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>> that's when he told me, he said, from now on i'll be known as eric s. galt. >> eric galt. ray never told him why or how he got the name. instead, the fugitive who had fled the country only a month earlier rode the train south to a still largely segregated alabama. in birmingham ray answered a newspaper ad and bought a car much like this. >> the car i finally bought, a 1966 mustang, had about 18,000 miles on it and was in good condition. it cost $1995. the only thing i didn't like was the color. it was white. >> in this fbi interview, the seller said ray paid him in cash, mostly 20s. >> he p...

It cost $1,995. the only thing i didn't like was the color. it was white. >> in this fbi interview, the seller said ray paid him in cash, mostly 20s. >> he paid that guy $2,000 in 20s, that would be a lot of money. >> there's another dot connected to the bank of alton. >> reporter: detective john light thinks that money came from the robbery. if so, enough to keep ray on the run for another year. >> $30,000 back in 1967 was a lot of money. >> but james earl ray claims the money came from the mysterious raoul. never a last name. >> he just called that name raoul. that's the only name they calle...

In birmingham ray answered a newspaper ad and bought a car much like this. >> the car i finally bought, a 1966 mustang, had about 18,000 miles on it and was in good condition. it cost $1995. the only thing i didn't like was the color. it was white. >> in this fbi interview, the seller said ray paid him in cash, mostly 20s. >> he paid that guy $2,000 in 20s, that would be a lot of money. >> there's another dot connected to the bank of alton. >> reporter: detective john light thinks that money came from the robbery. if so, enough to keep ray on the run for another year. >> $30,000 back in 1967 w...

He headed for chicago taking a job as a dishwasher at the indian trail restaurant. then on a summer afternoon, downstate in alton, illinois, a bank robbery. john light was the chief of detectives. >> the witnesses said two people came in, masks like ladies' stockings pulled over their head. one was at the front door with a shotgun. the other, leaner individual went over the counters. this individual went from cage to cage and scooped up about 30 grand, total. >> most of the money was in $20 bills, an important fact as we'll soon hear. the gunmen got away, but near the cemetery where ray's moth...