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Memorandum to Mr. Belmont
The Attorney General was further informed that if we sent our Negro
Agents to the South, the situation would be even worse.
I had the Attorney General's complete attention, and there
is no question he heard what I said. Nevertheless, he only remarked
"Yeah" and immediately followed by saying, "I think Senator McClellan
is interrupting Valachi too much in his testimony. "
I returned to the situation in Birmingham by reiterating
the fact that as the Attorney General was aware, we had been conducting
the most exhaustive and intensive investigation possible; that we had been
keeping the pressure on and had handled many interviews with the
Chambliss group, using the polygraph where consent was secured.
Chambliss himself was reinterviewed on Saturday and others of his
associates on Sunday. Obviously these interviews have become known,
as the subjects themselves must have told others they had been contacted
by the FBL
The Attorney General said he 3.ppI8Ci3:1i6d this and asked that
we continue to keep him informed.
I left him with the remark that I personally hoped this action
by the State Police, which appeared to be premature, would not ruin
completely the possibilities of getting substantial information through
hard intensive investigation. He said he hoped so, too.
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I believe that we should press the matter in ving the theft ofdynamite in Montgomery, Alabama, yesterday, whe ein two or three trucks
at the Holiday Inn at Montgomery, belonging to the _oi1 compaliy, Tulsa, eff-
reportedly had six to nine cases of dynamite stolen and an unknown quantity of
mercury fuses. This is a sizeable" item and could be most pertinent to our
inquiries and is all the more reason why the Mobile office sh ould be on their
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reportedly involved in this theft which was recovered in Birmingham. This
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sonsme or sxxrsnmu s'rnsE'r-___ ....... -- »-'""'ssrrsunna 15, 1963BOMBING rm-rsns -BAPTIST CHURCH, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
,i On 10-1-ea the Aiaggma, Highway Patrol was served with
Merits of habeas ccrons b" a..*rneys represesting_5QberthE.qhamhliss and Charles Arniqfzgle, the two men arrested by
the hlabamg Highway Patrol on 9-29-63 in connection with the
Birmingham bombings. The serving of the writs necessitatedcharges being iiégd against Chambliss and Cagle. Also charged
was John Wesle wall, another member of the Chambliss group
who was taken into custody 10-1-63 by the Albama HighwayPatrol. As indicated in copies of the complaint and warrant .q
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Recorders Court of Birmingham. The offense with which the
three men were charged is a misdemeanor. Bond for each of the
men was set at $300. Chambliss and Hall were released on bend but
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charge of possession of dynamite as alleged by the Alabama .
received to ind - Highway Patrol but no information has been icateb that t ere have b dm s on o the h een any a i si s t
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representatives and members of local Birmingham law enforcement
agencies repeatedly reported during the day that Colonel Lingo
seemed to have been in an untenable position in that it was
doubtful that he could substantiate any charges against
Chambliss, Cagle, Hall and he was forced to sign the complaints
charging possession of dynamite himself because he could get
no other officer to sign them. These representatives also
.ghway Patzg}/bu the night of S;§9-63 recognized Robert _ghelton, Do _Luna, and Hubert_E,_Reeves, Klan Representatives,
riding with Alabama Highway Patrol and being present when some
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INVESTIGATION CONTINUES TO LOCATE, THOROUGHLY INTERVIEW, AND
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DYNAMITE RECOVERED FIFTY POUND FOURTEEN OUNCES. AT TIME OF
RECOVERY DYNAMITE WAS WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND IN CARDBOARD
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Maryland, September 19, 1963, concerning writer's opinion that a man
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Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Memo requests that letter and
envelope be processed for latent prints.
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Kenneth L. fdams is a Klan leader at Anniston,
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The submitted evidence is being held in the
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fragments and one rusty fragment in specimen Q2 was fabricated
like the rim portion of a can or bucket. This piece was too
fragmentary to determine the size of the bucket or can. The
sheet metal fragments, with the exception of the sheet metal
of Q10, are all of the same approximate gauge as the metal of
the rusty rim of specimen Q2. It is possible that the rusty
rim fragment and the rusty sheet metal fragments represent a
bucket or can which held the explosive and shrapnel pieces.
