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    "ocrText": "Cou\nis\nOn March 9, 1967, PRENTILES M, DAVIS, JR., serial\nnumber RA6925060 who is retired from the United States Army on\na TDRL and whose identificationear shows that he was born\non October 15, 1920, and that he is 195 lbs, and stands 5'8\" tall\nand has brown hair and brown eyes, was interviewed\nby chon?\nDAVIS was interviewed and he advised that he retired\n777\ntemporarily from the United States Army in 1960. He stated that\nhe went to work for DEAN ANDREWS in 1961 when ANDREWS had his\noffice in the Maison Blanche Building.\ngroti\nHe stated that his duties for DEAN ANDREWS was \"sort\nof bull dogging\". He stated that he investigated automobile\naccidents, criminal investigations, and traced down genealogy.\nHe stated that he did all types of investigating for ANDREWS.\nHe stated further that EVE SPRINGER who, resides on Henry Clay\nAvenue was the secretary at the time that he became employed with\nANDREWS.\nDAVIS stated when questioned about the identities of\nhomosexuals that ANDREWS represented advised that \"he could say\nOccore\nthat he did conduct an investigation on homosexuals for ANDREWS\nbut at this time he will say no.\"\n?\nn\nHe stated further that you would have to know ANDREWS\nand realize that DEAN ANDREWS ran a sort of DAVID RUNUN operation\nthat his clients were mostly persons who were either homosexuals,\npimps, prostitutes, or huslers from Bourbon Street.\nDAVIS stated that he saw LEE HARVEY OSWALD in DEAN\nANDREWS' office in the Maison Blanche Building. He stated that\nOSWALD was in company with four or five other individuals and\nthat two or three of these individuals were of Cuban or Mexican\nextraction. He stated that OSWALD was merely one of the group\nof characters that came in together. He stated that he did not\nknow any of the other persons. DAVIS stated that shortly there-\nafter DEAN ANDREWS asked him, DAVIS, about procedures in handling\na\ncourt marshall as he would know because he was retired as a\n1/Sgt. of the United States Army. He stated that ANDREWS wanted\nto correct a dishonorable discharge for OSWALD.\nDAVIS further stated that DEAN ANDREWS had so many\nhomosexuals, prostitutes, pimps coming into the office that it\nwas hard to keep track of them. He stated, \"you have to remember\nANDREWS was making his living off these people\".\nWhen questioned if he knew CLAY BERTRAND, DAVIS stated\nno. He stated that he had heard the name CLAY BERTRAND. When\nasked specifically if he knew CLAY BERTRAND as CLAY SHAW, he\nbecame nervous and stated that he did not. When asked if he had\nseen CLAY BERTRAND, he stated that he did not remember if he did\nor did not see him.\nHe stated that the name CLAY BERTRAND is very familiar\nto him. He stated that shortly before OSWALD's death while\nDEAN ANDREWS was at the Hotel Dieu, DAVIS, had entered DEAN\nANDREWS' room and ANDREWS had hat he, DAVIS, may be\ngoing to Dallas. According to IDREWS was on the telephone\ntalking to EVE SPRINGER, his \"secretar fand instructed her to get\nsome files for him."
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