INDEX
A
hospital ride, 14
King, Jr., murder explanation (dissatisfaction), 28
morgue visit, 266
presence (hospital room), 265
Ray meeting, 38
Abrams, Creighton V., 125
Act of State, An (Pepper), 285
Addison, LaVada Whitlock, 297
Adkins, Ronnie (Ron Adkins Tyler)
assassination conversation, 252–253
Bland conversation, 262
deposition, 238
rifle, transportation, 253, 281
Adkins, Russell, 40, 41, 233, 238
assassination project, 279–280
murder plan, 3
Tolson, connection, 240
Admiral Benbow hotel, 171
Aeromarine Supply Company, 16, 45
Akins, Willie, 86
Chastain/Pepper meeting, 109
clean-up man, 91
deposition, 102
Spates interaction, 98
testimony (Witness White), 89
Albert, Carl, 62
Alien Immigration Act, violation, 21
Alpha 184. See Operation Detachment Alpha 184 team
Alpha Court Reporting Company, 224
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), MPD file destruction, 34
American Death, An (Frank), 29, 292
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), 1968 striker negotiations, 4
Anderson, Jack, 24
And the Wall Came Tumbling Down (Abernathy), 266
Angel, Chari, 203
Ansarra, Captain, 256
Arkin, Eli, 81
Special Forces (Warren) identification, 128
ASA. See U.S. Army Security Agency
Assassination. See King, Jr.
political assassination, usage, x
preliminary planning sessions, 246
At the River I Stand (Beifuss), 12
Attorney Work Product Confidentiality, 230
Atwood, Bill, 286–287, 292, 313
Ayers, Jr., Drummond, 143
B
Back-up gun, transportation, 256, 269
Baden, Michael, 264
Bailey, F. Lee, 23
Bailey, Lurlee, 279
Bailey, Walter, 14, 68, 249, 279
Baird, Clifton, 82
Baldwin, Arthur Wayne (government informant), 110
lifetime immunity, offering, 111
Ray murder contract, 185
Balfour, Bobbi (testimony), 173–174, 188
Bank of Alton robbery, 309–310
Barasso, Jerome, 262
Barr v. Matteo, 58
Bathroom, eyewitness accounts, 302
Bearing the Cross (Garrow), xii
Beifuss, Joan, 12
Belafonte, Harry, 17
Benavites, Tony (alias), 71
Berclair Baptist Church meetings, 243, 247
Bergard, Faith Coleman, 15
Bevel, James
Lorraine arrival, 68
Billen, Andrew, 90
Billings, John, 86, 96, 153, 199
Birch, Philip, 23
Black Organizing Project (BOP), young black involvement, 5
Black Power leaders, 284
Black workers, grievances, 3–4
Blakey, G. Robert, 34, 63, 287
CIA/FBI relationship, problem, 36
Ray perjury change, 79
Holloman conversation, 262
hospital absence, Gaylon observation, 266–267
Blanton, Ray, 185
Bond, Eddie, 243
Bonnevecche, J. Christ, 72
Book, John (alias), 231
BOP. See Black Organizing Project
Bowen, E.B., 246
removal, 67
Bridgeman, Paul Edward (alias), 21, 51
Brossard, Chandler, 286–287, 313
Brown, Bailey
Colton actions, impact, 147
draft order, submission, 106
Gianotti appearance, 9
Pepper appearance, 145
restraining order arguments/restrictions, 11, 16
Brown, George, 203
Brown, H. Rap, 284
Brown, Joe, 234
petition arrival, 95
Brown, Madeleine, 203
Brown, Rufus, 262
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, 38, 40, 111, 185
Bryant, Baxton, 82
Bryant, Dorothy, 263
Buchanan, Buck, 91
Buddy (taxi driver)
conversation, 255
death records, absence, 183
disappearance, 291
shooting observations, 113, 182, 216–217
Bullet trajectory, Memphis City Engineers analysis, 81
Bushes, disappearance (eyewitness accounts), 300–302
Butler, Chester (Chess), 240, 246
backup, absence, 253
Butler, Mildred, 254
Butler, Thomas, 23
C
Cabbage, Charles, 166–167, 216
Cabell, Earle, 203
Caldwell, Earl, 218
allegations, 83
interview, failure, 291
Posner disinformation, 300
Calne, Roy, 140
Campbell, Ernestine, 216, 217, 254
drive, 260
Camp, George M., 35
Camp McPherson, 132
Camp Shelby, 127, 128, 131, 135, 218
briefing, 281
Canipe Amusement Company, 13–14, 16, 32, 110
