</s>COPYRIGHTO RONALD-10 USA. FREE TO 01-01-1414 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum TO SAC, SAN ANTONIO (44-1242) (P) DATE: 7/2/68 FROM SA, GEORGE GEDDIS, III SUBJECT: MURKIN CR 00:Memphis Re: San Antonio airtel, to Dallas, 6/3/68. Re: The following investigation was conducted by SA. GEORGE, GEDDIS, III. AT SAN ANTIOXIO, TEXAS On 6/19/68, Mrs. LORENE THOPE (protect) Clenk, U. S. Post Inspectors Office, advised that BEVERLY THURMAN, Route 9, Box 2156, San Antonio, lives somewhere off the Lacoste Highway, between Maconaco, Texas, and Cagno, Texas. Lives somewhere off Road. 6/19 /69/68/69, this address and 20/68b, contacts with Miss THURMAN at Miss THURMARN, advised she had been the principal at subsubscribe to telephone No. 817-753-3030 on 12/21/68 , 6/22/68 ., On: Von Texas, Texas were roommates at: 17/67/67. Route 1, Texas. We were roommats at: Baylor University in Waco, Texa, Texas; We were girls girls able to identify in Wacco, Texas: We met these girls girls unable to identify the specific long distance telephone call that might have been made to their number between 12/16/67, however, they not telephone calls. ALDRICH has a boyfriend that often makes 90 in Von Ormy. 90 in Von Ormy, from a pay booth which is located along Route 2-SA 44-112/12-591 GG:ies- SEARCHED SEARGRIED SEATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1988 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Saving Plan 2025 RELEASE UNDER E.O. 14176

Summary:  
The document contains multiple entries from June 1968 detailing FBI investigations into James Earl Ray's movements and alleged connections to a burglary case involving Gene Bass. An anonymous caller claimed Bass, arrested for shoplifting and check fraud in Dallas, had escaped from Washington State Prison in 1967 but this was later dismissed as false. The caller also linked Ray to Montgomery, Alabama, stating he received money from an unnamed individual (possibly Bass) and traveled via Dallas to Windsor, Ontario. Telephone records from San Antonio, Texas, show calls made on December 16-27, 1967, including a call from Long Beach, California, associated with Ray's alleged route. The FBI canceled publicity for Ray as he was no longer being sought, indicating his apprehension or investigation closure.  

Key People:  
- Gene Bass (arrested for shoplifting and check fraud in Dallas)  
- James Earl Ray (linked to alleged connections in Montgomery, Alabama)  
- Murray J. Clatter (individual allegedly contacted in Long Beach, California)  
- Mrs. Edward Dyer (provided information on Clatter's movements)  
- A.A. Strange (VA Hospital employee with potential phone call records)  

Key Locations:  
- Dallas, Texas (Bass's arrest and alleged connections)  
- Washington State Prison (claimed escape by anonymous caller)  
- San Antonio, Texas (telephone records investigation)  
- Long Beach, California (call associated with Ray's movements)  
- Montgomery, Alabama (alleged money supplier for Ray)  

Key Events:  
- Anonymous call to Dallas police about Bass's prison escape (discredited)  
- FBI investigation into Ray's travel routes via telephone records  
- Attempts to locate Murray J. Clatter and verify phone calls linked to Ray  
- Cancellation of FBI publicity for James Earl Ray as he was no longer sought  

Key Organizations:  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Dallas Police Department  
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (provided call records)  
- U.S. Customs (involved in stop for Ramon George Sneyd)

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