"NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS ABOUT THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. ASSASSINATION INVESTIGATION."

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Records Related to the Assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00544360
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: July 16, 2025
• Publication Date: April 1, 1968

04-10137-100221
1993 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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Mr. Aren
The c'ng tc:n days. to two .
cxy.f.d be the most e.1.;ti.":31
in Any:Lica/1 '-
1.7:f.ess there js a lastniiute
s.v1-,e.-.it in the CD:1'.--nur.:sls'
th:.s ts target pe.riod
wel:c; the Kronllin .bas set or
ma�sive new violence and el's-
raptfon In American Ces.
Only the pre-..-ence of federal
tcops and ccal
rnny head off the brewing
trvable.
Most likely ob.k-k.--2�ve et: the
could be the
�vast US. ps.".al system and the
-.1-iLrors reder.-0 inenme tax
this pe-io-1.
In the ',anal r.sirt to beat the
eTc,;,:ged the malls xxi-iit more than
530 ral:iion that the Interr.a1
Revenue Se pi�Sied up and
reaorded from Apnli 15-30.
A.10;ough the famous motto in-
scrilx-d on the U. S. Post OffIze
I- here boasts that "Iceitlher
nor raf Ia. nor he.at, nor ff.corn of
117.ht st-;�=.)s these couriers front:
1-fle swift completion of their aP-i
rounds," it is anybody's:
zaess n-hether the rnar.ls
go thr,-xin if the r.atIon's main;
r.:�s-off...).-s were a t suited and ,
l'�.-ebtnnbed as many br..�ness
areas were foliowing the assas-
naticot of Dr. Marorin Luther
'
r:urnherous delays in r.c.���
..;.v.ring the rnail cx.,...-utred in the
tig clties during the riots, the
marl 'eventua:Ily got through.- As
� -soul brother" were v.-1'41m
-on the bCIngs, none of the
� ot5ces was hit during the
"first round" a the organized
� btns that shocked more
tb-In 115 of the nation's cit.;04.
Arrect rec7.-ds %rwarded to
the Justice Departme.nt ghow that
more than 100 of the thousarAis
arrested during the riots through-
out the country were Pas.t OrBee.
employes.
Allen-Scott Report
Mnd Two Weeks
Are Oitical
Cy ROT S. ALLEN
cral PAUL SCOTT
more th-.151 30 pc-- cent
� - s
of the nat:or_s rr.adl is hsr-d:Ed in
33 past offices in the 1-,.rge
ees, the dEs1.-ruzLic.n of the
' U.S. 1-.3sta....,1 ar,:i the ;
o: inewne tax rerurrs could
bring al te-.-npora.-y flnar.aial
,-.-arastrophe and servi.rk, problem
for fne federal government.
As re-,-.orted in an ear:ier cal-
Inaa, the Cornunt -
iiert:s For a Democratic So- �
ciet3', In a si,ries of meetings,.
trt:ough.r.ut t:-.e U. S., 1-4-,ve laid .�
plans for 10 days of violenee :314 !
illsrnuT4'cr.1 in nr.k.-: Aime.e.;:an .;
etics f�a7.-n April 21 to 30.
'Me z_-nbit;ous plar_s of th..-se
ea.rnp.us holcheviks ii s-ent a -
1-71-11e far.cihr: excent for n:-.tent
everi:s. Also, "F'--ebomb" �
'etr organ � calls 1,-s- the he-
g*.r.ning of a coordr.nated rational
prognc.nto destroy a.:1
TA- conalry. � -
The4 critical days
,:ee the sl-natt or
invaslon by the fonowers of the
: 1:-."e Dr. Kr.g. .-kpril 22 wa...s tne
e, since xponed a
Ave:.:k or two."
tfoi hs assasinthor.,
useif had thraltened "massive ;
Irr�s**;-7,1�gton atul
or-gar-� 17.M di._,*-norts�.---rritIons to "d:s.. � .
r-dp: the I�ancticning" of oth.r.
mv,jhr inelualing
.X:nr York, and
' � .� �
7
ociters.
Tesilty:ng behind cl�-_ed
.-1).:,!ere the Ifota.e Aaarepr:atians
��-hich ndi es
Vines for the FBI, D�la-vctor J.
1.,-.s-ar Hoover told fue
l.�,,glslators that in re Z-N--74 .}^eN� a7S
KI4:-.:11:1 had plimpz�l rrxe-e
55 mon into the U. S.
s(-.711:-.-:y s'a : Cul
lit:Dyer's estrriale "is ' a 'very
eonservafive one." "The Kremlin
sent that much money'. imo
: the U. S. in the P-"�st- 12 maiths
: to ignte the pr-semt revolution,"
: he chated.
