JFK 50 Year Commemorative Edition | David Ferrie Scene (Joe Pesci) | War...
CBS News :
After a stint in The Marines he became
fascinated by Communism. He is said
to be a dedicated Marxist and
a fanatical supporter of Fidel Castro
and ultra left-wing causes.
He spent last summer in New Orleans
and was arrested in a brawl with
anti-Castro Cuban exiles.
The D.A. :
Lou? Sorry to disturb you this late.
Matter of routine. Get on this
Oswald connection
in New Orleans.
Check out his record.
Find any friends
or associates
from last summer.
Let's meet with
The Investigators
day after tomorrow.
Lou :
On Sunday?
Sunday. 11:00.
Thanks, Lou.
Wade :
I would say that He is The Killer,
The Law says beyond a reasonable doubt
and to a moral certainty.
I thought a motorcycle had
backfired. I looked to my left.
A second shot hit him in the face.
The rifle, a cheap World War Il,
Italian-made Mannlicher-Carcano
was ordered from a Chicago mailing house
and shipped to Oswald's alias, A. Hidell
at a post office box in March of 1963.
This same rifle was used to assassinate The President.
That ties it up.
Another nut. Jesus Christ, anybody
can get a rifle in Texas!
As far as Oswald's associates, one name
keeps popping up : David Ferrie.
Oswald was seen with him
several times last summer.
The D.A. :
I know David. Strange character.
He's been in Trouble before.
He was a hot-shot pilot
for Eastern Airlines.
Got canned after an alleged
homosexual incident.
These photos were found yesterday
among Oswald's possessions
in the garage where Marina Oswald
and her children are living.
Somebody mentioned Ferrie on
that Texas trip. Find that out.
Marina Oswald :
He no shoot anyone.
He good man. Good husband.
Lou :
So it seems David Ferrie drove off
on Friday afternoon for Texas.
A source said he might have been
a getaway pilot for Oswald.
The D.A. :
Hold your horses.
What kind of source?
Lou :
.....the anonymous kind, Chief.
I remember Ferrie speaking at a meeting of
some veterans group ranting against Castro.
Extreme stuff.
The D.A. :
They're bringing him out.
Numa, turn it up.
Here he comes!
Anything to say
in your defense?
Jack Ruby :
Oswald!
He shot him!
He shot him on TV!
There's a man with a gun!
Lou :
Seventy cops there.
What were they doing?
No trial now. Somebody just saved
The Dallas D.A. a pile of work.
The D.A. :
Let's get David Ferrie
in here anyway.
Lou :
It's wrong. This is crazy!
Kronkite :
Yesterday, in the midst of sorrow,
the business of government went on.
The President met with Henry Cabot Lodge,
Our Ambassador to Vietnam
and members of his Cabinet.
The major subject was Vietnam
a crisis that does not pause
for bereavement.
From this meeting came affirmations
that the US would continue aiding
the new government of Vietnam in its
war against the Communist insurgents.
David Ferrie.
Come on in.
Thanks for coming.
Remember me? We met
on Carondelet Street
after your election.
I remember. You make quite an impression.
I've heard you're a first-rate pilot.
Legend has it you can get in and
out of the smallest field.
I'm a pilot myself. Flew grasshoppers
for the field artillery in The War.
Make yourself comfortable.
Mind if I smoke?
How could I?
As you know, President Kennedy
was assassinated on Friday.
A man named Lee Harvey Oswald
was arrested as a suspect then
murdered yesterday by a man
named Jack Ruby.
We've had reports that Oswald spent
The Summer here and that
you knew Oswald.
I've never met anyone named Oswald.
Anyone who told you that has to be crazy.
He served in your Civil Air Patrol Unit
when he was a teenager.
If he did, I don't remember him.
Lots of boys in and out.
Surely you've seen this. Perhaps you
knew him under another name?
I never saw him before in my life.
The D.A. :
Then we must have gotten
mistaken information.
Thanks for straightening it out.
There's one other matter —
We heard you went to Texas shortly
after The Assassination on Friday.
David W. Ferrie :
Ah, well that’s True,
I drove to Houston.
The D.A. :
What was so appealing
about Houston?
David W. Ferrie :
I hadn't been ice-skating in a number of years;
Since I had some young friends with me,
we decided to drive to Houston to go skating.
The D.A. :
Do you mind explaining for me, Dave
why the urge to go ice-skating in Texas came to
you during one of the worst thunderstorms
in recent memory?
David W. Ferrie :
….Spur-of-the-moment thing.
Storm wasn't that bad.
The D.A. :
Where did you drive?
David W. Ferrie :
We went to Houston.
Saturday we drove
to Galveston, and
stayed there.
The D.A. :
And Sunday?
David W. Ferrie :
In the morning, we
went Goose-hunting.
The D.A. :
Did you bag any?
I believe The Boys
got a couple.
The D.A. :
Boys said they
didn't get any.
David W. Ferrie :
-- come to Think of it,
They're right.
There were thousands of geese everywhere.
But you couldn't approach them. Wise Birds.
The D.A. :
Your Friends said you had no weapons in the trunk.
Isn't it difficult to hunt geese without a shotgun?
David W. Ferrie :
I remember now. I'm sorry.
I got confused --
We got out near The Geese,
and only then did we realise that
we had forgotten our shotguns.
Stupid, right?
So, of course, we
didn't get any geese.
The D.A. :
Thank you for your time.
Sorry this must end
inconveniently but
I must detain you for
questioning by The FBI.
David W. Ferrie :
Why? What's wrong?
The D.A. :
I find Your Story to be
simply not believable.
David W. Ferrie :
Really....?
....What part?
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The FBI :
This afternoon The FBI released
David W. Ferrie of New Orleans.
After extensive questioning
and a background check
The Bureau found no evidence that Mr. Ferrie
knew Lee Harvey Oswald or had
any connection with The Assassination.
The Agent-in-Charge would like to make clear
that Ferrie was brought in for questioning by
The District Attorney of Orleans Parish.
Lou :
I thought we were on the same side.
Why are they saying that?
The D.A. :
Pretty fast, the way they let him go.
They must know something we don't.
So let's get on with our lives.
We have many homegrown
crimes to prosecute.
JFK David Ferrie & Jim Garrison - Eyebrow
