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C. The Story of James Earl Ray 1. Chronology of Ray's Activities On and . After April 23, 1967 On Sunday, the 23rd of April 1967, after he had served seven years of a twenty year sentence for armed April 23,1 robbery in the Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson City, James Earl Ray escaped. When a truck appeared at the prison bakery where Ray worked, a bread box was carried onto the truck to be delivered to a nearby prison farm. Ray had concealed himself inside the bread box, and later fled fran the prison truck at a stop prior to its reaching the Renz prison farm. (3503; Huie, pp.24-27.) + Ray allegedly headed first toward Kansas City (Huie, p.27). On the third day he burglarized a trailer sitting by the Missouri River taking a blanket and food (Huie, p.27). For the next three nights he made his way along the railroad in the direction of Kansas City April 24-28 */ Ray has provided varying accounts of his escape from prison and of his subsequent activities prior to apprehension. The task force's most credible view of his statements has been used here. These admissions of Ray are found in He Slew the Dreamer, Hute, William Bradford, Delacorte Press, New York, ereinafter, Huie); All other citations herein are for serials in the Burezu'’s MURKIN file, HQ 44-38861. The task force has obtained xerox copies of Ray's correspondence with Mr. Huie which reflect the admissions cited by Huie.