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the truth of the story, Ray left Montreal, met his brother at Northbrooke, Illinois, gave his Plymouth car to his brother Jerry Ryan, (5413), proceeded from Northbrooke or Chicago to Birmingham, stayed August 26th at the Granada Hotel, 2230 Fourth Avemie as John L. Rayns (5400; Hule, p.61), and that same day also took a room in the name Eric S. Galt at the Economy Rooms, 2608 Highland Averme (2324). Two days later Ray, as Galt, giving the Highland Averme address, rented safety deposit box No. 5517 at the Main Office, Birmingham Trust National Bank (2323; Hute, p.62). The access record on this box shows entries at 2:32p.m. on August 28; from 1:52p.m. to 1:56p.m. on September 5; from 11:05 to 11:08a.m. on September 21; and from 10:16a.m. to 10:19a.m. on September 28 (2323). The purchase of a white 1966 Ford Mustang was accomplished at the end of August by answering a newspaper ad on the 29th of August and paying $1995 cash to William D. Paisley on the 30th (628). All this checks with the car purchase chronology Ray himself admitted to author William Bradford Huie (Hufe, pp.61-63; Ray's self-serving attribution of “Raoul” as the one who directed him to buy the car and who supplied the cash is uncorroborated). -69- in August 26 August 28 August 29-30