</s>UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 4-23-68 307 HJC I-Bureau WASHINGTON, D.C. 2037 405 942 G The following FBI record, NUMBER is furnished FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. Information shown on this Identification Record represents data furnished by fingerprint contributors. WHERE FINAL DISPOSITION IS NOT SHOWN OR ORURTHER EXPLANATION OF CHARGE IS DESIRED, COMMUNICATE WITH AGENCY CONTRIBUTING THOSE FINGERPRINTS. CONTRIBUTOR OF NAME AND NUMBER ARISTRID OR RECEIVED CHARGE DISPOSITION FINGERPAINTS WANTED BY BUREA! James Earl Ray, also known as, James McBride, James Walton, W.C ., Herron, James O'Conner, Jim, for unlawful flight to avoid custody-robery first Puditive Index #112426 Bureau file #88-1130 Office of Origin Kansas City. information received July 27, 1967. CAUTION ARMED DANGEROUS Alias: James Walton WANTEO BY BOREAU: Eric Starvo Galt, also Known as Harvey Lowyer, John Wilkes, Civil Rights-Conspiracy Fugitive Index: John 7540 Bureau File #44-39861 Office of Origin Memphis. In information received April 19, 1963. CAUTION: ARMED AND DANGERNOUS THIS REP. STOUL HOT BE ASSEMMAIED OUTGIDE SEDERAL DEAU O LIVESTATON. Notations indicated by * ero NOT based on fingerprints in Fill files but are listed only as investigativo loads as baling possibly identical with subject of this record. John Edgar Hoover Director 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary  
The document contains FBI investigative records from April 1968 detailing fingerprint analysis of James Earl Ray (alias: James Walton, W.C. Herron, James O’Conner) and Eric Starvo Galt (alias: Harvey Lowyer), with latent fingerprints linked to C.L. Gunn and Ray on a typewritten letter and envelope dated April 13, 1968. Discrepancies in typewriter styles and fingerprint matches are noted. Investigations into civil rights conspiracies, including individuals like John Wilkes, Jesse Jackson, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, and Sylvia Irving, are referenced. A "million-dollar bounty" offer for killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is mentioned, though its source remains unclear. Unrelated administrative records include a letter from Sylvia Irving describing an individual resembling Rudolph Hall or Melon Hall, and mentions of FBI operations in Memphis, New York, Meridian, Mississippi, Kansas City, Missouri, Youngstown, Ohio, and Collinsville, Illinois.  

A separate entry from April 1968 involves FBI and local law enforcement communications regarding Communist infiltration of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the assassination of Dr. King. A confidential source in Atlanta reported that Bernard Lafayette, SCLC Program Administrator, and Hosea Williams, an SCLC Executive Staff member, discussed potential violence against civil rights leaders following Dr. King’s assassination, citing opposition to U.S. policies including President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration and the Vietnam War. Some SCLC staff allegedly believed Dr. King’s death was a result of economic pressures targeting the civil rights movement. A Cleveland communication references a TV program on Channel 21 in Youngstown, Ohio, featuring an individual resembling sketches of "Gali" (possibly a misspelling or misreference), with requests for NBC News contact to identify an Alcoholic Clinic in Atlanta where the person appeared.  

Key People  
- James Earl Ray (alias: James Walton, W.C. Herron, James O’Conner)  
- Eric Starvo Galt (alias: Harvey Lowyer)  
- C.L. Gunn  
- John Wilkes  
- Jesse Jackson  
- Rev. Ralph Abernathy  
- Sylvia Irving  
- Bernard Lafayette (SCLC Program Administrator)  
- Hosea Williams (SCLC Executive Staff member)  
- Ruth Bailey (former Southern Division employee, SCLC Harlem Office)  
- Connie Campbell (individual with whom Ruth Bailey discussed SCLC personalities)  
- Hunter Pitts O’Dell (identified as a Communist Party member in 1962; interacted with Edwin Smith in 1963)  

Key Locations  
- Memphis, Tennessee  
- New York, New York  
- Meridian, Mississippi  
- Kansas City, Missouri  
- Youngstown, Ohio  
- Collinsville, Illinois  
- Atlanta, Georgia  
- Alcoholic Clinic (location unspecified, referenced in Youngstown TV program context)  

Key Events  
- Fingerprint analysis of James Earl Ray and Eric Starvo Galt  
- Submission of typewritten letter and envelope linked to the assassination investigation  
- FBI efforts to track James Earl Ray’s associates and movements  
- Mention of a "million-dollar bounty" offer for killing Dr. King (source unclear)  
- Investigation into civil rights conspiracies and unidentified individuals in photographs  
- Confidential source report (April 22, 1968) on SCLC staff discussions about potential violence against civil rights leaders  
- Cleveland communication referencing a TV program on Channel 21 in Youngstown, Ohio, featuring an individual resembling "Gali"  
- Request for NBC News contact to identify the Alcoholic Clinic in Atlanta linked to the TV program  

Key Organizations  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- U.S. Postal Service (mentioned in context of addressograph-multigraph operations)  
- NBC News (contacted for identification purposes)  
- Bureau of Investigation (Bureau of Investigation)  
- Special Agents in Charge (SACs) in Memphis, New York, Cleveland, and Denver

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