S:gn�r".-antly, eticago po'fce re-
pried to the FDI last w('elt that
n.r.rested tioters in that dy had
xver.-111.2e.
to!al of $33,00) was !curd on
2.140 pris.:47-7, ny.c-mrir4.� to rie
palie rer.Ort. "On�
average, adults carried b,..-f-A-cea
� -We. a:e -g:;ing to the Sca.t of
Kr.g .a1d. 'not �
be:,-.:ing but de.rnanding. We are
wing if nere..s.-cy to El
of and
sur-
ci:dh;g
'Me Rev. P.:.'ph
succes..sor to Kr..^.;,*, has a�nnounced
;hal he phins to cany on the !
11-ashltri,�:.�1 invasion as ori;,�itz-11-
;y planned by King and other-
of the Southern an:1s-
t:an C.x.r.:erezee.
Ens crisis period
there is growing eviderrz*.e the
1:.1%:nf..in is Loosing ths
n'th rif..117knN ef sr) -
ttr!::_s can buy the s-?_:��'.es of
�ki bhlek 110: itan: s, te z �s, and
�
' Post Office Probe � Rep. Rob-
ert N. C. Nix. 1)-Pa.. believes
;1nu Carcn-ess may be pa�-:.-ig the
way for g.lvern:nent.ivide sn-r.ltes,
it ei.N�irles to ram the Poat
; Orrice Department !into a govern-
nlent \114N1 Nrp.1.-Zit:011.
I Ps past operaiions: 'se:Iv-cm- �
* m'aice expeet.s to hold hearr.trzs
� on propos,-tr.s 10 turn the 740.003-
� man operation into stornell'iini:
Elie the Tennes.s'e Vailey Au--
. .
:
� Postmnster General
' -'twrenee F. O'Brien r.tyggested
� but wr.sa'tahlet) mu'
r any strong gu7.pc.rt In Con-
/ 1,rec;i1;:ntini :
,��.11.1';eri the tont/T*1FM fOr nenriy
vxta� and wr,li levi Pfesitknt
b-.ntbs" have in recent months
types of Wove uniors have renouncvd the '
: doz-lris of
� ; r...!!nizht sto,to.ld striku Nu.'-nder a
x ga)ts-
chane
iome into the U. S.
To complicrite the presit cri-; c"1-P�rA"��� �
srill further, telephone
err; are pnlsed to strilert Apra 19 �
".11 1117.:71y parts of the cour.ty Un-
less Bell Systern corni�v..nies meet
their *1-a:te demands. This strr.ke...
I. ..... y st4 for Aprit 12. .was
1. -1,:nsoirrzntpo5r.tertic ji.berea.use of KIng's as.
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.1. .,, s.urratax..,105::::jotrInki.a isToo.e.ni!.... j.cs,:th-neo.?.: .1-711nstyr. 1011it it thi�ilts very so)rt. :
Nix re-e-cntly n-an-.�-ed members ;
: the money was in brand new U.S :" Isf 1-��c sull..^cvmnfrftre to he -ve*-7.:
; reCorx)rtverrut;11.1.etnt
fi2O It:Es. . ..-.� 'eareru1 in considering the cor �
i a'.;ents, s-,nd inslrue'6ons for nylk- 7 '7.3117A7sdf'wbIst"rgr'Ikli'.selnbnlyeenitt el�;.)---
c'..)nern111,11.'st-'uffultlelldals.s � PYrOlon An-ix-sal. The gr.,yetn.
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The F�31 prersed one of the!
. :�-nast massive manhunts in
fa- the -*---rry
l'fiszure in .as Eric Starvo!
s chamed. ih.e slaying
.jD.. Martin LutLer :King Jr.
The FBI and police ae:oss the: i
!country receive: numerous tips, I
i- � �
Y !incluries and -:Ltrao-s.
AI But more. was know publ-!-
! - _ "
cialy about the alleged assassin:
ithan when his name � probably!
!an alias � first arose a week I .
ago.
Dr. King was killed by a sin&lel-:
at bullet the night of April 4 as ne .
e-
� ;leaned over the second-floor rail-
ing of a l',1emohis motel. Police I
e_lhave said the shot was fired' -
from the con-Jr.on bathroom of al
hotel across the street. :
I The FBI said Galt had used!
'e !the names of Harvey Lov.-myer ;
and john
I A man rezistered as "John!
'Willard" chccked into the flap-
hoe just three hours before
's -rsling was killed.
