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November 22, 1963, was the day that President John F. Kennedy (JFK) was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. It was also the day a strange event occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana. This event would lead District Attorney Jim Garrison into the direction of Jack Martin, and this subsequently lead his investigation into the assassination of JFK into some interesting areas.
On the day of the assassination, Martin was in the company of Guy Banister at the Katzenjammer Bar. According to Garrison, Banister wasn’t known to be a heavy drinker but on this day he had a good bit to drink. (On The Trail Of The Assassins [OTTOTA], pp. 4-5 [hardcover edition])
Something occurred between Martin and Banister when they returned to Banister’s office as a heated argument started. Martin mentioned that he had not forgotten “certain unusual things that had been happening at the office during the summer.” The comment caused Banister to whip out his. 357 Magnum and begin to hit him on the head with it. (Ibid., p. 5)
This beating with a heavy pistol quickly caused Martin to become a bloody mess and he was taken to the hospital. This incident left Martin very angry and he began talking to a friend about David Ferrie. Martin believed that Ferrie was a getaway pilot for men involved in the assassination.
Several years later Martin came to the attention of Garrison during his investigation into the assassination of JFK. Garrison interviewed him in his office to learn more about the pistol-whipping incident. It seems Banister accused Martin of accessing his personal files. Martin said that he never went near those files and the accusation made him mad. In his anger he said that Banister better not talk to him like that since he remembered the people he had seen around the office the previous summer.
Martin told Garrison that this statement sent Banister off, and he whipped out his gun and preceded to beat him with it. Garrison asked him who he had seen and he told him the following.
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“There was a bunch of them. It was like a circus. There were all those Cubans—coming in and going out, coming in and going out. They all looked alike to me…Then there were all these other characters. There was David Ferrie—you know about him by now…He practically lived there.”
Garrison asked him, “And Lee Harvey Oswald?”
Martin replied, “Yeah, he was there too. Sometimes he'd be meeting with Guy Banister with the door shut. Other times he'd be shooting the bull with David Ferrie. But he was there all right.” (OTTOTA, pp. 31-32)
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Martin also told Garrison that Banister “was running the circus.” This makes sense due to Banister’s background in intelligence. At this point Martin got up to leave so Garrison asked him why he was going. Martin told him that pursuing this “would bring the whole goddamned federal government down on our backs.” Why would this be so if only Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) was guilty as the Warren Commission (WC) claimed?
Over time, and in secret, Martin explained the inner workings of Banister’s office to Garrison. He described the raids that the Cubans made on ammunition dumps (remember Gordon Novel), and how many of them were arrested for this. This came as a surprise to Garrison because the FBI had kept this a secret. The raid in question occurred at Lake Ponchartrain. The secrecy was due to these raids being both practice as well as needed for the gathering of ammunition for raids on Cuba in the future. Who was the sponsor of these raids? The CIA. If these raids were aligned with United States policy, why were they keeping these operations secret?
Banister was a key figure in the JFK assassination, but the WC saw no reason to have him investigated in the least. Whose background should have caused alarm bells to them – Banister's or LHO’s? Without a doubt Banister’s, but they ignored Martin and others in New Orleans. How can their conclusion be correct?
For more information on Guy Banister see this:
jfkconspiracyforum.freeforums.net/thread/1616/garrison-chronicles-guy-banister
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Garrison_Jim.jpg
www.jfk-online.com/jackmartin2.jpg
November 22, 1963, was the day that President John F. Kennedy (JFK) was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. It was also the day a strange event occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana. This event would lead District Attorney Jim Garrison into the direction of Jack Martin, and this subsequently lead his investigation into the assassination of JFK into some interesting areas.
On the day of the assassination, Martin was in the company of Guy Banister at the Katzenjammer Bar. According to Garrison, Banister wasn’t known to be a heavy drinker but on this day he had a good bit to drink. (On The Trail Of The Assassins [OTTOTA], pp. 4-5 [hardcover edition])
Something occurred between Martin and Banister when they returned to Banister’s office as a heated argument started. Martin mentioned that he had not forgotten “certain unusual things that had been happening at the office during the summer.” The comment caused Banister to whip out his. 357 Magnum and begin to hit him on the head with it. (Ibid., p. 5)
This beating with a heavy pistol quickly caused Martin to become a bloody mess and he was taken to the hospital. This incident left Martin very angry and he began talking to a friend about David Ferrie. Martin believed that Ferrie was a getaway pilot for men involved in the assassination.
Several years later Martin came to the attention of Garrison during his investigation into the assassination of JFK. Garrison interviewed him in his office to learn more about the pistol-whipping incident. It seems Banister accused Martin of accessing his personal files. Martin said that he never went near those files and the accusation made him mad. In his anger he said that Banister better not talk to him like that since he remembered the people he had seen around the office the previous summer.
Martin told Garrison that this statement sent Banister off, and he whipped out his gun and preceded to beat him with it. Garrison asked him who he had seen and he told him the following.
Quote on
“There was a bunch of them. It was like a circus. There were all those Cubans—coming in and going out, coming in and going out. They all looked alike to me…Then there were all these other characters. There was David Ferrie—you know about him by now…He practically lived there.”
Garrison asked him, “And Lee Harvey Oswald?”
Martin replied, “Yeah, he was there too. Sometimes he'd be meeting with Guy Banister with the door shut. Other times he'd be shooting the bull with David Ferrie. But he was there all right.” (OTTOTA, pp. 31-32)
Quote off
Martin also told Garrison that Banister “was running the circus.” This makes sense due to Banister’s background in intelligence. At this point Martin got up to leave so Garrison asked him why he was going. Martin told him that pursuing this “would bring the whole goddamned federal government down on our backs.” Why would this be so if only Lee Harvey Oswald (LHO) was guilty as the Warren Commission (WC) claimed?
Over time, and in secret, Martin explained the inner workings of Banister’s office to Garrison. He described the raids that the Cubans made on ammunition dumps (remember Gordon Novel), and how many of them were arrested for this. This came as a surprise to Garrison because the FBI had kept this a secret. The raid in question occurred at Lake Ponchartrain. The secrecy was due to these raids being both practice as well as needed for the gathering of ammunition for raids on Cuba in the future. Who was the sponsor of these raids? The CIA. If these raids were aligned with United States policy, why were they keeping these operations secret?
Banister was a key figure in the JFK assassination, but the WC saw no reason to have him investigated in the least. Whose background should have caused alarm bells to them – Banister's or LHO’s? Without a doubt Banister’s, but they ignored Martin and others in New Orleans. How can their conclusion be correct?
For more information on Guy Banister see this:
jfkconspiracyforum.freeforums.net/thread/1616/garrison-chronicles-guy-banister