NEWS ARTICLE: IF THERE WAS A 'DEAL,' RAY WILL BE THINKING

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• Collection: Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
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• Publication Date: June 18, 1968

104-10129-10412 � P6S- I ZL P961 0/19 a 1.3 3S RELEASE IN FULL RALPH McGILL 4 If -Ther'e as a eal If there was a plot, or con- spiracy, to murder Dr. Martin Luther King, only a few � a very few�persons met togeth- er to make the agreement. But it was inevitable, if there was such an offer made to, and accepted by, the alleged killer, James Earl Ray, as his brother believes there was, that others outside the actual plotters knew about it. So, in London's Cannon Row Prison, James Earl Ray is thinking. If, in whatever read- ing he has done, he has read about or seen pictured a ha-. lancing scale, he sees the shadow of it in his mind. In one of the scales is his life. The other is empty. If his life is to be lifted up he must put something in the other scale. So, he thinks how that may be done. If Ray had a "big money deal" to assassinate Dr. Mar- tin. Luther King, as his brother Jerry believes as the only pos- sible explanation, then James Earl Ray knows others than those with whom he dealt di- rectly were aware of it. In such a money deal a number of talks were necessary by those who wanted Dr. King dead. There would have had to have been a search of some time � a patient waiting and talking with underworld or fringe underworld cbaracter,s tiro 'lb& right or likely man'', -4-Taund. One day, if tbereo -sucb_ a plot, the Ford had- to go back to those who were to pay the murder money that a good prospect had been found. Ray was a quiet kind of man � except when he got into arguments about Negroes. He hated them all. A bartender.in a Los Angeles "club" bar told police 'he -remembered Ray getting into an argument with a woman who had said she didn't think all colored people were bad. Ray was harsh with the woman and angrily de- mounced all Negroes. - - He advertised himself. Brother Jerry, himself an ex-con, and on friendly terms with . his brother, rationalized it with the FBI. His brother had escaped after serving sev- en years of a 20-year term. He was broke. He had to have money. If he tried robbery he might get little or nothing. A deal with a lot of money would look good. He didn't have any love for colored people, but, said brother Jerry, "I know he wouldn't put himself in a spot like this (killing Dr.. King) un- less there was' something in it for him." So, in London he wilt be looking � and in the U.S. pris- on, he will. be thinking_09 7.11;1ndeed, 'there was- ia deal. - 4Doiibts -will gnaw � (lg....4- 4;-". AN Ot- DeC- Will someone talk? Will heap hotel after the shooting someone turn State's of Dr. King and dropfinig: Ale evidence? Will someone claim gun on -the sidewalk As an ' the reward? Will someone, . ample. Police were conver,g- - himself worried, go to police lug on the Scene; -A man co'Od one day and say, "Look, I not walk --down 'the sidewalk know how you can learn all carrying a gun. But; why' was about the King case and how- it not left behincb or hidden Ray was picked?" 91 in some-,pre-arranged place, And if there was a deal, hopefully not to be found fort! those who arranged it and pro- a few days? " vided the money also will be And finally, who would pay thinking. Will Ray talk? Will for such a crime? , he, watching that shadow - There are it. -least _five scale with his life in it sink � groups whose Violence .pro- lower and lower, one day be- grains suggest them as pOssi- - gin to sing? The money is no Abilities. For -some years now good any more. If he can put -synagogues, -churches and a confession into that now � homes have been dynamited. .empty � scale, it might balance Death has been a part of some up the scales a bit -and :get him life, not death.' So, he � and others � will think. And fret. Ray's record as a small- time thief and grocery store of these acts of violence. The hatred for Dr. Xing by the leaders of these groups indeed has been open and vicious. If they determined on the deed and the criminal contacts with ,stick-up man does not reveal Ray, the � money would have ' him as considerably intelli- been simple for them. gent, shrewd or resourceful. .. - But perhaps there was only So, brother Jerry's belief 'Ray himself 7 ; his twisted h c -414,41,11A-.41riv4101"*.I._ .. _ ...