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eee ert ore that in 1963 Ray mace che remark thac he was going so get Martin Luther King when he got out of prison. (HQ 44-38861-2678, 2791). A third inmate at MSP from 1962 wntil 1965, described Ray as a "lone wolf" who never trusted anyone. He stated that Ray was a racist and was heard many times discussing his dislike of Negroes. Another prisoner became acquainted with Ray in 1965 and said that Ray commented if he ever got out of jail he was going to make himself a "bunch of money," and Ray further said a *"Businessmen's Association" had offered $100,000 for killing Martin Luther King. This prisoner said that Ray did not know what the “Businessmen's Association" was, but he intended to find out. 00 44-38861-4143). A celimate with Ray in 1955 at Kansas City who later served prison time with Ray at Leavenworth, Kansas, was also incarcerated with Ray at MSP. He stated that during the period when President Kennedy was assassinated the movements of Dr. Martin Luther King became the tonic of conversation at the penitentiary. Many prisoners heard that businessmen had raised a considerable amount of money, about one million dollars, as a bounty on King’s head. He further stated that Ray mentioned a dozen times that had he known about the bounty on John F. Kennedy's head and . had he been free he would have collected it; and, if he -94-