he said, if we don't have a peaceful march in memphis, we cannot go to washington. >> that very next day, friday, march 29th, james earl ray drove from atlanta back to birmingham. he found this ad in the local newspaper. ray's own words, again. >> we got the address of the eromarine supply out of the want ads section. i called there and they had a large supply of rifles. >> the store owner did not want to be interviewed, but pointed out where ray stood at the counter that day. >> i asked the salesman for a deer rifle, he showed me one, which i bought. >> but after ray left, he insisted the mystery man, raoul, told him to get a different rifle. >> i then called eromarine and told them it was the wrong kind of rifle. i think i told them my brother-in-law told me that. >> ray wrote "brother-in-law" in this account. but the salesman told the fbi that ray said, his brother.