t a ee on pee ee ee So . Attorney General Ramsey Clark announced today that” Ait /; ederal | Fexric Starvo Galt is being sought by the FBI as a fugitive ona F me / - *- charge arising from the fatal shooting of the Rever end Dr. Maxtin Luther” rg u Memphis, Tennessce, On April ant Darel el “r, [ LARC REREE SLID ATS sh at 4, 1968. King, Jr-> in nN - Dir ector J. agar Hoover stated that é a Federal ‘corapl int | . 2 : ny ope ety “was filed by the FBI in Birmingham, “Alabama, today ‘charging ‘Galt vit : spiring to violate the civil rights of Dr. King, in 1 violation ‘of ‘pitle 18, 6a aT con "Section 241, of the United states Code. 7 es oa — 7 “The FBI complaint charges that "On or about March 255 ep 1968, at Birmingham, "alabama, a /Eric Starvo Galt ‘and an individual hom | he ameged. to be his brother, entered into a conspi acy which we! ess, threaten, : 5 continued until on n ox about April Dy 1968, to injure, “OpBE or sntimidate. Mar tin Luther King, Jr. wpe erin the free exercise or enjoys a . titation or laws of the United ment of a right secured to him by the Cons - States, namely, the right to ir eely travel from state | to state. In ~ ae furtherance of this conspiracy, Eric Starvo Galt did, “on or about Max cn 30, 1968, purchase a rifle at Bir ‘mingnam, Alabase. ae ” RS me —_ - _ APPROVEB“FOR RELEASE = ~~ a ot ae PRT i: : | 7 | 5 . 3 ' { { 53216 DocId: 32397417 Page 2
/ - Accoraing to o Mr. Hoover, a 30.06 rifle equipped with — fo a telescopic sight was: ind near 2 rooming house on South Main ro _ Street in Memphis immediately after the fatal ‘shooting ot Dr. King occurred. The rooming house oyerlocks the Lorraine Hotel and Motel. where Dr. King was slaying Mrs Hoover said that PBI Agents determined that the. 30. 06 rifle h had been purchased from a oun dealer in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 30, 1968. The telescopic sight also was? oo se purchased from this dealér. CO ee The FBI Director said that Galt, “who has used the names of John Willard and Her vey Lowmyer i in the past, is the own ofa 1966 white Mustang bearing Alabama license pirates which _— located abandoned in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 11, 1968, Investigation ee disclosed that Galt purchased this car from a private citizen in Birmingham on August 30; 1967. The Mustang's odometer showed that - it had been driven more than 19, 000 miies between late August, 1967, and early April, 1968. HW 53716 Docld: 32397417 Page 3 , :
. bad , 7 , 7 we : Q rok - c ~ - — 7 ~2 7 . . ~~ . ° ae 4, 4 ewe wale Cet Bee we cece cen ete emmen Deem terme ae os ; ee ne ee ee ee arn , “Accor ding to Mr. Hoover, ‘Galt 's travels in the aa . “Mustang included al ADS to. Los Angdes, Califor nia; New Orleans, “Louisiana; Bir mingham, Alabama; and Mexico, ‘as well as to” ~ Mempais Tennessee, ond Aflanta, ‘Georgia. Galt was’ repor ted to P] have been in ‘M emphis on AP pil 3¢ and 4, 1968, _and to have ‘departed | from there for Atanta. mE : a -,- |. “> Intensive investigat tion by t the PBI has disclosed that " o “Galt has claimed to pave been employed & asa cook on. Mississippi River vessels an das » merehant seaman. He is said to bee anavid - dancer, and took égancing Jessons ini New Orleans in 1964 and 1969; in ; Birmingham, during ‘September and October, 1967; and in n Lag Beach California, irom December, 1967, to February, 1968. ele : Galt left Los Angeles on December 15, 1961, and drove “his white Mus stang to New (Orleans, where he claimed he contacted He teit New Orleans on - + either an engineering or 2 conizacting firm. viet a - December. 19th and arrived back in “Los Angeles on » December 21, 1967 While jin the Los’ Angeles area early this year, Galt The fugitive is descr ibe 2d as a white male, “He: is apy _ .: mately 5 feet 8 inches io Siect 11 inches s tall ani weighs bebw een. 160° and 175 pounds. He is said id be 2 neat dresser and pasa 2 2 medium build, ae oo ++. took a course ata school of bartending and was graduated on March 2, : © HW 532716 DBocld: 32397417 Page 4
re - - -“ . ~ - , {- - i = . Te . . xy * . - 4 ” - : = 2b ~ > Ca 7 - 7 -- pene . — . _ % . - e . 2? Juste larne e - -<- ~ . Galt has brown hair, which he wears ina "brush" cut, | ~ He reportedly ha 2S blue cycs; his nose is straight and narrow; his teeth , m, -are straight and clean; and. he has given his date of birth as July, 20, 1931, “ eee -- The filtitive is said to have a nervous habit of oecestonaly pulling at an ear lobe with his hand. His left ear ‘protrudes £ farther f : rom we his head than his rient ear. , Loe According to Mr. Hoover, persons who have met Galt. describe him: as a Mloner" 2 and siate his Janguage and diction have a - "rural" ovality ; and | suggest that he probably does not have a high degree: “2 of education... He is said to Grink alcoholic beverages and has 2 prefer ““+ for yodke and-beer. Heis a fan of western and country music, | _.- _ 7 - : wT J Ans ie ee re) Pi Pr oe RRO SEE : TGF OL LOUP BSTAREMOR SG Sanaa er (prow des 2 max emamM De enk OI Sa Myeare 2 Sp STMT came Toy Wivi0 oad By ST aS pO Oe? et eet ont leet a ett Let % t should be considered armed and Gangerous.. Any: ‘ information concerning him should be furnished immediately to the. - Saat nr os nd z : - 2 . ' : . - > . - r : - ” v . cat : . i ot : : wells . : : fap _  - tle . " 5 ., “ “A nd o @- 4. ° . = . - 3 ~ e . es - oe Tee : : ad . . . a . rw . oat * - . aS . -- 774 - i ‘ : . . -. . . iad . 8 . . - oe rr -- . HW 53216 Docld: 32397417 Page 5 . Moos re soe