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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
AND
PRIVACY ACTS
SUBJECT: BIRl92/IINGHAM, ALABAMA SIXTEEN TH
STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
BOMBING/SEPTEMBER 15, 1963
PART 2 OF 11
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMLATIONIPRIVACY ACTS SECTION
COVER SHEET
SUBJECT:_ BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA__
SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
BOMBING/SEPTEMBER 15, 1963
PART 2 OF_11*
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HAVE BEEN DETONATED. FRAGNENTS
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DETONATED, OR CONTAINER IN WHICH IT POSSIBLY PLACED. EXAMINATION
OF BURNED FIFTYEIGHT CHEVROLET IMPALA SPORT COUPE BEARING SECRET
SERIAL NO. FIVE EIGHT N ONE FOUR FIVE THREE ZERO TWO CONDUCTED.
ALL CONBUSTIBLE MATERIAL IN CAR, INCLUDING ALL TIRES ON CAR,;
AND TIRE IN TRUNK REDUCED TO ASHES. PLASTIC AND LOW MELTING POINT
METALLIC FIXTURES MELTED INTO NONDESCRIPT NOLTEN NASSES. ORIGINAL
COLOR OF CAR COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. APPEARANCE OF CAR SUGGESTS
ACCELERANT POSSIBLY USED. TYPE OF ACCELERANT NOT KNOWN. NOTHING
FOUND FROM EXAMINATION OF ASHES FOR ASSOCIATION WITH AN EXPLOSIVE
SUBSTANCE OR BOMB ACCESSORY. NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE QUANTITY
OF EXPLOSIVES USED IN CHURCH BOMB BUT EXTENT OF DAMAGE CONSISTENT
WITH THAT CAUSED BY A HIGH ORDER EXPLOSIVE CHARGE SUCH AS TEN
OR MORE STICKS OF DYNAMITE OR ITS EQUIVALENT. SINCE NO EVIDENCE
THAT COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH A BONB UTILIZING A TIME DELAY
DEVICE SUCH AS ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP WIRE, BATTERY OR CLOCK FRAGNENTS
SUGGESTS BOMB MAY HAVE BEEN TYPE DETONATED BY SAFETY FUSE AND BLASTING
CAP, BOTH OF WHICH POSSIBLY CONSUMED BY DETONATION OF EXPLOSIVE
CHARGE. BOMB BELIEVED PLACED ON OR NEXT TO LIMESTONE SILL OF A
DOUBLE WINDOW NEAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF CHURCH. OUTSIDE CONCRETE
STAIRWAY FROM GROUND BACK TO SECOND FLOOR OF CHURCH PARTIALLY
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COVERED WINDOW AND BOMB COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY CONCEALED ON OR NEXT
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FURNISHED NAMES OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS IN VICINITY OF BOMBING WHILE
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CONVERTIBLE, WHITE IN COLOR, VIN ZERO ONE EIGHT SIX SEVEN A ONE ZERO
POOR SIX NINE ONE, BEARING SIETYTHREE ALABAMA TNO SIX THREE EECHT
NENE TNO, AND.FA1LED TO RETURN SIXTY CHEVROLET AND CAR NOT
RECOVERED TO DATE.
THERE WERE NO KEYS IN FIFTYEIGHT CHEVROLET WHEN CAR LEFT AT
LOT. WHEN FIFTYEIGHT CHEVROLET LEFT AT LOT TRANSMISSION NEEDED
REPAIR AND SAME WAS DONE PRIOR TO THEFT.
PERSON LEAVING FIFTYEIGHT CHEVROLET DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE,
AGE FORTYFIVE DASH FIFTY, FIVE FEET szx INCHES, ONE HUNDRED FORTY
POUNDS, DARK HAIR,.UEARING GLASSES.
