The Plot to Kill King
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Harrington, Charles “Izzy,” 270
Hathaway, Robert, 145
Hays, Renfro, 24
Hellbound on His Trail (Sides), 308
Helms, Richard, 58, 60, 127
Hendrix, Ray, 215
FBI 302 statement, 184
Jim’s Grill exit, 270
testimony, 175
witness, 256
Herman, Ken, 86, 90, 103, 153
Herron, Matt, 33
Hersh, Seymour, 283
He Slew the Dreamer (Huie), 31
Hill-Akines, Juilet, 163–164
Kyles cross-examination, 191–192
Hill, John D., 130, 137, 181
assassination team member, 182
Terrell interaction, 131
Hodges, J.B. (testimony), 176
Holloman, Frank, 70, 171, 192, 242, 245
FBI special agent, 5
instructions, 249
murder plan, 3
Holloman, Loeb, 227
Holt, Frank
crime, involvement (absence), 93
location efforts, 90
impediment, 91
protection, acceptance, 92
Hoover, J. Edgar, 8, 12, 57
assassination, order (Ellsberg-Lowery proof), 69
Hunt, connection/meeting, 105–106
personal direction, 61
Personal Prayer List, x, 245, 276, 284
Sides focus, 309
Tolson
connection, 238
homosexual relationship, 309
Hospital, military presence, 262
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) investigations, 28–29, 40
approach, change, 34–35
conspiracy information, 61–62
disinformation, 287
facts, discovery, 63
final assassination reports (Kennedy/King, Jr.), 80
Kershaw testimony, 184–185
Medical Panel, results, 264–265
Patterson, illicit usage, 37
predetermined conclusions, 79–80
Huckaby, Hasel, 219
Huie, William Bradford, 31, 33, 73, 111
disinformation, 291–292
Kershaw meeting, 184–185
Human, Kenneth, 23
Humphrey, Hubert, 17
pressure, 193
Hunt, H.L., 105, 203
post-assassination travel, 107
Hurley, Charles
Mustang identification, 295
testimony, 175
I
Illinois Central Railroad Building, 128
Immunity, problems, 86–90
Ingram, William
election loss (1968), 3
shooting evidence, 68
Institute of Organized Crime, 35
Invaders
black involvement, 5
convictions/sentencing, 81–82
King meeting, 11–12
Lorraine Motel departure, 166–167, 191, 216, 270
Investigative Records Repository (IRR), 125–126
Isabel, J.J. (testimony), 173, 188
J
Jackson, Jesse, 167, 216, 217
Adkins money, 241
instructions, 292–293
Memphis arrival, 8–9
task, 279
Jefferson City Penitentiary, 154
Jensen, Robert G., 26
SAC evidence, 71
Jim’s Grill, 14, 32, 50
Holt, presence, 93
Jowers opening, 101
planning sessions, 173
Ray arrival, 281–282
stranger, appearance, 70, 71
Johnson, Lyndon, 106
civil rights leaders, meeting, 16
King/Spock political ticket, impact, xiii
pressure, 193
reelection announcement, 8
Johnson, O.B., 82
Jones, Philip (Pepper/King meeting), 143–144
Jones, Solomon, 14, 33, 65, 216–218
allegations, 83–84
interview, failure, 291
shooting description, 66
testimony, 175–176
Jones, T.O. (Stiles phone call), 4
Jowers, Loyd, 14, 67, 70, 246
civil action, 154
civil suit, 100, 114
deposition, 100–101
detail, supply, 155
escape, 260
eyewitness account, 306
focus, 86
immunity
attempt, 154
King allowance, 149
Witness Green, 88
interview, 71
King/Pepper meeting, 149–150
Liberto approach, 103
lie detector test, failure, 154
MPD officer involvement allegations, 150–151
public admissions, impact, 92
rifle
carrying/transport, 84, 152, 176, 217
holding agreement, 104–105
Spates conversation, 96–97
Strausser acquaintance, 233
testimony/untruths, 102
inconsistencies, 149–151
Judicial proceedings, 145
Jury instructions (Swearingen trial), 196
K
Kelly, J.K., 80
Kennedy, Florynce, 77, 288
Kennedy, John F., 116, 245
Kennedy, John F. (assassination), 28–29, 72
House Select Committee final report (1979), 80
Kennedy, Robert, 116, 245, 313
assassination, 72
election challenge, 8
hotel gathering, 17
Kershaw, Jack, 73, 111
HSCA testimony, 184–185
Huie meeting, 184–185
Killing the Dream (Posner), 299
King, Alfred Daniel (Memphis arrival), 12
King Center, 208
King, Coretta Scott, 146
funeral home, 16
witness testimony, 165
King, Dexter, 142
Fauntroy meeting, 144
Jowers/Pepper meeting, 149–150
media attack, 143
Pepper/Jones meeting, 143–144
testimony, 169–170, 179, 189, 201
King family
damages, award request, 189
media attacks, 144–145
press conference, 207
King Family v. Jowers, 285
King, George, 24
King, Glyn, 214
clique, 95
King III, Martin, 224
King, Jr., Martin Luther
army surveillance, 123–124
