</s>CG 44-1114 RJD.Jap 1. RE: 1968 DOGER DART RECORDED LAMBERT-S. LOUIS APPROXY May 23, 1968, by JOSEPH B. GRAFF! the following investigation was conducted on Office 23, 68, by ROBERT HODESTER, Me Henry County Sheriff's his department, Illinois, advised that on May 19, 1968. his department. Police Department to locate and interview SAMUEL SCHEDDERMAN, 63535 Road Road, Richmond, Illinois. RHODEY the deputy learned that there was no such address in Richmond, Illinois; no 6555 Post Road. ROSS COURTEMASH, Postmaster, Richard, Illinois, town nor, there in fact, in McHenry, Illinois." chief of Police WILLIAM BOTTS advice from records that there are no information from available and recollection there was not information SAMUELS SCHIEDDERMAN. Chief BOTHS also stated that there were no such address as above. tion furnished by the St. Louis Division on May 20, 1968- advising the St ., Louis Division to May 20. 1968, Vehicle Identification Number L14DB822249, bearing 1968 Georgia License ID48283, was recovered from Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport and this checked daily for possible abandoned cars by SHURE and by vehicle had been unlocked since May 5, 1968; Inquiry by Missouri State Highway Patrol, from National Car Rental utilizing stolen credit cards in name of SAMUIL SCHEDDERman, 6535 Road Rd. Richmond, Illinois. These cards were allegedly stolen from SCHEDERMAN in an armed robbery in Kansas City, Missouri, however, SEARCHED SPECIALIZED INDEXED FILED H4U-14-26 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The documents detail various investigative efforts related to the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., focusing on vehicle tracking, unidentified body checks, inmate interviews, and monitoring of James Earl Ray's activities. On May 23, 1968, an investigation was initiated to locate Samuel Schedderman, whose address in Richmond, Illinois, was found invalid. A vehicle with VIN L14DB822249, linked to a Georgia license plate and stolen credit cards associated with Schedderman, was recovered from Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport. The car was dusty and towed to Westlake Motors for handling. On May 27, 1968, county coroners in Illinois reported no unidentified bodies matching descriptions tied to James Earl Ray. An interview with John William Myers, incarcerated with Ray, noted discussions among inmates about anti-King sentiments but no direct involvement in the assassination plot. The FBI was alerted to monitor Ray’s activities, including his alleged associations with prostitutes in the Cubbage area. A telephone number linked to Unice Miller was recorded, and a postmaster in Wheeling, Illinois, mentioned possible mail from the Royal Bank of Canada but found no specific records.  

Key People  
- Samuel Schedderman (address verification issues)  
- James Earl Ray (subject of FBI monitoring and inmate interviews)  
- John William Myers (inmate who interacted with Ray)  
- Everett Kellow (Kendall County Coroner)  
- James Thompson (LaSalle County Coroner)  
- Carol Lawrence (Illinois Bell Telephone Company report clerk)  
- Edward Swan (Wheeling, Illinois Postmaster)  

Key Locations  
- Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport (vehicle recovery site)  
- Richmond, Illinois (invalid address for Schedderman)  
- Oswego and Seneca, Illinois (county morgue checks)  
- Palatina, Illinois (Myers’ residence)  
- Wheeling, Illinois (postmaster’s office)  

Key Events  
- Recovery of vehicle VIN L14DB822249 from Lambert-St. Louis Airport (May 20, 1968)  
- Investigation into Samuel Schedderman’s address and stolen credit cards (May 23–27, 1968)  
- County morgue checks for unidentified bodies matching James Earl Ray’s description (May 27, 1968)  
- Interview with John William Myers regarding Ray’s incarceration and inmate discussions (May 28, 1968)  
- FBI monitoring of Ray’s associations with prostitutes in the Cubbage area  
- Telephone number linkage to Unice Miller and Royal Bank of Canada mail inquiry  

Key Organizations  
- Illinois Bell Telephone Company (telephone records)  
- U.S. Postal Service (Wheeling, Illinois postmaster)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI monitoring activities)  
- County coroners’ offices in Kendall and LaSalle Counties, Illinois

MLK Declassified Files

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