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ALABAMA Mwn RECORDS REFLECT SIXTYTHREE LICENSE TRREE ONE Two
SEEEN To sETER TFRE ISSUED JACK PARTRIDGE, ROUTE THREE, BOAZ,
ALABAMA, ToR FIFTYFOUR BUICK, VIN A ONE 2ERo Two NINE Two NINE SIX
AND REPLACEMENT LICENSE ISSUEDIMAY FHIRTT, s1xTYTRREE. '
SIXTYTHREE LICENSE THREE ONE Two SEVEN Two SEVEN EIGHT ISSUED
GORDON RARcRow, Two THREE zERo SEVEN, SANSON AVENUE, GADSDEN, ALA.,
FOR FIFTYFIVE CHEVROLET, VIN R FIVE FIVE A zERo NINE 2ERo sxx EIGHT
EIGHT. no RECORD or FIFTYEIGHT CHEVROLET FOR NINETEEN SIXTYTHREE.
BIRMINGHAM wxu. corT1"-AET gscnaz, ALA., RE REASON
FOR PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT TAG AND IF LICENSE STOLEN. ALSO WILL
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CON'I'ACT_ADSDEN, ALA., To DETERMINE IE L1cEHsE STILL onvEH1cLE. l
FUNERAL or DENISE HcHA1R, ADDIE COLLINS, AND CYNTHIA HEsLEY.
THE THHERAL sERv1cEs FOR THREE or THE FOUR CHILDREN KILLED IN
THE EXPLOSION or THE SIXTEENTH sTREET BAPTIST cHuHcH TOOK PLAcE '
TODAY AT THE SIXTH AVENUE RAPT1sT cHuRcH. THE FUNERAL HAs AT THREE
THIRTY PM CST AND THE cHuRcH wAs FILLED To ovERTLoH1Hc AND THE cRoHD
OUTSIDE THE cHuRcH ESTIMATED AT ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND PERsoHs. IN THE
CROWD THERE WAS A GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED FIFTY PEOPLE
FROM A NEARBY CATHOLIC CHURCH. THE GROUP FORHED AT THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH AND WENT IN PROCESSION TO THE SIXTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH.
THE GROUP WAS ABOUT EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN WHITE AND NEGRO PEOPLE-
THERE WERE ABOUT FIFTEEN WHITE AND NEGRO PRIESTS IN THE PROCESSIONQ
THE CROWD HAS ORDERLY AND THERE WERE ABOUT FIFTY BIRMINGHAM
POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS PRESENT TO HANDLE THE CROWD AND TRAFFIC-
SIX MUSLIMS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL, SOME TOOK PICTURES, AND oTHERs
DISTRIBUTED HusL1H PAPER.
gr H1 L. KING, ROY WILKINS, RALPH ABERNATHY AND FRED sHuTTLEsH
HERE IN ATTEHDAHDE.
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The following informationis submitted concerning our investigationto identify the persons responsible for the bombing of the Sixteenth Street
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Alabama, wluch was found burned about ten m1.1es from Bummgham on 9/ 16/ 63
by local officers. The car, a tan coupe bearmg no hcense plate, may have been
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Our investigation of the bombing ofthesixteenth
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Birmingham as well as by our other Divisions.
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110 such, interviews of Klansmen and members of hate organizations,
including officers_of such groups, were conducted 9-20-63.
With respect to the activities of a _},
Birmin ham Klansmgo an, who on the day of the d the
seat covers in his car, removing a set of covers with an orangg
substance thought possibly to be residue from a safety fuse wax-like!,
the Laboratory has determined the stain consisted of enamel chips
rather than wax. The wires from windows, wood from window frame, '
drapery fragments and metal frame from window, scrapings from
window sill obtained at the scene of the bombing were examined
by the Laboratory but the examination disclosed no foreign residues
or fragments pertinent to the investigation.
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RE: UNSUBS, BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH
STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
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wagon with the fragmentary registration data recalle
being checked out and interviewed. Photographs of c
Hational tates Rights Party headquarters H539! and
entering NSRP Headquarters are being checked c
possible connection with the Rambler described by
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for the desegregation of the Anniston Public Library
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A review of Knoxville case entitled, "UNSUBS, BOEING
. MATTERS, CHATTANOOGA, TENN., JULY and AUGUST, 1960, BONDING-
MATTERS" is being conducted in accordance with Bureau instructions.