. Specimen Q10 is a fragmentary rusty can. Originally
this can was approximately 4 3/8" high and approximately 3 1/2"
in diameter, based on the metal now present. E can of this size
could not have held the shrapnel submitted. It is pointed out
that this Q10 can dees not exhibit the high degree of
fragmentation as exhibited by the heavier gauge sheet metal
fragments and rim fragment referred to above.
No solid identifiable explosive residues were
recovered from the paper fragments of Q6. Many of these Q6
fragments are part of a container for "Barber's Lemon Ice Milk
The greenish paper affixed to the piece bf wire 1
designated as Q17 is packaging tape. Tape of this nature hast.
among its uses the sealing of plastic bags of fruits and '
vegetables at grocery stores as well as wrapping of mechanical
items. The origin of this'paper could not be determined.
The ends of the piece of coat hanger, Q17, have been
cut with a pinching tool such as diagonal cutting pliers or
electricians pliers. The marks are of value for identification
of the specific tool used. The shape of the coat hanger fragment
suggests that this may have been employed as a handle or hanger
for the bomb package.
A piece of small diameter pipe among the submitted
metal fragments possesses toolmarks of limited value for
identification purposes. These marks were produced by a pipe
wrench and possibly a chisel, both of undetermined size.
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Moore at At 7:52 p. m. , 10-3-63
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plans have been made to interview
SAC Moore requested authority to
examination. _' "
In connection with the investigation of the bombing of
captioned matter, extensive investigation is being conducted of
all potential subjects in order to bring this matter; to a logicalconclusion. /1SAC Moore stated that a waiver would be obtained L f,/'
prior to this polygraph examination. ' §
ACTION TAKEN:
In view of the importance of this matter together with
the urgency of his request, SAC Moore was advised to proceed
with the interview with the use of the polygraph. '
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This telephone was installed September 20, 19 , an the
monthly cost is $12.00; Installation charge was $6.50
and charge of $1.25 was made for a spring cord.
' For the Bureau's information, it became necessary
on Se tember 20, 1963, to install one unlisted, unpublishedtelephone.line at the Anniston Resident Agency to take over
an overload on the sole existing telephone, which was caused
by rushing six additional agents to the Resident Agency in
connection with the BAPBOMB special, based on pertinent
information received necessitating the immediate investigation
by agents.
In addition, because of crowded conditions which
were developing in the Headquarters City Office, space was
secured in an adjacent office from the Federal Mediation
Service, for which no charge is being made, to locate some
personnel to take care of leads on a temporary basis, and
with the authority of the Mediation Board officials a
telephone extension was placed from the Headquarters telephone
switchboard into this space, with a limiter thereon so that
no calls outside the office could be made from that particular
extension. .
With regard to the installation of the key for
bell cutoff switch, it is pointed out that during night
conferences regularly held daily in the Agents room,
occasioned by the BAPBOMB special, it was found that the
bell on the night attendant station rang during these
conferences, and this tended to disrupt the proceedings.
To alleviate this condition, a cutoff key has been ordered
for that night attendant station at a cost of 30¢ per
month and installation charge of $3.00, as stated above.
The Anniston RA additional telephone line,
the additional extension for the space on loan, and
the bell cutoff switch were obtained on an emergency basis
as it was felt they simply constituted a reasonable
amendment to the basic authority already granted by the
Bureau and there was no question as to their urgent need
at the moment, as well as continuing need as long as
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:7 The Laboratory is requested to empire Athe cuttings and the tool marks on the wire, and the épipe with other questioned material" previously" furnishedin this case and other recent bombings in the Birmingham .
