European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                              On the Trail of James Earl Ray i daily Magazine Mohn Willarc v a Amy a is i ism Rifi pm reconstruction of shooting of the Rev. Or. Martin Luther King or. Shows the fatal shot a single shot came from 1 the window of a hallway bathroom in a Rooming House at 422v2 s. Main St., Memphis and struck or. King 2 As he leaned on the Balcony rail in front of room 306 on the second floor of the Lorraine Motel. The gunman had rented room 5 3 about three hours earlier after declining a Kitchenette in another Section of the Rooming House. This room had a partial View to the Lorraine Motel Balcony and a chair was found placed against the window 4 As might be done by a person keep ing the Motel under surveillance. The occupant of the Kitchenette room 6, 5charles Aultman Stephens said he had heard the new lodger going into the bathroom. Stephens also reported hearing the sound of the explosion of a weapon coming from the bathroom. Another tenant in room 4 6 said he had seen the new lodger coming from the bathroom after hearing a weapon fired and that he confronted the Man in the hallway 7 where the Man smiled. The Lyman then apparently left the Rooming House via a second stairway 8 and turned South to a doorway 9 where a Remington Rifle was abandoned and then entered a White Mustang reportedly parked in one of two spots on main St. 10 and 11. Martin Luther King s assassination started manhunt. Editor s note the assassination of or. Martin Luther Kinglet off one of the great manhunt in this nation s history a Man Hunt which ended according to police when James Earl Ray was arrested in London. But How did Ray an escaped convict on the run come to get to London what trails did he take a writer Bernard Gavzer recently spent months tracking Down every clue interviewing dozens and dozens of persons sifting through official documents in an Effort to retrace Ray s Steps. Many questions which May not be answered until Ray s trial i March. But the Story by Gavzer gives the most definitive picture yet of the police work involved in tracking Ray. Today s articles the first of a four part series. By Bernard Gavzer a staff writer when James Earl Ray broke out of the Missouri state Penitentiary at Jefferson City mo., sunday april 23, 1967, the Price on his head was like a supermarket clearance Sale Flat $50. He was run of the Mill. No bloodhounds were out baying for him. But today James Earl Ray Isone of the world s most celebrated prisoners. He is kept in Memphis jail suite custom de signed for him. There Are Al ways two personal guards in at Tendance around the clock an the unblinking electronic eyes of two television cameras keep him in constant focus. His food is delivered in a locked stain less steel Box. If few knew or heard of James Earl Ray when he escaped at Jefferson City in time his name would be broadcast throughout the world and the Fri Canadian mounties and Scotland Yard would All have roles in a manhunt that was to Cost More than a million Dol Lars. He is accused of assassinating the Rev. Or. Martin Luther King jr., the apostle of nonviolence. Jovay s guilt or innocence and his Fate will be considered by a jury in Shelby county criminal court building Memphis in a murder trial due to Start march3, 1969.  if Jim did it then it was for Motiey and that Means someone else 9is in on if Tindoy january 21, 1969 the stars and stripes the Rev. Martin Luther kingsr., father of the slain Man says he is convinced that Noone Man took my son s life. It s going to be proven. I Don t car what anyone says. I  two of Ray s closest Kin Brothers John Larry and Jerry William figure that As John Larry says if Jim did it then it was for Money and that Means somebody else is in on  j. Hanes sr., lawyer and one time mayor of birding Ham ala., was picked originally by Ray to head the  was dropped nov. 12 Fay Ray who then engaged Percy Foreman of Texas. This resulted in delaying the trial until March 3. But before Hanes was dropped he described the cases a sinister International communist plot in which the slinking and the arrested Ray both were victims. J. He greatest impetus to a conspiracy explanation has come from author William Bradford Huie a writer who has had exclusive Access to Ray s Story. Huie in an article in Loo Magazine says Ray has been writing a journal or extended memorandum which Huie says he has checked out to be accurate. On the basis of what he has been told or otherwise Learned Huie has concluded that the plot to murder mar tin Luther King or. Existed As Early As aug. 15. 1967, eight months prior to the murder on april 4, 1968."that Ray was drawn unknowingly into this plot in  Treal on aug. 18, 1967, and thereafter moved As directed bythe plotters that As late As March 23,1968, less than two weeks before the murder with which he discharged Ray did not know that the plot included murder or that it was aimed in any Way at or.  key element in this alleged plot relates to Ray s Pur ported involvement with a Blond font. On Page is col. 1 Page 11