Mustang, location, 256
rifle, delivery, 175
Capital Homes Housing Project, Mustang, Wilson document discovery, 145
Caracas, Pete (phonic spelling), 233
Carmichael, Stokely, viii, 284
Carson, Clay (testimony), 180–181
identification, 296
telephone deposition, 201
Case Closed (Posner), 299
Catling, Olivia, 219
testimony, 174
Causeway, Doctor, 262
CB hoax, 33
Centenary Methodist church, 94
Central Intelligence Act (1949), 61
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
domestic operations, 59
establishment (1947), 59
offices, establishment, 60
U.S. Army, relationship, 127
Central Intelligence Division (CID), 239
Chastain, Wayne, 86
Akins meeting, 109
immunity meeting, 88
Jones communication, 175
Robinson complaint, 94
scene, arrival, 218
Check Off Inn, 101
“Children of Vietnam, The” (Pepper), xii, 313
Church Committee Report (1976), 29
Civello, Joe, 106
Civil disturbance (suppression), Garden Plot (U.S. Army usage), 283
Civil Trial (1999), 264
Claridge Hotel, 34
Clark, Earl, 151
assassin, role
Jowers allegation, 173, 187–188
suspicion, 152
Chevrolet Impala, escape car, 254
hotel area exit, 217
rooming house location, Stephens observation, 270–271
Clark, Ramsey, 81
Ellsberg affidavit, arrival, 64
evidence announcement, 16
Clark, Rebecca
believability, absence, 212–213
deposition, 211
Douglas meeting, 209
evidence, examination, 208–213
stonewalling, 212
testimony, 193
Clifford, Clark M., 136
Clinton, Bill, 158
Cochran, Robert (clique), 95
Code Name Zorro (Lane/Gregory), 34
Coelho, Raul, 198
civil suit, 114
subpoena, 120
Coffin, Bill, xiii
Coffin, Sloane, 94
Cohen, Jeff, 70
Cohen, Leon (testimony), 171–173
Cohen, Steve, 232
Cohn, Roy, 245
Coletta, John, 154
Colton, John, 147
Communist Infiltration (COMINFIL), 80
Community on the Move for Equality (COME), strike control, 5
Conrad, Walter, 78
Conspiracy
local conspiracy, 167
Saint Louis conspiracy, 288–289
Swearingen court case, 179–182
Cook, Tim, 153
Corruption, impact, xi
Cotton, Dorothy, 214
Counterintelligence Analysis Board (CIAB), 126
Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO), 80, 143
Cover-up, ix
effectiveness, 183
evidence, continuation, 185
scientific reports, suppression, 184–185
Swearingen court case, 182–187
Crump, E.H., 239
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 72
Curington, John (Hunt follow-through guy), 105
Curtis, Lenny B., 280
Garrison/Wade, conversation, 224–226
Curtis, Ray (informant), 294
D
Dabney, Rosie Lee, 70
location, 101
Dago (nickname), 114, 115, 120, 201
Dalitz, Morris (organized crime connection), 35–36
Dates, Memphis, 91
Death of a King (Smiley), xi
Defense, case, 190
De La Beckwith, Byron, 234
Democracy, demise, xi
Denaro, Tina, 37
Dent Cleaners, 209
Detroit, rioters (deaths), viii
Dillinger, Daniel, 211
Disinformation
efforts, 285
journalists/researchers, cooperation, 311–312
Dixie Mafia, xxi, 3, 40, 238, 239, 243, 297
Marcello, relationship, 298
Dollahite, Vernon (arrival), 14, 217
Domestic Operations Division, 59
Dominski, Brian, 224
Donaldson, Sam, 188
Douglas, Emmett, 13
Clark meeting, 209
Downie, John, 127, 133, 218, 285
disappearance, 137
Pepper meeting, 134
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Rumbaut involvement, 52
Dwyer, Robert, 194
E
Edington, John, 230
Eisenhower, Dwight David, 60
Electronic intelligence surveillance (ELINT), 127
Ellington, Buford (Loeb National Guard request), 7
affidavit, 307
allegations, dismissal, 64
pet theory, 69
statements, Lawson inquiry, 63
Estelle v. Gambel, 142
Evans, Sam, 300
assassination area clean-up request, 183–184
business closure orders, 7
Special Forces (Warren) communication, 129
TACT control, 7
TACT withdrawal, 171
Evers, Medgar, 234
action, 249
