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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 12

110 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jan 17, 1964 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 107 pages OCR'd
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OPTIONAL FORM NG, 10 s01g-Ids aT FED EDITION Gia GEM. REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum a Yo hd TO : Mr. Belmont. lie DATE: 1/17/64 f FROM : A, Rogol / JUNE SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; BOMBING - OF 16th STREET BA PTIST.CHURCH, ( _—s-| BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 9/15/63 _u BOMBING MATTERS SAC Faisst telephonically advised me that Al Lingo, | Director of Public Safety of Alabama, has been quoted in the papers as stating that the bombers (of captioned church) will eventually be caught due to: (1) large reward outstanding, (2) that investigators for the State have never ceased their efforts, (3) that since the cache of the 137 sticks of dynamite was recovered and three individuals charged with the possession, there have been no further bombings, and, (4) State investigators expect to develop a ee confession from one of the defendants. fos were arrested by the Alabama Highway Patrol for possession of the dynamite when the State Patrol found out that we were concentrating our \: efforts on them. The State had no concrete evidence against them. The 7 It should be noted that the defendants are prime suspects who defendants are Charles-agle, RobertyChambliss, and John Wesley "Nigger" fi ACTION: - ~ a Gx sO irminghant is Mati to press~tre apei Lito the toni very closely. Me regia” (fen 2 Holy
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