Division. Ff" .-
1 are_-:found to be without value, they can be discarded at
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There is being forwarded under separate
cover by air mail special delivery one package containingthree pieces of w cut by a pair of pliers, voluntarilyfurnished b n 10/R/E3, as well as a piece ofiron pipe abou ich bears rks of
a pipe wrench located in garage.voluntarily furnished the s from whcuttings and marks were made. /I
In the event these pieces of evidence
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Examination requested: Letters .'nd
Airtels 10/5/63 and 10/ . 3
DEM ks llicroscopic - roolnnr _l*- Spectrogrnphic
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A listing of specimens Q1 throgh Q11 is contained
in the Laboratory report PC-77373, dated 10/1/63, in the
case captioned "Uneubs; Explosion at 1601 Center StreetSouth, Birmingham, Alabama, 9/25/ea; nu" your £i"1e 1511401,Butile 151-1042!., e ~
A pu-an report mo October 15' 1963, _, concerning
FC-77545 GE I5, was snhnitted to you ano a portion oi the
attached communication reports the completion oigghe
~ i examinations oi specimens I22 through I26 listed in that
re ortP - n92_Dl
113- °1"9/" 11; is pointed out that the tlking oi test cut!
or marks with n tool in the field imposes some limitations
on the results oi any subsequent Laboratory examination.
Since the mechanics'o£ I toolmnrk comparison involve the
nicrescopic conpnrison oi the test cut or mark with the
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Iactual evidence cut or aark, it is iapsrative that all'.p
variations oi the angle or cut or sark as well as the
entire working edge of the tool be represented in the -
test. This canubest be accomplished in the Laboratory
by the experienced exaainer._ It is therefore, aost
desirable that the actual suspect tool, except where it
is impossible to obtain, such as in the case of a hostile
suspect, be secured tor a Laboratory examination:
The old and rusty assortsent of nails recovered
at the scene or the explosion do not appear to have any
value tor comparative purposes with other specihens oi
old nails.
Specimens R2 through I26 are being returned to
your ottice under separate cover by registered sail.
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The I2 through I14 specimens were physically
compared with th previosly submitted Q1 through Q17
specisens. It was not possible to associate any o£_the
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K7 - K8 Two nails
K9 - K10 Two wire nails
K11 One piece of wire
K12 - K13 Two pieces of wire
K14 One metal hanger
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practice will continue.
An additional copy is furnished to the Breau ink
the event it is needed for dissemination. _
This re ort is bein submitted at this time as¥~' P - 8
requested by the Bureau on 10/3/63. It
on stencil which had been run off as of
not intend to reflect all investigation
to 10/3/53. Iincludes material
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conducted prior
Any reference herein to Klan, KKK, Ku Klux Klan,
Knights of the Km Klux Klan, or any similar designation '
shall be<nnstrued as referring to United Klans of America,
Inc., Knights of the Ku Klux-Klan, unless otherwise quali-
fied, with the exception of investigation at Anniston,
Alabama, which refers to Dixie Klans, Knights of the Ku
Klum Klan, Inc,5 .
All suspects are being interviewed regarding all
Birmingham bombings in conjunction with this case. Many
FD-302's apply to other recent bombings, a history of which
wis being set out as follows:
UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of the Gaston
Motel, Birmingham, Alabama, Mayll, 1963
BOMBING MAT;-"gas
Bufile 15T~BBl
Birmingham file 157-241»
-An explosion occurred at the A. G. Gaston Motel,
1510 - 5th Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama, at 11:58 PM,
May ll, 1963. Grime scene revealed that a charge of 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. One
eye witness claims to have seen two white males in a 1960
hardtop 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
.bombing. Extensive investigation to date has not developed
positive information regarding perpetrators, This motel is
located within a block and a half of the 16th Street Baptist
Church, and is owned by a wealthy and prominent Negro.businessman, B 1 i
/coves PAGEI three white males passing motel, going west, shortly before
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UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of_the Residence
of Reverend A..D. W._KING, Birmingham,
Alabama, May 11, 1963 .
BOMBING MATTERS _
Bufile 157-881.
Birmingham file 157-244 "____H
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Two explosions occurred at the residence of_ ,_
Reverend A, D, W. KING, 721 - 12th Street, Ensley Section,
Birmingham, Alabama, at approximately ll PM, May ll, 1963.