-:.-willet.':�We ay/ � (SW . Co '4- - door of lha..lold4og.afevints".4....z;t:7:- n,--. --$4---- -:':1:::1..,Alit. ..,- - ---.,--':LLA: . W4 ; 1 .U1039WH3 HO � S I SAlYNV 39�Id 1N311300 33N32:1333d 3dA VIS 'ON 3113 � ON (uI Peril1 ..q.) 13 S � P6S-4it -0 /961 ' 049 O ..--, , ' � r C7"-� \ � ��� � ,'S 7 ..... C.::`:) --Yr"( , \ n. .....-: '......A 1.. ....NA C. \ '9. (f.-.. Y _ A: F [LEASE OF THI:.) ..A...A.!,.).1. . i�-- Ray ---.. ., �.: Extradifio'n1- � --- -"-- � 1 Faces Hurdles LONDON UPI �Efforts to return James Earl Ray to the -t ,- United States for trial in the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther , � King Jr. may run into a sea of delay and difficulty because of Britain's complex extradition ' ---- � laws, legal sources said today. The language of the 1870 law is the vague on subject of politi cal assassination, the sources said, and it will require U.S. authorities to present strong evidence that Ray is responsible for the civil rights leader's death. The legal sources said framers Britain's extradition laws � of sought to exclude political assas- sination from offenses of a "po- litical character"�and therefore not subject to extradition�hut the language used was vague. I, They also said that if U.S. au- thorities are permitted to ques- tion Ray in his prison cell prinr to the extradition hearing it could jeopardize their case. I ,) (.7 .// , They must go before the court with prima facie evidence of his guilt�not just suspicion�before . - i . he can be sent to America, the sources said. said. Lawyers from both nation's planned to meet Monday to set a date for the hearings on Amerl- ca's extradition request. . -...., -- 111039titelia 210 �SISAlYNV 3SVd IN34130O 33791:13138 _ 3c1A1-4.. � 'ON 3114 'ON (LI/ pofljfj uoVA) 13 3 � 3 �6 F. rope. Ray, accused of slaying the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., was confused by British curren- cy. He was so nervous that he had his breakfast tray set down ont- side his hotel door. A London hotel clerk judged him simple.. A Lisbon waiter called him cheap. One hotel owner said his going was "good riddance" and announced plans to change the name of the hotel where Ray slept. Extradition Proceedings As more details of Ray's stay in Europe became known, Brit- ish Home Secretary James Cal- laghan signed an order authoriz- ing the Bow Street Magistrate's Court to conduct extradition pro- ceedings against the 40-year-old escaped convict. Chief Metropol- itan Magistrate Frank Milton was expected to schedule a hear- ing in about a week. Ray had about a month in Eu- rope to visit such sights as the Tower of London, the sunny beaches of Portugal and the British Museum. But he was on the run, it rained and Ray stayed mostly in his hotel rooms or sought out just those bars that feed on luckless travelers. A girl in thigh-high miniskirt, a hotel clerk who thought Ray was neurotic and a night porter who refused to let the lonely man bring a girl upstairs have filled in some of the pieces of the last days of freedom of� James Earl Ray. ves in Taxi , first saw Ray when e showed up May 28 in a taxicab at London's new Earl's Court Hotel, a building of. white stone adorned with blue awn- ings. Miss Nassau, a hotel clerk. said he "gave the impression he had just come from an air ter- minal." k_ The clerk who eheckelein Ray is off on holiday on a island. But Miss Nassau 1=1 bet's Ray. She is a north- - of-England girl, with dark hair and shapely legs and a blue miniskirt, and she came to Lon- don to better herself and see the world. Ray interested Jane. "He was extremely *sny, path- etically shy. I didn't know why he was so secretive. I just thought he was nervour" she A-12 *or- THE