</s>AT-HH-2386 RRP:minlw "It all about the crime I did and about a crime I DID in 1954 with James Barl Ray and about the 13 years of prison pal and everything we talk about about thing and about James Barll Ray Wyatt talks about the killing of James Earl. Jay Wyatt talks to the KK from Mississippi. And we talked to the man from Mississippi that I knew all about killing King and Luther King, know all about them from businessassociation. also know that they were from Mississippi, "In that men from Mississippi." "In the that year years we made maps just had to find the right place to kill King. We have made the man over myself. They are with the have made more than myself. "And when we were we would go after we killed King" when we would get after we to be in it. But I was not. But we did not. The story has it all in it, All the big thing about it was to be all in It. But it was the story that was that also. That is why Ray Wyatt like me killed. I know that. This is why I won't send the story by mail. I knew that this is getting to be a long that. That was not just let me know, O.K. that story O. K. If not just me know. O.k. That that I won'T not to men about it. "Mr. Sanders there are men in five states that I was behind the King killing and they don't know they have James Earl Ray did not. Now that they have Ray Penn. Will trial him if they get back. "Well, they want me to testify. Well, I just don't know yet what I will do. "You know, yet we want and Ray were pal. I could tell what I have to the news. That not much. I could not say everything. And I did not tell or I'll tell you what you ask me in me in your letter. trying to tell you you what You ask ask me of me in my letter. "If you have a man or have someone down this way, if you will have them stop by the jail I will let them read the story and you can go from there. 0.K." - 15- 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary: The document contains fragmented FBI records from April–September 1968 related to the investigation into Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. It references James Earl Ray, a convicted suspect in the murder, and includes forensic details about a 1966 Ford Mustang linked to him. Key elements include tire and engine component analysis, interviews with Leroy Manaman (a Leavenworth Penitentiary inmate) and Donald James Nissen (a former IRSW statute violator), evidence inventory logs, and telegraphic communications between FBI offices. The records also mention informants like William Somersett and Margaret Capocomacchia, who raised questions about credibility due to alleged mental health issues. Administrative details include property disposition forms, court orders, and coordination with the U.S. Board of Parole.  

Key People: James Earl Ray, Leroy Manaman, Donald James Nissen, William Somersett, Margaret Capocomacchia, Hanes (Ray’s attorney), Sinney C. Barnes  
Key Locations: Atlanta, Memphis, Shelby County (Tennessee), Whitfield County (Georgia), Leavenworth Penitentiary, 1535 Serrano (Apartment 6)  
Key Events: Investigation into MLK’s assassination, forensic examination of a 1966 Mustang, interviews with suspects and inmates, evidence inventory and management, telegraphic coordination between FBI offices, legal proceedings involving court orders and property disposition  
Key Organizations: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Board of Parole, Shelby County authorities, Memphis police department

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