if he hadn t seen somebody, why didn t he just throw it in the car and take off? a good question, one i asked his brother jerry ray. that was later to lead to him. that s my opinion, that s his opinion. in london, after james earl ray was caught, scotland yard detective alec east was assigned to guard him. east told the house hearing this in 1978. i recall he said to me that he had seen a policeman or a police vehicle and panicked and had thrown the gun away, and that his fingerprints would obviously be found on this weapon. as soon as he heard this, ray denied it. i never discussed the case with any english policeman. so all the statements in there are inaccurate. but the panic story is plausible. there was a memphis policeman outside, near the doorway. patrolman gene douglas left to man the radio in his squad car. we have information that king has been shot at the lorraine.
his brother, jerry ray. he don t deny that he didn t rent the room. he don t deny he didn t buy the gun. the only thing he denies is that he was in that room. the only thing he denies is that he shot dr. king. that s the only thing he didn t do. jerry ray says before the shot was fired, his brother drove the mustang away to try to get a spare tire fixed. no witnesses have said yes, he came in to get the spare tire fixed. yes, i saw that man. we were too busy, we couldn t take him, but he was here. nobody. there s not one witness who has talked about a man coming in to get a spare tire fixed. i don t know for sure. i don t know if nobody admitted that he was in there or not. when you talk about the bundle, your brother s fingerprints are on it, there are binoculars in there, his underwear. beer cans. i think a couple beer cans. the green blanket that he
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.
actual details of the interrogation were. we were not there, but once they give us information, then the police commissioner, right away, acts on that information, takes whatever steps he thinks is appropriate. for example, the first time we heard of the bomb blasts, right away we deployed, ray deployed, all of our police resources and strengthened everything, heightened security, and that s what we re supposed to do. yes, sir? mr. mayor, josh, wabc. i m wondering if you have any specific knowledge about specific location within times square they were looking at and also if you could discuss the technology that you have in that area and how it might have potentially affected the outcome. we have no specific information about a targeting location, if you will, but we have, as the mayor said, a lot of technology in place. a lot of cameras. we have a lot of police officers there around the clock, and assuming they left at some time, 10:00, and able to get here 2:00
we spend every dime we think we can spend to get a real value, and we work with we train our people continuously, and we monitor what goes on around the world for best practices and what the terrorists might be doing, but as ray said, there are no guarantees. all we can do is do everything that we can, and that s exactly what we re doing. public has a right to expect to keep them safe to the extent humanly possible and that s exactly what we re doing. sir? dean, new york one. obviously, the fbi is questioning suspect number two still in the hospital. initially, people hear him saying he wanted to come to new york to party, now to bomb. is there a reason for you to believe the second story and not the first, a real reason, maybe that he was really coming here to bomb, or is he making up stories altogether? we have an obligation, we believe, to put that information out. the information we received was he was a lot more lucid and gave