EVENING STAR - Washington, D. C., Thursday, June 13, 1968 NO GRAND TOUR Ray Had a Tough Tune in � LONDON (UPI)�James Earl him into another room and had a Ray had a terrible tour of Eu- look. "Yanks are all the same. I thought he had a lady in there. But he didn't have any lady in my hotel." He left the hotel in the Pimlico area early. "I thought, 'Good riddance to you,' " Mrs..Thomas said. She said she now will change the hotel name from Pax, meaning peace, to some- thing else. In Lisbon, the police and an FBI agent found an easy but d trail left by Ray early last month. *. On May 8, at 8 ILM-1 .Ray entered a third class waterfront hotel and asked for a room. The clerk gave him Room 2 on the second floor. It overlooks a narrow street and has a bed, a wardrobe, a chest of drawers and two chairs. It costs $2.10 a day. Ray set down his suitcase and a brief- case. There he stayed nine days. Luis, the receptionist, remem- bers Ray as quiet, lo and shy. Chambermai 31, said he did ii recall he wentoutvei-li night' and sometimes at 11 Be washed his own4ok::�!-.41- MP:o t)6jEC1 KIN TO L.4SSiFf,.jr L � tl UMLI"Irr Ray asked Joao, ter, for permissi young woman said no. The girls � bars remember , Maria can't seem tt recall- spent one or tw:nigh � Ray. She will des a tip. Gloria at the when asked. Pa corner at the B smiles. The man dian Embassy� re emliaksy ;fixed up Ray when lie show birth cerlificateS: It ThofltOwtie , 10 � '1�7 VW, 4 �% / � t street. aaitlivoi7il;lw. ro.civa4. V � abereav was_ The cab driver, anti�ets 35, said he drove th � an unidentified companion to a bank 3 blocks away, the Star reported.. , L_ 1.. J.N31111D00 ON3Lf3d311 3c1A1 (41z p 771,11 ue,111) 1.02133S 4 ef:� � vo� us, always doing !al us..1 his hands. Knocks Porter Over � "I tried to talk to him but then I stopped myself. I was afraid he might think I was trying to chat him up (flirt)," Miss Nas- sau said. Ray emerged one night from ,his room in search of the bath :m In a dark hall he bowled .over a porter who had climbed a ladder to change a light bulb. "He apologized," Miss Nassau said. Patiently Miss Nassau tried to explain British currercy. "But he was a bit thick and it didn't. sink in. He was very slow," she said. Later another hotel clerk found a paperback spy novel, "Assignment Tangier," that Ray . had dropped. In the back was a mass of figures indicating Ray's attempts to compare the value of dollars to pounds. A second man had appeared with Ray when he checked in. MIA Nassau never saw him again. Ray left June 5, carrying the airline flight bag he always lutched, possibly containing the Liberty chief pistol he was ar- rested with Saturday at Heath-. row Airport. � Miss Nassau called out goodby and that Sen. Robert F. Kennedy had been shot. "He just shrugged and walked away," she said. Contrary to what he had told her, Ray headed for a new hotel.; It was raining and the first hotel he tried was full. The clerk rec-. o ied the Hotel Pax, owned b 4 . Anna Thomas) : e paid. Tmarirr Ovance for three nights' stay. Mrs. Thomas saved the 5-pound note he paid with. She also saved the syringe she found in his room. She didn't like Ray. � Ray had a "friend" with him when he asked at the first hotel. The second man was gone when he checked into his small room ht the Pax. � Got 4 Phone Calls He received four telephone! calls � Scotland Yard is trying to find out who from � and a postcard. The card came for Ian Colvin, a newspaperman Ray had telephoned in search of help In joining an African mercenary unit. Mrs. Thomas said one tele- phone caller was a woman with an American "twang." Ray was out and the twang was heard no more. Mrs. Thomas thought something was funny. . "I always thought he slept in bed with his clothes on. When I' brought his breakfast tray, he told me to leave it outside, like he was still in bed. Then, a min- ute later, before I had gone a steps he was at the door fully dressed. picking it up. . . he was , so neurotic." she said. rinv kept out the maid. Hel � 1/1161 Odo 5,1 r:!kr-.., �-�,,--7 Al2 1 .11 THE EV kiNdITAit--'=,- � � Washitigtan," D. C., 