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versation" after Jan. 17, 1956, Louisiana. .
of his friends told him they The "fortune" was in the foils;
election night, and that many
ry
had heard what some of his of geological survey . maps pf private conversations had been ! 6000 acres of oil-potential land about. in both states. The maps were
Morrison said that on elee•, made by lease-holder William )f. tion night he spoke by tele-'Shepperd, an independent oillnio; phone to the city's Chief Admin- erator.
, State Rep. Claude Kirk- Shepperd. who values the oil Guire, Officer David Mc. maps up to 61 Million, said Ise
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, former U. S. Sen
missed a briefcase, containing
patrick, Witi:1 the maps, from his car .
liam C. Feazel; Rep, Ha— i spotting a prowler in the v
Boggs; Morrison's campaign co- ity,of his parked car. .-•
ordinator, Thomas Lupo; for- ,, , .
mer Lt. Gov. C. P. "Cap" Bar-, ' POLICE PATROL cars toi/Yed
ham, and Mrs. Morrison. the. neighborhood . early t
Morrison said he spoke to Mc- but 'failed to turn up any s Guire at least twice. McGuire dons person.
was speaking from the down- Shepperd said he brought
town campaign headquarters.
the maps with him from NW
night over the phone with his di maw city on a return flight from New York over the week wife, the mayor said.(. He arrived in Houston by
1 On cross examination, at-train last night.
i torney Richard Dowling pressed'
Shepperd Bald his wife met'h'
Ito determine whether there, train and they drove to fhe was a large crowd of people in' home of friends, then to the site Morrison headquarters the night of one of Shepperd's drilling
of the election. ventures near Houston, and later
The mayor said he could not returned to the friends' home.
I be pinned down as to the sped- Shepperd said he missed the , and 'Mrs. Shep- fir times of the various con- maps
after he Mrs.
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Dowling then asked. "It was I said he returned to the other a very exciting night for you Ineighborhood in time to see a
wasn't it?" .. . .... ...... prowler looking in parked cars.
The mayor said it was. Shepperd has an office in the
The mayor said he now un- Dil and Gas Bldg. here. i
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19th or 20th of January when he heard the recording.
Q—You say you observed a man playing the record? Would you point that man out to the court?
A—I see a man who looks like the man.
Reggie then pointed to Massicot.
Q—Were the voices on the recording audible to your ears?
A—I could hear but on some part of the record the quality
was very poor. It was very icult to determine what was dif-
"When was the first time you being said.
learned of the wiretap?" Dowl• . asked.
ing Feazel called .me from Q--Did you recognize any of Mr.
the voices on the recording? "
Shreveport and said he had A—
' QD you know Mayor learned my phone had been —Yeso [did.
tapped and that platters of the circulated." Morrison?
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conversations were being widely Q—Had you heard him This was three Or folk, speak? days A_Tviany times, After the ,election, the mayor team Reggie said he recognized
DOWLING ASKED:
'Mr. Mayor, do you know anything personallyabout those defendants?`. r'
"No, but t do know my tele, REGGIE SAID:
phone was tapped because. I ■ • "I heard the voice of some-saw the physical evidence:" one named Corinne."
On the record with the Kirkpatrick voice, Reggie said, the mayor greeted Kirkpatrick and congratulated him 'on having been elected.
Reggie said he heard Morrison ask that someone pleas get hit wife to the telephone.
"It appeared to me that the lady thought the mayor had won and should make a victory statement," Reggie. said.
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DURING THE PLAYING of the record Reggie said he heard the mayor mention the name "Dave" and the "name Glenn Clasen, I think."
Reggie said "I heard the mayor state that the colored vote had failed him,"
Asked if there was any general discussion in the governor's
Kirkpatrick, called to the id .
suite about the . record Reggie
stand, also confirmed the may-•yoke up
or's description of the' telephone about it because
conversaticatWi•h him. Iwas fascinated, about how a
"I ASKED GENERALLY about bow a wiretap could be: made and a man .operating it said he could get- pairs of lines a mile away and that by' knowing what pairs to connect he could make a recording."
Q—Who were some of the others in the governor's suite?
A—There were a great many people—Mrs. Long, the governor, Ernest Clements, 'Camille Gravel—literally there were hundreds of people in and out of the rooms."
She was asked if either Mc.
Guire or Kirkpatrick were there TEE WITNESSES who ar- at the time and 4e said. she tify
rived to await the turn to tea-
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