case. first, ballistics experts could not match this bullet, which killed dr. king, with the rifle ray bought. the bullet was badly mangled upon impact and the markings made by the rifle barrel when the gun was fired fell short of scientific certainty. second, two men living in the boardinghouse could not identify the man they saw running from the bathroom after the sound of the shot. he held a hand to his face. the government's case places the shooter in the bathroom. but police had one witness at the time who did see someone else. solomon jones, king's driver that day, says he saw a man with a white hood over his head in the bushes across the street from the lorraine hotel. the next day something strange happened at the crime scene. the bushes you see here were cut back. >> i questioned the guy who was the head of the public works department, who ordered you to cut down the bush? he said, i was ordered immediately to get a team down