41n.sday, Juno 12, 1968 Canada PasspOr't Laxity Boon for Fleeing Ray By MICHAEL COPE Special to The star TORONTO , James Earl Ray, the nondescript suspected assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had two genuine Cana- dian passports when he was caught at London Airport after a worldwide two-month search for him. . Ray was the latest of scores Of criminals and Communist spies who for years have been outwitting I a w enforcement agencies around the world with .mail order passports from Otta- wa._ � Here is how Ray worked it: - He picked up a passport ap- plication from a Toronto travel agency, had three undmiling pic- tures taken and mailed them off to Ottawa with $5. � . � Before fining out the appli- cation he Probably bought" a j741011 date and place of 54tamon George SneYd - itiii.Amderworld documen tiaii"agency. The going price .4Vould be about $200. � - A $2 Fee ,., Vibe Ontario Provincial gov- eat's registrar office he paid -another $2 for a document- �ed - copy of a birth certificate in f,the' name of Sneyd�the only the Canadian government ,tecpiires from a passport ap- Vlipant. in Ray's case he chose .theivrong name as the real Bay- ,anon Sneyd is a Toronto police .:--officer who was astounded when the federal mounties questioned l� him about the passport he had f.never applied for. ix. ,Later in Lisbon, Portugal, Ray -went to the Canadian consu- i 4ate and bought another passport - over the counter there claiming his name had been misspelled on the original. � It was only because the FBI had a hunch that Ray might have fled to Canada following .the Memphis assassination that -the Mounties started sifting through more than 200,000 photo- graphs ...-sehmitted, -):TERers.sis t ��� � .1. � k , ' I L.,. -4 A r . _ sc oBJEci 10 4(1-,7,,�.5.�45E ufw it4ts are well known in jails and pris- ons around the world. , :The I siastieNiboat a recommendati � Mounties know that:',..lif� one .f rem the- . International American penitentiary, the in- Jt�iation Organization in Montj mates run night classes 'for pris- real that present passporttefe- oners soon to be released coach- placed with credit card-type ing .them how to get a passport passports embossed with corn in Canada. � puter digits which examining of- In both Toronto and Monte, ouldieedinto n real the underworld haaTistsof, -names, dates and places& birth tatOsO o1der' � ' (the only information to get a birth certificatwhich are for sale to criminalion tun. In -Toronto there is - one source which offers tia, passports for sale already filled in, but minus the bearer's pic- ture. Canadian passports have long lagggriaseriWrth spies also.creidpn Lonsdal9the big- gest Soviet spy ever caught by the-British, traveled on a Cana- diaifpassport. - � � Ills k-bo . ere a avid:: an' passports. Eveniziane-1 tralia, counterespionage :agents' in 1960 recovered a Cameian passport being used Titioyier spy ring. A - Trotsky Recall The Conununists'.�liatchet man who murdered limn Trot- sky as long ago as 194 ��d on a Cana � fying him Wh top secret cyp e Soviet, Embassy in Ottawa defectadin the West in 1945, be :told -the Canadians that Coinmuiiiit agents even had accesirto Abe' Government's maximum securi- ty passport records office in the External Affairs Department. On at least one occasion, he said, Soviet agents actually broke into the office and substi- tuted genuine passport applica- tions with fakes. Canada's new prime minis- ter, Pierre Tiudeau, is deter- mined to halt this trafficking in his country's passports. � ;4!--1Yr10,117111(' , 9i*.� TA e �t- oi-4 311 1166-121.