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Martin Luther King Jr — Part 1

113 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jan 31, 1977 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Martin Luther King Jr · 94 pages OCR'd
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Gromley and Gross also retinned to the front of the fire station after first rumming to the retaining wall, — They both turned north on S. Main and ran toward Huling. Ghormley stopped at Canipe’s Amusement Co. where he observed what appeared to be a blanket partially covering a blue suitcase and a Browning rifle box with about a foot of the barrel of a rifle exposed. The apparent discrepancies in the statements of Ghormley and Dollahite can be accounted for only by the mass confusion which mist have occurred inmediately after the shooting. However, it appears that Dollahite first observed the bundle wh: le rumning south on S. Main with his gum draw. But, te contimied past Canipe's Amusement Company and after he saw Ghormley and the other officer coming north he turned around and took up a position om the opposite side of the street from Canipe’s. WAAy bf. SEES, GIR WWII Wk jC OS PAUL EURALLL Ws» informed Ghormley that a white male had just dropped the bundie in front of his door a minute or two earlier and had run south on S. Main. Ghomnley radioed this information to headquarters and stood guard over the articles. Shortly there- after, Canipe told Ghormley that a white Mustang autamwbile had left the area at a high rate of speed after the bmdle was Cropped. Ghormmley also radioed this information to headquarters. -45-
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