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597 Brown's Theatrical Supply Company:See Huie, He Slew the Dreamer , p. 154.

598 Arcade Photo Studio:Ibid., p. 152.

599 convoy of bureau sedans:Here I relied on a compilation document of FBI interviews with tenants at the housing project titled, "Capitol Homes Interviews," Hughes Collection.

600 "There must have been a billion of 'em":"Capitol Homes Stirred Up by That Mustang."

601 Every inch of the impounded car:This passage is largely drawn from the FBI analysis of the Mustang, in "Report of the FBI Laboratory, April 19, #44-38861," Hughes Collection.

602 Theodore A'Hearn:FD-302 report of A'Hearn's April 11, 1968, interviews at Cort Fox Ford in the compendium document "Los Angeles Investigations," Hughes Collection.

603 Thomas Mansfield:FD-302 report of Agent Mansfield's April 12, 1968, interviews at the St. Francis Hotel, in "Los Angeles Investigations," Hughes Collection.

604 Lloyd Johnson and Francis Kahl:FD-302 report from the interview conducted by Johnson and Kahl with Pinela at Home Service Laundry, in "Los Angeles Investigations," Hughes Collection.

605 George Aiken:FD-302 report from interviews conducted at the National Dance Studio by Aiken, in "Los Angeles Investigations," Hughes Collection.

606 "Yes, Eric Galt was a student here":FD-302 report from interviews conducted at the International School of Bartending by A'Hearn and Raysa, in "Los Angeles Investigations," Hughes Collection.

607 Donald Jacobs:Ibid.

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608 disguised themselves as hippies:Frank, American Death , p. 172.

609 "Take the door off its hinges":Ibid.

610 a few telltale artifacts:FD-302 report filed on April 17, 1968, by the FBI agents Harry Lee, John Sullivan, Roger Kaas, and John Ogden, which enumerates and describes all the items found inside Galt's room.

611 William John Slicks and Richard Ross:This passage is drawn from the FBI's FD-302 report of the April 13, 1968, interview conducted with Stein by Slicks and Ross, in "Los Angeles Investigations," Hughes Collection.

612 Tomaso had sharp recollections:FD-302 report of the April 13, 1968, interview conducted with Tomaso (a.k.a. Marie Martin) by Slicks and Ross, in "Los Angeles Investigations," Hughes Collection.

613 handwritten sign:McMillan, Making of an Assassin , p. 285.

614 John Ogden and Roger Kaas:FD-302 report of April 14 and 15, 1968, interviews conducted with Garner by Ogden and Kaas, Hughes Collection.

615 "we were numb":Beifuss, At the River I Stand , p. 348.

616 Abe Plough:See Honey, Going Down Jericho Road , p. 489.

617 "After Dr. King was killed":Beifuss, At the River I Stand , p. 345.

618 "'I am a man'--they meant it":Reynolds, quoted in Beifuss, At the River I Stand , pp. 346-47.

619 "We have been aggrieved": Memphis Press-Scimitar , April 17, 1968, p. 1.

620 "We won": Newsweek , April 29, 1968, p. 22.

621 Sun Fung Loo:The FBI's summary of Ray's activities while in Canada, in the MURKIN Files, 4442-4500, sec. 57, p. 61.

622 wrote to the registrar of births:A copy of Galt's request for Ramon Sneyd's birth certificate is in the House Select Committee on Assassinations, Appendix Reports , vol. 5, p. 15.

623 Lillian Spencer:This passage concerning Spencer at the Kennedy Travel Bureau is drawn from "King Murder Suspect Held--He Hid 1 Month in Metro," Toronto Daily Star , June 8, 1968, p. 1. I also relied on RCMP interviews with Spencer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Files, Hughes Collection.

624 "I thought it was an odd name":Huie, He Slew the Dreamer , p. 155.

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625 found the laundry service:FBI interview with Estelle Peters conducted on April 16, 1968, by Special Agents Charles Rose and Robert Kane, FD-302 report, Hughes Collection.

626 fingerprint raised from a map:"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, Appendix Reports , vol. 13, pp. 109-21.

627 "Our net was beginning to close":DeLoach, Hoover's FBI , pp. 242, 247.

628 "All I can say":See Frank, American Death , p. 124.

629 FBI announced that it was issuing a warrant:A copy of the warrant, with accompanying shots of Galt/Ray adapted from his bartending school photo, is in the Hughes Collection.

630 jaywalked across a busy street:Ray discusses the jaywalking incident in both of his books, Tennessee Waltz , p. 84, and Who Killed Martin Luther King? p. 99. See also Huie, He Slew the Dreamer , p. 158.

631 shredded his driver's license:Ray, Tennessee Waltz , p. 84.

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632 "the man without a past":These characterizations are taken from a variety of media sources immediately after Galt was identified--including the Memphis Commercial Appeal the Washington Post , the Atlanta Constitution, Newsweek , and Time .

633 "No, that's not him":"Eric Galt, Alleged Brother Conspired to Assassinate Dr. King, FBI Declares," Atlanta Constitution , April 18, 1968, pp. 1, 29.

634 "I just don't know":Ibid.

635 "was a two-dimensional cutout": Newsweek , April 29, 1968.

636 "Fiction wouldn't touch it": Memphis Commercial Appeal , June 16, 1968.

637 "destroyed the production plants":"Who Is Phantom Fugitive? Reporters Put Together Facts," a special "Task Force Report" in the Atlanta Constitution , April 22, 1968, p. 8.

638 "He is the man who killed":Mrs. Szpakowski's conversation with her husband concerning Galt is recounted in Frank, American Death , p. 316.

639 "All the signs were there":DeLoach, Hoover's FBI , pp. 241-42.

640 "Les, we have pretty good evidence":The conversation between DeLoach and Les Trotter is recalled in DeLoach, Hoover's FBI , p. 245.

641 "we're under tremendous pressure":Ibid., p. 246.

642 "We're getting there":Ibid.

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643 "He came with a suit on":Loo, quoted in the Memphis Commercial Appeal , June 10, 1968.

644 Sneyd sat at the crowded bar:Posner, Killing the Dream , pp. 244-45; Huie, He Slew the Dreamer , p. 160.

645 "He was a dirty little neck":Peterson, quoted in Life , May 3, 1968.

646 thumbnail sketch:This information concerning Ray's prison history is primarily drawn from FD-302 reports of the FBI's interviews with Ray's former prison inmates at Jefferson City, in the voluminous compendium document St. Louis Files, Hughes Collection.

647 "raise" the numerals:See Shaw, "Are You Sure Who Killed Martin Luther King?"