favor, reduction, 247
cross-examination, usage, 176
Exoneration motion, consideration (absence), 92
Eyewitness accounts, 300
F
information, presentation, 63
King meeting, 144
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
airtel, acquisition, 78
assassination involvement, evidence (Fauntroy denial), 69
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) manhunt, 18–20
Ferguson, April (testimony), 185
Ferris, Isaac, 142
Fleming, Julian, 262
Folk, Tillie, 210
Ford, Harold, 69
Frame-Up (Weisberg), 33
Frankel, Marvin E., 83
Freedom of Information Act, Halperin lawsuit, 57
Freemasons, Klan (interaction), 239
Fung, John J., 141
G
Galt, Eric Starvo (alias), 41, 43, 46, 135
car registration, 215
identity, protection, 240
Ray, relationship, 19
Galt, Eric St Vincent, 135
Galt, Eric St. Vincent, 21
Garden Plot (Army idea), 283
Attorney General Pierotti meeting, 87
testimony, 188
case, opening, 190
follow-up questions, 103
Gaylon, Ted, 266
Getz, George, 24
Giancana, Sam, 57
Gianotti, Frank (court appearance), 9
Gilens, Martin, x
Gioia, Frederick, 15
Glankler, Marvin, 153
testimony, 194
witness interviews, numbers, 1943
Grabow, Glenda, 150
Armando, relationship, 115–116
notes, 200
Raul identification, 199
Grabow, Roy (testimony), 199–200
Green Beetle Bar, 278
Guthridge, Bob, 224
H
Habeas Corpus petition denial, ix
Halperin, Morton (Freedom of Information Act lawsuit), 57
Hamblin, Bill (testimony), 178
Hanes, Jr., Arthur (testimony), 178
Harrington, Charles “Izzy,” 270
Hathaway, Robert, 145
Hays, Renfro, 24
Hellbound on His Trail (Sides), 308
Hendrix, Ray, 215
FBI 302 statement, 184
Jim’s Grill exit, 270
testimony, 175
witness, 256
Herron, Matt, 33
Hersh, Seymour, 283
He Slew the Dreamer (Huie), 31
Kyles cross-examination, 191–192
assassination team member, 182
Terrell interaction, 131
Hodges, J.B. (testimony), 176
Holloman, Frank, 70, 171, 192, 242, 245
FBI special agent, 5
instructions, 249
murder plan, 3
Holloman, Loeb, 227
Holt, Frank
crime, involvement (absence), 93
location efforts, 90
impediment, 91
protection, acceptance, 92
assassination, order (Ellsberg-Lowery proof), 69
Hunt, connection/meeting, 105–106
personal direction, 61
Personal Prayer List, x, 245, 276, 284
Sides focus, 309
Tolson
connection, 238
homosexual relationship, 309
Hospital, military presence, 262
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) investigations, 28–29, 40
disinformation, 287
facts, discovery, 63
final assassination reports (Kennedy/King, Jr.), 80
Medical Panel, results, 264–265
Patterson, illicit usage, 37
predetermined conclusions, 79–80
Huckaby, Hasel, 219
Huie, William Bradford, 31, 33, 73, 111
Human, Kenneth, 23
Humphrey, Hubert, 17
pressure, 193
post-assassination travel, 107
Hurley, Charles
Mustang identification, 295
testimony, 175
I
Illinois Central Railroad Building, 128
Ingram, William
election loss (1968), 3
shooting evidence, 68
Institute of Organized Crime, 35
Invaders
black involvement, 5
Lorraine Motel departure, 166–167, 191, 216, 270
Investigative Records Repository (IRR), 125–126
Isabel, J.J. (testimony), 173, 188
J
Adkins money, 241
task, 279
Jefferson City Penitentiary, 154
Jensen, Robert G., 26
SAC evidence, 71
Holt, presence, 93
Jowers opening, 101
planning sessions, 173
Johnson, Lyndon, 106
civil rights leaders, meeting, 16
King/Spock political ticket, impact, xiii
pressure, 193
reelection announcement, 8
Johnson, O.B., 82
Jones, Philip (Pepper/King meeting), 143–144
Jones, Solomon, 14, 33, 65, 216–218
interview, failure, 291
shooting description, 66
Jones, T.O. (Stiles phone call), 4
civil action, 154
detail, supply, 155
escape, 260
eyewitness account, 306
focus, 86
immunity
attempt, 154
King allowance, 149