The first explosion was detonated at a spot approximatelyv
three feet from the sidewalk and about twenty-five feet
from the front of the KING residence. The second explosion,
which occurred one to three minutes afterward, was detonated
near the front of the house. FBI Laboratory examination
concluded dynamite was used as the explosive." Intensive
neighborhood investigation failed to develop eye witnesses
to dynamiting or any description_of automobile. KING is
brother of MARTIN LUTHER KING, well-known Negro integra-
tion leader. I B
UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of Residence
of ARTHUR SHORES, 1021 Center Street,North, Birmingham, Alabama, Night of
August 20, 19 3
BOMBING MATTERS _
Bufile 157-979
Birmingham_fi1e 157-331
About 9:26 PM, August 20, 1963, the residence of
ARTHUR SHORES, a prominent Negro attorney who has handled
civil rights matters in Birmingham area in the past, 1021
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 De-
partment officers attempting to control them and preserve
=the crime scene. Several police officers received injuries
from stones and several Police Department tires were slashed.
Order was restored about 1 AM, August 21, 1963, after nume-
rous shots had been fired over the heads of the crowd.
Reward of over $10,000 available. No suspects developed to
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UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of Residence of
ARTHUR SHDRES,.l021 Center Street North, -
Birmingham, Alabama, September R, 1963
BOMING MATTERS ~
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About 9:36 PM, September 4, 1963, the SHORES
residence was again damaged by an explosion believed to .
have been caused by dynamite. This explosion occurred
at the northwest corner of the house and was estimated
at about two 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 at police and gunfire was heard emanating
from this crowd. Police returned fire and the crowd was
eventually dispersed. One Negro was killed by Police De-
partment officers when he 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, although no conclusions as
to the type of explosive used definitely made. No defi-
nite suspects developed. g
_ UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Explosion at
1601 Center Street South, _
Birmingham, Alabama,
September 25, 1963
Bhld MATTERS
Birmingham file 157-407
About 1:30 AM, September 25, 1963, persons in the
vicinity of 1601 Center Street South, a well maintained
Negro neighborhood of medium priced homes, reported an ex-
plosion to the Police Department. At 1:45 AM, a second
explosion of greater intensity, possibly several sticks of
dynamite, occurred at the corner adjacent to the captioned
address. This second explosion shattered a telephone pole,
blew a small crater in the curbing and showered the neighbor-
hood with high oxidized nuts, bolts and other metal fragments
which caused extensive shrapnel damage to surrounding property
but no injuries. Laboratory reports dynamite residues on
fragments. First explosion believed to have occurred within
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ten feet of the second and was believed to be lure to cause ,
neighbors and police to be injured by the second blast.
Intensive investigation of all of the above bomb-
ings by PoliceDepartment, Sheriff's Office, and FBI has 92=-~
failed to develop positive information identifying the I
perpetrators. ' -
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mingham and Mobile offices as well as all surrounding offi-_
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offices were contacted imediately and although they fur-
nished no pertinent information they were alerted to report
any significant information they might receive in the
future, All continental offices were requested to check
informants and/or sources for information. "Due to the
volume of this report negative responses from other field
divisionsare not being set out.
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"" 16th Street Baptist Church negro! located northwest
corner 15th Street and 6th Avenue-North, Birmingham, was bombed
at about 10:22 AM 9/15/53. A teenage girls killed and 16 other
church members inJured. Investigation instituted immediately.
The following projects begun: Crime scene examination revealed
extensive damage to building centering around northeast corner.
High order explosive believed used. Crater measured 5% feet
wide,,2f feet deep, Window sill and rounda§io"in crater area
demolished. Concrete stairs directly,aboié'crater fragmented.
Extensive interior.damage to church including a large crack in
east wall. Numerous windows in church and neighborhood broken;
Estimated at least 10 sticks of dynamite, or the equivalent,
used to create this explosion. Damage to church estimated
between twenty to thirty thousand dollars. No material for
association with a bomb found in search. No residue located by
RBI Lab on submitted material from church and surrounding area.
