European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                              On the Trail of Jamis Earl Ray in of god i continued from Pago 11 evening of May 13, a dozen Young mounties trooped into the passport office after Normal hours and began a search of250,000 passport applications. They were trying to determine whether the american James Earl Ray had come to Canad and obtained a passport with a new identity and then slip pedal a either Back to the United states or to some foreign  each had photos of the real Ray. While this was going on in Ottawa their Quarry was doing some business with the Cana Dian embassy in Lisbon. On May 16, 1968, he appeared there seeking a new passport. His he said had misspelled the name Sneyd As  Portu Guese officials had spotted the error. He presented a copy of a birth certificate showing that that the Correct name should be Ramon George Sneyd and anew passport was issued. The next Day May 17, he re turned to London. Why did he go to London if he had gone to Lisbon to seek a Way to get to Rhodesia and thu beyond the grasp of american authorities he could have accomplished the same thing by remaining in Lisbon. The 11-Day period until may28 remained a mystery. Ray seemed to have disappeared completely. So far As is known the British authorities Huncov 1952 mugshots show four stages Mac my Mimbu of  of Ray s life and times in prison from left Joliet Miami and twice in Jefferson City to. Ered no clue As to his whereabouts or activities.  did surface May 28, when he obtained a room in new Earl s court hotel in Peny wern Road As a o n  and he surfaced june 1, pictorially at least in Ottawa where the Young mounties had already sifted through thousands upon thousands of passport applications. It was getting to be groggy work and yet on june 1, a \ defense lawyer Percy Foreman meets press outside jail where Ray is held. The trial is now scheduled to Start on March 3. Page 12 Young Constable was Sharp enough to halt with the photo graph of Ramon  the left ear stood out. He looked at the photo of James Earl Ray for comparison the same telltale ear. The Man inthe passport photo wearing Horn rimmed spectacles appeared much More dignified than the mugshots of burglar and armed robber James Earl Ray. But there was no question about it now. James Earl Ray had obtained. A passport in the name of Ramon George  the search shifted into High gear As authorities moved to track Down Ray s further move ments. And in London on june 4, a Man wearing sunglasses and Blue suit and physically resembling James Earl Ray entered the trustee savings Bank in the Fulham District. Said ban manager Alan Perkins the Man was about 40 5 foot 10inches tall Brown hair he had a gun and handed a Teller a not saying give me  he was Given 60 pounds in 5 Pound notes which comes to $144 in . Money. There was ample evidence according to a qualified and knowledgeable source that the robber was James Earl Ray. The note had a fingerprint that was shown conclusively to be Ray s. Interest in contacting White mercenary forces in Africa apparently brought Ray present ing himself As Sneyd to Tele phone Ian Colvin London daily Telegraph writer seeking information. Colvin said it was some thing he would not discuss on the Telephone. The same Day june 5, Ray checked out of new Earl s court and went to an out of the Way spot the Pax hotel in Warwick Way in the Pamlico Section of London. He arrived in the midst of a violent rainstorm.  Thomas 54, a native of Sweden said the Man quibble about paying $3.60 in . Money for a room. She said he the stars and stripes seemed tense and  the next three Days mrs. Thomas said her new lodger was an oddly jumpy sort. He peeped out of his wind Wand when she brought him a message or came to his room he stood behind the door. She had the impression he was Al ways listening for someone in the hallways. He stayed in his room and Toher knowledge never left it for More than 20 minutes at a time. There were four Telephone Calls for him. Two it was later ascertained came from an air line regarding postponed flights to West Germany. The other two no one so far As is known knows. He made at least one know Telephone Call. It was to Ian col Vin again. Colvin said that if Sneyd wrote him a note he would Send him the address of Contact in Belgium for possible recruitment As a  was on june 6. The morning of june 8, Ray checked out of the. Pax hotel and headed for Heathrow air port. He had a ticket for Bea flight 466, departing at 11 50a.m. For Brussels. At about 11 15 a.m., when represented his passport prior to boarding the plane an immigration official examined it and detained him for a moment the asked that he come to the office for further  an Allport warning had been widely broadcast for  saw the defendant at about 1 05 p.m., at London Airport chief supt. Thomas Butler of Scotland Yard later recalled. Told him we were police officers and said we understand he has two passports in the names of Saneya and  Ray insisted he was Ramon George Sneyd. But he was held because he had a .38 Calibe Liberty chief revolver with five rounds of ammunition a Viola Tion of the firearms act of 1937, the two passports put him i violation of the aliens order of 1953. At 4 45 p.m., Ray was in Acell in Cannon Row police Sta Tion. Butler confronting him said Inow believe your name is not George Sneyd but James Earl Ray that you Are also known As Eric starve gait Andy other names and that you arc wanted at present in the unite states for a serious crime in which a firearm was  the Scotland Yard chief said Ray slumped Back onto a seat put his head in his hands an said