Witness Green, 88
interview, 71
Liberto approach, 103
lie detector test, failure, 154
MPD officer involvement allegations, 150–151
public admissions, impact, 92
rifle
carrying/transport, 84, 152, 176, 217
Strausser acquaintance, 233
testimony/untruths, 102
Judicial proceedings, 145
Jury instructions (Swearingen trial), 196
K
Kelly, J.K., 80
Kennedy, John F. (assassination), 28–29, 72
House Select Committee final report (1979), 80
Kennedy, Robert, 116, 245, 313
assassination, 72
election challenge, 8
hotel gathering, 17
Killing the Dream (Posner), 299
King, Alfred Daniel (Memphis arrival), 12
King Center, 208
King, Coretta Scott, 146
funeral home, 16
witness testimony, 165
King, Dexter, 142
Fauntroy meeting, 144
Jowers/Pepper meeting, 149–150
media attack, 143
testimony, 169–170, 179, 189, 201
King family
damages, award request, 189
press conference, 207
King Family v. Jowers, 285
King, George, 24
King, Glyn, 214
clique, 95
King III, Martin, 224
King, Jr., Martin Luther
Weeden testimony, 180
assassination, Raul (role), 204
balcony appearance, Kyles responsibility, 280
breathing tube, removal, 262
bullet trajectory, Memphis City Engineers analysis, 81
case, breakthroughs, 94
communist control, Hoover assertion, vii
communist thinking, Peking line (impact), 57–58
crime scene, alteration, 68–69
death
doctor permission, 261
pronouncement, 15
Ellsberg-Lowery proof, 69
emergency room medical instruments, usage, 261
FBI harassment/surveillance, 29, 33
Fire Department ambulance, arrival, 260
hospital, military presence, 262
House Select Committee final report (1979), 80
leader, FBI neutralization, 80
Liberto family, involvement (implications), 84
life, last hour (events summarization), 269–274
local conspiracy, 167
mail, OS interception, 58
Masonic Temple speech, 9
media hostility, Schapp examination, 186
memorial march, vii
memorial service (Washington National Cathedral), 16
Memphis
civil rights activity, involvement (reluctance), 5
march, arrival, 7
Miami leadership conference (1968), 4
murder
explanation, Abernathy dissatisfaction, 28
murderer, Birmingham indictment, 20
official story, investigation, 70–71
pillow, usage, 262
shot trajectory, evidence (disputation), 64–65
Spock, political ticket, xiii
U.S. Army assassination implication, 124
Vietnam War opposition, viii, 166, 283
King Papers Project, 180
Kizer, Bobby, 112
Kohlman, Raymond (testimony), 183
Ku Klux Klan, Freemasons (interaction), 239
Kyles, Samuel “Billy,” 138, 171, 216
Adkins money, 241
false account, Waldron acceptance, 297
Hill-Akines cross-examination, 191–192
interrogation, failure, 291
King interaction (Richmond observation), 270
lies, Abernathy assertion, 299
march initiation, desire, 7
motel arrival, 12
L
affidavit, 61
Patterson attack, 36
Lannom, Jim, 246
Latimer, James M., 71
Laue, James (Memphis arrival), 9
Lau, Tomas Reyes, 18
Lawrence, William, 72
reports (1968), 3
SCLC founder, 4
Lawsuit damages, 189
Le Bunny Lounge, 44
Lee, Bernard, 14
presence (hospital room), 265
restraining order, 9
Legacy of Secrecy (Waldron/Hartmann), 296
Lesar, James (testimony), 179
Lewis, Dwight, 92
Lewis, John, 144
Liberto family, murder (implications), 84
Liberto, Frank C., 82, 240, 246
assassination
involvement, testimonies, 169–170
operation, 153
assassin, hiring, 89
debt, Jowers acknowledgement, 103–104
denials, 289
eyewitness account, 303
Jowers knowledge/interaction, 150, 187
denial, 101
Marcello meeting, 257
McFerren meeting, description, 168–169
money, delivery, 104
murder conversation, 95
organized crime, relationship, 290
role (confirmation), Whitlock/Addison testimony (usage), 169–170
Scott Street market presence, 214
telephone conversation, McFerrin account, 293