Neighborhood investigation has developed several.persons in
proximity of explosion and in a position to observe any device
placed, but no individual can recall seeing anything in area
or anyone-placing anything in area prior to explosion. Church
members have advised that they cannot recall any suspicious
individuals in vicinity cf church pricr to explcsion. Ho threats
to bob made immediately prior to explosion. However, threats
have previously been made as church has been headquarters for
integration demonstrations in Birmingham. Survey or transportation
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had occurred near the northeast corner of the_l6th Street
Baptist Chuch, located on the northwest corner of 16th
Street and 6th Avenue North.
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scene of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church:
He advised that a preliminary investigation and
examination of the damaged area of the church appeared
to have caused by at least ten sticks-of #25 dynamite.
He stated that the damage to the church and the hole in
the ground imediataly adjacent to the church appeared
to have been caused by a "top blast" explosive. He
stated that in his opinion the dynamite was detonated by
a fuse type detonator. He added that this type detonator
would make it ear? eee? for ac individual to walk be the
lbth Street Baptist Church, drop any type package
containing the dynamite and depart the area.
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of damage as it appeared on the blocks remaining in the
basement of the church and advised that this path
indicated that the blast occurred outside of the church and
forced debris into the women's lounge of the church. He
estimated the damage tc the church tc he scnechcre in the
area or $20,000 to $30,000. He concluded that upon
arrival at the scene, all of the victims had been removed
from the church but stated that he understood one Negro
female and two Negro children were removed dead from the
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On the night of September 15, 1963, an examina-
tion was made of damage to the Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church, 1530 6th Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama, and
of the area surrounding the church, which church was bombed
at 10:22 a.a., the morning of September 15, 1963.
The characteristics of the damage, the distribution
of debris inside. and outside the church, and the type of
debris, indicated a high order type explosive, such as dyna-
mite, had been placed on the ground in front of a double
window of the church and under an outside concrete stairway
that partially covered the double window. The stairway leads
from the ground level to the second floor level and is located
at the northeast corner of the church. The double windows are
in a basement room of the church known as the ladies lounge-
and are cevered en the eutside by heavy gauge preteetive sire
screens, as are all the basement windows of this church.
The floor of the lounge was approximately four feet
below the window sill. To window sill was 8" above ground
_level. The church foundation was 30" thick at this point and
consisted of a 10 stone facing over a 20" thick brick and
masonry wall.
The explosion fragmented the outside concrete stairway.
Directly beneath the stairway and op site the window sill, in "the ground, was a crater measuring Sgofeet wide, 2 } feet deep,
and it ektended from the wall of the church to the inner edge
of the sidewalk, a distance aeasuring 3 2/3 feet. The explosion
fragmented the solid limestone window sill and tore out the
foundation of the church immediately beneath the window sill.
The window glass, window frames and heavy wire Gauge protective
screens were shattered and blown into the ladies lounge. Ex-
tensive damage was caused in the interior of the ladies lounge.
A large hole, approximately 7 x T, directly opposite the
window and 16 feet from it was blown out of a partition forming
one side of the lounge. This wall was constructed of two thick-
nesses of brick and covered with wet plaster. At the time of
the examination, the floor of the lounge was covered with 6"
of debris consisting of brick, stone, concrete, glass, mortar,
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Date __§§Ptember 181 »l9_63
On September 18, 1963, at Kemp's Garage, 830
19th Street Earth, Birainghas, Alabasa, Special Agent
examined a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air,tour door !!r!!op, with red body and white top, 1963 ,
Alabama license 1-36022, Serial No. VC56A064159 speedo- '
neter reading 34426!. This car had been parked on the
street aejaeeht te the peiht ei the eiplesioh that oc-
curred on September 15, 1963, at the Sixteenth Street
Baptist Church, 1530 6th Avenue North, Birmingham, Ala~
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The major damage was located on the two doors
on the right side oi the car. This damage was caused by
flying fragments of concrete that resemble the concrete
from the ;preiormed steps that were on the northeast 4
corner oi the church.
