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eo “Was at the house of the men who planted the bdéfitb two nights before the bomb- ing. - © “His car was parked two blocks away from the church on the Sunday morning the bomb went off.” ‘He Hates Us’ The Post report, by George McMillan, quoted a police of- ficial as saying, “Mister X" is under constant surveillance. “Of course,” the official was quoted, “we can’t literally stay with him 24 hours a day... But we put him to bed every night and check him first thing every morning ... He tes us, but he hates the FBI even worse...” McMillan wrote that police} told him “Mister X” makes al-|: most his entire living from do-} ing jobs for hate movements, but has never been found at the scene of the Birmingham bombing. “He has a_ distinguishing physical characteristic,” a detective was quoted as say- 1 Took Vow to Kill The report said that “at a time and place that cannot yet be revealed, a group of men including the man who made the bomb, the man who placed it and everyone who knew the identities of those involved met.” 4 “If any one of you ever! talks,” McMillan quoted the leader of the meeting as say- ing, “it will be the kiss of death for you . ... We join hands here and now in swear- ing that each of us takes a vow to kill the man who gives anything away to the police.”. “And they weren't kidding, either,” a policeman was re- ported to have said. ee “There was a time when they used to brag more or less openly about these bombings. But it finally got through their heads that some of them might pay a fearful damned price for running’ around blowing people up.” ‘| The Post said: evdience col- jJlected at the scene indicates the bomb was planted in ad- itvance and detonated by some kind of timing device, prob- ably notan ordinary, fuse. oe ~ nad 9