Linville, Barry Neal, 266
LL&L (Liberto business), 93, 108
city expenses, 4
election win (1968), 3
Lois DeBerry Special Needs Center, 140
Invaders departure, 166–167, 191, 216, 270
Psy Ops photography, 269
TACT 10 removal, 84
Louw, Joseph, 9
photograph, 13
Lowery, Joseph, 63
Lowmeyer, Harvey (alias), 16, 18, 45, 215
Lux, Henry, 70
Lyon, Tammy, 278
M
MacDill Air Force Base, 126
MacDonald, J.C., 232
Maize Prison, hunger strikes, 230
Making of an Assassin, The (McMillan), 30, 35, 294
Malcolm X, 282
Manning, D.V., 210
Manual, Phillip, 269
Valentine interview, 180
Marcello, Carlos, 106, 112, 116, 240
assassination operation, 153
Dixie Mafia, relationship, 298
Liberto meeting, 257
Special Forces, relationship, 124
Marcello/Liberto connection, 84
Marek, Dick, 308
Marro, Anthony J., 36
Martin, Marie, 44
Masonic Temple
King speech, 9
meetings, 243
Matthews, Thaddeus, 261
McCarthy, Joseph, 245
McClellan Committee, 180
McCloy, John, 203
McCollough, Marrell, 132, 151, 216, 217
reporting responsibility, 133
rifle disposal, Jowers instructions, 178
testimony (Witness Black), 89, 297–298
McCullough, Marrell, 12, 34, 68
King balcony, approach, 254
Strausser acquaintance, 232
McFerren, John, 82
disinformation, 289
meeting, 95
shooting report, 153
McGhee, George, 144
McKay, Louis, 110
McMillan, George F., 30
Camp refutation, 35
money, extraction, 295
McMillan, Priscilla Johnson, 295
McNeil, Jack, 140
M.E. Carter Produce Company, 87, 93
Media
spin/impact, 208
Melanson, Phillip (testimony), 171
Memphis
army intelligence operatives, presence, 123–124
assassination operation, 153
curfew, cessation (Loeb announcement), 9
hate literature, circulation, 6
march, SCLC support (King request), 8
mayor, job, 247
protests (1968), 4
arrests, 8
strike
control, 5
work stoppage, King advocacy, 5
Memphis Police Department (MPD), 13, 150
intelligence files, burning, 34
mobilization (March 28, 1968), 6–7
murder, coordination, 3
surveillance notes, usage, xiii
Memphis Public Works Department, 4
Military
intelligence, presence, 219, 260–261
presence (hospital), 262
Military Intelligence Groups (MIGs), 126, 132, 269
McCollough, reporting responsibility, 133
presence, 136
surveillance activities, 180
Miller, Pam, 278
Milner, James (testimony), 173, 187–188
Milteer, Joseph, 298
Missouri State Prison, 240
Mooney, Booth, 106
Morgue, Abernathy description, 266
Mourners, outpouring, 17
MPD. See Memphis Police Department
Murchison, Clint, 203
Mustangs
documents, appearance, 156–157, 204, 282
identification, 295
location, 256
My Lai Massacre, 283
N
National Civil Rights Museum, 9
National Conference for New Politics (NCNP), viii, xii, 58, 60, 283
National Guard, Loeb request. See Tennessee National Guard
National Security Act (1947), 59
National Security Agency (NSA), Ray location effort, 136
Neptune Tavern, 115
Neurological impact, power, 186–187
New Moon night club, 112
Newsom, Floyd, 170
Nix, Norris, 112
Nixon, Richard, 203
Nix, Red, 112
Norton. See Psychological Operations
O
O’Brien, Soledad (eyewitness account), 309–313
Office of Security (OS) (CIA), 57
O’Leary, Jeremiah, 22
Oliver, Beverly, 203
Pepper meeting, 157
Operation Detachment Alpha 184 team, 127, 137, 307
assassination ability, 181
briefing, 281
target location determination, 269
interview
absence, 81
failure, 291
shooting evidence, 68
Orders to Kill (Pepper), 134, 142, 285
Osborn, Howard, 58
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 157
Oswald, Marina, 295
Owns, Tony, 145
P
Palmer House, xii
Parker, Harold, 217
Patterson, Oliver
discrediting role, 36
HSCA illicit use, 37
Payne, Larry (police murder), 7–8
Pearson, Drew, 24
Pennington, Lee, 57
Pentagon Papers (Ellsberg), 61
Pepper, William F.
