</s>PAGE FIVE PX 44-371 NOT DESIGNATE THE SPECIFIC PLACE ALTHOUGH HE SAID NOT DESIGNATE THE PRISON SOMEPLACE. WILSON WAS SHOWN PHOTO HE KNEW HIM IN A PRISON SOMEPHACE, WILLSON WAS SHOWED PHOTO OF JAMES EARL RAY, MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, NUMBER ZERO ZERO FOUR ONE SIX, AND RAY'S CLOSE ASSOCIATE, WALTER T. RIFE, KANSAS CITY SHERIFF'S OFFICE NUMBER TWO NINE SIX THREE SIX. TOGETHER WITH SIX OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS, WILSON INITIALLY PICKED BOTH PHOTOGHAPHS OF RIFE AND RRAY AS BEING RAY AND THEN SETTLED ON PHOTO OF RIFFE AS THAT OF RAY. HE WAS ALSO SHOWN COMBINATION OF PHOTO OF RISF AND RIFE ANDRAY TOGETHER AND HE CONTINUED TO IDENTIFY RIFE AS RAY WILISON DESICNATED RAY AS BEING FIVE FIVE SIX OR SEVEN AND HE ALSO SAID WAS PROBABLY YOUNGER THAN HIS OWN THIRTY SIX YEARS, ONE SIZTY POUNDS, WITH SCAR SOMEPLACE IN THE FORHEAD AREA WHICH HE COULD NOT SEE IN PHOTOCRAPH OF RIFF. HE STATED RAV CONTINUALLY CHANGED HIS HAIR STYLE. AVAILABLE INFO REFLECTS WILSOE WAS RECEIVED NOVEMBER TWENTY ONE NINETEEN FIFTY ONE AT STATE PENTIENTIARY, RAIFORD, FLORIDA FOR ESCAPE FROM COUNTY JAIL AND WAS LATER RECEIVERD NOVEMBER SEVEN NINEETEN SIXTY ONE FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
This document contains an FBI fugitive record dated July 27, 1967, listing James Earl Ray under aliases including James McBride, James Walton, W.C. Herron, James O’Conner, and Jim, charged with unlawful flight to avoid custody and robbery (first degree). A separate entry details Eric Starvo Galt, also known as Harvey Lowery/John Willcley, charged with civil rights conspiracy. Both individuals are marked as fugitives with active FBI warrants. The document notes that some entries are not based on fingerprint records but are investigative leads potentially linked to the subjects of this record. It references Bureau file numbers 98-4130 (Ray) and 44-36961 (Galt), with offices of origin listed as Kansas City and Memphis, respectively. The text includes a cautionary note about the danger posed by these individuals and mentions John Edgar Hoover as FBI Director. A release under Executive Order 14176 is noted at the end.  

Key People  
- James Earl Ray (aliases: James McBride, James Walton, W.C. Herron, James O’Conner, Jim)  
- Eric Starvo Galt (aliases: Harvey Low, John Willcley)  
- John Edgar Hoover (FBI Director)  

Key Locations  
- Kansas City (office of origin for Ray’s file)  
- Memphis (office of origin for Galt’s file)  

Key Events  
- Fugitive warrants issued for James Earl Ray and Eric Starvo Galt  
- FBI investigative leads noted as potentially linked to the subjects without fingerprint confirmation  
- Release under Executive Order 14176  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- United States Department of Justice

MLK Declassified Files

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