</s>FD-36 (Rev. 5:22:44) FBI Date: 5/20/68 Transmit the following in (Type in plantext or code) AIRTEL Via (Priority) TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (44-38861) FROM: SAC, SAN ANTONIO (44)-1242) (P) RE: MURKIN CR Re Butel, 4/25/68, to El Paso, Houston and San Antonio, advising that each office should determine from telephone company the long-distance calls placed at each public company and the long distance calls placed on each over which subject and CHARLES STEIN allegedly traveled to 12/15-17/67, Subject reportedly made eight long distance telephone calls while in Texas. set forth for the field division. Some are some of the telephone calls made from the San Antonio Division, 12/15/17/57, which were obtained from the san Antonio Bell Telephone, which Company records. From the various field division will determine from the subscriber or person receiving the call, the identity of the caller. If the caller was JAMES EARL RAY, aka, obtain 5-Bureau (2-Legat, Mexico City) 2-Albuquerque 3-Little Rock 2-Los Angeles (as) Albuquerque 2-Baltimore 2-Memphis (4-4-1987) 2-New Haven 2-Chicago 2-Mephens (4) -New York 2 -Denver 2-Omaha City 2 -New Mexico 3-Detroit 2-Ohio 2-Detroit 2-San Francisco 2 -Indianapolis 2-Indianapolis 2 -San Francisco 3-Pittsburgh 4-46-3866-1947 3-Indiana 2-Jacksonville 2-Manhattan 2 -Kansas City JM-cash SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED MAY 2 3 1968 (51) 2-Kansas City MAY 23 1968<loc_694><loc_840><loc_815><loc_857><loc_695><loc_856>C.Borlanta Approved: Special Agent in Charge Sent M <loc_697><loc_917>Per 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The documents detail FBI investigations into James Earl Ray (JER) and his potential connections to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK), focusing on long-distance telephone calls traced to multiple U.S. cities in December 1967, including San Antonio, Albuquerque, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Haven, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, and Marietta, Georgia. The FBI sought information on callers or recipients linked to JER and Charles Stein, noting a man resembling JER was seen at Yohanna's Restaurant in Marietta, Georgia. Investigations also included interviews with Carl Gene Taylor, Samuel Whunt, and LEWIE RAYMOND DOWDA in Georgia, who provided details about drug-related activities, prison gang ties (Missouri State Penitentiary), and movements during 1967. Additional records from April 1968 describe an FBI interview with Anthony Charles De Carvelho of Kenner, Louisiana, regarding Stein’s arrival in New Orleans around December 24, 1967, and discussions about "Cosmic Philosophy." Mrs. Vandiver in Greenboro, Georgia, reported a suspect matching MLK’s assassin description purchasing white sweatshirts from her store in a green Volkswagen with a Fulton County license plate. The FBI reviewed phone records, travel logs, and clothing deliveries to residences in New Orleans linked to Stein, Marie Martin, and Marian de Grasse, including boxes allegedly sent from California containing personal items.  

Key People:  
- James Earl Ray (JER)  
- Charles Stein  
- Carl Gene Taylor  
- Samuel Whunt  
- LEWIE RAYMOND DOWDA  
- Mrs. Vandiver (Georgia store owner reporting suspicious activity)  
- Marie Martin (Stein’s mother, associated with clothing deliveries)  
- Marian de Grasse (daughter of Marie Martin, recipient of clothing boxes)  
- Lorraine Calloway (grandmother of Marian de Grasse, residence in New Orleans)  
- Delia Rodriguez (wife of Herbert Rodriguez, sister-in-law to Theresa Stone)  
- Herbert Rodriguez (unemployed former boxer, husband of Delia Rodriguez)  
- Theresa Stone (employee at Backstage 500 Bar, mother of Denise Stone)  
- Anthony Charles De Carvelho (Kenner, Louisiana, interviewee regarding Stein’s activities)  
- Galt (individual associated with Stein and described in Cosmic Philosophy discussions)  

Key Locations:  
- San Antonio, Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Little Rock, Arkansas; Los Angeles, California; Memphis, Tennessee; New Haven, Connecticut; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana; San Francisco, California; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Denver, Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; Marietta, Georgia (Yohanna’s Restaurant)  
- Greenboro, Georgia (Mrs. Vandiver’s store and sightings)  
- New Orleans, Louisiana (Provincial Motel, Burgundy Street, Royal Orleans Hotel, Calloway residence, Rodriguez residence)  
- Los Angeles, California (residence of Marie Martin and Marian de Grasse prior to returning to New Orleans)  

Key Events:  
- Long-distance call records from December 1967 linked to JER, Charles Stein, and other associates.  
- FBI investigation into potential threats against MLK, including interviews with DOWDA, Taylor, Whunt, and Mrs. Vandiver’s sighting of a suspect in Greenboro, Georgia.  
- Reports of a man resembling JER seen at Yohanna’s Restaurant in Marietta, Georgia.  
- Clothing deliveries to New Orleans residences linked to Stein, Marie Martin, and Marian de Grasse, including boxes sent from California containing personal items.  
- FBI interview with Anthony De Carvelho regarding Stein’s activities in New Orleans around December 24, 1967, and discussions about "Cosmic Philosophy."  
- Review of phone records, travel logs, and witness accounts to trace JER’s movements and associations.  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP)  
- Southern Bell Telephone Directory  
- United States Weather Bureau (March 1968 climatological data)

MLK Declassified Files

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