~ Pertinent information will be furnished and leads set forth. Foriyf information receiving offices, copies of all pertinent reports
;* in this matter were received by Birmingham and Atlanta Divisions
' during this investigation, Knoxville file_1576l, Bufile 157-266,J y
92Atlanta file 157-129, Since this investigation regarding Bombing
Matters, Chattanooga, the Knoxville Division has continually
,2 closely followed the activities of all individuals mentioned as
2 suspects in this case, both as individuals and through investiga-
tion of the Dixie Klan, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc,,
. ; DK, KKKK, Inc.! In addition, certain individuals have repeatedly
been interviewed, surveilled, neighborhood and employment sources
, contacted, and informants contacted regarding these individuals
i and their activities. On each occasion of a bombing matter in
other Divisions, those individuals remaining on the bomb supect *1
92 list have been accounted for, occasionally interviewed, and
; appropriate investigation conducted. - 292 Q :;
It should be noted as a result of the above continual
investigation, information has been developed regarding a change
; in attitude of these individuals. For the past l8 months or more,
those individuals still connected with the DK, HHRK, Inc., have
* not mentioned or discussed acts of violence. In fact, leaders
» have instructed their members during racial demonstrations by
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oi public schools, Chattanooga and Hamilton County, Tennessee, Tgff
both in the Fall oi 1962 and 1963, to stay auay iron such areas, ¥f
not to participate in any demonstrations, and not to be seen?¥-' 9
near such areas, not to commit any acts oi violence, or to he-" -
case engaged_in any argusents over these H%tt9E2a Issegraticn,1,_
restaurants, ball parks, motels, hotels, and other iacilities vs"
has been accomplished without incident or demonstrations on . P '
the part oi white individuals at Chattanooga. In iact, the 1;",
elementary school covering the district there a large number *-l
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live, Avaudale Elementary School, previously a1l_shite, was ?=;¢*
integrated the Fall oi 1963 and resulted in a ratio oi about {g[_;
two Hegroes_to one shite, all this completed without incident;1'2
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other as suspects in the Bombing Hatters at Chattanooga during P
1960, the following iniornation regarding each is set iorth
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organization, but very deiinitely opposed to integration; how-
ever, any action in opposition to integration to be accomplished
by legal nenns and principally by voting, Q! those she were
not belligerent, they advised generally that it they had inior-
nation regarding persons responsible tor the bombing matter,
instant case, they would report same to the FBI or to some
law enforcement agency. However, almost without exception,
all reported the DE KKKK, lne., see a secret, iraternal porganization, and they would not furnish information regarding .
other members and activities where no violation oi the law '
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Dear Senator Dirksen:
The heartless murder of four Negro children in the bombing o£'a Birmingham church, is an act that threatens to leave one speechle
but one must protest, one must somehow maintain the humn identity
which we so precariously cling to.
In the Monday edition of the New York Times, September 16,
I note that the cowardly and inhuman attack upon the 16th Street
Baptist Church, is the twenty-first bombing of Negro churches and
homes in the past eight years. I also note that none of the fifty
bombings of Negro property since World war II in the some area,
has been solved. These facts are s shocking indictment of the
state of law and order -in B'1rmi.ngham and in Alabama. They arealso, however, e pathetic commentary on the competence of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation to cope with this serious threat
to the rights and the very bodies of American citizens. Eitherthe Federal Bureau of Investigation has been lax in its function,
or else it is incapable of functioning in this area. It goes
without saying that our laws need strengthening in the area of
civil rights, and that the administrationis proposed legislationshould be ceased by the Congress without delay. But it will
also be necessary to assure the adequacy of law enforcement.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation should be celled upon tojustify its ieck of success and to give evidence of ectien beingtaken to rectify-its incompetence in the area of civil rights.
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Dear Everett:
I received your letter oi September 20th
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Hr. Oscar -B. Goodman concerning JE_'E-I investigations oi
bombings in Birmingham. I certainly Welcome the opportunity
to point out to you that Mr. Goodman: charges against the
FBI are completely baseless. i
i Both sides in the racial issue have used the
FB1's name in recent month:-5 to gain support tor their
respective points oi view. Obviously, neither side has _.,,
spoken with any authority since their statements have 'g_'iea1t "-i
with cases on which no public announcement has been qoade
rcgarciing the results oi our investigations. 1"» -_.. -5;l~r"Ger iurie-zlicticc to tcvestgtte these bonibiiigsm
which have occurred in Alabama comes from the Civil itightafgi
Act of 1960 which became effective on my 8, 1960. B to :3
broad in scope, but the Department of Justice has stated that "
Congress clearly indicated there was no intention in the statute
to usurp investigative and proeecutive authority in bombing
matters irom state and local authorities. The Department lac
instructed that the FBI ehoqki-néotiaitia'tc investigations into
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requested to investigate live bombing cares in Alabama, including -.
