS. DECKER said she contacted GUY BANISTER at his
office and he told her he was looking for a secretary and if she
wanted the job to come in and see him.
MRS. DECKER started working for GUY BANISTER the third
week in October 1961 and worked for him through January 1962.
MRS. DECKER told Detective Ward that her job consisted
mostly of cutting clippings from newspapers and magazines which
contained articles about racial problems throughout the country,
and articles about Communism. BANISTER was a fanatic on these two
subjects.
MRS. DECKER also stated that she had once seen some of
BANISTER's files in which the names of numerous political persons
and influential persons* names were mentioned. MRS. DECKER further
stated that she thought if these files fell into the wrong hands
they could be used to blackmail some of these persons mentioned
in them.
When asked about some of the people who came in to see
BANISTER (Cubans as well as Americans) she mentioned the following
names:
1.
Jack Martin
7.
Sergio Arcacha
2.
Dave Ferrie
Smith
3.
Joe Newborough
8.
Bill Nietschke
4.
Joe Oster
9.
Eugene Dooling
5.
Vernon Geddis
10.
Mary Banister
6.
Carlos Quivero
11.
Delphine Roberts
(possibly Quiroga)
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