1.! And Ivan B. I:Vc-.1,7o, nlrbt cask .
5' :clerk at the Rebel l''riotel in
1-1.11:ferhphis told the Azsct_.lated �
C !Press yesterday that a man reg-
,tistered there under the name of �
� :Eric S. Galt on April 3, the clay
t I beofre the killing.
11 Webb said a white Mustang .
I bearing Alabama license plates
� and Kraxican tourist stickers
� was parked near the room occu-
! pied by Galt. A similar car has
, ibeen impounded in Atlanta, Ga.,
and the FBI said that car be-
;longed to Galt. A white Mustang
a iss believed to have been the
getaway car after the slaying.
e The FBI declined comment on
3- the possibility that a man who
1, had checked into another motel
o April 3 might have been Gait's
g suppose d brother.
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palt Eludes F .R . Agents in Calif orni a;Th.ousands ofi
r, Ey MARTIN WALDRON the brother in custody brought-a fictitious r,ame, although the
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a denial from headquarters in agency was reported yesterday
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April IS Washington. . !to have decided that it was.
e----Eric Stavro Galt, the sus-1 "The F.B.I. has no one in .Agents were searching through
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! }I e.ct..ed assassin oft he Rev. Dr.reustody in connection with Dr;the files of Birmingham bail
r,e�fartin Luther King Jr., appar- nes slaying,"
Ki' e* bureaulondsmeni, looking for old bail
t, th , - 1
r:reetly eluded the Federal Buoisaid. �bonds under the name Galt.
77-t: au of Investigation in Califor-1 Galt is known to have twicei In his nationwide bulletin for
last night, a sourCe said mentioned a brother in the last ,the pick-up of Galt, the bureau
;1 od ay. � . - . _ � itwo months. The first rnention'did not mention where Galt had
v., The source said that agents came when he is. reported to.been born, where he had lived,
elieved that they
were riosehave told a clerk in a Boa-ming 'whether he was married and
zlt
to the 36-year-old Galt afteijarn--- gun what his occupation was.
;Attorney General Ramsay ciarkibrother plstore that he and his!anned to go hunting.1 The only schooling mentioned
.ennounced that a warrant had:. Agent Joseph H. Gable, irewas dancing
lessons and a
"..-7.en isued for Gait's arrest icharge of the Birmingham bu-I
'course in bartending. This in-
When the arrest did not ma-;reau, said in the complaint that;
formation was de' eloped in
!torialize last night, thousandsithe rifle found discarded on a!
California this week.
igtf wanted posters asking for; Mem- phis street near the scene
rthe public's help in locating; of Dr. King's slaying had been , 2 Alaises Mentioned
1Galt were distributed around.bo6usgh . t by Galt on March 30, The wanted poster mentioned
:the nation. , . 1 19 i ;two aliases, Harvey Lowmyer
� Galt was charaed in Birming-.
The clerk at the gun store re-ia.nd John Willard.
ham yesterday 4sby the F.B.I.ifu. sed today to answer ques-1 Until yesterday, agents were
l'ivith a conspiracy to violate tons about.t. e rifle sale. !still trying to find out at room-
rDr. King's civil rights, and was) The Remington Arms Com-!ing houses in Birmingham of
'-0-arged in Memphis �by thel)anY of Bri.ogeport, Conn., an.diGalt had checked into one of
tstate of Tennessee with mue_:the Memphis police have saidthem in the last few weeks. The
Tering the 39-year-old civil tilat . , -
it was a .3006 caliber!
. . proprietors of 10 of 21 rooming
;Remington rifle with, a tele-lhouses checked in Birmingham
"hot on April 4.
:rights leader with a single rifle scopic sight. _ - . said that agents had questioned
.
An unidentified brother of; A second mention by Galt of them this week.
.
Lp alt's was said in the F.B.I. �a brother was reported when) There was no mention of a
omplaint to be a co-conspira-
;he was about to be graduated,possible motive in the F.B.I.
...c
lor. No warrant has been issued,from' a bartenders' school in!complaint
:for the arrest of the brother,iHollywood in March. He turnedL The details of the murder
Id down a job because, be is re- charge filed in Memphis have
n. the bureau has refused to
.c.i.scuss him. -
iported to have said, because he ben kept secret by the state. A
.ts A source in the bureau in-,had to go see his brother. police spokesman said there
;alcated that the brother might) There was an indication that that the details of the charge
tLave supplied info:rnation_lthe F.B.I. still had not learned would not be released until'
� peculation that the bureau had.whether Eric Stal-VO Galt was Galt was in custody..