the one on September 15th in which tour children were killed. 5. I .__;_
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an immediate lnvestiatlon end advised the Department oi the
action being taken. Although the FBI doe not actively investigate
ell bombing cases, it does cooperate in every way possible with
state and local authorities. The lull iacilities oi the FBI
Laboratory and identification Division are available to render
any assistance. - - ' n 7 t e
In spite oi these facts, we are accused oi both
exceeding and chi:-king our duties. Some oi these charges stem
trom a lack oi understanding, but many oi them come irom pereone
who have a personal interest and distort the truth to euit their
own pm-peeee.
The FBI has achieved e number of accomplishments
in the civil rights eld. Our investigations have enabled the
Beiiirtment oi Justice to tile more than iorty enite in titre etatee
to end racial discrimination in voting. FBI Agents lolved the
case involving the burning of a Greyhound bne transporting ~
"Freedom Riders" through Alabama in i981. Six persons have
been convicted for their part in this or-@e. An F3! investigation
in September, 1962, led to the arrest and conviction in state
court of tour persona tor burning a Negro church in Terrell
County, Georgia. Byron De La Beckwith, the man charged with
the murder oi Medgar Evere, We iino arrested by E-Bi Agents.
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wish to forward him. I am also returning his letter as you
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State of Alabama who were re d ' ' im that the FBI
as responsible for the bombing, however, the FBI refuse to ma e
an arrest ecause is would embarrass the Administration. The Senator stated he
knew this to be false but just wanted to hear it from us.
I asked the Senator if he had ever known the FBI to enter into such a
scurrilous deal of this nature. He replied in the negative. I told him that Mr. Hoover
would never be a party to any such matter and that for his information we had made no
arrest in this matter, neither had we identified anyone as yet who was responsible for
the bombing. I told the Senator that whenever the FBI had sufficient confirmatory
evidence to procure a warrant that we would go ahead and initiate such action and let the
chips fall where they may. The Senator stated he knew all of this but just wanted to talkthe matter over.
The Senator and I discussed a number of things regarding Commissioner
George Edwards who is attempting to be a Federal Judge. Edwards will appear before
the Senate Judiciary Committee within several days. Senator Eastland plans to give hin
a hard time. The Senator al 0 t ld e that th S ' - d ' s o m e cripps Howar newspapers are oing ttlaunch a campaign against Edwards. BEEF 974I92 -5 _- I -2 /J ' '.-_--- . -. /$7 .z@"»?s. an ..AU'1'lUNZ6 In view OI the pOSSiDi1ity oi the Alabama delegation, who will visit the7Q White House today, advising the President of the rumor concerning the
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Evidenced by the mail I am receiving concerning the church
bombing in Birmingham, there appears to be considerable ' 3;,
confusion in the public mind about the role which the Fed-
eral government is playing in Alabama.0.
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I believe existing law empowers Federal intervention to a
degree by making it a Federal crime to cross a state line
in order to escape prosecution resulting from a crime such
as a church bombing. Does the FBI use this provision as
a basis for Federal investigation of such a crime? Is the
FBI currently active in investigating the Birmingham church -
bombing as a help to state and local law enforcement agen- -
,cies? Your advice on these points and any other informa- .JItion you wish to give me will be extremely helpful in ex- i
plaining the situation to my constituents many of whom lf}now_feel that the Federal government will not or cannot|take steps to intervene in a situation such as now exists
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Honorable Howard W. Rohison
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My dear Congressman:
I have received your letter oi Beptembor 25th in
which you inquire about the role d the FBI in civil rights matters
in Alabama.
