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Harvey lowmyer bought the rifle, john willard rented the room. eric galt drove the mustang. when the fingerprints and the strands of hair showed they were the same man, the fbi issued this warrant for eric starvo galt. then, sifting thousands of records, the fbi matched those fingerprints with an escaped con from missouri, james earl ray. it began a nationwide manhunt for ray. the next day, ray left toronto for montreal, trying to get on a ship to africa. he failed. when he returned to toronto, the passport was waiting at a travel agency. >> when i went in the next day to pick it up, i found o...

This warrant for eric starvo galt. then, sifting thousands of records, the fbi matched those fingerprints with an escaped con from missouri, james earl ray. it began a nationwide manhunt for ray. the next day, ray left toronto for montreal, trying to get on a ship to africa. he failed. when he returned to toronto, the passport was waiting at a travel agency. >> when i went in the next day to pick it up, i found out the name was spelled wrong. s-n-e-y-a instead of s-n-e-y-d. >> early in may, ray boarded a plane to london, then flew on to lisbon, portugal, staying at this hotel for less than $2 ...

Passport, so i decided to get a passport in his name as his picture would not be on file at the passport office. >> the fbi thought at first king's murder was a conspiracy. harvey lowmyer bought the rifle, john willard rented the room. eric galt drove the mustang. when the fingerprints and the strands of hair showed they were the same man, the fbi issued this warrant for eric starvo galt. then, sifting thousands of records, the fbi matched those fingerprints with an escaped con from missouri, james earl ray. it began a nationwide manhunt for ray. the next day, ray left toronto for montreal, tr...

>> the woman couldn't speak hardly any english. the man not much better. i never gave a name as they never asked me for one. >> ray read through old newspapers for birth announcements and chose this one from 1932, ramon sneyd. ray, posing as a government official, phoned the real sneyd. >> he told me he never had a passport, so i decided to get a passport in his name as his picture would not be on file at the passport office. >> the fbi thought at first king's murder was a conspiracy. harvey lowmyer bought the rifle, john willard rented the room. eric galt drove the mustang. when the fingerpri...