European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse On the Trail of James Earl rally continued from Page 11 had a passport on his mind on april 11. On that Day he came to mrs. Mabel Agnew s Arcade photo studio on Yonge St. She personally took passport photos of Paul she would not say when he picked them up but did say our pictures Are always readying 20 minutes to a half five Days later mrs. Yee Sun Loo Landlady of a Rooming House at 962 Dundas St., which is one of the main thoroughfares which crosses Ossington ave.,received a Call from a Ramon George Sneyd who Telephone to inquire about a room. The same Day april 16, Ramon George Sneyd walked into the Kennedy travel Bureau on Bloor St. He asked miss Lillian Spencer the office manager about travel to London and also completed a passport application. As one of his next of Kin he listed Paul he presented a duplicate birth certificate in the name of Sneyd three passport photo taste for Vodka and Beer and preference for country and Western music. He was said to have a nervous habit of occasionally pulling at an ear lob with his hand. His left ear ?6 Trudes further from his head than his fight the complaint charged on or about March 29, 1968, at Birmingham ala.,Eric starve gait and an individual whom he alleged to be his brother entered into a conspiracy which continued until on or about april 5, 1968, to injure of press threaten or intimidate Martin Luther King jr.,in the free exercise or enjoyment of a right secured to him by the Constitution or Laws of the United states namely the right to freely travel from state to furtherance of this conspiracy Eric starve gait did on or about March 30, 1968, Purchase a Rifle at Birmingham photographs of the wanted Man showed a Man with his eyes closed. He was wearing Adark or Black suit jacket that Toronto travel agent Lillian Spencer was used by in obtaining a Canadian passport and airline excursion Ramon George Sneyd ticket to London. Graphs and $8 fee. Normally such an application requires the name of another Canadian Citi zen who has known the applicant at least two years but i Canada this can be satisfied by the applicant swearing on oat that the information is True. Sneyd ordered a round trip21-Day excursion ticket from to Ronto to London at a charge of$345 Canadian or $319.50 . Currency. The next Day Henry Moos of the Kennedy travel Bureau routinely notarized the passport declaration that the applicant was a Canadian citizen. It assent off to the department of external affairs in Ottawa with was Cut so much off a White shirt could be seen the sort of jacket that might go with a Black Bow tie added to the idea that it was a Tuxedo style jacket. A second version of the same photograph was distributed this time with eyes painted in by an Fri artist there is a real Eric s. Gait. The full name is Eric St. Vin cent gait. He is a Man of 54 and an employee of Union Carbide i Toronto. This gait was found to be a Law abiding responsible citizen. He had no idea How anyone came to be using his name. An avid scuba diver he had trav eled to United states Shore areas on vacations. But How anyone could have had Access to his papers or to information about him he could not fathom. He did do something unusual however in signing his name. He abbreviated his Middle name St. Vincent As St. V., making Little circles for the periods. One Reading the Signa Ture could interpret it As the next Day april 18, a mrs. Szpakowskyj s Rooming House her Young daughter an swered the phone and a Man asked for Paul hews not Home she said. No message was on Dundas St., Ramon George Sneyd saw mrs. Yeesun Loo and gave her $9, a week s rent in Advance an said he d be moving in later. He did on april 19.and now the alias Eric Star to gait is officially Washington d.c., the Finger prints Are matched and there Isno mistake about it the wanted Man is James Earl Ray an escaped convict from the Missouri state Penitentiary. He had Bee serving 20 years for armed Rob Bery and As an habitual Crimi Nal. He had already served seven years when he escaped april23, 1967. In St. Louis at the grape Vine tavern on the South Side John Larry Ray heard the new stoically. It was on the radio. His brother was wanted for on of the sensational killings of our time. He went on serving his customers. But i was kind of sur prised John Larry says personally i got doubts myself that Jimmy did the actual kill ing. He was t the kind of Guy who broods a lot and he was to political Guy. If i had to see a reason an there was no Money involved then i can t see Jimmy doing was no racist. My brother Jerry will Tell you the Jerry who was working As maintenance Man at sportsman country club near Northbrook a Chicago suburb said James was never a Man of at All the Money he came into All of a sudden. Buy ing Mustangs taking dancing lessons taking trips to Mexico Jerry said. But John Larry and Jerry Are hardly the Best authorities re Garding James Ain t saw Jim on the out Side since 1949. Only on the in Side admits John Larry who entered Menard prison in Illi Nois june 1, 1953, on a 5 to 10 years sentence for motor vehicle larceny. He was known As John Ryan inmate no. 23401.he was released feb. 1,1960. In Eyck on table is questioned by Chicago police in 1952 Jerry entered Menard feb.26, 1954, on a 2- o-5 for larceny under be name Gerald then he Hud been at St. Charles Reform school in Illi Nois. He was paroled from me Nard dec. 12, 1955, and return Edas a parole Violater aug. 1, 1958. He wus discharged May 6, 1960. Brother Jim bad been else where most of the time since 1949. So there were few and rare occasions for the Brothers to see or know one another especially As free men. career As an armed robber and burglar seems to have been a remarkably inept one was anxious to make a trip-.11 in Washington d.c., the Fri since his record ski oils a succession of issued a fugitive warrant for the arrest of one Eric starve gait. I j he was described As a Man with apprehensions Tula Rural Way of speaking a at the Missouri state pen ithary in Jefferson City to was approximately 3 25on sunday april 23, 1907, w it. William r. Turner co Center desk officer was there had been an escape the institution. The formal count at r showed that inmate Jam Ray no 00416, assigned Tomain Kitchen on the 11 a. . Shift had not report work at 11 . He was mis from the 5 . Count. A seas made of the grounds Walls inside and out wit result. I Ray according to claims to have escaped at proximately 8 30 . Guard nodded and he Spring feet from the Kitchen Loa to the 23-foot Wall Point where there is a Tuth rough it. Ray suppose hoisted himself atop u p p