Akins meeting, 109
Downie meeting, 134
FBI surveillance, 237
Reynolds meeting, 133
Tompkins meeting, 125
Wilson meeting, 156
Pereira, Raul (pseudonym), 114, 150
Peretz, Martin, xiii
Personal Prayer List, x, 245, 284
Phoenix Program, The (Valentine), 180
Pierotti, John
Chastain comments, allowance, 94
immunity request, refusal (expectation), 87
Pepper assistance, offering, 96
statement, leak, 98
Plaintiffs the Family of Dr Martin King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, Dexter King, and Yolanda King v. Defendants Loyd Jowers and other unknown co-conspirators, 5
Political assassination, usage, x
Poor People’s Campaign. See Washington Poor People’s Campaign
Posner, Gerald, 154
disinformation, 299–302, 307–308
plagiarism, 308
trial verdict attack, 208
Powell, Colin, 283
Prayer List. See Personal Prayer List
Prayer meeting, attendance, 246
Prouty, Fletcher, 312
Provincial Motel, 44
Psychological Operations (Psy Ops), 127
Norton
Memphis deployment, 133
photographs, 137
photographers, presence, 129, 291
Reynolds
Memphis deployment, 133
Pepper meeting, 133
Q
Quonset Hut, 256
R
Rabbito, Barbara, 40
Raborn, William P., 60
Ragano, Frank, 117
Raul
civil suit, 118
criminal evidence, impact, 202–203
Grabow characterization/identification, 115–116, 199
gun purchase instructions, 46–49
Herman/Saltman visit, 118
money, delivery, 170
photographic surveillance, 199
Ray, James Earl
connection, Grabow corroboration, 203
Richmond alias, 137
Royal, alternate name, 104
Ruby connection, 203
Rumbaut, Carlos Hernandez (identification), 52
Rayburn, Sam, 106
Ray, James Earl, 13
binoculars purchase, 50
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary incarceration, 38, 40
Canada/England route, 32
conspiracy disagreement, 26
death, 153
detention/arrest, 23
FBI leak, 22
fingerprints, absence, 33
front man/set-up man, Liberto claim, 109
Galt, relationship, 19
Garrison deposition, 103
guilty plea, 24
gunrunning operation, 45
hotel escape, evidence, 32
innocence, ix
Jowers declaration, 91
Reynolds/Norton declaration, 137
Jowers observation, 87
last parole hearing, 107
Leavenworth parole, 39
location, NSA effort, 136
London/Portugal flight, 22
Los Angeles arrival, 44
meeting, 38
Missouri State Penitentiary stay/escape, 39, 41
movement, RCMP tracking, 21
Mustang, parking location, 255–256
plea bargaining, possibilities, 87
postmortem events, 154
private investigators, legal/ethical responsibility, 87
psychological/hypnotic counseling, 52
punishment, recommendation, 25
racism
FBI contention, HSCA rejection, 81
prosecution examination, 84–85
Raul gun purchase instructions, 46–49
Raul, impact, 31
Remington 760 Gamemaster usage, 46
Rife meeting, 39
sacrifice, Grabow characterization, 116–117
scapegoat
Hoover request, 240
usage, Galt (importance), 136
Stephens (main witness), 67
terminal illness, 140
Toronto arrival, 51
trial
King efforts, recounting, 165–166
preparation, 24
affidavits, 141
hearings examination, 198
Ray, John (perjury charge), 79
Rayns, John L., 41
Ray v. Jowers (lawsuit), 120
Reagan, Ronald, x
Redditt, Ed
false assassination threat, 180
fire station post, removal, 30–31, 34, 269
surveillance operation, 190
Reed, William (Zanie), 215
FBI 302 statement, 184
Jim’s Grill exit, 270
testimony, 175
witness, 256
Regan, H., 95
Reis, Barbara (testimony), 201–202, 204
Raul family member meeting, 202
Reisser, John, 262
