Beschreibung
Außergewöhnlicher maschinengeschriebener Brief mit eigenhändiger Unterschrift, eine Seite, 8,5 x 10,5 inch, 27.08.1980, an seine Ehefrau Anna Sandhu Ray (die er 1978 im Gefängnis heiratete) - u.a. ein Schreiben des Justizministeriums betreffend, von James Earl Ray in dunkler Tinte signiert "Love you angel - James", mit horizontalen Brieffalten und leicht fleckig - in gutem bis sehr gutem Zustand.
In Ausschnitten:
"[...] Yesterday I received a letter from the Justice Department in St. Louis, they are going to defend Baetz in the law suit I filed against the JD & Baetz, this is unusual since some of Baetz acts were not directly connected with the issues in the law suit. I am writing Mark [Mark Lane, his attorney] about this as if the case ever went to trial I suspect he would want to represent me. I am also sending him a clipping from the Atlanta Journal, they are on him about the Kennedy case. I suspect the real reason for the Journal article is Lane's representing the Iranians.[...]"
Übersetzt:
"[...] Gestern erhielt ich einen Brief vom Justizministerium in St. Louis. Sie werden Baetz in der Klage verteidigen, die ich gegen JD [Justizministerium] & Baetz eingereicht habe. Dies ist ungewöhnlich, da einige der Handlungen von Baetz nicht direkt mit den Themen in der Klage in Zusammenhang standen. Ich schreibe Mark [Mark Lane, seinem Anwalt] darüber, da ich vermute, dass er mich vertreten würde, falls der Fall jemals vor Gericht käme. Ich schicke ihm auch einen Ausschnitt aus dem Atlanta Journal, in dem es um den Kennedy-Fall geht. Ich vermute, dass der wahre Grund für den Artikel im Journal darin besteht, dass Lane die Iraner vertritt. [...]"
Ray behauptete, dass Conrad Baetz, früher Ermittler des House Select Committee on Assassinations, einen gewissen Oliver B. Patterson angewiesen habe, bestimmte Briefe von Jerry W. Ray, James‘ Bruder, zu stehlen. Mark Lane, der Ray vor dem House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) vertrat, behauptete, Kings Mord sei eine Verschwörung und eine Vertuschung durch die Regierung; Er ist vor allem als führender Verschwörungstheoretiker zur Ermordung von John F. Kennedy bekannt, in der er versuchte, Lee Harvey Oswald vor der Warren-Kommission zu vertreten, und behauptete, der Staat verurteile zu Unrecht einen unschuldigen Mann.
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Profession:
(1928-1998) American fugitive and felon convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.
Year of Birth: 1928
James Earl Ray was an American criminal, convicted of the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Ray was born in Alton, Illinois, on March 10, 1928. He was the second of five children born to Lucille Ray and George Ellis Ray. His father worked as a machinist and his mother was a factory worker.
Ray attended school in Alton until the age of sixteen when he dropped out. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1948. He served in Germany and was honorably discharged in 1952. Upon his return home, Ray worked as a factory worker and a truck driver.
In 1955, Ray was arrested for the first time for a $50 burglary. He was sentenced to two years in prison. Upon his release, Ray quickly returned to crime. He was arrested numerous times over the next several years for various offenses, including burglary, theft, and forgery.
In 1959, Ray was arrested and convicted of the armed robbery of a Kroger grocery store in Memphis, Tennessee. He was sentenced to twenty years in prison. Ray escaped from prison in 1967 and fled to Canada and then to the United Kingdom. In 1968, he was arrested in London for illegally possessing a gun and ammunition.
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Ray was identified as the suspect and was quickly captured. He was extradited to Tennessee where he was charged with murder. Ray eventually pleaded guilty to the crime in order to avoid a trial and was sentenced to ninety-nine years in prison.
Ray would later recant his guilty plea and claimed he was framed for the assassination. He unsuccessfully attempted to have his conviction overturned before dying in prison in 1998. Ray's guilt in the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. remains a source of controversy to this day.
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