--0 1961 049 9 st,S 'rec.! OB.) E C TIC; 1...03SiF1C Al At�IL, DAVID LAWRENCE b6:1441.J - Fingerprints Key o Ray Capture � � � The most amazing thing about - the capture in London of James Earl Ray, suspected assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is the tremendous amount of work that had to be done in order to accomplish "Fingerprints," � a word" much used but little under- stood, were the key, and few people realize what an enor- mous task was involved in identifying the suspected killer of Dr. King. Latent prints found on items near the scene of the King shooting on April 4 were not clear enough or com- plete enough to enable an iden- tification to be made from fin- gerprints on file with the FBI. The break in the Ray case came 101 days after the shoot- ing of Dr. King, when the FBI located .a rooming house in At- lanta where the suspect, then known as Eric Starve, Galt, had stayed and where he had left some papers. Included in these were maps, on one of which there was a clear print of one .finger.. But this was enough for the FBI, even though there are more than 1 million cards in its finger- print files, representing nearly 82 million individuals. To narrow the search, the FBI made certain assumptions on the - basis of what was known about the suspected killer, including the likelihood that the man sought was a Within a few hours, it was determined that the print be- longed to James Earl Ray, who was found to have more than a dozen sets -of finger- prints in FBI files. Copies of Ray's piinta Were sent to po- lice agencies abroad. When he was picked up in London, fin- gerprints definitely identified ' him as the wanted man. Fingerprinting is regarded as the only fool-proof system of identification. No two per- sons have identical prints. The appearance of an individual can -be changed�hair can be dyed, eyeglasses worn, teeth pulled, mustaches or beard grown or shaven. But the pat- tern of fingerprints cannot be altered. It runs through layer after layer of skin, and, though it can be temporarily hidden by the removal of the flesh at the ends of the fingers or by burning them with acid, the same ridges will reappear as the scars heal. Fingerprints as a means of identification go back hun- dreds of years. Chinese docu- ments of the eighth 'century refer ,to fingerprints being im- pressed upon business con- - tracts. The first authenticated record of official use of flag- prints in in the United States oc- curred in-1882, when a man in charge of a field project of the U. S. Geological Survey work- ing in New Mexico put his own print on commissary orders to fugitive from justice, and the prevent their forgery. James Earl Ray, who now will ; identity cards of nearly,2,000vt,444tas-4,19_02, itte 441 er ch V fugitives were then FuIajectedj-, yo,o,c1:0q.4::SerVicO to, an `eyeball'-':�Siiiticl..kyftile, -vito-iffitis'arabe first known ay icknufic � � ivNi of fuierprints jn --"i� � .? "�.>.:;4#* .���<;-% the � United States. Police and prisons quickly picked up the method for identification of criminals, and the same sys- tem was adopted in 1905 by the United States Army. In 1924, the identification division of the . FBI, -consolidated finger- print :mortis-from all the var- ious agencies, including many not concerned with -law en- forcement 'or criminals. The international exchange of fin- gerprint data was initiated in s 1932. -t, � Once an individual's -finger- prints are on file, his identity can be determined no matter how many aliases he uses or physical changes be may Make. Thus, James Earl Ray assumed different names .and disguises, and carried fraudu- lent identification as he moved. around from country to coun- try. There was, however, no way by which he could change his fingerprints. The ,big question now is where Ray got the money for his trips and the various docu- ments he used in traveling Un- der assumed identities. The suspicion isltiowing that he may have had accomplices in- this country as well as in Can- ada, and the whole affair has the appearance of a planned conspiracy. In the search for possible asseciatesr finger- prints undoubtedly will play a major role just as they have brought about the capture of I/103%WD 80 � S I SA1VNY 39Vd 11.13110000 308383138 (uI Po tldi u0,111) 3 S � 069-126-0 V961 06D � 3S (c- / ci 1 .U103911VH3 NO � S I S1.1 THE -EVENING STAR - WoshingtoR, C.ONedriesdgy; :Jae 1968,. - Re-ques For Ray Extradition LONDON (AP)�A formal re- ing for a short blond man who quest for the extradition '''af reportedly came looknig toi.,114y i-.:!""