</s>APPROVED FOR RELEASE 2025 UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 14176 20 June 1988 Andrew Tully James E. Ray #65477 c/o Dell Pub. Co ., Inc. PO Box=1000 I Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Petros, In 37646. New York, NY 10017. rea: Inside the FBI" by Andrew Tully. NOTICE of Label action. Dear Sir: In respect to the above entitled book, which apparently has been reprinted by Dell publishers(1987), I have recently read the section in the book dealing with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. homicide. The content of this section is not surprising since Tully in his forward comment: The Author is indeed to FBI Director William H. Webster for his sympathetic encouragement ... In respect of said content, Tully has me falsely(192), falling out of a speeding car after robbing a grocery; then at (198), he has me as a suspect in the murder of three (3) during a prison riot in the Mis-ouri pentotential in 1966. Then of course Pimp Tully quotes various convictions (obviously from FBI files), about statements attributed to me. While I have no interest in returning all of this government pimp's accusations in fact I was never a "euspect" in any type violence during 6 years I was a prisoner in the Missouri prison, and this is known by Tully's source, Fagghead Webster and his FBI PR operator Further, if Tully could have gotten his nose out of the seat of Webster, a bitches for a few minutes and did a little investigating he would have found that all records in the MLK case that does not support the government case have been classified. In addition, when Pimp fully was reporting on my brother, John Ray, he could have alluded to how Webster, as a federal judge in St. Louis, fixed a trial wherein John was charged with aiding a bank robbery The fix resulted in John receiving 18 years from Webster while the actual robber received 10 years Then, as as a result of the fix, the 10 years was reversed by Webster's cronicles on the US 8th circuit court of appeals. co: William H. Webster Sincerely! US Dist. Ct, Knoxville, TN. J. Ray

Summary  
This document is a letter dated 20 June 1988 from James E. Ray to William H. Webster, former FBI Director and U.S. District Court Judge in St. Louis. Ray responds to Andrew Tully’s book *Inside the FBI*, which includes a section on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Ray alleges that Tully misrepresented him by falsely accusing him of robbery and murder during a 1966 Missouri prison riot, citing statements from FBI files. He claims these accusations are unfounded, asserting he was never a suspect in any violent activity during his six years in prison. Ray also criticizes Tully’s sources, including Webster and an FBI public relations officer, for allegedly fabricating information. Additionally, Ray references his brother John Ray, who was convicted of aiding a bank robbery in a case overseen by Webster as a federal judge. He alleges judicial misconduct, noting that John received an 18-year sentence while the actual robber received 10 years, later reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.  

Key People  
- James E. Ray: Letter writer, claims false accusations in Tully’s book and references his brother John Ray.  
- William H. Webster: Former FBI Director and U.S. District Court Judge in St. Louis; accused of judicial misconduct in John Ray’s case.  
- Andrew Tully: Author of *Inside the FBI*; included content about MLK’s assassination and alleged false accusations against Ray.  
- John Ray: James E. Ray’s brother, convicted of aiding a bank robbery in a case involving Webster as judge.  

Key Locations  
- Missouri (prison riot referenced in 1966).  
- St. Louis, Missouri (Webster’s judicial role).  
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Webster’s U.S. District Court assignment).  
- New York, NY (Dell Pub. Co., Inc., publisher of Tully’s book).  

Key Events  
- Alleged false accusations against James E. Ray in Andrew Tully’s book regarding robbery and murder during a 1966 Missouri prison riot.  
- Judicial misconduct allegations involving William H. Webster as U.S. District Court Judge in St. Louis, affecting John Ray’s bank robbery conviction.  
- Reversal of John Ray’s sentence by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.  

Key Organizations  
- FBI (referenced in Tully’s book and Ray’s claims about investigations).  
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (involved in reversing John Ray’s sentence).  
- Dell Pub. Co., Inc. (publisher of *Inside the FBI*).

MLK Declassified Files

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