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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 32

107 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Apr 17, 1964 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 107 pages OCR'd
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f- " gha0 (Rev. 19-18-62) ° : Tolson ’ : ( : 7 oF Belmont Poy ’ . Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele. Room Holmes Gandy UPI -96 (BIRMINGHAM BOMBER) j NEW YORK.--POLICE AND FEDERAL AGENTS KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE BIRMINGHAM BOMBER AND THE MEN WHO HELPED HIM pe NAMI TE A NEGRO CHURCH KILLING FOUR YOUNG GIRLS, IT WAS REPORTED TODAY, THE RINGLEADER OF THE GANG Of KILLERS, KNOWN AS °MISTER xX,* HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BECAUSE OFFICIALS [LO NOT FEEL THEY HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PUT HIM AND HIS HENCKMEN IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR reopen iND BARS, THE CURRENT ISSUE OF THE SATURDAY EVENING *THE FBI KNOWS WHO BOUGHT THE DYNAMITE. WHO MADE THE BOMB, WHO PLACED IT THERE AND WHO ENGINEERED THE CRIME, « MACCN WEAVER, U.S. ATTCRNEY IN BIRMINGHAM WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, e M MINGHAM DETECT Vv | Reccaoine oS Mtherharveuers® "USES eee D D TO pIS USS THE ARTICLE TODAY AND NEITHER THE FBI OR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WOULD COMMENT ON IT. IT WAS ON A SUNNY SUNDAY MORNING LAST SEPT. 15, JUST AS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES WERE GETTING OUT, THAT THE DYNAMITE BOMB PLANTED UNDER THE STAIRS AT THE 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH EXPLODED HURLING create FOR BLOCKS IN THE NEGRO SECTION OF THE VIOLENCE -ROCKED ALABAMA THE BLAST KILLED FOUR YOUNG NEGRO GIRLS AND INJURED 19 PERSCNS, IT WAS ONE OF MANY EXPLOSIONS THAT HAVE KEPT RACIAL TENSIONS AT A \ FEVER PITCH FOR MONTHS, | BUT IT WAS THE ONE THAT SHOCKED THE NATICN AS NOTHING ELSE HAD | me CAUSED PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO SAY HE FELT A "DEEP SENSE OF OUTRAGE ” . : | -_— FEROE i WASHINGTON CAPIT S SERVICE ENCLOSURE
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