</s>ME 44-1987 TOR: LF ORVILLE ERNEST GANN was located at Dismas House, St. Louis, Missouri, at which time he was located in Dismas house, Missouri State Penitentiary number 69729. He last entered the penitentiary in August 1926 he was a four-year sentenced for burglary-re-entered murder on the pententiary in April in 1993. He was born in the early 20-20 years of murder and the third robbery. In April 1955 for a 20-year-old murder, he was in the third time He was released on parole on April 9, 1968. GANN knew JAMES EARL RAY casually while both were immates at the penentiary. During the period of this casual acquaintance, they were some sight association in the yard and personal. They had some sight on the fact that RAY was working on the food detail and sometimes had to be the exact that GANN on the GANN reciprocal by giving RAY special consideration in connection with his laundry service, since GANN WAS assigned to the laundry. He considered RAY to be a neat individual and clean. identified to be CARL DRAKE, a timer, and TED RICHARDSON. At the time of RAY's escape, GANN at the pentitentiary were at Jefferson City but was on the honor farm was not confined Missouri. He has no knowledge of where RAY at Springfield, whom he would seek out once he had escaped. 71 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The document contains records related to Eric S. GALT’s activities involving film orders and hotel registrations between October 1967 and November 1967. The FBI Laboratory analyzed handwriting samples from a Superior Bulk Film Company order blank and typewritten letters dated October 5, 1967, and October 22, 1967, concluding they were prepared by the same individual. GALT ordered film and camera equipment, with items mailed to addresses in Chicago, Illinois, and Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. He registered at the Hotel Rio in Puerto Vallarta on October 22, 1967, and checked out on November 6, 1967. During his stay, he was associated with a woman named MANUELA, who provided a photograph of GALT taken in 1967. On November 19, 1967, GALT rented an apartment in Los Angeles, California.  

Key People:  
- Eric S. GALT  
- MANUELA (associated with GALT)  
- James Earl Ray (JER): Paroled in 1954, later escaped from prison and linked to GALT through shared connections.  
- Rita Stein, Marie Martin, Charles Stein: Individuals associated with GALT’s travel plans and activities.  

Key Locations:  
- Superior Bulk Film Company, Chicago, Illinois  
- Hotel Rio, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico  
- Hotel Tropicano, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico  
- 1535 North Serrano, Los Angeles, California  
- St. Louis, Missouri (JER’s parole history)  
- New Orleans, Louisiana (GALT’s travel destination)  
- Texas and Illinois (routes taken during GALT’s travels)  

Key Events:  
- October 5, 1967: FBI Laboratory analysis of handwriting samples linked to GALT.  
- October 22, 1967: GALT registered at Hotel Rio in Puerto Vallarta.  
- November 6, 1967: GALT checked out of Hotel Rio.  
- November 19, 1967: GALT rented an apartment in Los Angeles.  
- April 4, 1968: Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.  
- March 17, 1960: James Earl Ray escaped from Missouri State Penitentiary.  
- September–October 1967: Ray registered under the name "Eric Galt" in Alabama and purchased items linked to the assassination.  

Key Organizations:  
- FBI Laboratory (conducted handwriting analysis)  
- Superior Bulk Film Company (involved in film orders and deliveries)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (investigated JER’s movements and associations)

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