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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 9

125 pages · May 22, 2026 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 124 pages OCR'd
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‘Ornomat | Memo. 10 io . + wt ) Tolaca UNITZD SvATES GOVER, .ENT } Belinont Memorandum To : Mr. Belmont DATE: 10-2-63 FROM : A. aan pee me r-| SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS, pa x BOMBING OF SIXTEENTH STREST—— ~~~ wi BAPTIST CHURCH, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 14 SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 yp hn BOMBING MATTERS [ it] f / On 10-1-63 the Alabdma Highway Patrol was served with wets of habeas corpus by rhneys representing Robert E. #Chambliss and Charles Arni agle, the two men arrested by the Alabana Highway Patrol on 9-29-63 in connection with the Birmingham bombings, The serving of the writs necessitated charges being = <1 against Chambliss and Cagle. Also charged was John Wesley~Hall, another member of the Chambliss group who was taken into custody 10-1-63 by the Alabama Highway / Patrol, As indicated in copies of the complaint and warrant later exhibited to Bureau Agents by Hall, the three men were charged with having in their possession an explosive, to wit, { dynamite, without a permit therefor as required by Section 451 of the General City Code of the City of Birmingham of 1944, all in violation of Section 464 of said General City Code, t The complaints were signed by Colonel Albert J. Lingo of the Alabama Highway Patrol before Judge J. Earl Langner of the Recorders Court of Birmingham, The offense with which the three men were charged is a misdemeanor, Bond for each of the men was set at $300, Chambliss and Hall were released on bond but Cagle was not immediately released. Chambliss is scheduled to appear for trial 10-8-63, Trial dates for Cagle and Hall have not yet been set, ‘REC. Suge nen! L< 4 REC OR fy 1 - Mr. DeLoach 1 - Mr. Evans HOF SCT: pab pale t, : (9). f 1 - Mr, Mohr [ {i -
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