David Ferrie Biography

He claims that Ferrie knew Oswald from their days in the New Orleans Civil Air Patrol, and that Ferrie might have taught Oswald how to use a rifle with a telescopic sight.

Jack Martin tells authorities and reporters that anti-Castro activist David Ferrie had been involved in the assassination.

Martin also claimed that Ferrie drove to Texas on the day of Kennedys assassination, to serve as a getaway pilot for the assassins.

David Ferrie is turned him over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which interviewed Ferrie and Martin on November 25.

Jack Martin told the FBI that Ferrie might have hypnotized Oswald into assassinating Kennedy.

Nevertheless, the FBI interviewed Ferrie twice about Martins allegations.

The FBI also interviewed about twenty other persons in connection with the allegations, said that it was unable to develop a substantial case against Ferrie, and released him with an apology.

David Ferrie is turned him over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which interviewed Ferrie and Martin on November 25.

Jack Martin told the FBI that Ferrie might have hypnotized Oswald into assassinating Kennedy.

Nevertheless, the FBI interviewed Ferrie twice about Martins allegations.

The FBI also interviewed about twenty other persons in connection with the allegations, said that it was unable to develop a substantial case against Ferrie, and released him with an apology.

The FBI considered Martin unreliable.

The FBI considered Martin unreliable.

CIA monitors and responds to Jim Garrison's New Orleans investigation.

David Ferrie, then Garrisons chief suspect, is found dead in his apartment from a Berry Aneurysm. Garrison suspected that Ferrie had been murdered despite the coroners report that his death was due to natural causes. According to Garrison, the day news of the investigation broke, Ferrie had called his aide Lou Ivon and warned that "Im a dead man"

David Ferrie, then Garrisons chief suspect, is found dead in his apartment from a Berry Aneurysm. Garrison suspected that Ferrie had been murdered despite the coroners report that his death was due to natural causes. According to Garrison, the day news of the investigation broke, Ferrie had called his aide Lou Ivon and warned that "Im a dead man"

New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison began an investigation into the assassination of President Kennedy in the fall of 1966, after receiving several tips from Jack Martin that a man named David Ferrie may have been involved in the assassination

Russo claimed in September, 1963, he overheard Shaw and David Ferrie discussing the proposed assassination of John F. Kennedy. During the trial, Russo testified that he had attended an "assassination party" at David Ferries apartment, where Shaw, Ferrie, and Lee Harvey Oswald had discussed killing President Kennedy