The bureau's photographs ofi
Galt have drawn conflicting re-
actions from persons in Bir-
mingham, Memphis and Atlan-
ta who have told the F.B.L
that they, had seen Gait re-
cently.- _
Most of the witnesses have
said that the photographs did
not appear to be that of the
man they had seen. _ �
Mr. Gamble, the Birmingham
agent, said last night that a
photograph of Galt was taken
in Birmingham last month_ To-
day, it was reported that the
photograph came from Gait's
application at the bartenders'
school.- �
Menawhile, the drivers' li-
cense division of the Alabama
Highway Patrol said again that
it mailed a duplicate of Gait's
driver's license to him at a
Birmingham address on March
1, 1968, a date that the F.B.I.
said Galt was in California.
Duplicate License Sought
The Highway Patrol spokes-
man said that a telephone
caller, identifying himself as
Eric Galt, had asked for a du-
plicate of the original license
that was issued to him last.
Sept ember.
The envelope with the dup
Beate license contained a bill
for 25 cents to cover the cost,
and the 25 cents was paid
promptly. The Highway Patrol
said it received the money on
March 6.
att
New York Times
19 April 68
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Wanted Posters Distributed in Nation'
� The complaint fi;ed by Mr.' such a complaint had been filedlweeks? I'd better wait until I
� Gamble read: ;before her. Today she decUrred'czet back to town and get a
On or about March 29 I gss,.1.0 e:splairi why sl-.e had de- ' permanent job."
:at Birmingham, Ala., in thej nied Galt telephoned a it.
i week later.
�northern district of Alabama,' Galt Recalled on Coast Mr. Lau said, and again de-
north Eric Staryo Galt and an indivi-1 5pee.a.1 to The New Tort ."i'..la . cline-d a job.
_dual whom he alleged to be his; LOS ANGELES, April 18� 'While taking the bartending
brother, entered into a Con-Acquaintances of Eric Star-N-0 course, Galt lived in a small
until hotel in Hollywood. Some indi-
spiracy which continued .
Galt recalled him today as vidals he gave as references
on or about April 5, 1968, to!pleasant and intelligent but shy at that tine could not irnmedi-
injure, oppress, threaten or in-land somewhat mysterious. ately be located.
timidate Martin Luther King Jr.,1 The suspect apparently spent The people who have known
a citizen of the United States,,
. . . . most of last December, January him recalled him clearly but
had no notable recollections
about him except that he bad a
Southern accent
Personnel at the dancing
school said he had spoken of
operating a bar in the Mexican
coast, yet did not appear to
speak Spanish.
resi mg in Atlanta, tia., in tneand February in the Los Ange-
free exercise and enjoyment of 'les-Long Beach area.
his rights secured by the con-1 He took lessons at the Na-
stitution or laws of the. United tional Dance Studios in Long
States, namely the rights to Beach from mid-December to
freely travel from state to Feb. 12, the manager, Rod Ar-
state. vidson said, paying $465 in
"In furtherance of this con- cash for a 50-hour course of
spiracy, Eric Starvo Galt did
on or about March 30, 196s,
pUrchase a rifle at Birmingham, Galt left before completing A Suspect Released
the course, the manager said, Spec_al to The New 'York Tzars
Ala., all in violation of Section
241, Title 18, United States with the explanation that he ATLANTA, April 18�The
Code,
was concentrating on a bar- police arrested a man this morn-
"And the complainant states tending course so he could 'rig said to resemble Galt, but
open a bar in Los Angeles.
that this complaint is based on after questioning by F.B.I.
Early in February, according the purchase of the weapon g agents he was apparently
used to carry out the con-
to Tomas Reyes Lau, operator cleared and released.
spiracy in Birmingham, Ala., on of the International School ofi The man, who said that he
or about March 29, 1968; iden-
Bartending in Hollywood, Galt worked for a carnival, had just
tification of the gun used by
paid $225 for a course that ex- arrived in Atlanta from Val-
defendant found at the scene tended over the next four dosta, officials said. They said
of the crime, and investigation weekends. he had volunteered to accom-
conducted by the Federal Bu- He completed the course pany them to the Atlanta police
reau of Investigation."- - March 2, Mr. Lau said, but de- headquarters for questioning
- The complaint was sworn to dined a proffered job, saying: this morning after someone re-
before United States Commis- "I have to leave to see my ported him as resembling Gait's
sioner Mildred F. Sprague. Last brother. What would it do for,photograph.
night, Mrs. Sprague denied that me to work only two or three l No charges were lodged.
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