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FD-380 (Rev. 7-16-63) nlp untae ildren last year—what will? he, Money. over _§77,000{: iided up by local citizens to Eanfonmants. has been avail-]] “mote than a year. But here have been no takers. ler Dec. 31. the reward n't be collectible. And this mes as a blow to investigators 10 had hoped it would make mebody talk an pe deadline 0 . SOF THE AMOUNT. $15,000; had been offered for information| Yeading to the arrest and con- yiction of the person or persons| Fesponsible for the bombing off 16th Street Baptist Church. Under terms of a resolution ted by the Birmingham City Council, trustees holding the money may pay rewards yb amounts they deem advis- Sable for Informution concerp- ‘other bombings whieh oc- arred after April 15 of tast ios Weyer, no reward can bel after Dec. 31 of this year Pine time set by the City Coun- cil for the bombing reward to be dissolved. Gov. Gearge Wallace put $10,- 900 into the fund on behalf of the state. Whether this amount will remain available is not known. ACCORDING TO Dr. John Buchanan, one of three trustees appointed by the Council. only about $1,500 of the fund is cash, The remainder is im the form of pledges. e REE bos ean npunced that de case of the 6th Street Ha IF AND WHEN the FBI does move, athe. agency if, am 380,000 in. reward ‘ Sf arrested because the one thing f ‘needed for convictions is miss- cat dered four Sunday School} jchurch bombing, remain un- Solved. in not yet been possible to obtain ijevidence or confessions to’ ‘as- sure successful prosecution. ~ the state for prosecuti (Mount Clipping in Space Below) a ‘The guilty persons Cannot be ing — testimony that would} : convince a jury. q ‘The church bombing was next ito the last in a long series dynamitings ‘in Bitmingham over the years. It is estimated that a total of 22, including the| my pe pers After the church bombing, the FRI taunched what it called ty authorities joined the federal tee} cartain 9 agency and began piping infor- mation to it. Separate probe THE STATE police, acting un-1 der orders of Director Al Lingo. began a separate meen which subsequently led to the arrest of three men. They were) not charged with thé. bomtting’: but with illegal possession of a namite The trio ‘was convicted in City 2 Recortlers Court. but appealed and later were found not guil- ty in Civeuit Court When the state made its ar- rests, there was no nolifica- tion of any kind given the olh- er investigative agencies. And since thal time, there has been no official communica- tion between Lingo and the FBI. In a Statement from Was h- ington a week ago, the FBI, said the investigation “was pre judiced by premature arrests| made by the Alabama Highwayl Patrol.” Consequently it has Testimony needed | A ae ela a, <I - probably, ould turn over its ewsdéace to! Me THE, nena’ i 1 BETGNCHAN | Date: Edition: Author Editor: HateNs Character: RY Classification: _ Submitting Of SEARCHED FS BIUMINGUAM, ALA, INDEXED » de Cen GE 5 1964 hvac