Weeden testimony, 180
assassination, Raul (role), 204
autopsy report, 263–264
balcony appearance, Kyles responsibility, 280
breathing tube, removal, 262
bullet trajectory, Memphis City Engineers analysis, 81
case, breakthroughs, 94
communist control, Hoover assertion, vii
communist thinking, Peking line (impact), 57–58
crime scene, alteration, 68–69
death
doctor permission, 261
pronouncement, 15
Ellsberg-Lowery proof, 69
emergency room medical instruments, usage, 261
facts, summarization, 213–219
FBI harassment/surveillance, 29, 33
FBI wiretaps, 17, 80–81
Fire Department ambulance, arrival, 260
hospital, military presence, 262
House Select Committee final report (1979), 80
leader, FBI neutralization, 80
Liberto family, involvement (implications), 84
life, last hour (events summarization), 269–274
local conspiracy, 167
Lorraine Motel arrival, 9–10
mail, OS interception, 58
Masonic Temple speech, 9
media hostility, Schapp examination, 186
memorial march, vii
memorial service (Washington National C
athedral), 16
Memphis
civil rights activity, involvement (reluctance), 5
march, arrival, 7
Miami leadership conference (1968), 4
murder
explanation, Abernathy dissatisfaction, 28
investigation, dissent, 33–37
state’s case, 31–33
murderer, Birmingham indictment, 20
official story, investigation, 70–71
pillow, usage, 262
shot/ambulance ride, 13–14
shot trajectory, evidence (disputation), 64–65
Spock, political ticket, xiii
tracheotomy, 262–263
U.S. Army assassination implication, 124
Vietnam War opposition, viii, 166, 283
wound, fatal impact, 266–267
King Papers Project, 180
King, Yolanda, 142, 192
Kirk, Tim, 111, 185
Kizer, Bobby, 112
Kohlman, Raymond (testimony), 183
Kowalski, Barry, 158, 211
Ku Klux Klan, Freemasons (interaction), 239
Kyles, Samuel “Billy,” 138, 171, 216
Adkins money, 241
false account, Waldron acceptance, 297
Hill-Akines cross-examination, 191–192
instructions, 251–252
interrogation, failure, 291
King interaction (Richmond observation), 270
lies, Abernathy assertion, 299
march initiation, desire, 7
motel arrival, 12
testimony, 190–191
L
Lane, Mark, 34, 38, 184, 307
affidavit, 61
Patterson attack, 36
Lannom, Jim, 246
Latimer, James M., 71
Laue, James (Memphis arrival), 9
Lau, Tomas Reyes, 18
Lawrence, William, 72
Lawson, James, 9, 40, 62
reports (1968), 3
SCLC founder, 4
Lawsuit damages, 189
Le Bunny Lounge, 44
Lee, Bernard, 14
presence (hospital room), 265
restraining order, 9
Legacy of Secrecy (Waldron/Hartmann), 296
Lesar, James (testimony), 179
Lewis, Dwight, 92
Lewis, John, 144
Liberto family, murder (implications), 84
Liberto, Frank C., 82, 240, 246
assassination
involvement, testimonies, 169–170
operation, 153
assassin, hiring, 89
debt, Jowers acknowledgement, 103–104
denials, 289
eyewitness account, 303
Jowers knowledge/interaction, 150, 187
denial, 101
Marcello meeting, 257
McFerren meeting, description, 168–169
money, delivery, 104
murder conversation, 95
organized crime, relationship, 290
role (confirmation), Whitlock/Addison testimony (usage), 169–170
Scott Street market presence, 214
telephone conversation, McFerrin account, 293
Whitlock interaction, 108–109
Linville, Barry Neal, 266
LL&L (Liberto business), 93, 108
Loeb, Henry, 240, 243, 246
city expenses, 4
election win (1968), 3
Lois DeBerry Special Needs Center, 140
Lorraine Motel, 9, 32, 66
Invaders departure, 166–167, 191, 216, 270
Psy Ops photography, 269
regrouping, 15–16
TACT 10 removal, 84
Louw, Joseph, 9
photograph, 13
Lowery, Joseph, 63
Lowmeyer, Harvey (alias), 16, 18, 45, 215
Lux, Henry, 70
Lyon, Tammy, 278
M
MacDill Air Force Base, 126
MacDonald, J.C., 232
Maize Prison, hunger strikes, 230
Making of an Assassin, The (McMillan), 30, 35, 294
Malcolm X, 282
Mallory Depot, 238, 239
Manning, D.V., 210
Manual, Phillip, 269
Valentine interview, 180
Marcello, Carlos, 106, 112, 116, 240
assassination operation, 153
cooperation, 193–194
Dixie Mafia, relationship, 298
Liberto meeting, 257
Special Forces, relationship, 124
Marcello/Liberto connection, 84
Marek, Dick, 308
Marro, Anthony J., 36
Martin, Marie, 44
Masonic Temple
King speech, 9
meetings, 243
Matthews, Thaddeus, 261
McCarthy, Joseph, 245
McClellan Committee, 180
McCloy, John, 203
McCollough, Marrell, 132, 151, 216, 217
reporting responsibility, 133
