</s>FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64) FBI Date: 4/27/68 Transmit the following in (Type in plaintext or code) TELETYPE URGENT Via (Priority) TO: DIRECTOR (44-38861) and MIAMI FROM: ST. LOUIS (44-(44-775) MURKIN RE SPRINGFIELD TELETYPEE DATED APRIL TWENTYSIX, SIXTYEIGHT. PAUL ARTHUR LAIL, JR. SENTENCED STEDDARD COUNTY, MISSOURI, JUNE TWENTYA, SixtyTHREE, ON FRAUDULENT CHECK CHARGE. ESCAPED JUNE TENTYTWO - TWENTYYTREE, SXYTHREE. SIXTHREE BY SAVING BARS. UFAC PROCESS ISSUED AND LAIL APPROVED GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, OCTOBER TWELVE, SixtythREE, RETURNED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES. CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS BECAUSE HE HAD A TWENTTYTWO CALIBER GUN. RELATIVES IDENTIFIED AND WILL BE FURNISHED TO MIAMI IF DESIRED. AIRMAIL COPY FORWARDED TO MEMPHIS. P. AIRMAILL COPY FOWARDED TO MEMPHIS .. 14-12-19-1957-2-25 P. 14-1987-7722 SEARCHED: INDEXED 1- St. Louis - St ., Louis SENIALIZED ... F.ILD. F.L.D. MAY 1 1968 HCI,J.J.Fb (2) SENALIZED .. MEMPHISS. HCI.J./J.FB) (2). Bays, D.C. Approved: Special Agent in Charge Sent M Per 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The documents detail various FBI investigative activities related to potential connections between individuals and events surrounding Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. A 1968 report notes Daniel Schwartz in Washington, D.C., observed an individual resembling James Earl Ray driving a car with Georgia license plates (3Y EIGHT SIX SEVEN THREE). The FBI requested verification of the vehicle's registered owner and interviewed the operator. Another entry mentions a Cincinnati Police Department call from Mexico City, where Colonel Jim Gibson attempted to contact Harlan Leslie in Cincinnati about MLK's assassin but provided no identifying details. Leslie denied knowledge of the matter. A 1963 anonymous letter to Mrs. Mary Grooms in Rochester, New York, referenced MLK's assassination plot by Black Nationalists, Muslims, and "Commies," with the FBI lab analyzing typewriting and fingerprints but finding no matches to known suspects.  

Key People:  
- James Earl Ray (suspected assassin of MLK)  
- Harlan Leslie (Cincinnati resident contacted by Gibson)  
- Colonel Jim Gibson (individual in Mexico City)  
- Mrs. Mary Grooms (recipient of anonymous letter)  
- Eric S. Galt (typed material compared to anonymous letter)  

Key Locations:  
- Washington, D.C. (Daniel Schwartz's observation)  
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Harlan Leslie's residence)  
- Rochester, New York (Mrs. Mary Grooms' address)  
- Mexico City, Mexico (Colonel Jim Gibson's call origin)  

Key Events:  
- FBI investigation into Georgia license plate sightings linked to James Earl Ray  
- Cincinnati Police Department's telephone contact with Mexico City regarding MLK assassination inquiry  
- Analysis of anonymous letter to Mrs. Mary Grooms referencing MLK plot by radical groups  
- FBI laboratory comparison of typewriting and fingerprints from anonymous letter  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Rochester Times Union (newspaper associated with Mrs. Mary Grooms)  
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (mentioned in context of James Earl Ray's background)

MLK Declassified Files

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