</s>According to Mr. Hoover, a 30.00 rifle equipped with a telescope sight was found near a rooming house on South Main Street in Memphis immediately after the fatal shooting of Dr. King occurred. The roaming house overlooks the Lorraine Hotel and Motel where Dr. Kings was staying. Mr. Hoover said that FBI Agents determined that the 30.06 rifle had been purchased from a gun dealer in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 30, 1968. The telescopic sight also was purchased from this dealer. The FBI Director said that Galt, who has used the names of John Willard and Harvey Lawyer in the past, is the owner of a 1966 white Mustang bearing Alabama license plates which was located abandoned in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 11, 1968, Investigation discused that GALT purchased this car from a private citizen in Birmingham on August 30, 1967. The Mustang's odometer showed that it had been driven more than 19,000 miles between late August, 1967, and early April, 1968." - 2- 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The documents consist of fragmented FBI teletypes or investigative reports containing garbled text and references to identity verification efforts between "Eric Starvo Galt" and "James Eugene Gault." These names are compared to determine if they refer to the same individual, with mentions of forensic analysis, evidence collection, and case file management by agencies such as the Homicide Division and FBI Laboratory. Later sections include corrupted or non-standard text, possibly from a damaged form, questionnaire, or unrelated document, which includes phrases like "FOREIGN (VEL), NATURENTALIZED NATURALLY DESIGNED CERTIFICATION." No direct reference to Martin Luther King Jr., the assassination, or related investigations is present in these records.  

Key People:  
- **Eric Starvo Galt**  
- **James Eugene Gault**  
- **Homicide Division personnel**  
- **FBI Laboratory staff**  

Key Locations:  
- Unspecified locations (corrupted text prevents identification)  

Key Events:  
- Identity verification efforts between Eric Starvo Galt and James Eugene Gault  
- Forensic analysis and evidence collection processes  
- Corrupted or damaged document sections suggesting potential form/questionnaire fragments  

Key Organizations:  
- **FBI Laboratory**  
- **Homicide Division**  
- **Unknown agency or entity (implied by corrupted text)**

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44-hq-38861_hs1-233652821_04-04-part_3_of_5.pdf

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