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Table of Contents
Complete Transcript of the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Assassination Conspiracy Trial
(Click on volume name to view)
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VOLUME
I
November 15, 1999
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Jury selection begins. It is closed to the public. The Memphis Commercial Appeal
is granted permission to file an appeal against the public being
excluded for jury selection.
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VOLUME
II
November 16,
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Testifying:
- Mrs. Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
currently-Founder, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for
Nonviolent Social Change, Inc.
- Dr. Cobey Smith, founder, The Invaders (Black Organizing
Project)-1968, educator consultant (current)
- Mr. Charles Cabbage, Executive Secretary, The Invaders
- Mr. John McFerren, founder, Fayette County Civic & Welfare
League and local businessman
- Mr. Nathan Whitlock, taxicab driver, musician
- Captain Thomas Smith, Memphis Police Department, Homocide
Detective (1968), currently retired
- Mr. Charles Hurley, advertising manager, National Food Stores,
Memphis (1968), Division Manager, Save-A-Lot Food Stores (current)
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VOLUME
III
November 17, 1999
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Testifying:
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Mr.
James Milner, taxicab driver
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Mr.
Floyd Newsom, Memphis Fire Department, retired
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Mr.
Norville Wallace, Chief, Memphis Fire Department, retired
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Mr.
Leon Cohen, special deputy at Juvenile Court, took photos around
the Lorraine Motel the morning after the assassination, retired
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Mr.
Ed Redditt, Memphis Police Department, detective, Community
Relations Officer, retired, volunteer high school coach
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Mr.
James McCraw (deceased), taxicab driver, via previous deposition
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Mr. Jerry Williams, captain, Memphis Police Department (1968),
real estate currently
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Mr.
Phillip Melanson, professor, political science, author “The
Martin Luther King Assassination”
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Ms.
Kaye Pittman Black, reporter, The Memphis Press Scimitar (1968),
via sworn testimony in 1993
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VOLUME
IV
November 18, 1999
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Testifying:
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Rev.
James Lawson, Jr., SCLC Board Member, Pastor, Centenary United
Methodist Church in Memphis (1968), retired
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Mr.
Maynard Stiles, Division Superintendent, Department of
Sanitation, retired
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Ms.
Olivia Catling, neighborhood resident around Lorraine Motel
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Mr.
Ed Atkinson, Memphis Police Department, Traffic Division,
retired
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Mr.
Hasel Huckaby, South Central Bell, employee, via sworn statement
in 1993
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Mr.
James Lesar, lawyer, represented James Earl Ray (1970-76),
currently specializes in Freedom of Information Act litigation
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The
Honorable Andrew J. Young, Executive Vice President of SCLC (in
1968), currently Chairman, GoodWorks International, LLC
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VOLUME
V
November 22, 1999
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Testifying:
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Videotape
of the meeting between Loyd Jowers, Dexter Scott King, Andrew J.
Young and Lewis Garrison, Little Rock, AR
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Mr.
Arthur Haynes, Jr., James Earl Ray’s first attorney (with his
father), currently, Circuit Judge 10th Judicial
Circuit, AL
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Ms.
Bobbie Balfour, Jim’s Grill, employee, currently a cook
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Mr.
William R. Key, Clerk of Court, Shelby County
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Mr.
Joe B. Brown, Judge, 30th Judicial District, State of
TN, Division 9, Criminal Court, Shelby County
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VOLUME VI
November 23, 1999
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Testifying:
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Dr.
Jerry Francisco, professor of pathology, University of TN,
Shelby County Medical Examiner (1968 and currently)
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Mr.
John Billings, surgical assistant, St. Joseph’s Hospital
(1968), private investigator (current)
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Mr.
Royce Wilburn, master electrician (1968-present), brother of Ms.
Glenda Grabow
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Mr.
Sidney J. Carthew, merchant seaman, British Merchant Navy, via
teleconference deposition in 1999
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Mr.
Joe B. Hodges, Memphis Police Department, dog squad (1968),
retired
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Mr.
James W. Smith, Memphis Police Department, special services
(1968)
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Ms.
Barbara Reis, journalist, Publico newspaper, Portugal
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Rev.
James Orange, Executive Staff, SCLC, via previous affadavit
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VOLUME
VII
November 24, 1999
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Testifying:
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Mr.
Jack Saltman, television producer, BBC, Thames, HBO, and ABC- TV
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Dr.
Clayborne Carson, professor of history, Stanford University,
Editor-The King Papers project
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VOLUME
VIII
November 29, 1999
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Testifying:
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Mr.
William B. Hamblin, taxi-cab driver (1968), part-time security
guard (currently)
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Mr.
James Joseph Isabel, taxi-cab and charter bus driver (1968),
retired
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Mr. Jerry William Ray, brother of James Earl Ray
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Mr.
Willie B. Richmond, captain, Memphis Police Department-Internal
Affairs, retired
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Mr.
Douglas Valentine, author, The Phoenix Program
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Mr.
Carthel Weeden, Memphis Fire Department (1968), construction
company owner (currently)
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The
Honorable Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy, SCLC Washington, DC Chapter
Director (1968), later chair of the Congressional Subcommittee
investigating the Assassination, pastor
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Ms.