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blown out of the car and all the window glass was shattered.
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Dqfgy Segtember 18' 1963_
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On September 18, 1963, at Kemp's Garage, 830A9,, h, Birmingham, glabama, Special Agent' 92 _examined a 1956 Oldsmobile, whitefour-door hardtgg, bearing 1963 Alabama license l-1lé895,
serial number 5 A0198? . This car had been parked on
16th Street, North, adjacent to the 16th Street Baptist
Church on the morning of September 15, l963,at the time
or the explosion at the church. It was the car nearest
the point of explosion.
The major damage was located on the hood of
this car which was buckled and piereed by flying pieces
of concrete. Large pieces of concrete resembling that
of the preformed steps from the northeast corner of the
church were_found under the hood on top of the motor.
These were removed for Laboratory examination.
The windshield, rear window and all door glass
was broken. The debris in the car was examined but
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material for Baptist Church on September 15,
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badly scratched and the body on the right side had numerous dents
caused by flying debris from the explosion. The gasoline tank
had been punctured by debris, the rear window blown out and the
trunk lid buckled. None of the flying debris penetrated the car
either through the glass or through the body. This oar was
allegedly traveling south on 16th Street between 5th and 6th
Avenues and was opposite the church at the time of the explosion.
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1 . amined a 1955 blue Buick
Super , 1 mmer 1-58266, for the
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that exploded at the 16th Street Baptist Ghureh on Septem-
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This car had been parked along 16th Street, at
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6th Avenues and was the.third oar parked from the rear of
the church along 16th Street toward 5th Avenue.
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examined a 1955 blue Buick Super B, .
bearing #1-58266, for the presence or"
foreign materials that may be associated with the bomb used
- to damage the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham that
was bombed September 15, 1963. i , . _ J. _ _ _
The trunk of this car was buckled slightly, the
windshield and windows on the right side broken and several
dents appeared in the body on the right side. No debris
penetrated the car. o foreign material for association?
with the bomb in question was found. Y = a-
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alongside.the church on the morning of the bombing,
approximately midway between the front and back of the church,
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_v have Identication Number 58Nl45302. It isroted that there
P is an indentation in front oi the identification number and
. theletter may be "F." This car was completely burned with
the exception of the heavy metal. It is noted that the
_ carburetor was melted and various other soft parts of the "
automobile wjere melted. The tires oi the car had been burned,
zlas "" and the paint burned to the extent that Special .Agent ae unable to determine the original""*"1 color. ' "
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~;-firii two an four tenths miles from the Birmingham Water Works
Pumping Station, Cahaba Heights, on the Lake Purdy Road and
one tenth mile from the paved portion of this road.. It was
determined thet there bed been e tire in the wooded area
one tenth mile from the paved portion of the Lake Purdy
Highway. A search of this area did not reveal any material
which might be connected with the identity of the thlef of
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19th Str _ Bi abama, Special Agents
Q. evro e apala. por , erial number 5821
145302. -
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car of a combustible nature was reduced to tine ash. All
low melting point netai trim pieces were reduced to moiten
masses. The uniiorm manner in which the car burned suggests
an accelerant was used, specific type of accelerant used
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possible witnesses,and for leads. It use determined that nogall cells were made from these telephones on the pertinent
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model of the car. These records failed to reflect that any
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ROBERT EDHARD_CHAIBLISS pas contacted at his residence,
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official identity of interviewing agents. He was further ad-
vised that he did not hate to make a statement; but that any;
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CHAMLISS was asked as to his whereabouts on
_ September 15, 1963. He stated at this tile that he was
at a meeting in Midfield. He then immediately aoqcluded
the interview by stating that he had nothing further to
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Governor WALLACE and concursr wholeheartedly in his policies
and actions.
' CARTER stated that both he and Governor WALLACE
deplored the acts of violence committed in Birmingham and
elsewhere because it has been damaging to both Governor
WALLACE's prestige and the overall cause of the segrega-
tion movement. He stated Governor WALIACE has pledged
$5,000 of his personal funds toward the reward fund being
offered for the identification of the person or persons
responsible for the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist
Church at Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963.
