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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 22

69 pages · May 08, 2026 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 67 pages OCR'd
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Pp-250 (Rev. 7+16-63} { j (Mount Ctipping* in Space Below) 1 {Inaicate page, name af newspaper, city and state.) THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS | » known ~ Bho. RI believes it has identified the killérsof-four children in a Birmingham Negro church bombing last year and the slayers of three civil rights workers in } ssissippi, an FBI spokesman said in Washttretum to- iday. New_York residents, and-demes fe -A spokesman said the agency New York rp a Meridian, Miss.,: is trying to gather enough evi- ; Negro. dence te go to court in both! They had driven to Neshoba| cases. County from- Meridian to inves- _The statement came as the: Hey yerg areateg: oe oY inl Woe ait cores. FBI- defended itself against! : a “| charges that the bureau is ine: SCORES OF FRI agents joined; effective in civil rights cases. | state. and local. officers in the | : ! search for-the killers: Some Mis-| GeThe Sixteenth Street Baptist: Searcn to i sissippi officers claimed that the, Church was bombed while e Suit) FBI withheld * information from, day School services were being: them. ! conducted there on Sept. us, A federal grand jury at Bi “d tt i) ws = sl ra ~ a mee") a BYURMINGHAM., SLARAMA Date: 4% yo SS Edition: Author: Title: pt $< 1963... | Joxi, Miss., investigated the _ Character: oa * 7) OM deaths of the three men but : fog wtf ot THE CIVIL tights ‘workers | did not _ return any indict- . Of disappeared after being ar: Meats. : Pag wate ke a ae ff ff Classification: Tmt erityy rested on a traffic charge at t Two indictments sib vo pp Submitting Office: = BIRMINGHAN urned charging five law ‘of-; a pa adelphia a “Their bodies! ficers, including Neshoba Sheriff Lj Being Investigated were found in a dam Aug. 4. Lawrence: Rainéy,, with denying (Spe 25 2- SF If OF The bombing victims were | Negtoes theik ¢ civil tights Py. ee : ? . Carole -Robertson, 16; Carol } Frestiig aiid lyn ET Perec Plana 4 a SEA: Denise McNair, 11; Addie Mae ''4 Period ginning in’ 1960. rae BAL. A é. _ [ Collins and Cynthia’ Dianne {i Rewatds for the "Birmingham “ J co u ~ Wesley, both 14. Ne arrests | ‘boriber ‘6 or bombers tose’ to $70,- ¥ NOV par 1964 have been made in the case. -((), Cole A -Lifigo <state, public The three civil rights work- ‘safety director,. “predicted that, ers were_Mickae! Schwernay 24, the Size ofthe Tew rant Pvenly| and Andrew Goodman, 2, both will crack the case. - FR aura
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