</s>QQFB1 MEMPHIS FBI BOSTON 10:00 AM URGENT 4/10/68 IP NY TO DIRECTOR, SACS BIRMINGHAM AND MEMPHISS. FROM SAC BOSTon 157-644 P MURKIN. CR. 00: MEMPHILS. RE NEW HAVEN TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR AND BOSTOIN TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR APRIL EIGHT LAST. DIRECTORD APRIL 8IGHT AVENUE, SONERSET, SONSERSET. NASASSACHUSETTS, JOHN TORRES, BRAYTON AVENUEL, SOMERSETT, OWNER, NU-BRITE CLEANSERS AND DYERS, ONE FIVE SEVEN BRIGHTMAN STREET, FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSTUSES, OBSERVE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF LAUNDRY MARK AND ADVISED HEAD NEVER USED THIS CODE. IN HIS LIMITED USE OF THERMO SEAL MACHINE, TORRES CODED FIRST LETTER OF DAY OF WEEK ( OR TU FOR THURSDAY), FOLLOWED BY BUNDLE NUMBER IN NUMERICAL ORDER. HE DOES NOT KNOW ANY OTHER SPECIFIC LAUNDRy USING THERMOSEAL MARKING. AIRMAIL COPY TO NEW HAWEN. 44-1987-385 SEARCHED .- INKED. END SERIALIZED ., FILLED. / APR 1 (0 1968 MPC MCP FBI MEMPHIS Jop Taper Laundy Jogge Olamay K. 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The document contains FBI case files from 1968 involving investigations into Eric Starvo Galt and John Willard, both linked to potential connections with civil rights activities or crimes in Alabama, Memphis, and other Southern states. Key details include Galt’s alleged purchase of a white Mustang in Birmingham with a Louisiana license plate, his residence at 2608 Highland Avenue South, and fingerprints found at the Rebel Motel (April 3, 1968). John Willard was shot and killed on April 4, 1968, near the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, with a weapon traced to Birmingham. Investigations involved surveillance of phone calls, forensic analysis of latent fingerprints, employment records (e.g., Ingalles Shipbuilding Corp.), and cross-referencing credit histories. The files also reference potential misdirections, such as Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., and administrative updates to case numbers.  

Key People:  
- Eric Starvo Galt (suspect linked to Birmingham, Memphis, and potential ties to the Lorraine Hotel shooting)  
- John Willard (killed on April 4, 1968, near the Lorraine Hotel; weapon traced to Birmingham)  
- Karl End (uncle of Galt, possibly connected to Ankara, Turkey)  
- Rev. Ralph Martin Galt (father of Francis and Lester Galt; pacifist with WWII imprisonment)  
- Thomas Stoner Galt (brother of Eric Starvo Galt; discharged from U.S. Air Force)  
- Francis Elner Galt (convicted of SSA in 1968, later paroled)  

Key Locations:  
- Birmingham, Alabama  
- Memphis, Tennessee (Lorraine Hotel)  
- San Diego, California (Rosenblatt & Son, Inc.)  
- Pascagoula, Mississippi (Ingalles Shipbuilding Corp.)  
- New Orleans, Louisiana  
- Sioux City, Iowa  
- Madison, Wisconsin  
- Atlanta, Georgia  
- New York City, New York  

Key Events:  
- FBI surveillance of Galt’s movements and phone calls from a rooming house in Birmingham.  
- Forensic identification of fingerprints at the Rebel Motel matching John W. Bauer and Stephen N. Darlington.  
- Investigation into Willard’s employment history and prior arrests for drunk driving (1966–1968).  
- Tracing of a weapon used in the Lorraine Hotel shooting to Birmingham, purchased on February 29, 1968.  
- Cross-referencing of employment records, credit histories, and regional FBI name indexes.  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Ingalles Shipbuilding Corp. (Mississippi)  
- Rosenblatt & Son, Inc. (San Diego)  
- U.S. Army Personnel Services Support Center  
- Southern Towing Company (barge line)

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