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Martin Luther King Jr — Part 1

113 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jan 31, 1977 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Martin Luther King Jr · 94 pages OCR'd
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recalls believing that he had seen this person earlier that afternoon with Mrs. Brewer. Stephens described him as a white male of average build, in his 30's, 5°10" to 11" tall, weighing 165 pounds and wearing a dark suit presenting a neat clean appearance (tenphis 44-1987 Sub A sec. 1). Like Stephens, Anchutz was a resident of the rooming _ house and in his room at the time of the shooting. Also like Stephens, Anchutz occupied a room adjacent to "John Willard.” He recalls watching television in his roan that afternoon when he heard a gun shot. Inmediately, he went to the door and as he opened it saw a mm running toward hin. This man covered his face as he ran and carried a blanket wrapped bundle. Anchutz addressed the mm, saying: "I thought I heard a shot." The man responded: "Yeh, it was a shot."" Anchutz described the man as 6' tall with a slim build and in his 30's (Memphis 44-1987 Sub A sec. 1). (2) Canipe Amisement Campary. The Canipe Amusement Company is located at 424 South Main Street and is just a short distance from Bessie Brewer's Roaming House at 422% South Main Street. In the recessed entrance to Canipe Company a blanket wrapped bundle (presumably the bundle Stephens and Anchutz saw) containing valuable pieces of physical evidence was recovered shortly after the shooting. -50-
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