!�-� in a rooming house three " James Earl Ray, accused ac-cas- sin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was handed to the British Foreign Office today by U.S officials. Stressing the urgency with which the 'United States regards the case, �facials managed to collect the necessary documents a day ahead of their own dead- line. The documents rini several hundred pages and contain infor- mation on Ray's identity and the cases against Iiim=both in Con- nection with King's murder and Ray's escape from the Missouri State Prison while serving an armed robbery sentence. Britain Must Rule The Foreign Office now must certify that the request satisfies the terms of the extradition treaty with the United States. The Horne Offoce then rules on the validity of the murder case under British as well as U.S. law. Then the file goes to a judge for a court hearing. The formal extradition request came as Scotland Yard delved into the mysteries of Ray's stay in Britain. Ray has been traced .to two London hotels between May 28 and his arrest Saturday, but there is an unexplained gap of about 10 days, starting May 17 when he left Lisbon. Extradition proceedings could last two months if the 40-y e a r -o 1 d escaped convict fights all the way through the British courts. Contacts Are Sought �niie ryjf.Vascertafil oviiettuite had aiiniticts in London; dv- Lectives inToithrto*Tere days after the suspect London. � andlady, M told police a the second Ray ly had during his mo stay in Toronto after , killed April 4 in Menip this ' tlitanfinanastif first waian unidentified an who was reported to haveLCalled on ,Ray at � another house. " Mrs. Szpakowski', blond -caller presented identification card,- but Mounted 'Police and the police 'said' he was not man. � "I'd like to have kne this sooner," commen Canadian Mounted Poli C. R. Doey. "We'll hay her again and explo seems factual enough. �Willard in Toro � Doe Y said John W. er of the aliases used the name of a man Toronto. John Willard -was the _name given by a man in Memphis rented a room with a vantage point on the Loraine Hotel, where King was slain while standing on a balcony. Toronto's John Willard WI' 42-year-old insurance appraiser. Police have said Ray used the names of three other Toronto- mans: Ramon George Sneyd, police constable; Paul Bridg- man, a teaching consultant, and Eric Galt, a warehouse foreman. None of the men knew each other and none illiew:his me wasteinekitaNy H4y; Hie if -he f:newspairk po- sala.4:W*vm.,t, IN3113043 3N383.138 (ul 110 .L3 3S 691111M) let savniian reSembliqg Ray in his store. on 14:1-� Mars'hall reportedly "police the man asked for � but left when the roache&I � Ray's: other 'led to have :1Owi 'Its room after he left for Sondon an empty overnight 4 bag, stx..galLs of film, a photo- AraphicAleht _meter, la small --4eMptt.4rongbox, a map of To- itrouttiaftwee. girlie 'magazines, tluieePeiripty .-beer -bottles 'and a I Ark* Shirt.- lEttonta,, Ga., Constitution, :4yrighted article, said apartment manager in ern city's hippie. dis- :imutrted a Anon using the Starvo Galt sta in r,//0-z, 7 1 3dA1 "4-6t4 31111� �ON t �65-1Z4-0 106 049 0 S - - . - - , '1. 4 Hi;,-, ' RILASS!FICATINO - tg0 afiJECTICV 70-- 14/44014 - ."4....,-....-tarr"Zgi7.:=:=4.4;.:...,;>,....-:.--� ,,,,,,.. 11 Opinions of Our Columnists i a I' L ,LNSE. Of': PAS 10C10iii NI T -1 '-' CARL T. ROWAN 0-1"- ku\t.9 _ corro- Greatest Burden ' Suspicion ._ -.. ly cared only about Senator The Nation's Suspicion is a terribly vealed gnawing suspicions some cases by their malicious- sive force. Like an acid, it eats about the investigations in ness. Kennedy's support of IsraeL at the vitals of a society, open- both the John F K ed and The FBI has tracked down If this is so, we may be able . y jag sores o hatred, leaving King James Earl Ray, accused kill- to. narrow some of the divi- assassinations. Numer_ vast and ugly scars of old. but er of Dr. King. This ought to sions that have marred our conflicts. Our society has for many years borne the burden of an ous w th who Wu fl