NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON JAMES EARL RAY

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
• Collection: Records Related to the Assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00463088
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 102
• Document Creation Date: June 6, 2025
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2025
• Publication Date: January 1, 1961

I ........................................................ C1)::1plizing it ILIA:, T e n , - � comp% iced . .. ;;;;;tm ',rt.% king ..Sked IV1.11:(:11 11:14.11. hial inn Of ../ 1.01111,:iNee � �� � ���� 111.0:i11111:11 e. � 11 y ittl I' p�yrhiatrist .:.;, ii; p�rmit: !lay I.� w;111 le.h..r prison. �ji�":. Lis I:.� � .�1 of this in� 1" � ... . ����" � - 'PAY�2�1 United Pr,,a int�rmO, andcuffed and closely. guarded. enters federal court for hedrIng, APPROVED FOR REASEi994 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROM 30 '44 \A/Asit post i 1 NASH Vil.11..s. Ter.n. (AP) �.s.'bad to ask for anything in _a!, I federal i.,:e has ordered state remteutiary. that way you'll:, I nrison o:f...rmIs to find something never r,et It." ii . ' :ie. eecupy James Earl Ray's W. S. Neil. the penitentiary d ;tate while servino a f.'..)-vcar SO:2.' uurdea, suggested that Ray I! 1 2 tence kr slaying'Dr. Martin LI-, rar:ht *help guards serve food to .. i I ti�.er KMg Jr. ;ezber convicts in maximum sr , 1 ! After a hearing yesterday on crtritv ar.d lend a hand with jani-i: 1 i royls: Petition far release frOm 'toetai duties within the maxi.', : ! ', E. Miller told prison officials to,,� ,v...; .,..� ,E,... satisiied Iciu2! l U.S. Dist. Court Judge William judzing ;maximum security confinement., al= s,-.eurtty buddi. ng by Ray's expression. I'. II i come up with a plan : ,ro"po.'s"ai: ing "recrentioa. work and e v I xer,:"'" : cise" for the prisoner by Jan. 111 "Enforced idleness can bei I Ray, who pleaded guilty last 'awl purasIiment," Miller said, I Mare*: 10 to the sniper slaying ef ."particularly when it is only to! ' Kir��� tes�I'ed be would r-:1--- :mozect hira from bodily harm": o: � 1.--211 3 44, .. -. i. '.', ..1 I r-4 r fl rl � !N� �1....1...3 ...;:"...,...-��-sr� L' ....a .., ���� �� �...% 4 \S1,41 14 '�.4i 4 L�44, 4 4 ,47/%4)4L) free the ie.,..;sibinty or bor.r.:zHe said he would reserve final; k.iled by another convict than to.:i:-Id.;:rtent until ho reviewed the j spend "09 years in solitary." '2:Ise:I officials' plan. Viewed as luhumau Hi contende.:1 that the cor.d1-' liens of maximum security cor:::, Ccenarnt amounted to cruel and'. inhuman treatment in violation. of his constitutional rights. state oppas.ed Ray's bid.' for permission to mingle with prisoners.' conter.ding his . hie might be endangered :and his chances for escaping would be :. greater. � Ray spent almost two hours on the witness.stand, - in his .6.x(Lfeot cell at the peed: temiary here. Judge M.iler asked Ray what ,! kind of work he would like to Ix:norm. I "I would:it mind doing dishes,' digeing, ei.ches. anything." Ra,y rephed, aifz.v.,ng that he preferred..., i t'to be or.:5Ae: ,as much as I..