Remington 760 Gamemaster, Ray usage, 46
Reno, Janet, 158
Reuther, Walter, 193
Reynolds. See Psychological Operations
Richmond, James R. (Raul alias), 137
surveillance operation, 190
Rife, Walter (Ray meeting), 39
Rifle
burial, confirmation, 256
destruction, photos, 254
disposal, Jowers instructions, 178
hotel appearance, 278
scope, presence (evidence), 256
Riley, John, 18
Riots, 283
deaths, viii
Riverbend Penitentiary, 103, 153
Rivermont Hotel, 171
electronic surveillance, 84
King escort, 7
room change, 33
surveillance team, presence, 179–180
Roberts, Paul Craig, x
Robinson, Herbert, 94
Robinson, Marchal, 145
Rockefeller Commission Report (1975), 28–29
Roosevelt, Franklin, xxix, 309
Roselli, John, 57
Rosen, Randy, 43
Rosenson, Randy (HSCA interviews), 95
Rothermel, Paul, 106
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), fugitive/passport file examination, 21
Raul, connection, 203
Rumbaut, Carlos Hernandez (Raul identification), 52
S
Saint Joseph’s Hospital
breathing tube, removal, 262
emergency room medical instruments, usage, 261
intervention, necessity (absence), 266–267
medical personnel, discussions, 262–263
ME official, absence, 264
military presence, 262
pillow, usage, 262
Saint Louis conspiracy, 288–289
testimony, 201
Sanitation worker strike, mayoral promotion, 247
Sartor, William, 70
murder, 84
Schapp, William (testimony), 185–186
Scientific reports, suppression, 184–185
SCLC. See Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Scott Street market, 194
Liberto presence, 214
Security Research Staff (SRS), 58
Security witness, disclosure, 90
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities (1976 report), 60
Shelby County Correctional Center, 110
Shelby County Criminal Court, 145, 146
Sides, Hampton (eyewitness account), 308–309
Silberg, Earl, 79
Sitton, Claude, 176
Jowers hiring, 101
testimony, 188
Witness Grey, 89
Smith, Coby, 166
Smith, Jean, 214
Smith, Jim, 228
King surveillance confirmation, 84
testimony, 174
Smith, Vasco, 226
Smythe III, Ham, 183
Smythe IV, Hamilton, 183
Sneyd, Ramon George (alias), 21, 32, 51
Social change, fight, viii
South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 158
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 4, 63
advance man, visit, 68
founding, Kelly memo, 80
meeting, location transfer, 6
organizers, Memphis arrival, 8–9
Southern Hotel, 49
Akins interaction, 98
interaction, Jowers denial, 102
interview, failure, 291
Jowers hiring, 101
presence, Jowers claims, 150
rebuttal evidence, 195
testimony (Witness Brown), 89
Special Forces
Marcello, relationship, 124
Operation Detachment Alpha 184 team, 127
shoot to kill order, 128
target acquisition photos, 128
Tompkins sessions, 138
Evans communication, 129
Tompkins meetings, 137
Special Forces Group (SFG), 126, 127, 138
Special Operations Group (SOG), 61, 127
King/Spock political ticket, xiii
Vietnam War opposition, 283
Sportsman’s Club, 79
Sprague, Richard (replacement), 34
Sprunt, Doctor, 264
Stanton, Hugh, 24
Stein, Charles, 44
Stephens, Charles Quitman, 23, 31, 32, 65–66
protective custody, 67
room, Ray room (proximity), 188
Stephens, Grace Walden, 174, 188, 282
sharpshooter observation, 215
Stiles, Maynard, 239
clean-up team order, 256
Evans assassination area clean-up request, 183–184
Jones communication, 4
prayer meeting, 246
predawn clean-up request, 84
