European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes april 10, or. King drum major for Justice continued from Page / outside the red Brick Church ands placed on a farm Wagon drawn by two the Church Humphrey arose and leaned Over to offer condolences to mrs. King who earlier had received words of Comfort from mrs. John f. Ken Nedy the widow of another assassinated Leader. On the streets outside crowds had gathered hours in Advance so dense that it was almost impossible for anyone to move. Occasionally there were shout Sand shoving and before the serv ice when people like mrs. Ken Nedy and new York s gov. Nel son a. Rockefeller arrived cheering. Even As the service continued state adjutant general George j. Hearn announced that National guardsmen from throughout Georgia were being airlifted to the Atlanta area. We intend to be ready for trouble he said but adding that none was expected. Inside the Church the Moo was one of solemnity and peace with Only an occasional hint of the world s troubles out Side As one minister prayed that this country will not be rent asunder by the Black masses in King s name. Mrs. King surrounded by he four children listened with composure to the services which included the 23rd psalm and Pas sages from the new testament. Co pastor with father it was in Ebenezer the Church that the 39-year-old no Bel peace prize Winner was co pastor with his father that Kin was baptized and ordained a fact pointed out in the service by the Rev. Ralph Abernathy. New head of the Southern Chris Tian leadership conference. Long before the service was Over a funeral March had started toward Morehouse College it thousands of marchers weaving past the state Capitol where the Flag waved at half staff. Later the March included King Assassin in Mexico Memphis up or. Martin Luther King s Assassin May have fled the Federal Bureau of investigation has asked mexican an thormities to Aid in the search. A police spokesman in Mexico City j said monday that a drawing of the suspect a composite of descriptions has been distribute throughout Mexico and at Border crossing . Attorney general Ramsey Clark said monday the Trail had lengthened for the killer who shot King with a Fri has one Man on the run Clark said. We have name but whether it is the right name remains to be seen. We Hope he will be under arrest quite soon. The focus is sharpening and we Are quite close we think but that depends on How some of the leads we have the Assassin was described bythe Landlady who rented him a room the Day of the slaying Asa Man with a Sharp nose Square Chin Black hair receding on the sides and silly King s casket resting on a far Wagon drawn by two Georgia had planned to Send mule trains to Washington Dur ing a demonstration this month to dramatize his demands for jobs or income for the poor. His friends deemed it appropriate that his body be moved by mule drawn Wagon tothe 2 . Public service in the quadrangle of Morehouse col lege. Filling the entire Street and marching As Many As 30 abreast the mourners trooped Down past the Gold domed Georgia Capitol where gov. Lester Maddox said he was too Busy to attend the services. It went past City Hall and finally onto the grounds a Morehouse where spectators had been gathering since before Dawn two elderly women Knelt bythe Gate at Morehouse and prayed for More than an hour while a Young girl held an umbrella Over their Heads. During the procession to More House the big White Cross made of Flowers was removed from King s african mahogany coffin and carried by a girl who marched with another youth Bear ing a United nations flag.7 we shall overcome?1 Sang the marchers using the them song of the civil right move ment. Then they shouted an additional word today. We shall overcometoday.". It was a different kind of sing ing at the Church however. Quiet reverent hymns Domlin Ajitrai Lih a Ai flav r kind that Are Sung in -1- weather continued fair with naming Haze. Little change thursday. Frankfurt Helde Beig High 53. Low 30. Temperature recorded tuesday get 4 pm 59 Madrid p 41 Munich p so Pant p -0 Prestwick p i3 Rome p 6 1 wheel i p a Clear p partly Cloudy. 4 4 am pm 69 79 , p 69 68 Athen. P 43 w Aviano p 31 50 Berlin p 28 48 Frankfurt c 36 55 London p 4 am 43 30 m 41 45 61 mules pull casket a mule drawn car bears the casket of or. Martin Luther King or. During the funeral March that was followed Bya police estimated crowd of 150,000 people. A King s Munich rites interrupted woman spikes chanting the voices of the joined in including san by Belafonte who Sarthe King family. Presiding at the of wired that he been fasting since thurs the Day King was slain by a Perri Memphis Abernath Yby King s aide at the time. I ate my last meal thursday said Abernathy. Am asking to purify my soul i will continue my fast until i satisfied and thoroughly evinced that i am ready for task which is at hand. I solid your later at the Public service Morehouse or. Harold Dewolfe a professor of King s at Bosto University years ago and now Al american University told the audience that the slain minister lived a life of is now for us to finish his work. To bring the massive Powers of the nation to Aid the oppressed he said. First shaped doctrine it was at Morehouse that King earned his Bachelor s degree and first shaped his doctrine of peaceful social dissent. Or. Ben Jamin Mays retired president of Morehouse and one of King College instructors led the Public the funeral cortege went by car to the South vie cemetery five Miles from College where King was entombed in a Marble mausoleum on a Grassy White Marble crypt is Ift scribed with a refrain from a old slave song free at last free at last thank god almighty i m fret at officials among the thousands of mourners in Allan to included sen. Edward m. Kennedy of Massachusetts publican presidential candidate Richard m. Nixon sen. Eugenej. Mccarthy of Minnesota and under Secretary general Ralph Bunche representing the unite . Robert f. Kennedy can Didato for the democratic Prea dental nomination arrived in Atlanta monday night and Viscid with mrs. King before vie ing King s . Rosa Parks the neg seamstress whose refusal yield her seat to a White passenger in Montgomery King s civil rights c rear with a Boycott 13 year Iago arrived monday night Al the King the nation . Flag were at half staff Stock exchanges closed sports eve Gnu delayed Banks shut Down some areas Many so nooks closed and the Roulette we eolian gaming tables stopped i Las vegas nov., in tribute 1 by James Gunters a Munich Bureau chief Munich is two negroes broke it up tuesday when a group of Young germans began chanting Black Power Black Power at a memorial Cere Mony for slain civil rights Leader Martin Luther King. An unidentified negro woman took off her right shoe and struck one of the White youth sin the face with a Spike Heel when their chanting interrupted speeches honouring King in front of the american consulate Here. Shut up she screamed. I mean just then Al Hoosman a negro actor and Singer who was in charge of the meeting came Over and hustled the chanters Way. Just leave quietly he is a powerful 6-foot or and they did. I did t do anything said the Young Man who had been spiked near his Eye. He spoke with a German accent. The woman shoe wielder give her name to reporters. I know that what i did i contrary to what or. King said but i just lost my temper she said. The chanters joined about 10members of the Long hair and beards set who Hung around the meeting. They said they were members of a socialist student group. About 200 persons met at the Munich America House at 4 . And walked slowly to the american consulate where they Laid a Wreath in tribute to at the consulate flagpole. Hoosman invited several Munich americans to speak. Among those who expressed sorrow taking s death were the Rev. Robert stretch of the episcopal Church of the ascension in Munich and a member of the consulate staff who read a state ment from . Ambassador to Germany George c. Mcghee. A Large number of Munich police followed the procession with vans in Case of watched the consulate ceremony but took no action during the Brief disturbance. The entire funeral was to Vised throughout the rites memorial services were nein Many cities Over the Wei end. The president attended service in the of Mourner poured into Atlanta for the 1 neral. Jln two air planes carrying diff tries arrived from Wanlung flyby arrangement of the � Al department. The Atlanta ional office of the de ment of health education welfare arranged for the cry of 3,000 cots and 6,000kets to help take care of v Airport train and bus nals poured out streams of p pie. Schools in Atlanta closed. So were liquor Sio and bars
