</s>FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dare of transcription 1 BETTY LOU WADE, 233 Smith Street, Burleson, 8/78/78 Texas, was telephoneically reconnected and furnished the following: She advised that her visit to Memphis, see VERMON TOOTEN was the Baptist Hospital was to weeks after the MARTIN LUTHER KING murder. She felt that her daughter was possibly confused about the time, because she was still missing her publicist. She fell and in the newspaper still was not published by the television and then she was also published by publication. WADE confirmed that she was in contact with WILSON to telephone while she was visiting her father at Memphis, Tennessee. She said she does not recall whether she would usually call her mother, she said she did not recall said WILSON would usually hear her due occasions. WADEconfirmed that WILSOON did buy their daughter a cream colored Mustang in February, 1968, but but says he never drive the vehicle on any trips to her knowledge. or recollection. WADE said that her husband did not have a new red Thunderbolt. WADI said that husband had a new bed. WADE reconciled that her ex-husband, BURGESS AUDIE WILson, was at their home in Grandview, Missouri, at the time MARTN LUTIER KING, Jr. was murdered. She at the TIME MARTINE LUTNER KING, JR. was murderer. She statement that he killed KING, WADE was heard Wilson made any WILSON make allegations concerning other news stories written up in the news media, but she cannot recall him over alleged that he was responsible for the murder of Dr. KIND. Interviewed on: 8/20/78 "Burlason, Texas "Fie *Dallas 44-2649- Memphis 44-1987 SA-PERRY P. COLE/Jeh Date dicloted 8/7/77/78 4 and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The document contains fragmented and partially illegible records related to FBI investigations into the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (April 4, 1968) in Memphis, Tennessee. It references Solomon Jones, who served as King’s chauffeur during his 1968 visit to Memphis. Jones was incarcerated at Shelby County Jail and interviewed by FBI agents on November 21, 1978. During the interview, Jones claimed he did not know about FBI harassment of King, had no knowledge of the plot to kill him, or who was responsible for his assassination. He described witnessing an individual in white fleeing the scene of the shooting at the Lorraine Motel and mentioned a woman allegedly placed in a mental hospital to prevent her from testifying about FBI activity near the motel prior to the shooting. The document also includes unrelated administrative exchanges between the FBI and Ms. Lila F. Hurtado regarding national security matters, referencing Robert F. Kennedy assassination files.  

Key People:  
- Solomon Jones (King’s chauffeur in 1968; incarcerated at Shelby County Jail)  
- James Earl Ray (implied as suspect in King’s assassination, though not explicitly named in the text)  
- Lila F. Hurtado (individual requesting information on national security matters)  
- FBI agents (Burl F. Johnson and James A. Davis, who conducted the interview with Jones)  

Key Locations:  
- Memphis, Tennessee (site of Dr. King’s assassination at the Lorraine Motel)  
- Shelby County Jail (where Solomon Jones was incarcerated)  
- Grey Rocks Inn, St. Jovite, Canada (mentioned in a fragmented source as potentially linked to an individual named Paul)  

Key Events:  
- Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis  
- FBI interview with Solomon Jones on November 21, 1978, regarding his knowledge of the assassination and related activities  
- Alleged placement of a woman in a mental hospital to prevent her from testifying about FBI activity near the Lorraine Motel  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Shelby County Jail (Tennessee)  
- United States Department of Justice  
- Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Files (referenced in administrative exchanges)

MLK Declassified Files

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