testimony, 81–82
McCraw, James, 31, 86
rifle disposal, Jowers instructions, 178
testimony (Witness Black), 89, 297–298
McCullough, Marrell, 12, 34, 68
King balcony, approach, 254
Strausser acquaintance, 232
McFerren, John, 82
disinformation, 289
eyewitness account, 303–304
fear, 84–85
Liberto meeting, 168–169
meeting, 95
shooting report, 153
testimony, 167–168
McGhee, George, 144
McKay, Louis, 110
McMillan, George F., 30
Camp refutation, 35
disinformation, 294–296
money, extraction, 295
McMillan, Priscilla Johnson, 295
McNeil, Jack, 140
M.E. Carter Produce Company, 87, 93
Media
government use/abuse, 185–186
spin/impact, 208
Melanson, Phillip (testimony), 171
Memphis
army intelligence operatives, presence, 123–124
assassination operation, 153
curfew, cessation (Loeb announcement), 9
hate literature, circulation, 6
march, SCLC support (King request), 8
mayor, job, 247
protests (1968), 4
arrests, 8
strike
city injunction, 4–5
control, 5
work stoppage, King advocacy, 5
Memphis Police Department (MPD), 13, 150
detectives, withdrawal, 30–31
intelligence files, burning, 34
mobilization (March 28, 1968), 6–7
murder, coordination, 3
surveillance notes, usage, xiii
Memphis Public Works Department, 4
Military
intelligence, presence, 219, 260–261
presence (hospital), 262
role, 306–308
Military Intelligence Groups (MIGs), 126, 132, 269
McCollough, reporting responsibility, 133
presence, 136
surveillance activities, 180
Miller, Pam, 278
Milner, James (testimony), 173, 187–188
Milteer, Joseph, 298
Missouri State Prison, 240
Mooney, Booth, 106
Morgue, Abernathy description, 266
Mourners, outpouring, 17
MPD. See Memphis Police Department
Murchison, Clint, 203
Murder weapon, 177–179
Brown testimony, 177–178
Mustangs
documents, appearance, 156–157, 204, 282
eyewitness accounts, 305–306
identification, 295
location, 256
parking location, 255–256
My Lai Massacre, 283
N
Nati
onal Civil Rights Museum, 9
National Conference for New Politics (NCNP), viii, xii, 58, 60, 283
National Guard, Loeb request. See Tennessee National Guard
National Security Act (1947), 59
National Security Agency (NSA), Ray location effort, 136
Neptune Bar, 41, 201, 204
Neptune Tavern, 115
Neurological impact, power, 186–187
New Moon night club, 112
New Rebel Motel, 49–50, 276
Newsom, Floyd, 170
Nix, Norris, 112
Nixon, Richard, 203
Nix, Red, 112
Norton. See Psychological Operations
O
O’Brien, Soledad (eyewitness account), 309–313
Office of Security (OS) (CIA), 57
O’Leary, Jeremiah, 22
Oliver, Beverly, 203
Pepper meeting, 157
O’Neill, Tip, 34–35
Operation CHOA, 57–58
Operation Detachment Alpha 184 team, 127, 137, 307
assassination ability, 181
briefing, 281
target location determination, 269
Orange, James, 83–84
interview
absence, 81
failure, 291
Memphis arrival, 8–9
shooting evidence, 68
Orders to Kill (Pepper), 134, 142, 285
Osborn, Howard, 58
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 157
Oswald, Marina, 295
Owns, Tony, 145
P
Palmer House, xii
Parker, Harold, 217
Patterson, Oliver
discrediting role, 36
HSCA illicit use, 37
Payne, Larry (police murder), 7–8
Peabody Hotel, 82, 168, 231
Pearson, Drew, 24
Pennington, Lee, 57
Pentagon Papers (Ellsberg), 61
Pepper, William F.
Akins meeting, 109
Angel meeting, 157–158
Brown meeting, 157–158
Buchanan meeting, 92–93
civil suit, 100–101, 114
Downie meeting, 134
FBI surveillance, 237
Jowers/King meeting, 149–150
King/Jones meeting, 143–144
Oliver meeting, 157–158
Pierotti denunciation, 90–91
Reynolds meeting, 133
Spates interview, 96–98
Tompkins meeting, 125
Wilson meeting, 156
Pereira, Raul (pseudonym), 114, 150
Peretz, Martin, xiii
Personal Prayer List, x, 245, 284
Phoenix Program, The (Valentine), 180
Pierotti, John
Buchanan search, 92–93
Chastain comments, allowance, 94
Garrison denunciation, 90–91
Garrison meeting, 87–88
immunity request, refusal (expectation), 87
Pepper assistance, offering, 96
statement, leak, 98
Plaintiffs the Family of Dr Martin King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, Dexter King, and Yolanda King v. Defendants Loyd Jowers and other unknown co-conspirators, 5
Political assassination, usage, x
Poor People’s Campaign. See Washington Poor People’s Campaign
Posner, Gerald, 154
disinformation, 299–302, 307–308