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rented the room using the alias Jom Willard (Hie, p. 30). Ray went out to the York Arms Company Store then located at 162 South Main Street and purchased a pair of Bushnell binoculars for a total of $41.55 (4143); Ray was identified by the salesman at York Arms and Ray admits to having been to the sports store and to having made the purchase of the binoculars (Rule, p. 115). By 5p.m. at the latest, Ray had retumed to the rooming house, parked his Mustang and had taken his zipper bag and bedspread to Room 5-B (Huie, p.115); by necessary inference, because it was admittedly brought down fram there and dropped on the sidewalk, the 30-06 rifle had been taken up to Poom 5-B at this time or just before Ray's trip to the York Amns Co. Store (See Huie, p.114 and p.131; 4143). As detailed in the discussion of the course of the FBI investigation ante at pp. 48-50, the assassin fled from the common bathroom at the rear of the rooming house after firing the shot that killed Dr. King. The assassin could have cleared and undoubtedly did clear 6:03 :50p.1 the corridor and the stairs to the street in about 45 seconds. In another 15 seconds at the outside he could have reached and undoubtedly did reach Ray's white -81-