St. Joseph’s Hospital, 66
Stokes, Louis, 185
Stout, Bill (interview), 67–68
guilt, admission, 237
Jowers knowledge, 233
name, Adkins recognition, 258
special rifle, acceptance, 280
telephone conversation, 235–237
Sultan Club, 44
Summer Avenue Highway Patrol Identification Bureau, 246
Summe, Tony, 309
Swearingen, James (court case), 163
closing trial arguments, 195–196
conspiracy, trial examination, 167–177, 179–182
cover-up, trial testimony, 182–187
judgment, 197
jury instructions, 196
King family, damages request, 189
media ban, 164
murder weapon, trial examination, 177–179
plaintiff case, division, 164
verdict, 196
Swenson, Harold, 240
T
TACT units
Evans usage, 7
TACT Unit 10 (TACT 10), 13, 65
Lorraine removal, 84
Target acquisition photos (Special Forces), 128
Tennessee National Guard, Loeb request, 7
Terrell, Jack, 130
Hill interaction, 131
Thames Television, 83, 90, 114, 201
Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, 141
Thompson, Kenneth, 23
Thompson, Russell X., 71
Thornton, R.L., 203
Throw-down gun/rifle, 256
slug, matching (failure), 310
Toland, Stephen, 238
Adkins, connections, 240
Hoover
connection, 238
homosexual relationship, 309
Personal Prayer List, 245, 284
Pepper meeting, 125
Warren sessions, 138
Torrino, Felix, 115
Armando, relationship, 116
Trial
guilty plea, 25
jury compromise/settlement, 26
preparation, 24
Trial (Swearingen)
closing trial arguments, 195–196
judgment, 197
Posner attack, 208
Truman, Harry S., 59
Trumpet Hotel, 216
Truth breakthrough, 223
Tucker, William, 14
Tyler, Ron. See Adkins
Ellsberg remarks, 70
U
United Nations Special Assembly on Disarmament, 61
United States Intelligence Board (USIB), 127
U.S. Army
assassination implication, 124
CIA, relationship, 127
U.S. Army Intelligence Command (USAINTC), 125–126
U.S. Army Security Agency (ASA), 127
U.S. Strike Command (CINCSTRIKE), headquarters, 126
V
Valentine, Doug (testimony), 180
Verdict (Swearingen court case), 196
Veterans Cab Company, 101
Vietnam war
King, Jr., opposition, viii, 283
Dexter King statement, 166
Spock opposition, 283
W
Wade, Randy, 224
Wadsworth, Susan, 36
Walden, Grace, 32, 65, 84, 101
mental hospital stay, 67
Waldron, Martin, 20
Wallace, George, 44
Wallace, Norvil, 170
Warren. See Special Forces
Warren Commission, 28
Washington, Alda Mae (Jowers hiring), 101
Washington Poor People’s Campaign, 5–6, 9
initiation, Memphis location, 6
organization, 31
Weeden, Carthel, 281
testimony, 180
Weisberg, Harold, 49
assassination evidence dissent, 33–37, 65
Whitlock, Nathan, 228, 234, 297
Wilburn, Jesse Leeman, 120
Wilburn, Royce, 150
testimony, 201
Wilder, John, 247
presence (hospital room), 265
Wilkins, Roy (Memphis invitation), 5
Willard, John (alias), 31–32, 49, 50
rooming house registration/rental, 12, 14
Williams, Hosea (restraining order), 9
Williams, Jerry, 171
documents, Mustang origin, 156–157, 204, 282
FBI attack, 157
Pepper meeting, 156
testimony, refusal, 202
Witness Black, 89
Witness Brown, 89
Witness Green, 89
Witness Grey, 89
Witness White, 89
Wood, Donald, 16
Wood, Mike, 60
Wright, Tommy, 95
Y
Yarborough, William P., 126
meeting, press conference, 144
testimony, 169–170, 179, 189, 201
Youngblood, Walter Alfred, 70
photographs, identification, 71, 72
Young, David Mark, 271, 278, 279
Young, Frank Warren (testimony), 192
Z
Zachary, N.E. (MPD inspector/Homicide Chief), 25, 72, 82, 219
clique, 95