Our investigations oi bombing cases are based on _
the Jurisdiction given us under the provisions of the Civil Rights e
Act oi 1960. The Honorable A. Willis Robertson placed a letter _
I wrote him on this topic in the "Congressional Record" on
September 25, 1963. A copy is enclosed for your ready reference.
The FBI also aids local law enforcement by appre- -
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custody or confinement. We enter these cases under the Fugitive
Felon Act at the request oi local authorities who have legal process
for the arrest of the fugitive. There must he an indication that the
fugitive has ed the state where he is charged with the felony and
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Street Baptist Church on 9-15-63; the residence of Arthur Shores on,/
9-4-63 and at the intersection of 16th Avenue and Center Street 9292
South on 9-25-63.»
with regard to the explosion on 9-25-63, extensive investi-gation in the area has devgégped nodgeigons who coulgifurgish any
information concerning sus ous in v ua s or ques ona e
automobiles being seen in the area during the pertinent period.
[Laboratory representatives have arrived in Birmingham and are isistingin the investigation. Numerous pieces 0 shrapne , por ons 0 ekpossible container, pieces of the lamppost which was damaged and other
debris from the explosion has been gathered for examination-
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RE: UNSUBS; BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH
STREET BLETLST CHURCH
soon as he is located. Robert E. Chambliss was also interviewed
on 9~25-63 but he furnished no information of value. After being
interviewed by Agents, Chambliss was so upset that he ran his
personal truck into a utility pole and he sustained a minor
njury in addition to damaging his truck.
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theinformant as being involved in the
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SIDEWALK BLOWN AWAY. CRATER THREE FEET BY TWO FEET BY EIGHTEEN
INCHES DEEP. AT LEAST SEVEN HOUSES ACROSS STREET FROM POINT OF
IMPACT HAD PIECES OF SHRAPNEL EITHER INBEDDED IN THEIR FRONTS OR
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TO NO AVAIL. ONE SUSPECT, ROBERT EDWARD CHANBLISS, AFTER BEING
INTERVIEWED BY AGENTS HAS SO UPSET THAT HE RAN HIS PERSONAL TRUK
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By MIRIAM OTTENBEBG construct the crime in terms
==-rewrwrmr of the force and direction of
FBI laboratory experts are=the blast.
now working around the clock Although there have been
on it mass of fragments and approximately 46 bombings in
other debris collected at thelniabama -- 19 in Birmingham
Scene 01 last Sunday's church'alone since January 1959,the
bombins in Birmingham. A19--church bombing is only theBut scientific work has notlflfi-11 Bllh C888 Where FBI
yet reached the stage where|agents have been told to make
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yesterday by United States At- by Federal authorities:
torney Macon L. Weaver that The Justice Department has
iinvestlsalicn showed a "high taken the position that the
order explosive" planted under'p1-imary jurigdjgtjgn [qr megs-
the steps of the Sixteenth Street tigating the bombings re.
Baptist Church caused the fatal
blast.
Search Debris
The FBI laboratory sieuths
are seeking more than how the
explosives penetrated the
i church.
They are testing the debris
for any evidence that might
place a suspect on the scene or
aid in identifying him latr. This
could be a book of matches. a
cigarette from which saliva
could be recovered and typed
or a beer cah with nger
Prints on it.
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ithat way when it passed the
{bombing sections of the Civil
Rights Act oi 1960.
I Federal Violation
Under this act. it's a Fed-
Teral violation to carry ex-
ipiosives across State lines withiintent to use them to destroy
=property, for the purpose of
Tinterfering with its use for
ieducational, religious, chari-
itable, residential, business or
icivic purposes. Although the
act is broad; the -Jlgtice De-imported from all over meipartment has specifically told
'county to supplement the Biriminsham FBI office have fol-
ilowed a methodical pattern in
their crime scene search to pre-
serve the chain of evidence.
The scene of the combing
has been drawn off and
mapped. As the agents comb
through the debris, they pick
up with tweezers any fragment
which might be material,
scratch an identiiyinc merit or.
itheir find; noting on their
copies of the map the location
of the find and the time of its
discovery.
These notations are then
copied onto the master map
with the name of the agents
who recovered the fragments
in ease they are later called to
testify.