CAREER stated that while he has refused to cooperate
with the FBI in past investigations, that under the present
circumstances he will cooperate fully in the FBI investigation
in an effort to solve the vicious and inhuman bombings. He
stated this also is the attitude of Governor WALLACE.
CARTER related that he is well acquainted with
pro-segregationists residing in the Oxford - Anniston area,
including KENNETH L. ADAMS and his associates. He stated'
he knows ADAMS as a bully, but feels certain he had nothing
to do with the Birmingham bombings, and that any action
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taken by ADAMS will be in the Anniston area, as will any
action taken by any person from the Anniston area. CARTER
pointed out that for example he has no knowledge of the -
actual location of the bombed church or the identity of
the persons or groups interested in it. i .
CARTER admitted that is is possible a white group
could have committed the church bombing, but stated it is
his personal opinion the crime was committed by a Negro
group for the purpose of promoting their own causes, such
as creating sympathy; raising additional funds; or forcing
the Federal Government to declare martial law in Birmingham
and elsewhere. ""
Concerning other possibilities, EASTER stated that
he considers the members of the National States Rights group
to be the most logical group likely to resort to acts of
violence. In this connection, CARTER stated he considered
those members from outside the state of Alabama to be the
most unpredictable and dangerous, and that at least some of
this group were communist-controlled. He stated he had no
P specific information or evidence to support his osition.
_EARTER stated he has no information concerning
the handling of explosives, where explosives can be obtained,
or the identity of any person possessing explosives. He
stated he was at home with his family on Saturday, Septem-
ber 14, and on Sunday, September 15, 1963. He stated he and
the members of his family visited his father's home located
on Route 78 near Oxford, Alabama, both on Saturday and Sunday.
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any similar group or movement. he did, however, admit
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On September 23, l963, , sow up
Detachment CI!, Fort McClellan, la ama, ma e available
the IBM list of automobiles belonging to both military and
civilian personnel which are registered on th taryn. A review of these records by S
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r ontiac is presently registered on that reservation.
advised these records include only the vehicles which
are allowed on the base- with the exception that all pri-
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pleasure are recorded by the military personnel at each ofthe gates. He stated ho?-92would also make these record
available.
On September 23,921963#|r-ado available all Krecords for the former vehicles reg s ered on the base1962 and a careful examination of these records by SA
failed to disclose any 1960 or 1961 black 2-door Pontiac
as havi bng een registered on the base t ,g.g_y_individual whocould be id the in ividual§:Sgt.M asreported by '93,; "M
AOn September 23, 1963, also made available
the p st locator records and an exam n tion of these recordsby i1ed to reflect any individual with the name
of g ._ _ of Polish extraction, who could be identified
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a Staff Sergeant BILL Last Name Unknown! at the Hanging
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name. He advised that BILL was of Polish extraction or
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aOn one occasioiyvmet BILL at Phil1ip's
Bootleg Place on the Birming m Highway near Harts "On this occasion BILL wanted to do some gambling saw
called HAR?ISON GAY, another gambler, and a dice game was
set up. This dice game was actually set up to take BILL
for everything he was worth. The dice game took place at
JOHN 1'-.392XTF.R's Place on Route 3, Box 666, Anniston, Alabama,
during April, 1963. HA?-;F.1£,0N GAY and his wife were living
in the place where the dice game took place. It was the
place owned by JOHN FAXTER and was directly behind the
house BAXTEF is living in. At the time of the dice game
GAYs wife was not at home. BI t about $200 in thisdice game. After the dice gametand BILL bought some
whiskey and left in EILL's car, a 0 or 1961 Pontiac,
two-door, color all black. They went to Annistcn and
drove around.