of  there was a Long pause and then i feel  word of the capture flashed through newsrooms of newspapers radio stations and television networks. It came to John Larry Ray from his brother Jerry who called from Chicago. Again John Larry was occupied with the tavern. He runs it but because he is an sex convict he cannot own it. It is owned by his sister mrs. Carol Ann Pepper. I was kind of surprised  John Larry says i figured that if he did it he did i for Money and those who paid him would t want him sitting around in any courtroom telling everything he  brother Jerry also figure Money was involved. The mus Tang the airline tickets thet Raveling All spelled Money. And said Jerry you Don t get that kind of Money from stick ing up grocery stores and my the end of the Road finds Ray handcuffed and wearing a bulletproof apron As he is brought to a special cell Block in Memphis. Brother was t the kind to stick up currency  a criminal who was in mis Souri state Penitentiary when Ray was there Raymond cur tis said Ray had talked about a big score that could be mad maybe even a million dollars . Tier new lodger Ivas an oddly jumpy sort. He peeped out of his Irindow. ,. She had the impression he Ivas always listening for someone in the hallways. Friday january 24, 1969 by the Man who would kill  was in jail in Dalton ga., when he made this  he was Flat broke when he escaped april 23, 1967,Ray managed to move around easily and spend Cash for every thing. Almost All of what was spent was shelled out in the 11months, until the Day of King s slaying. In that time it i known Ray managed to clothe feed and House himself he trav eled to Montreal then birding Ham where he bought a ear for$1,995 then Mexico then Cali fornia then a round trip to new Orleans then Atlanta birding Ham and Memphis. He spent close to $750 for dancing lessons and at a bar tending school. He put 19,000 Miles on the Mustang in less than eight months at a operating Cost of about $1,000. The speculation that he was hired gun rests on the Assumption that All this coming to per haps $10,000was paid for by people who wanted King out of the Way. Would they risk paying the ills for a Man who took nearly a year to do the Job would the Start out figuring it would take nearly a year and by doing that risk that their hired gun might be tripped up accidentally begetting arrested for being drunk or going through a Stop Light or identified by an sex con vict turned informer after april 4, in the period of flight Ray so far As is known went to Atlanta where he abandoned the car Toronto London Lisbon and London again. The trans Atlantic flight Cost $319.50. Of. A round figure of $20 a Day he May have spent a additional $1,200. One theory was that Ray might have returned to old Hunt ing grounds in Illinois on july14, 1967which would be nearly nine months before King was slain and participated in the the stars and stripes $22,000 robbery of the Bank Ofallon. Two men wearing stocking masks one carrying a Shotgun and the other a pistol held 18bank employees and customers at Bay. The Man with the Pisto scooped the Money from two tellers cages overlooking four other drawers full of Cash. This has been interpreted by some theorists As a Ray Type of goof. The men escaped through Arear door opening onto a Park ing lot. There were no witnesses to the getaway. In the Huie Ray chronology Ray apparently was in East St. Louis close to Alton on that Day there s no evidence that Ray robbed it says capt. John Light of the Alton police. It re Mains unsolved. No one saw the getaway car at  Fred Wilkinson director of Missouri s department of corrections offered a description Ofray thai could hardly be inter that he tvs a hired gun rests on the Assumption that All this coming to $10,000 tvs paid for by people Tho wanted King out of the  pretend As the definition of a lever decisive criminal. He was innocuous says  was the sort of prisoner you would rarely notice. If he was in a group of prisoners you were talking to about prison conditions you d never hear from him. He was the sort we describe As being involved in at Tention arresting events rather than As a troublemaker. Some prisoners who fit that description slice their wrists or Cut their Achilles Tendon or they doas Ray did they hide  How did Ray come to usernames of living canadians All residents of Toronto and All int least vague ways physically resembling Ray John Larry Ray says he hear somehow that there was a con vict from Missouri state Peni captured in Canada and came Back. He was sent to Jef City says John Larry. Any How if Jim was going to Canada there must be a Grapevine up there All these underground places got different things. If i was pulling 20 and got out i do to  Wilkinson knows of no such event or prisoner. If the Grapevine supplied the names of gait Paul Bridgman and Ramon George Sneyd it i entirely possible they were obtained when Ray was believe to have first been in Canada Al though there is no reason to Dis count the possibility that he got them while still in prison or i Mexico or on the Loose after breaking out. What about the other aliases Ray was also known As Harvey Lomyer James Mcbride James Walton w. C. Her Ron and James o counter. In Bow Street court in Lon Don on june 27, there was an Exchange bet Wen Ray and his British counsel Roger Frisby which would be unusual in the United states at such an extradition hearing. It went like this Frisby did you know mar tin Luther King personally Ray no  Frisby had you Ever met him Ray no  Frisby have you any kind of grudge against him .1" Ray no  Frisby conversationally did you kill Martin Luther King Hay no  Post 13