</s>JN 157-9586 20 KARL MEYER 10140 Lookaway Drive St. Louis, Missouri Missouri license A5-101 Mr. and Mrs. E. D. E, D. GODFREY 55. Gore Webster Groves, Missouri Missouri License 7179, Buick IRENE M. MILES Mrs. MAYCE MANNESS Donphan, Missouri MARVIN FORKNER Horton, Missouri Missouri licence 154-480 HUGH N. JOHNSON 6806 Kingsbury St.Louis, Missouri Missouri licensse C3-117, Ford HOWARD N. ARLOURK 9726 Lanier Drive St. Louisville, Missouri WILLIAM R. HEGGER (street illegal) Columbia, Missouri LOUIS DEASON 968 Alamo Drive Arnold, Missouri Missouri licensee 174 7010, BuICK R. J. KELLY 208 Peke Avenue St. Louisiana, Missouri 63122 20 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary: This document contains motel guest records from Corinth, Mississippi, dated March 29–April 3, 1968, including names, addresses, license plate numbers, and motel-specific details. It references FBI investigative codes (FD-302, FD-507) and mentions connections to James Earl Ray, a suspect in Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. The records span multiple states and include Canadian locations like Saskatchewan and Winnipeg. Administrative notes reference FBI field offices (e.g., SACs in Memphis, Jackson, Knoxville), credit checks, and file maintenance in the Jackson Division. Some sections are incomplete or garbled due to transcription errors or damaged original documents.  

Key People:  
- James Earl Ray (suspect in MLK’s assassination)  
- J. B. Stomer, Jerry Ray, Louise Brewer, Don M. Strickland, Brooks Phillips, Howard Starnes, William Phillipp, H. C. Freeman, Freddie Glover, Berry (Shirley) Smith, and other motel owners/managers  

Key Locations:  
- Corinth, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Kansas City, Missouri; Little Rock, Arkansas; Louisville, Kentucky; New Orleans, Louisiana; Omaha, Nebraska; St. Louis, Missouri; Springfield, Illinois; Tampa, Florida; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Saskatchewan, Canada  

Key Events:  
- Review of motel registration records for March 29–April 3, 1968  
- Investigation into potential links to James Earl Ray and MLK’s assassination  
- Coordination between FBI field offices (SACs) and headquarters  
- Submission of FD-302 division lists for criminal/credit checks  
- Maintenance of bulky exhibit files in the Jackson Division  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), including SACs in Memphis, Jackson, Knoxville, and other divisions  
- FBI Laboratory (noted for potential record examination)  
- Jackson Division (responsible for file maintenance)

MLK Declassified Files

44-kx-696_742347_02-01-part_6_of_7.pdf

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