</s>FBI WASH DC FBI KAN CITY 6A3P3P URGENT 5-7-68 ELN TO DIRECTOR (44-38961) TELESIREE FROM KANSAS CITY (44+3896) MURKIN DAILY SUMMARY. 1.8/2 INFINISIVE INVESTIGATION TO LEARN INFORMATION REGARDING "COOLEY'S ORGANIZATION" IN THE MISSOURI STATE PENITENTIARY (MSP) UNSUCCESSFUL TO DATE, INTERVIEWS AT PRISON CONTINUE. LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENTS IN LOWER CGLASS ROMING HOUSE AREA BEING CONTACTED. INVESTICATION UNDERWAY TO IDENTIFY AND INTERVIEW FULL-BLOODED INDIAN BARBER REPORTED TO BE ASSOCIATE OF RAY AT THE MSP. SCURSICRIDER TO TELEPHONE NUMBER NINE ONE ONE THREE NINE EIGHT NINE FOUR SIX EIGHT IS MRS. FLOYD MONTZ, RT. ONE, WATHENA, KS. SHE AND HER SON A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT ARE THE ONLY RESIDENTS AT THAT ADDRESS. BOTH ADVISED THAT TELEPLONE ARE IN THEIR NAME SINCE MAY SIXTYSEVEN AND RECALL NO CALLS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS AT ANY TIME. PHOTOGRAPH OR NAME OF SUSJECT UNKNOWN TO THEM. COMPLETE BACKGROUND INFORMATION REGREO-TO TOM BRITTON FURNISHED BIRMINGHAM. LOCAL LEADS CONTINUE TO GET IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. END LCC FBI WASH DC 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14178

Summary:  
The document contains multiple FBI teletypes and reports from May 1968 detailing investigations into the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK). Key elements include ongoing efforts to identify and track James Earl Ray, the alleged assassin, through fingerprint analysis, interviews with prison inmates, and surveillance of his associates. The FBI notes that Ray was identified as Eric Galt via fingerprint comparison after escaping from Missouri's penitentiary in 1971. Investigations also involve tracking Ray's movements, including two trips to New Orleans in 1967 and 1968. The Bureau emphasizes its cooperation with local law enforcement, such as Memphis police, and disputes claims by Louis Lomax that the FBI mishandled the case. A liquor license investigation is mentioned in relation to Carol Pepper, a potential associate of Ray, though no direct link to MLK is established.  

Key People:  
- James Earl Ray (alleged assassin of MLK)  
- Eric Galt (alias used for Ray)  
- Louis Lomax (criticized FBI's handling of the case)  
- Carol Pepper (subject of liquor license investigation)  
- Tom Britton (prisoner at MSP with background checked by FBI)  

Key Locations:  
- Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP)  
- Memphis, Tennessee (central to MLK assassination and related investigations)  
- Kansas City, Missouri (FBI SAC location)  
- St. Louis, Missouri (teletype origin)  
- Birmingham, Alabama (investigation focus)  

Key Events:  
- Fingerprint analysis confirming Ray's identity as Eric Galt  
- FBI cooperation with Memphis Police in obtaining a murder warrant  
- Investigation into Ray's movements and associates, including New Orleans trips  
- Dispute over Louis Lomax's allegations of FBI incompetence  
- Liquor license investigation linked to Carol Pepper  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP)  
- Memphis Police Department  
- U.S. Postal Service (mentioned in context of record checks)

MLK Declassified Files

44-hq-38861_hs1-233652821_10-02-part_2_of_5.pdf

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