days before martin luther king jr. would die. >> i have been retained by this man. >> arthur haines jr. on the left and his father would become ray's first lawyers. >> when he left the plastic surgeon, he took his hand and undid the surgery, pushing it to the right thinking, if he ever got arrested, he would use the plastic surgeon's photographs to show it was not he who had been arrested. >> two weeks later dr. king traveled to los angeles, first speaking to the state democratic convention, then delivering a sunday church sermon. ray would later write this. >> i wouldn't say i hated king. i do think most preachers are a little phony, but i wouldn't consider shooting them. >> the sermon was march 17th. king flew east to memphis to speak the next day to striking garbage workers. that same day james earl ray filled out this change of