</s>JN 157-9586 13 VIOLA M. CHAPMAN 3845 Bryant Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis license 310-255, Mercury DONALD A. CHAPPAN 5617 St. Andrews Avenue Edina, Minnesota Minnesota license 310.255, Mercenary 6007 Golden Valley V. V. DAVISON Minneapolis. Minnesota MARSHALL D. GRISHAM Box 184 Houlle, Mississippi, (Methodist minister) KENT L. KENNIBURGH D.S.R. L. KNINIBURgh Oxford, Mississippi (West Chemical) Mississippi license 36-4171, Chevrolet L. C. HAMILTON State College, Mississippi Livestock Sanitary Board Mississippi License P-1158, Dodge J. W. WARREN Holly Springs, Mississippi (Missississippi Highway Patrol) Mississipi license 47-3979, Plymouth L. H. CARTER 1705 1st Terrace Hattiesburg, Mississippi 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The document contains motel registration records from Corinth, Mississippi, dated March 29 to April 3, 1968, provided by Mrs. Berry (Shirley) Smith of the El-Ray Motel. The records list guests including Mr. and Mrs. Grady Thompson, R. Holmes, Jimmy Sinter, W.T.W. Richardson, L.L. Robertson, James Johnson, J. Lambert, J. Amber, Bert Yeager, George Player, Leo Wacker, Charles Chogengen, Clyde Hancock, Billy Hancook, Tall Humbers, Herschershey Baine, J. Richard Lee, Dan E. Bryant, James Ross, Gene Arrington, Charles Grundy, C.A. Evans, Noel Simmons, Audley Philips, Paul W. Chapel, Kenneth Ford, Audie Ray Davis, C.S. Cox, C.R. Leonard, B.W. Purgason, W.C. Seaton, Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson, Ralph Gascche, L.E. Price, Robert Payne, Bill Barnes, John Hays, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, Elmer Alston, William Phillips, Robert Farris, Lawrence Summers, and others. The records also include license plate information for vehicles such as Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chevrolet, and Mercury. Additional sections reference FBI communications regarding investigations into James Earl Ray’s movements prior to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., including motel checks in Birmingham, Memphis, and other locations. The documents note Ray’s alleged registration at motels in Corinth, Mississippi, and mention efforts to trace his associates through car registrations and hotel records.  

Key People:  
- Mrs. Berry (Shirley) Smith (El-Ray Motel owner/manager)  
- James Earl Ray (accused in MLK assassination)  
- Mr. and Mrs. Grady Thompson, R. Holmes, Jimmy Sinter, W.T.W. Richardson, L.L. Robertson, James Johnson, J. Lambert, J. Amber, Bert Yeager, George Player, Leo Wacker, Charles Chogengen, Clyde Hancock, Billy Hancook, Tall Humbers, Herschershey Baine, J. Richard Lee, Dan E. Bryant, James Ross, Gene Arrington, Charles Grundy, C.A. Evans, Noel Simmons, Audley Philips, Paul W. Chapel, Kenneth Ford, Audie Ray Davis, C.S. Cox, C.R. Leonard, B.W. Purgason, W.C. Seaton, Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson, Ralph Gascche, L.E. Price, Robert Payne, Bill Barnes, John Hays, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, Elmer Alston, William Phillips, Robert Farris, Lawrence Summers  

Key Locations:  
- Corinth, Mississippi (El-Ray Motel)  
- Birmingham, Alabama  
- Memphis, Tennessee (Rebel Hotel)  
- Vero Beach, Florida  
- Chicago, Illinois  
- New Orleans, Louisiana  
- Grand Rapids, Michigan  
- St. Louis, Missouri  
- Evansville, Indiana  
- Sparta, Tennessee  

Key Events:  
- FBI investigation into James Earl Ray’s movements and associations prior to MLK’s assassination  
- Review of motel registration records from Corinth, Mississippi (March 29–April 3, 1968)  
- Efforts to trace Ray’s contacts through car registrations and hotel records  
- Mention of Ray’s alleged stays at motels in Birmingham, Alabama; Florence, Alabama; and Corinth, Mississippi  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Southern Household Shubute, Mississippi (mentioned in records)  
- Motel chains and locations across multiple states (e.g., El-Ray Motel, Holiday Inn, Southern Motel)

MLK Declassified Files

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