Summary:  
The document details a composite sketch of Eric Starvo Galt (alias John Willard), described as a white male, 5'8"–5'11", 160–17, medium build, with brown hair and blue/green/hazel eyes. Items recovered from a zippered bag near 424 South Main Street in Memphis include a .30-06 Springfield caliber Remington-Peters rifle (serial number 474474), a "Gennemaster" slide-action rifle (model 760, serial number 447616), and associated cartridges. Additional items listed are a "Banner" binocular, a Georgia-Alabama Standard Oil map, a Memphis newspaper clipping from April 4, 1963, toiletries, clothing, currency (including $20 Federal Reserve Notes with serial numbers), and a blanket found with the rifle. The FBI requested latent fingerprint analysis of items, soil examination of the blanket, and identification of its material composition. References to Martin Luther King Jr. as a victim are included in lab requests, alongside notes about a bullet recovered from his body for forensic comparison with recovered firearms.  

Key People:  
- Eric Starvo Galt (alias John Willard)  
- Martin Luther King Jr. (victim)  
- Bessie Ruth Brewer (individual associated with suspect’s stay at a flop house)  
- Inspector N. E. Zachary (Memphis Police Department, recovered items)  

Key Locations:  
- 424 South Main Street, Memphis (location of recovered items)  
- Memphis Police Department  
- Memphis FBI Office (44-1987 SAC)  
- Flop house associated with Bessie Ruth Brewer  

Key Events:  
- Recovery of firearms and personal items from a zippered bag near 424 South Main Street, Memphis.  
- FBI laboratory requests for fingerprint analysis, soil examination, and material identification of recovered items.  
- Submission of $20 Federal Reserve Notes (with serial numbers) for latent fingerprinting.  
- Reference to a bullet removed from Martin Luther King Jr.’s body for forensic comparison with recovered firearms.  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- United States Department of Justice  
- Memphis Police Department  
- Federal Reserve System (currency details)

MLK Declassified Files

44-hq-38861_hs1-233652821_03-05.pdf

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