Placement of the fragments
on the map is also part ofthe
islow process oi trying to re-'the FBI that no FBI investi-
Igation should be launched{without special departmentalauthorization. '
I That directive applies even
where local authorities request
an FBI investigation.
l Where local officials request
help. the FBI informs the Jus-
_tice Department to get an im-
mediate decision. If there is
no local request. the FBI pre-
sents the faets of the bomb-
ing to the department but
;doesn't go ahead with the in-
'vestig_ation without department
.approval.
i In an aggravated case like
the church bombing. the FBI
iimmediately launched a full
;scale investigation and told
the department what it was
C doing. Of course. official ap-
iproval was promptly forthcom-
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Justice Deni: Onlers
Copley News Service
WASHINGTON - The Federal
Bureau of Investigation has been
"caught in the middle" in the
angry protests that have arisen
.tul.lowing t.he fatal Sept. 14 bomb-
ing of a Birmingham, Ala..
church.
Four Negro girls were killed in
the blast.
FBI agents began an investiga-
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mediately and Friday it was art-
-nounced that the agents and sher-
iii's men have determined that
th bomb was planted beneath thechhrch steps and was not thrown
from a passing car. as originally
reported. Their investigation is
continuing.
We have to solve this one,
said one FBI agent.
In the indignation over the ex-
plosion. however. a number of Ne-
gro and civil rights leaders have
accused the FBI of failing to act
in civil rights incidents. Since Jan.
1. I959, there have been 46 bomb-
ings in Alabama, 19 in Birming-
ham.
Under the Civil Rights Act oil
1960 t.he FBI cannot investigate
such incidents without direct or-
ders from the Department of Jus-
tice. regardless of requests tor
help frornloml authorities.
FBI records show that in eachWashington Bureau agents reported the facts to the;
Department oi Justice. In only;
ve cases was the FBI ordered
to investigate. The Birmingham
church blast was the latest and
there FBI men acted immediately
because of the fatalities invdvei
The other £our incidents under
FBI study -- all in Birmingham
- were the two May 11 bombings
of the home of the Rev. A. D. W.
King, brother of the Rev. Martin
Luther King: the May 11 blast at
the Gaston Motel and the Sept. 4
bombing of the home of A. D.
Shores.
"The FBI jurisdiction under
the 1950 Civil Rights Act! is very
limited and is not intended to sup-
plant local and state authority,"
said one source. "At all time it
operates directly under instruc-
tions from the Department of Jus-
tine."
No arrests have been reported
in the bombings in Binningliam,
but FBI agents have been success-
tul in a series of investigations
involving civil rights violence.
Arrests were made after inves-
tigaott of two Negro church
burnings in 1962 in Terrell Coun-
ty, Ga., and another at Leesburg.
Ga. Nine men were arrested after
FBI investigation of the buming
of a Greyhound bus near Anni-
carrying members of the Con-
gress for Racial Equality on a so-
called Freedom Ride."ston. Ala., in I961. The bus wasl
t2" I I
oi the 45 Alabama bombings.
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UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of the Gaston
Motel, Birmingham, Alabama, May ll, 1963 .
-BOMBING MATTERS -
Bufile 157-881
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An explosion occurred at the A. G. Gaston Motel,
1510 5th avenue, North, Birmingham, Alabama, at 11:58 p.m.,
May ll, 1963. Crime scene revealed that a charge cf high
explosive, such as dynamite, was detonated near the west
brick wall of the motel, leaving a large hole in the brick
wall and damaging house trailers on an adjoining lot. Oneeye witness claims to have seen two white males in a 196Q
hard top white over blue Buick and stated passenger behind
driver hurled package from such car toward the motel.
Another witness describes a 1961 white over blue Buick with
three white males passing motel, going west, shortly before
bombing. Extensive investigation to date has not developedpositive information re perpetrators, This motel is locatedwithin a block and a half of the lbth Street Baptist Church,
and is owned by a wealthy and promihnt Negro businessman.
UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of the Residence
of Reverend H, D. W. KING, Birmingham,
slabama, May 11, 1963
BOMING MATTERS I '
Bufile 157- 881
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, Two explosions occurred at the residence of Reverend
A; D, W. KING, 721 12th Street, nnsley Section, Birmingham,Alabama, at approximately 11 p.m., May 11, 1963. The first
explosion was detonated at a spot approximately three feet
from the sidewalk and about twenty-five feet from the front
of the KING residence, The second.Pxplosion, which occurredoe to three minutes afterward, was detonated near the front
of the house. FBI Laboratory examination concluded dynamite
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UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of Residence ,,"a '
of ARTHUR SHORES, 1021 Center Street,-NNorth, Birmingham, Alabama, Night_ofAugust 20, 19 3 S ' ~
BOMBING MATTERS -
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about 9:26 p.m., August 20, 1963, the residence of
ARTHUR SHORES, a prominent Negro attorney who has handled =
civil rights matters in Birmingham area in the past, 1021f
Center Street, North, Birmingham, Alabama, located in an »
area now popularly known as "Dynamite Hill, was damaged by
an explosion believed to have been caused by dynamite." SHORES
was home alone at the time and was not injured. No threats
were received prior to explosion, which occurred at the,
southwest corner of the house, where the garage, which is-part
of the house, is located. A crowd of about 1,000 Negroes =
gathered and hurled stones at Birmingham Police Department
officers attempting to control them and preserve the crime
scene. Several police officers received injuries rrom..
stones and several Police Department tires were slashed. _
Order was restored about l a.m., August 21, 1963, after-
numerous shots had been fired over the heads of-the crowd.
Reward of over $10,000 available. No suspects developed to
date. A _ .
UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of Residence off
aRTHUR SHORES, 1021 Center Street,-North,~f
Birmingham, Alabama, September Q, 1963 '
BOMBING MATTERS - ' ,
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of the house. FBI Laboratory examination concluded dynamite
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sticks in intensity. Mrs. SHORES was slightly injured as she
was asleep in the bedroom located nearest to the point of the
explosion. A large crowd again gathered. Rocks were thrown
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?olice returned fire and the crowd was eventually dispersed.
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came running from his house shooting a gun at them. Crime
scene search conducted by Police Department and carbonaceous
smears noted on dirt from perimeter of explosion, althoughano
conclusions as to the type of explosive used definitely made.
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UNKNOWN SUBJEBTS; Bombing of 16th Street
Baptist Ghurch, Birmingham, Alabama,
September 15, 1963
BOMBING MATTERS
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- At 10:19 a.m., on September 15, 1963, there was an
explosion, generally believed to have been caused by ten or
more sticks of dynamite, at the 16th Street Baptist Church,
Birmingham, Alabama Negro!, taking the lives of four
children, who were among approximately 100-125 people in
attendance at Sunday School. Twenty or more persons were
in ured. The church is located at the corner of 6th AvenueJ .
and 16th Street, North, near the downtown section of the city.
The point of impact was outside the church, a brick building,
on the 16th Street side under some concrete steps and against
the wall. Damage to the church building was estimated to be
$30,000-$40,000 and undetermined amount of damage to surround
ing buildings.
This church had been a meeting place in the past
for racial demonstrators. This bombing, one of a series in .
the recent past in Birmingham, is possibly attributable to
racial extremists. _
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evidence indicating that the explosion was detonated by any
specific type of detonator. it is unknown at this point
whether a fuse or a timing mechanism was used.
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UNKNOWN SUBJEUTS; Explosion at 1601
Center Street, South, Birmingham,
Alabama, September 25, 1963
BOMBING MATTERS
Birmingham file-l57e%0Tjj__
About 1:30 a.m., September 25, 1963, persons in the
vicinity of 1601 Center Street, South, a well maintained Negro
neighborhood of medium priced homes, reported an explosion to
the Police Department. At 1:45 a.m., a second explosion of
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occurred at the corner adjacent to the captioned address.
This second explosion shattered a telephone pole, blew a a
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which caused extensive shrapnel damage to surrounding property
but no injuries. Laboratory reports dynamite residues on
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neighbors and police to be injured by the second blast.
Intensive investigation of all of the above bombings
by Police Department, Sheriff's Office and FBI has failed to
develop positive information identifying the perpetrators.
