</s>SL: 44-775 bread to the residence of CARL MILLS, Superintendent of the farm whose residence is inside the gate. Two or three wrapped loaves, which were placed at the top of the bread wrapped loafs, which was placed on the ground. The bread this particular occasion when informatie went to the back of the truck to get the loves of bread for delivery to the MILLS residence he saw that bread was scattered in the MILLIS residence was that bread were scattered in this to the truck and when the truck arrived at its destin-a- tion at Renn Farm other guards there also advised. Neither informat nor anyone else so far as he was aware realized at first that the condition of the Bread was an indication that someone had escaped. Upon arrival at the destination that someone has escaped.upon arrival as full as usual. A few hours later on the same day he was heard of a report to the effect that the RAY day found heard of the report to be the effect of RAY Day found. and informatien then heard that it was believed RAY had escaped in the bread box on the truck. Informa-understood that. since RAY was on some previous occasion hid out at the may have had out again inside the pentitentiary and, therefore, the escape was not immediately reported officially according to what informat understood. Informatie expressed the observation that whoever loaded the bread was on the box at the pententiary must have known the bread on the road the bread Box. These persons would have been inmates assigned in the bakery but informat did not know their identities. Informant understood that RAY was assigned in penitentiary kitchen which adjoints ; the bakery was assigned to the pentacentiary kitchenwhich adjointns ; The informant advised that the guard, BURKHARDT, was with him and the truck until continuously reached the time the truck left the main prison until it reached Renz Farm. Informant understoodthat BURKHAARDT was subsequently reprimanded because the possibility that escape was was not Immediately recognized when the scattered bread was found in the truck." COVER PAGE XX 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The document contains an FBI record (NUMBER 1 397 707) detailing arrest and disposition information for individuals named James Owens, James Loma, and others between 1954 and 1968. Entries include dates of arrests, charges (e.g., robbery, burglary), parole dates, and case numbers. A separate section describes an interview with Mrs. Betty J. Wallace, wife of James D. Wallace, regarding her husband’s correspondence from the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City. The letter referenced by Wallace mentions a "guy met that rat King's death," which she interprets as reference to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Wallace recalls her husband visiting the Jefferson-Gravois Bank in St. Louis during late 1967, opening joint and savings accounts with her and her mother. She describes an encounter at the bank involving a white male individual, whom her husband identified as someone "from the joint" (likely referring to prison). Wallace notes no further details about the interaction but acknowledges vague recognition of photographs of James Earl Ray, though she could not confirm any prior association. The document also references religious services at a Salvation Army location near Hickory Street and mentions shoe purchases at Hill Brothers Shoe Store on South Jefferson Street.  

Key People  
- James D. Wallace (husband of Mrs. Betty J. Wallace)  
- James Owens (arrest records, parole dates, and case numbers)  
- James Earl Ray (mentioned in context of MLK assassination reference)  
- Mrs. Dorothy Stephens (wife of Mrs. Wallace’s mother, associated with bank accounts)  

Key Locations  
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Missouri State Penitentiary)  
- St. Louis, Missouri (Jefferson-Gravois Bank, South Jefferson Street, Hill Brothers Shoe Store, Hickory Street)  

Key Events  
- James D. Wallace’s parole from Missouri State Penitentiary in 1965 and subsequent confinement at Cochran Veterans Administration Hospital in 1967  
- Opening of joint checking and savings accounts at Jefferson-Gravois Bank by Mrs. Wallace and her husband in late 1967  
- Reported encounter at Jefferson-Gravois Bank involving a white male individual, described as "from the joint" (prison reference)  
- Mention of James Earl Ray’s photographs being shown to Mrs. Wallace, with vague recognition noted  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Missouri State Penitentiary  
- Jefferson-Gravois Bank  
- Salvation Army (near Hickory Street, St. Louis)

MLK Declassified Files

44-me-1987_hs1-852611265_83-01-part_02_of_10.pdf

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