</s>PAGE TWO NO 157-10673 STEIN ADVISED LEE HE WAS DRIVEN TO NEW ORLEANS BY ERIC GALT. (RAY). STEIN ADVISED LEEP HE DID NOT KNOW GALT AND HAD MET HIM TWO DAYS PREVIOUS TO TRIP. STEIN'S TRIP ARRANGED BY MARIA MARTIN WHO HEARD GALT STATE WAS COMING TO NEW OLEANS AND MARTINA APPROACHED GALT TO ARRANGE RIDE FOR STEIN. GALT STAYED IN PROVINCIAL MOTEL ON CHARTRES STREET IN NEW ORLEANTS. WHILE IN NEW ORLANS STEIN BECAME FEARFUL GALT. MIGHT LEAVE HIM, SO HE TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED GALT AT PROVINCIAL HOTEL AND ASKED HIM TO COME TO LEE'S HOUSE SO GALT WOULD KNOW WHERE TO PICK STEIN UP. LEE STATED GALT CAME TO HER HOME ON SECOND DAY OF STEIN's VISIT AND WAS INTRODUCED TO HER AS ERIC. SHE STATED GALT WAS EXTREMELY QUIET AND DID NOT SAY MUCH. GALT DID NOT ACHOKNOLEDGE STEIN 'S INTRODUCTION OF LEE AND MERELY LEANED AGAINST PORCH POST. LLEE ADVISTING GALT WAS DIVING WHITE MUSTANG, BUT SHE COULD NOT COMMENT ON LICENSE ON THIS CAR. LEEE ADVISID SHE WAS IN GALT'S COMPANY APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. LCE ADVISAD STEIN COMMENTED HE COULDNOT UNDERSTAND END PAGE TWO 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14178

Summary:  
This document contains an FBI investigative report dated 1967-1968 focusing on James Earl Ray’s criminal history and efforts to locate him following his escape from a Missouri state prison. The report details Ray’s prior conviction for robbery in 1952, his release in 1954, and subsequent investigations into his whereabouts. It includes records from Illinois State Penitentiary, Alton Police Department, and credit bureaus, noting no references to Ray or his father. The document also references Walter Perry Rife, a fellow inmate, and notes their friendship. Leads are provided for interviews with prison officials in Jefferson City, Missouri, and Leavenworth, Kansas, to gather information on Ray’s escape and associates.  

Key People:  
- James Earl Ray (subject of investigation)  
- Walter Perry Rife (fellow inmate, friend of Ray)  
- Robert C. Haines (special agent involved in investigations)  
- Joseph L. Kissiah (reporting officer)  
- Lucille Ryan (Ray’s mother, listed as a correspondent during incarceration)  

Key Locations:  
- Illinois State Penitentiary (Joliet, Illinois)  
- Missouri State Penitentiary (Jefferson City, Missouri)  
- Federal Penitentiary (Leavenworth, Kansas)  
- Alton, Illinois (police department and credit bureau records)  

Key Events:  
- Ray’s 1952 robbery conviction and 1954 release from prison  
- Investigation into Ray’s escape from Missouri state prison  
- Review of correspondence and records to track Ray’s associates and movements  
- Efforts to locate Walter Perry Rife for potential information on Ray’s activities  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Illinois State Penitentiary  
- Missouri State Penitentiary  
- U.S. Post Office (Alton, Illinois)  
- Credit Bureau of Alton, Illinois

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