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; i | | FBI ‘kno F s jington it knows who killed the| _—: FD-3£0 (Rev. 7-16-63) rd eat ad | FBI I ‘knows’ bombers and Tights killers \ { The. DDT cows Hf still lanke f 41 ©FbPt Cayo ge Blas on. | evidence to gel a con- ‘viction of mbed the ; Baptist re last fall killing four small Negro girls. | The agency also said in Wash- three young civil rights work-| ers in Philadelphia, Miss., last) summer, In a statement from Washing- om a spokesman for the FBI, was quoted as saying “a smalli group of Klansmen” is believed to be responsible for the church! bombing but there is insufficient evidence to make any arrests. ee Bets AT THE SAME TIME the: agency was highly critical of! the Alabama State Troopers whom they said “prejudiced” the investigation with prema-) ture arrests. The church was bombed on, Sept, 15, 1963. The four girls were among hundreds attend- ing Sunday Schoo! when the blast ripped through the struc- ture. i Te Heo céinines and #han TET ain fi Stateniecht, mt xX ak said, “‘this investigation was prejudiced by premature ar- rests made by the Alabama Highway Patrol. Consequent- ly It has not yet been possible to obtain evidence or confes- sions to assure successful prosecution.” State Troopers arrested three men shortly after Gov, George Wallace announced evidence had been found that would solve| ‘the series of bombings in Bir- ‘mingham. CHARLES CAGLE Chambliss and. John fre T were (Mount Clipping In Space Below) charged wi with illegal -posaessiqn ynamite. They were con- victed in Recorders Court but appealed and were found in- necent in Circuit Court. . - _-The church was the scene of many civil Tights demonstra- tions in the spring and. sum mer of 1963. The bombing was the last and most serious one in a long series of racially connected attacks on a motel and the homes and churches of Negroes, IN CONNECTION with the; Philadelphia, Miss., case, the, BI spokesman said ‘“‘intensive| investigation «is continuing to; develop the’-case for prosecu- tion as quickly as possible.” The three civil rights work- ers killed last June were An- idrew Goodman, 20, of New | SL mw walle Bfinabe nl Cabenave au aa iS OPK; ALICE CHOLWELTIEL, 28, of Brooklyn, N.Y. and a Ne- ‘gro, James Chaney, 21, of ‘Meridian, Miss. Their bodies were found in a deep grave near Philadelphia} two months after they were last! seen alive, shots———__» Comes mace by for review by Rowe Task Force Date They had been yl (Indicate page, name of hewspaper, city and state.) 1 _ — Birmingham, Alabz THE BIRMINGHAM NI eee Bee Date: 11- 26-64 lac Und 4A aap Edition: nOLi Lucy Author: Editor: Title: BAP3OMB Character: BM Or Classification: Submitting Office: BIRMIENGHA) [_] Being Investigated TUR t ae . f ; _ ; “of t CLI JRE é oar an an 2