Hampton Sides - Hellhound on His Trail - The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. And the International Hunt for His Assassin

458 "This is Martin's precious blood":Frady, Jesse , p. 232.

459 Withers took several shots:Frank, American Death , p. 109.

460 wiped them down the front of his shirt:Young, quoted in Frady, Jesse , p. 232.

461 "There's nothing that unusual":Ibid.

462 "composed but dazed": Atlanta Constitution , April 5, 1968, p. 1.

463 King had not written a will:Kathryn Johnson, "Dr. King Leaves Little--He Gave It All Away," Atlanta Constitution , May 13, 1968, p. 1.

464 "If something happens":Honey, Going Down Jericho Road , p. 452.

465 "but there was something a little different": Memphis Commercial Appeal , April 2, 1978.

466 "just to do any little menial thing":Belafonte, quoted in Coretta Scott King, My Life with Martin Luther King Jr. , p. 322.

467 "Mommy, when is Daddy coming home?":Ibid., p. 321.

468 "No, darling":Ibid.

469 Dr. Jerry Francisco:Biographical details and physical descriptions of Francisco are adapted from Memphis Commercial Appeal clippings and my interview with Francisco, Jan. 20, 2009.

470 "somehow looked more dead":Abernathy, And the Walls Came Tumbling Down , p. 445.

471 "This is the body":Ibid.

472 "It might tell us something":Ibid.

473 "giving the appearance":Memphis Police Department document, "Martin Luther King Homicide No. 3367, Supplement #5, Re: Consent for Autopsy and Autopsy," p. 2, Hughes Collection.

474 "More than any case":Author interview with Francisco.

475 "I felt very safe":Ibid.

476 "This is a well developed":Francisco's autopsy report, Hughes Collection.

477 "Every light in every store":Wills, "Martin Luther King Is Still on the Case," reprinted in New Journalism , p. 390.

478 "tens of thousands of Americans":Graham's reaction to King's murder, and the other reactions reproduced in this passage from various international figures, are taken from White House newswires, Situation Room memorandums, and State Department telexes received on April 4 and 5, 1968, Johnson Presidential Library.

CHAPTER 30

A SUMMONS TO MEMPHIS

479 Lockheed Jetstar taxied:My account of the initial trip to Memphis made by Clark and DeLoach on April 5 derives from multiple sources. I especially relied on DeLoach, Hoover's FBI , pp. 228-30, as well as my own interview with Clark, Oct. 9, 2008, New York City. I also gained valuable insights from Wilkins, A Man's Life , pp. 211-12, and Risen, Nation on Fire , pp. 95-97. See also DeLoach's testimony in House Select Committee on Assassinations (hereafter HSCA), Appendix Reports , vol. 7, pp. 18-117, as well as Clark's testimony, HSCA, Appendix Reports , vol. 7, pp. 120-63.

480 fugitive named John Willard:DeLoach, Hoover's FBI , p. 228.

481 Now he opened his briefcase:Wilkins, A Man's Life , p. 212. See also Risen, Nation on Fire , p. 95.

482 "At daybreak I stopped for gas":Ray, Tennessee Waltz , p. 80.

483 location he had scoped out:FBI agents later discovered that the map Ray left behind in his Atlanta rooming house bore a circle on it, presumably made by Ray, at the location of the Capitol Homes project--which seemed to indicate that he had investigated the location prior to abandoning his car there.

484 Mary Bridges:My depiction of Galt's abandoning his Mustang at the Capitol Homes project on the morning of April 5 is adapted from varied sources. I especially relied on a thirty-four-page FBI report titled "Eric Starvo Galt, Bureau File #44-38861" prepared by Special Agent Alan G. Sentinella of the Atlanta field office, filed on April 18, 1968, Hughes Collection. This report contains a detailed description of the Mustang's location and condition (with accompanying photographs) as well as interviews with the various Capitol Homes tenants (including Mary Bridges) who saw the Mustang and its driver. I also made use of "Capitol Homes Stirred Up by That Mustang," Atlanta Constitution , April 22, 1968.

485 United Cab Company driver:FBI interview with Stephens conducted on April 12, 1968, by Special Agent Thomas J. Barrett, Hughes Collection.

486 "This is one of the darkest days":Abernathy's comments at the morning press conference at the Lorraine Motel were reprinted in the Atlanta Constitution , April 6, 1968.

487 had hired a public relations agent:Kenneth R. Timmerman, Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2002), pp. 9-10.

488 "To prostitute and lie":Bevel, quoted in Frady, Jesse , p. 230.

489 "was somehow in shock":Abernathy, And the Walls Came Tumbling Down , p. 449.

490 Shanahan walked through the door:FBI interview with Wood, conducted on April 5, 1968, by Shanahan out of the Birmingham field office. Shanahan's FD-302 report of the interview, along with a copy of the receipt showing the rifle's purchase, is in the Hughes Collection.

491 "He wasn't drunk":FBI interview with DeShazo, conducted on April 7, 1968, by Special Agents Robert Barrett and William Saucier out of the Birmingham field office, Hughes Collection.

CHAPTER 31

LOOPS AND WHORLS, LANDS AND GROOVES

492 At the FBI Crime Lab:My passages here concerning the FBI lab's initial examination of the bundle from Memphis are primarily drawn from "Report of the FBI Laboratory, FBI, April 17, 1968, Evidence Recovered in Front of 424 So. Main St. April 4th, 1968," Hughes Collection. I also relied on "Scientific Report on the Subject of Analysis of Fingerprint Evidence Related to the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by the Fingerprint Panel," House Select Committee on Assassinations (hereafter HSCA), Appendix Reports , vol. 8, pp. 109-21.

493 esoteric profession:For a good overview of the history, lore, science, and shortcomings of fingerprint analysis, see Michael Specter, "Do Fingerprints Lie?" New Yorker , May 27, 2002.

494 Frazier spent the morning:"Testimony of the Firearms Panel," HSCA, Appendix Reports , vol. 4, pp. 78-111.

495 Annie Estelle Peters:This passage on Galt's picking up his laundry in Atlanta on the morning of April 5 is primarily drawn from the FBI's initial interview with Peters, conducted on April 16, 1968, by Special Agents Charles Paul Rose and Robert Kane working out of the bureau's Atlanta field office. The FD-302 report of this interview is in the Hughes Collection. I also relied on Peters's testimony in HSCA, Appendix Reports , vol. 3, pp. 302-514.

496 "satisfied there was no unusual activity":Ray, Tennessee Waltz , p. 80.

497 wad of bills:Ray, in his book Who Killed Martin Luther King? says, on p. 100, that upon his arrival in Toronto the following day, he was "down to $1,200 or so."

498 dashed off a short note:My description of Galt's actions at the rooming house on April 5 are primarily drawn from the FBI's interviews with Garner, conducted on April 14 and 15, 1968, by Special Agent Roger Kaas of the bureau's Atlanta field office. FD-302 reports of these interviews are in the Hughes Collection.