- . can." !I Silent ou Specific Job Ray did not specify any partic-,-.. I i ular job, however, saying "It is Cf SIA 6 7- .0 3 ac 1968 a Wash Star , Ray is Refused -4-..ev:ea; of Denial. Of a New Trial KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. July n (AI')-Thr Tennessee Court of. Criminal Appeals refused to. day to review 'denial by- a: Memphis judge of a new mur.: (1::r trial for James Earl Ray on the. slaying of the Rev. Dr.Alartin Luther King Jr.; Presiding Judge Mark A. Walker of Covington an. � nou aced the court's decision after it had deliberated the: matter less than four hours.i Defeme 'Attorney .1. fl. Stoner' of Savannah, (ja� said the ruling wail be appealed to the State Supreme Court. Ray pleaded guilty in Mentl phis. March 10 to the slayingl last yea,- of Dr. King, and wasi sentenced by Criminal Courts Judge W. Preston Rattle to 99: years in state prison. In seek-! ing a new trial, Ray claimed; . he was pressured by his for.:. met lawyer. Percy Foreman!' liouston, Tex., int.) catering! the guilty plea. Foreman nled the charge. � . Wash Post 16 JUL 1969 r � , K i cAssci ss Ir; a:z on Motel Sued Over � ' IN ,Memonal Ide[il i � 1 1ENIPIIIS. Tenn. (UPI)�A writ of attachmtiat was issued lesterday aZainst the motel lthere Dr. Ma:tin Luther King Jr. was slIct to death. Chancellor Charles Rend is- sued tho writ on the Lorraine MOtel to satisfy a .1,1,421 dent In connectioa with a memorial to the slain civil rights lender. � PPG ladustrics, Ind., formerly known as Pittsburgh Mate (Aims, Co.. filed the suit against motel one Waiter Bailey. The comrtnay said it contracted with Bailey to cacluse with glass the bob:oily en which King was standing utica shot. 1, The company asked for a de- il crce to seitie the debt arid that if u� payhe bo!.:1 10 satisfy the claim. 1 ment is riot m otel ade, the m � � We 77 ;eon/ COUrt Gran , Ray Revics Of Ills Trial 'COVINGTON. Tenn., June 26 (UPI) �Chief Judge Mark A. Walker of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a petition submitted to him Wednesday by +Mot' neys for James Earl Ray_ to flare the (Snob revieurthe cant sword in Ray's conviction for the slaying hlirtin Lu- ther King Jr. � The Appeals Court will rule July 15 In Knoxville on svhether it should consider an appeal by Bay for a new trial. .The petition claims that Jutigt Arthur C. Faquin en-ed In granting A state request ta quash a defense motion for a new trial at a hearing in Mem- phis May 26. The petition says Faquin should have allowed Bay a new trial on the grounds that presiding Judge W. Preston Battle died before � ruling on a new. trial motion. �Ain 511 Past Ray Is Granted Review Of Record at His Trial� COVINGTON. Ter.7t. June': whether it should consider an :own �chief �fi24-e mirk'appeal by Ray for a new trial. A. Walker of the Tennessee; The petition claims that Court of Criminal Ap,"e\tts has' Judgt Arthur C. Faquin erred granted a petition satttnitted in granting a state request to to min Wednesday Z%v� aWor- quash a defense motion for a neys for James Earl Vas to have the court reticur the trial record In Ilay's tvr.,iztiezi to; the slaying of Dr. Xartia Lu- ther King Jr. The Appeals CeuN te:li rule July- 15 in Knott:I.:a on new trial at a hearing In Mem. phis May 26. The petition says Flat uin should linve allowed a new trial on the grounds that tweskilitg Judge W. Prest on Pattie died before ruling on a new trial motion. po , 27 JIM 7%9 ......... 110:44kktiadigs,m?"44:1-91kimOitatia*Vgai 6:k Oisdei� Lcis V; C011111111Iricake in Person NASHVILLE, Terav, .:aael Under thC tel.:phone �rystem. 19 (UPI) � ...attorney toe. whvit l'.:�04% used only James Earl Ray obtair>ol A stili:V .1; itt snood. Federal court or.ler proof mom .7.:31 trill must talk 3 day directing state priz�onet,:t.,w1tit Lim 1.$ telephone with 2;1 ciala to 4vnit1t hint to COM1,11(1, !k�a.VN. g`4". Parti00" reParat-II nleato with R# in petwo ' D.striet Jud,:e William rather than by ; E.. Nitiler ez�:.'red a US. mar. I Attorney tohert W. to serve an onier ott the of Chattanooga charged Y:ts L4. � $1.1:e prix�r4 warden and' it convinced the prtsoz it. arc hugged and that :.11