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~ ortionAl tO8s NO. 10 fy s010-108 . ») UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Monn Memorandum eo >. Rose! Yr. s 4 DATE: September 15, 1963 ¢, L. Mc Go Xeones made by of Tae Room Z 4 for review by Rowe Task Forés eet = Date eye 78 - SUBJECT: UNENOWN 8S) BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA inane ~BEPTEMEER 15, 1963 BOMBING MATTERS be At 12:40 P,M,, Eastern Daylight Savings Time, Special Agent in Charge Raymond Faisst of ham Office telephonically advised Extra Duty Supervisor, that the Sixteen’ ee" ijptist Church, Sixteenth Street and Sixth Avenue, South, Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed at 10:25 A.M., Central Standard Time, The rear end of the church was badly damaged and several persons injured, Faisst stated he was on the way to the scene of the bombing with Agents of the. Birmingham Office, { At 1:45 P,M., Eastern Daylight Savings Time, Assistant Special Agent in Charge Robert Jensen, Birmingham, advised the ’ SAC and Agents of the Birmingham Office were at the scene of the ~ bombing conducting investigation. They had determined from Fire Marshal Rosenfeld that he estimated ten sticks of 40 per cent dynamite had been dropped on the road surface near the church and ignited with a fuse-type igniter. He stated damage to the church was extensive, probably as much as $20,000 to $30,000, Investigation is being coordinated with the Birmingham Police Department and Lieutenant House of the Birmingham Police Department is at the hospital attempting to identify the dead and injured. Jensen advised it had just been reported to him that a Negro woman had observed the bombing of the church and described the car as a 1957 or 1958 blue & The >) nished was registere Birmingham, for a SDA Se personally SCRIng t+ angle. * °, : oN ay er ye ACTION a RE 56 ys 7 reo St /] Appropriate Bureau officials and Mr, Lou Kaudey of; the Civil Rights Division of the Departmen ever © * He called back at 2:30 P.M, an eliminated as a suspect, 1 + Mr, DeLoach ae ‘ . GEB:mlt >= ‘ 5 (7) -