PAGE 16, THE HERALD, Wednesday, April 5, 1978 King’s murder still a mystery — The dreamer is dead a decade today. But the doubts endure: Did James Earl Ray fire the bullet that killed Dr. Martin Lkther King Jr.? n “No,” Ray told The Associated Press in an interview. But who did? “That's difficult to say,” Ray said. “But I think that all could be resolved fairly simply at some type of h or trial. Possibly the committee will be able to resolve it.” ; . He referred to a House of Representatives committee conduc a new investigation. ferst began April 4, 1968, in Memphis when a :30-06- callbre bullet was fired from a boarding house bathroom window to the belcany, Ring 30, fell leony, . , 39, fe with 2 severed spinal cord and died 59 minutes ter. . The first Investigation involved 3,000 FBI agents and 30,-000 interviews. On the 700th of 53,000 fing rint cards, a clerk Ray to the rifle found after the sniping. On June 8, 1988, the day Robert Kennedy was buried, Ray was arrested in London carrying a Canadian passport and a pistol. Investigators concluded he had acted alone. PLEADED GUILTY On March 10, 1969, Ray’s dist birthday, he pleaded gkilty to murder a 144-minute trial that fed cover-up suspicions. A lawyer mentioned the solo-assassin theory; Ray objected. He would not say he acted alone. Judge Preston Battle decreed 99 years imprisonment. On. March 13, Ray recanted, blaming his plea on conflict of in- terest, Judge Battle, sup- ‘pressed evidence and publicity. . -Ray could not make his elaims stick. Five ap- peals for a new trial were turned down; the last was refused Dec. 13, 1976, by — the U.S. Supreme Court. Interviewed at Brushy Mountain Prison last week, Ray sald a man named-Raoul dkped him. Prisoner 65477 began his story with- his 1967 escape from an armed- robbery sentence in Mis- .souri. He went to a job in Chicago, then to Montreal to get a passport. But he needed to ve residence there and took to hanging around merchant seaman’s clubs in the hope of stealing the. pers. It was | necessary at the Neptune Bar that he fell in with Raoul. When they reached Birmingham in March 1968, Ray said, Raoul had a ‘running scam. So Ray bought the rifle that ti im to King’s murder. He said thought it was a sample for Raoul to show buyers. “He gave me an a ] to take it to in Memphis, the New Rebel Motel." Ray said. GAVE AN ADDRESS Raoul met him there April 3, took the gun and gave him “an address he wanted mo to rent a room in by the docks,” Ray impression he might want send some weapons down the river or something.” Next day, Ray went to Sout Main and said, he downstairs in Jim's Bar. “And then. 1 started - runn errands during the tHe or three noura t minvtes— about three or four times altogether." At the last time he went out to get a flat tire fixed and was returning when he ran into a police roadblock. ee BUSINESS DIRECTORY SUZUKI Motorcycles and accessories i EQUIPMENT SALES LTD. n stock NOW! BRAD REESE AREA MANAGER ¢ 869 - STH AVENUE KITCHEN CABINETS ® VANITIES @ INSTALLATION @ MOULDED COUNTERTOPS @ ALWOOD ITCHEN ABINETS : SUZUKI PRINGE GEORGE, B.C, V2L, Ks (NORTHERN) LTD. a _ seat 8, 564.1468 : Deater No. 129A. SUZUKI GOES THE DISTANCE! }. | "ES:.562:2201 FREE ESTIMATES : - : Dave Charme Geacty Brousseau, Counsell o ge Contracting FACIALS = _"” PEDICURE” oe ‘| | HAIRCONDITIONING. MANICURE Reroofing Specialist | |) STYLING’. "HOT WAX DEPILATION FREE ESTIMATES 7 (NOCUTTING) —— Call evenings 655-4400 No.12-3624 Kalum St. Phone 625-4788 (Sunnyhill Trailer Park) \ cheeses an } Northland 4623 Lakelse Come and try our excellent , Selections of t imported meats, @ 1 delicacies. (1978) Ltd. Phone 635-2633 d - 3092 HWY. 16EAST, TERRACE, 6.€. VEG 3NS WALLY LEFEBVRE GLENN CARSON PHONE (604) 635-2863 pa? ” Satellite Vinyl L— =] =