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ROBERT CHANBLISS WAS OBSERVED ON MT OLIVE ROAD IN PROXINITY
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ISAC Roy K. Moore telephonieally advised at 3:h3 P. M.
that the recontai of neighbors in the immediate area of the
16th Street Baptist Church did not develope any new
information. SAC Moore further advised that the investigation
of the alleged two white men seen running from the area of the
church approximately one minute following the bhst is continuing
and has not as yet been resolved.
is contemplated
will beSAC Moore stated that a meeting of the Klan
for the evening of 9-29-63 at Chajaba River, which
covered by surveillance.
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Mr. Rosen was contacted at 11:00 P. H. 9-28-63 and
gave the authority for the examination.
Moore added that they have found four Negroes who
saw two white men run away from behind the church approximately
one minute prior to the bomb explosion. One of the Negroes
picked a picture of one white man as possibly being identical
with one of the two white men who ran away from the church.
Full details on this phase of the case will be furnished byteletype to the Bureau. j
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At 10250 p. m. following an inquiry from the press service,
Assistant Director DeLoach inquired as to the possibility of abreak in the captioned investigation. Mr. DeLoach indicated that / Governor Wallace of Alabama had indicated that state investigators K
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inquiries would be made to determine if such information existed.
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for the release. Dalness was also instructed to advise the Bureau as
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heard of this alleged break attributed to the Governor of Alabama
and that inquiries through sources of the Birmingham Office have
not produced any information indicating subjects had been developed
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At 11:56 p. m. SAC Earl Dalness advised that the sources
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both of whom are investigators in the Investigative and Identication '
Division of this department and both members of the National Academy
were presently working this case in Birmingham and attempts to reach
them by phone at their known places of lodging had been unsuccessful.
Dalness indicated that a source of information in the radio and
television industry had indicated that the Governor is actually -
weathered in at Jacksonville, Florida, and although he may arrive
in Montgomery within the hour, it is not felt that he personally made
the press release but same came from his office. Dalness was
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1N THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
Sn;-'r.1mBnn 17,1963 - _ "
Mr. HART for himself Mr. Iiuonrm, Mr. I-Iosrrnnnr, Mr. J AVITS, Mr. Case,
and Mr. 'W1L:..mns of New Jersey! submitted the following resolution;
which was ordered to lie on the table and to be printed
93;, +4 I sire E/sf segefrB! R m i A
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Whereas on Sunday, September .15, 1963, the conscience of this
Nation was shocked by the killing and ma-iming of Negro
children while attending religious service in a church; and
Whereas Sunday, September 22, 1963, is the one hundred and
rst anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Procla-
mation by the President of the United States: Now, thei'e
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1 Resolved, That the Senate of the United States extends
2 its deep condolence to the families of these innocent children;
3 and be it f1n'ther
4 Resolved, That the President of the United States be
5 informed that it is the sense of the Senate that heiproclnimi r ',
6 Sunday, September 22, 1963, aday of 1%i6i§=Z1 ogsgijvgnc-e/é°25.'dL i
'7 in memory of these children and a day of rededicatioriilidfi RECOREE
_ 12 SEP 301963
8 this Nation to the principles of law, equality, and tolerance. _' ' I o *
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The iollowing developments have taken place concerning
our investigations of the bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, at
the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, the residence of ArthurShores, and the intersection of Sixteenth Avenue and Center
Street South, , _
Shortlz §gI9_1j§ w9;00 g,m.,__CSTJL9/29/63 intormationwa receive that the office 0; vg; g}; ot Alabamahad issued a ess eta emen in which it was ica e a
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RE: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS;
BDMBING OF SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
Prior to radio announcements Sheriff Bailey and Chief of
Police Jamie Moore were not advised of these arrests or plans for
the arrests by the Alabama Highway Patrol and both are considerably
upset concerning this matter.
Members of the Chambliss group have been considered prime
suspects by us in the Birmingham bombings and we have been conducting
intensive investigation to deve evidence which could
them in to
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BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
The intensive investigation of the Chambliss group and other
phases of the investigation of the Birmingham bombings are continuing
to be pressed We are c1ose1y following the action taken by the|A1abama Highwey Patrol.
ACTION:
You will be kept advised of pertinent developments.
A letter to the Attorney General is being prepared edvising92
him of the arrests of Chambliss and Cagle by the Alabama Highway
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CHURCH PROJECT;
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