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FD-350 (Rev, 7-16-63) x TOM LAN KFORD | giat vitae . News staff writer RJACKSONVILLE, Fila., March 6—Officers agreed further in- yestigation into the possibility iiiam Sterling Rosecrans is nnected with Birmingham ra- bombines is warranted after! 1 bamtbings is underwent a lie detector test ay. oo Cat ‘this point you could flip ?aoin and either way it landed uu could be right,’ an FBI olygraph expert said, Rye said he wanted additional time to study Rosecran’s mental! ' ‘background and to review the lygraph charts made during E u ‘examination of more than mr hours. : BIRMINGHAM POLICE Chief {Jamie Moore said further inves- ‘}tivation is called for. Ale, Jefferson County Sheriff ||Mel Bailey and two Bi irmingha am, [geste mee a nrretibe re ‘ defectives yere to return to the Alabama city this “wttetrabn: pending further reports from the, FBL | -: The Birmingham officers ques- tioned the 30-year-old Indiana laborer for three hours Thursday! rjght without results. Rosectans/ denied being in the Birmingham area during bombings last year in which four Negro children) were killed. He is being questioned about ' the bombing of a Jacksonville ' Negro home. During the poly- | Staph test, Rosecrans was ‘questioned about the Birming- ha i ar in sn i ham bombings and Florida ra- '.¢ial and railroad bombings. The slender ex-convict earlier had refused to submit to the test. ty ‘Detective C. L. Limbaugh and ¥, T. Hart said Rosecrans’ “aliSwered” all their -yacsiess | during ihe long interview at Duval County Jail, THE tiittts "planned to give him a poly- ‘graph examination following ‘the interview but cancelled it ““begause the the subject was ex- -. hausted. * aid inconclusive | pany of Jacksonville klan mem- [[bers the night after the bonib-; ing. Brown said. q vestigator , Derter.- Haney *.dt- arr ys ing he was in Mobile, where he worked as a mechanic, hen the, ipombing of the Sixteenth Street! (Baptist Church occurred. (The| ‘FBI said it has been established that Rosecrans was in Mobile} iSaturday, Sept. 14, but hisi iwhereabouts - the following day} (Sunday, Sept., 15) has not been ‘proven. SHERIFP'S OFFICERS re-| ‘ported that lie detector tests ‘Thursday cleared the suspect of' jimplication in dynamitings of the. \Florida East Coast Railway. The . initial investigation against the suspect started aft- ler leads were turned up during tacte the railway dynamite investiga. i ition, | The FBI, meanwhile, has is- sued a statement here saying more arrests are expected in | connection with the Feb. 16 : bombing of the home of a Ne- gro first grade pupil at a pre- : ; viously, all White school, i D: Brown, special apent- in-charge of the Jacksonville FBI office, said investigation is, ‘concentrating on members of the! Ku Klux Klan. Rosecrans is known ot have been in the com- | t | THE FBL HAD Rosecrans un- der surveillance for several days! ‘after the house bombing and thel isuspect fléd.into the woods aft- er he spotted ‘agents searching his car which contained sticks of dynamite, ~. Officers later. found 800 sticks of dynamite near where the car had been parked. mo “Capt. R. N. Godwin and’ in- oh “the State Troopers have ‘been dn Florida for two days seek- | ‘ing to ‘interview Rosecrans.. They said, théy hoped’ to’ talk _ te the man sometime today Binning -, detectives” "Hart: and “Limbaugh said. QOSSCTans : fory +e fw 4 (Mount Clipping in Space Below} i Thetétticers quoted hime 2s say- 1 \ readily tora them. how’ he would Se have handled the’ Birmingham explosions _ had he been ,, ale bomber, “45. “eke Rosecrans _ explained in ‘detail how to make shrapnel and oth- fee ee LEA er type bombs used in Birmin a ham,. the officers | Said. Sas Se et iS ce | $25,000 temporary bond awaiting; a preliminary hearing te - be. scheduled after he has. Fetained, an attorney. . §, s aie He is being: held on. Federal : Charges and the State of Florida! is contemplating filtag—sharges, against him. =| | (indlcate page, name of newspaper, city and state.} 1 THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS ——Birmingham, Alabama Date: 3=6-64 Edition: Red StarFinal autnors TOM LANKIORD Editor: BM Character: Or Classification: Submitting oftice TRMINGHAN