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FD-350 (Rey. 7-16-63) FBI ‘knows’ | bombers and rights killers { The FBI says it still lacks cient evidence to get a con-! Baptist killing four small Negro girls. \ The agency also said in Wash- jington it knows who killed the; three young civil rights work-| lers in Philadelphia, Miss., last! summer, ‘ In a statement from Washing- por a spokesman for the FBI fwas quoted as saying ‘‘a small group of Klansmen’’ is believed to be responsible for the church! bombing but there is insufficient evidence to make any arrests. —— —— | AT THE SAME TIME the: agency was highly critical of! the Alabama State Troopers! ‘whom they said “prejudiced” ithe investigation with prema- ‘ture arrests. The church was bombed on) Sept, 15, 1963. The four girls were among hundreds attend-| ing Sunday School when the blast ripped through the struc- ture. { In its statement, the FBI said, “this investigation was prejudiced by premature ar- rests made by the Alabama Highway Patrol. Consequent- ly it has not yet been possible to obtain evidence or confes- sions to assure successful prosecution.” State Troopers arrested three ‘men shortly after Gov, George Wallace announced _ evidence| had been found that would solve, ithe series of bombings in Bir- ‘mingham. CHARLES CAGLE, R, E. Chambliss and .John fi vere (Mount Clipping in Space Below) cl ed_with illegal possessiqn cee. They were con- victed in Recorders Court but appealed and were found in- Inocent in Circuit Court. . ..The church was the scene of many civil rights demonstra tions in the spring and. sum- mer of 1963. "The bombing was the last and most serious one in a long series lof racially connected attacks on a motel and the homes and, churches of Negroes. IN CONNECTION with the; Philadelphia, Miss., case, the; BE spokesman said “intensive! investigation +is continuing to: develop the'case for prosecu-, ‘tion as quickly as possible."” The three civil rights work-| ers killed last June were An-| jdrew Goodman, 20, of New York; Michael Schwerner, 24, ;of Brooklyn, N. Y. and a Ne- ‘gro, James Chaney, 21, of Meridian, Miss. Their bodies were found in a deep grave near Philadelphia| two months after they were last! seen alive, They had been shot-——~——- Copes made by for review by Rowe Task Force Date weaned Brier Ac: ENCLOS (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) 1 THE BIRMINGHAM Ni — Birmingham, Alabz pate: 11-26-64 Edition: Holiday Author: Editor: Title: BAPBOMB Character: BM or Classification: Submitting Office: BIRME NGHA) Being Investigated