April R. Ferguson, attorney, one of the post conviction defense
attorney for James Earl Ray.
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James
E. Adams, taxi-cab
driver
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Yolanda
King, actress/producer, eldest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King
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VOLUME
IX
November 30, 1999
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Testifying:
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Mr.
Jack Kershaw, attorney, for James Earl Ray (’77)
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Mr.
Jack Terrel, Civilian Military Assistance, via videotaped
deposition
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Mr.
Louis Ward, security police and taxi-cab driver (1968),
part-time roofer (current)
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Mr.
Raymond Kohlman, attorney
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Mr.
Earl Caldwell, reporter, the New York Times (1968) via
videotaped deposition
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Mr.
Roy Grabow, husband of Glenda Grabow
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Mr.
John C. Smith, member, The Invaders
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Mr.
William Schaap, attorney, military and intelligence
specialization, co-publisher “Covert Action Quarterly”
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VOLUME
X
December 1, 1999
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Testifying:
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Mr.
Loyd Jowers, via deposition Nov. 2, 1994
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Mr.
Mark Glankler, investigator, appointed by District Attorney
General-December, 1993
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Mr.
Dexter King, Chairman, President & CEO-The Martin Luther
King, Jr. Center For Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., youngest
son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King
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VOLUME
XI
December 2, 1999
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Testifying:
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Rev.
Samuel B. Kyles, pastor, Monumental Baptist Church, Memphis, TN,
(1968-present)
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Mr.
Frank W. Young, Shelby County Criminal Clerk’s Office
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Mr.
Eli Arkin, Memphis Police Department-inspection bureau (1968),
currently-The Cottonwood Company
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Ms.
Rebecca A. Clark, ex-wife of Captain Earl Clark, Memphis Police
Department (1968)
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Mr.
John Doe, via videotaped desposition of Novemebr 5, 1999
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VOLUME
XII
December 6, 1999
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Testifying:
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Ms.
LaVada Addison, restaurant owner (1968), self-employed, LaVada
Estate Sales (current)
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Mr.
James Earl Ray, deposition of March 11-12, 1995 in the case of
James Earl Ray versus Loyd Jowers
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VOLUME
XIII
December 7, 1999
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Testifying:
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Mr.
James Earl Ray, deposition of March 11-12, 1995 in the case of
James Earl Ray versus Loyd Jowers (continued)
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Ms.
Betty Jean Spates, waitress-Jim’s Grill, deposition of
November 3, 1999
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VOLUME
XIV
December 8, 1999 |
Closing
Statements and verdict |
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LINKS:
THE TRIAL: An
excerpt from a soon to be published book by W.F. Pepper entitled
“Vindication”, © 2001 William F. Pepper.
(This also serves as the family's detailed analysis of the Department of
Justice "limited investigation" report)
Transcript
of the Plaintiff's (King Family) Summary in the MLK assassination conspiracy trial
Transcript
of King Family Press Conference on Trial Verdict - December 9, 1999
KING FAMILY STATEMENT ON THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
"LIMITED INVESTIGATION" OF THE MLK ASSASSINATION
ATLANTA .
. . On behalf of The family of Martin Luther King, Jr, Martin Luther King
III today issued the following statement on the U.S. Justice Department's
release of its report on their "limited investigation" of recent
evidence regarding the assassination of Dr. King
"We learned only hours before the Justice Department press conference
that they were releasing the report of their results of their
"limited investigation," which covered only two areas of new
evidence concerning the assassination of Dr. King. We had requested that
we be given a copy of the report a few days in advance so that we might
have had the opportunity to review it in detail. Since that courtesy was
not extended to us, we are only able at this time to state the following:
1. We
initially requested that a comprehensive investigation be conducted by a
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, independent of the government,
because we do not believe that, in such a politically-sensitive matter,
the government is capable of investigating itself.
2. The type
of independent investigation we sought was denied by the federal
government. But in our view, it was carried out, in a Memphis courtroom,
during a month-long trial by a jury of 12 American citizens who had no
interest other than ascertaining the truth. (Kings v. Jowers)
3. After
hearing and reviewing the extensive testimony and evidence, which had
never before been tested under oath in a court of law, it took the Memphis
jury only 1½ hours to find that a conspiracy to kill Dr. King did exist.
Most significantly, this conspiracy involved agents of the governments of
the City of Memphis, the state of Tennessee and the United States of
America. The overwhelming weight of the evidence also indicated that James
Earl Ray was not the triggerman and, in fact, was an unknowing patsy.
4. We stand
by that verdict and have no doubt that the truth about this terrible event
has finally been revealed.
5. We urge
all interested Americans to read the transcript of the trial on the King
Center website and consider the evidence,
so they can form their own unbiased conclusions.
Although we
cooperated fully with this limited investigation, we never really expected
that the government report would be any more objective than that which has
resulted from any previous official investigation. In a reasonable period
of time, when we have had an opportunity to study the report, we will
provide a detailed analysis of it to the media and on the aforementioned
website."
For more
information, please contact
communications@thekingcenter.org.
The
King Center thanks Daniel Dillinger Dominski Richberger Weatherford, Inc
for their support and assistance in making the posting of this transcript
possible.
The
King Center gratefully acknowledges the services & contributions of
the Data Company of Memphis, TN for trial graphics |
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