13-00000
I.O. 4132
4-29-68
CIVIL RIGHTS - CONSPIRACY
INTERSTATE FLIGHT - ROBBERY
WANTED BY FBI
JAMES EARL RAY
FBI No. 405,942 G
16 M 9 U 000 12
M 4 W 101
ALIASES: Eric Starvo Galt, W. C. Harroa, Harvey Lowryer, James McBride, James O'Conner, James Walton, James Walyon, John Willard, "Jim"
Photographs taken 1960
Photograph taken 1963
(eyes drawn by artist)
James Ray
DESCRIPTION
AGE: 40, born March 10, 1928, Alton, Illinois
HEIGHT: 5' 10"
WEIGHT: 163 to 174 pounds
BUILD: medium
HAIR: brown, possibly cut short
OCCUPATION: baker, color matcher, laborer
SCARS AND MARKS: small scar on center of forehead and small scar on palm of right hand
REMARKS: noticeably protruding left ear; reportedly is a lone wolf; allegedly attended dance instruction school; has reportedly completed course in bartending
EYES: blue
COMPLEXION: medium
RACE: white
NATIONALITY: American
CRIMINAL RECORD
Ray has been convicted of burglary, robbery, forging U.S. Postal Money Orders, armed robbery, and operating motor vehicle without owner's consent.
CAUTION
RAY IS SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH A MURDER WHEREIN THE VICTIM WAS SHOT. CONSIDER ARMED AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
A Federal warrant was issued on April 17, 1968, at Birmingham, Alabama, charging Ray as Eric Starvo Galt with conspiring to interfere with a Constitutional Right of a citizen (Title 13, U.S. Code, Section 241). A Federal warrant was also issued on July 20, 1967, at Jefferson City, Missouri, charging Ray with Interstate Flight to Avoid Confinement for the crime of Robbery (Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1373).
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE.
TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES OF ALL FBI OFFICES LISTED ON BACK.
Identification Order 4132
April 29, 1968
Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D.C. 20535
415 DOCUMENT AS REFERRED TO FBI
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