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Ornowat roe mo. 10 oan . <P UNITED STATES GOVE! ‘ENT ) hiitiaL— a —— Memorandiim y= To: Mr. Belnon’ PATE: 10/1/63 Get FROM: A. Rosen AL ‘aertons) —— BrP Borile jay SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Cz. ‘ Piz 4458 E wt. BOMBING OF SURTEENTH STREET “"AiT™(NFORMATION CONTAIN AO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 9/15/63 HERFIN IS UNCLASSIFIED ‘j.| Birmingham Office has ascertained that representatives of the ' x 4ahtorgément officers by the wholesale pick up and intérrogation < ( BOMBING MATTERS DATEs3-2e- £6 BY The following are the developments which have occurred in connection with our investigations of the bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, residence of Arthur Shores, and the intersection of Sixteenth Avenue and Center Street South. The individuals picked up by the Alabama Highway Patrol (AHP) on thg night of 9/29/63 and early morning 9/30/63 \ for interrogation/following the arrests of Robert Ey hanbliss and Charles Arnig/Cagle in connection with the Bir nghan bombings were released during the early morning hoyrs of 9/30/63... ghambiiss and Cagle are still in custody at the c}ty jail in , Bir gham. Those released included John Wesley, aly and [. Lev: arborough, Through interviews with suspects released the . AHP Were of the opinion that they might scoop other law / A ofcsuspects whose identities they learned from various individuals undgr fhvestigation as suspects by the Bureau and Birmingham t polices . NI : No charges have yet been filed against Chambliss and Cagle and they are being held for the AHP on "open charges" or for investigation, Birmingham advises that it is the consensus of law enforcement officers and representatives of press that Chambliss and Cagle, if they desired to sue for false arrest, would have an excellent basis since the interrogation of them by AHP developed only information that Cagle and John Wesley eer HT ED IN YS po onus ; ‘ Hall had at one time picked up a partia. te at é \ > tl wD 1 -. Mr, Mohr " REC- Bs. . 7 oA 1 - Mr. DeLoach ei AEB ; Hy 1 - Mr, Evans a2ciy 4 165 | SCT: tak 21 xERox —_- = @ —. 4, OCT 7 1963