mounce at a cocktail party that silence most of the critics who national life. Especially with � dichnot trust the,FBI or argued that the FBI isn't in- the help of Sen. Edward Ken- terested in finding murderers nedY and others in or dim to abundance of suspicion. Eras- they CIA .,1 People who might othozwis scor Stokely of Negroes. And it ought to put the Kennedy family. _ 6, n Car- ing sores of hatred, leaving michael would his an end to the nonsense of peo- Either out of grief oriary, mg it is one of the major keys --repeat claim that �the ciA has all- pie believing the wildest sorts some Kennedy friends have � to national reconciliation. Millions of people have . cense to kill"-because the of claims about the FBI and suggested that the Kennedys y bedeviled iira- the CIA. adopt a posture of angry aloof- clung for more than four years were by some If Ray is the murderer, he ness from American political �1 to their suspicions that Presi- � tional icion that even theCIA ought to be able to end a lot of life, at least for the rest of this FBI dent John F. Kennedy was the and were around ..hum - off,. Ameri_ speculation about who was and year. victim of an ugly conspiracy � c was not plotting against the But the country even more . � that his assassination could � life of the Negro Nobel Prize than the Democratic party not have been simply the work Then some businessmen and winner. needs a gesture of reconcili- � of Lee Harvey Oswdld. other Americans were almost We are similarly fortunate And that bit of poisonous panicky with suspicions about ation from Ted Kennedy. The in that the alleged murderer need to hear the Eerme. people th ought still swishes about in what Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is the bloodstream of American would do if he became Presi- alive to stand trial � and dy' -s say that, for all the evil, . all the incredible sorrow, politics. dent. hopefully to enlighten the na- heaped upon that family, they When Dr. Martin Luther Thus it boggles the mind tion as to why he committed are not ready to disavow their King was slain the immediate just to think of the deep suspi- this bestial act, and who, if country, their party, or the speculation was that he had cions that would have gripped anyone, encouraged him to do other men who must carry the _ fallen victim to a conspiracy the country had Sirhan Sirhan so. burdens of public service. of bigots. Rumors were every- not been seized at the time of As of now, the evidence sug- The trauma of these last few where that a group of "mil- the Senator's assassination. gests that it was not a case of dismaying years is great. It lionaire racists" had put a Perhaps we have reached a shooting down the Senator be- , � willlitit be erased quickly. But million dollar bounty on his point where we can reveal cause he had the courage to an act of reconciliation here, head. some of these suspicions for speak out in behalf of social the erasure of a bit of suspi- � And that explosive notion what they are: mere fantasies change, .,peace in Vietnam,-. there, is surely the way to - still charges-the atmosphere aroused by men's fear, by justice for the Negri), or help . ' set the natio*,on a sane and _ Millions of,people have re- their emotionalism, and in for the poor. 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The legal sources said framers of Britain's extradition laws sought to exclude political assas- sination from offenses of a "po- litical character"�and therefore not subject to extradition�but the language used was vague. They also said that if U.S. au- thorities are permitted to ques- tion Ray in his cell � prison prior to the extradition hearing it could jeopardize their case. They must go before the court with prima facie evidence of his guilt�not just suspicion�before he can be sent to America, the sources said. Lawyers from both nations _ planned to meet Monday to set a. date for the hearings on Ameil- ca's extradition request. s � � - 11-103SEN43 NO � S I SilVNV 3Vd 1N3V1300 3 N3 H3438 . % 34)jL .i...-7 � ON 311 A � ON ui p Trd ueqA S