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the pot-holes for him. BILL said he did not know tor
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pointed to a croker sac}: on the floor between the front and
back seat. It looked as though there was about fifty or
sixty pounds in the sack. The croker sack was made of. _
burlap. When they arrived at VINSOH's house BILL went into
the house and stayed there with VINSON for about ten or
fifteen minutes. Both BILL and VINSON came out and all
three went hack to Anniston. On the way back to Annieton
they stopped at Adams Oil Company owned by KENNETH ADAMS.
VINSON got out e car and went into the station to see _KENNETH ADAMS. gdvised that he could see VINSON and
ADAMS talking an ld see ADAMS hand a large amount of
money to VINSON. VINSON then came back to the car and he
handed the money to Sergeant BILL. It appeared to be
around two or three hundred dollars. The guns and explosives
were not taken out of the car.
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back into Anniston ted he was let cut at the *
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thing out of the deal doing it only as a fr ndof VINSON. Sergeant BILL and VINSON drove oft and said he never saw Sergeant BILLagain.
Q advised he is familiar with Composition c-»3
as he has ____ it .m:y times both in and out of" 'servi=:-e.
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places BILL gambled were RUSSELL B. HUBLEY,
preeently eerving time at Draper Correctional Center,
Elmore, Alabama, HARRISON GAY, 127 West Fifteenth Street,
James Phillip's place, Old Birmingham Highway, near Harts
Bakery, Nel's Truck Stop, Hubert McCu11er's place, Front
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23, 1963, or if there was any part of his previous statement
he wished to change. He furnished substantially the same
information as he had previsouly furnished. He continued
to maintain that he did not know the last name of Staff
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would be useful to him, The warden said that he
would get a msn.out to institution to talk to me.
The FBI agent arrived at the institution and I told
him the following story which I knew at the time
was not true: I arranged for a soldier who I knew
as Sgt Bill from Ft. Mclelland, Ala., to get
about fifty or sixty pounds of an explosive I know
as C-3 in about April or May of 1963. When I asked
this soldier to obtain this explosive, he did not
know whether he could get this C-3 or not. Shortly
after I asked this soldier for the C-3, a few days _ _
later the soldier came to the 20th Century Pool Room
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explosive in the car. I accompanied Sgt Bill to
the home of Willis Vinson in the west end section
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Hillis Vincent and talked with Vincent. tinsen
and the soldier came out of the house and the three
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Vinson went into the gas station and the soldier
and I stayed in the car. I could see Kenneth Adams
in the station handing money to Vinson. Vinson
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car and handed the soldier the money. The soldier
and Vinson then dropped me off at 13th and noble§§¬: St. Anniston, Alabama. I have not seen Vinson or
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those individuals who did the bombing. I used the
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that they are avid segregationists and I know that
Adams formerly belonged to the Ku Klux Klan and that
Vinson was a member of the White Citizens Council. '
The name of Sgt Bill was a name dreamed up by me
and never existed to my knowledge. I used the name
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gamble with Gay and I know that Gay is a local
gambler. I know that the information I furnished
to the FBI agents at Anniston, Ala on September 23,
25, 1963 pertaining to the above incident was false
and I am aware that in furnishing false information
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FUNERAL SERVICES
A1 On September 17 and 18, 1963, the funeral servicesF! of the bombing victims, held at St. John's AME Church, 7th
1 Avenue and l?th Street, and éth Avenue Baptist Church,res ectively, were iiiied bi Special Agents .- l|liillll|and =
- Activities consisted of church services and
procession to the cemetery which received heavy coverage from
all types of news media.
Many white families, including city officials,
attended church services. The churches were filled to
capacity and hundreds of Negro people lined the streets
outside. Both services were held in a very orderly fashion
and uniformed city police handled the traffic detail.
; several plain clothes city, county and state
. - I-Approximately 10 cars, mostly unmarked, bearing g
four uniformed state Troopers to a car, were cruising the
area of the churches. btate Troopers were not wearing their
hard hats and no weapons other than side arms were noted,
except on September 18, 1963, Troopers on outlaying streets
carried rifles and shotguns.
No suspicious cars were observed and cars bearing
white occupants were determined to be mostly persons
attending the funerals, newsmen, or the normal flow of
afternoon traffic.
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