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“a . OPMONAL FORM NO. 10° ‘ } . Tolson UNITED STATES GO ) oO = Memoran ee Tale, Room Conrad peloach To: ws comes YS DATE: = 9/20/63, Eee FROM : R, H. Jevon: yt Holmes ¥4 cs Gandy —_ VA vib Trotter URENOWN SUBJECTS; La fF BOMBING OF “16TH STREET BAPTIST. CHURCH, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA “9715763 a BOMBING MATTERS This is the case in which four young Negro girls were killed in the _ bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmlaghan, Alabama, on 9/15/63. On the evening of 9/18/63, a delivered various items of evidence collected 2 e@ Cr: search of the instant bombing. This material consisted of (1) pieces of heavy gauge wire from the wire screen covering over the windows in the ladies lounge (2) pieces of window frame from windows in the ladies lounge (3) fragments of drapery material from drapes covering the windows in the ladies lounge (4) fragment of metal fram from sereens covering windows in ladies lounge (5) scrapings from from screens covering windews in ladies lounge (2) Scraping: window sill of windows in ladies lounge (6) piece of red plastic insulated wire found on floor among debris in ladies lounge (7) piec of red plastic insulated wire taken from a bell signal system used in the church and (8) pieces of concrete from Oldsmobile and Chev- rolet outside of the church. The examinations of these materials are now complete. No residues were found on any of the submitted items which were indicative of a specific explosive. The red plastic insulated wire found on the floor among the debris in the ladies lounge was a coppe? coated steel wire similar in all respects to a wire used in jacketed telephone "JKP" station wire, The Birmingham Office is being advised of the above results by teletype and a report is being 7 REC e 4 ACTION: > ts L7F- 7 [5b ) Mr. Belmont For infornition. ; Ape yy" ee — Mr. Mohr Mr. Rosen i. i EP 22 1969 ' CERRREE 5 Mr. Evans Lavin, Rm. 2268 WRH: ia DeLoach aay é — be