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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 22

69 pages · May 22, 2026 · Broad topic: Terrorism · Topic: 16th Street Church Bombing · 67 pages OCR'd
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¥ JACK HARTSFIELD News stall = ' “MERIDIAN, Miss.” Law officers were not say> | ig today whether more ar: rests are ahead in the night r attempted bombing of home of Meyer Davidson, @ader in Meridian. * + y olice Chief Roy Gunn, ould not rule out furl ‘esis, guarcediy commented fit he was hopeful the con- tinuing investigation would fire. up new evidence. - Meanwhile, the “underground fighter," Thom. as A. Tarvants II, 22, of! jaw officers after one of Pi Mississippi's wildest running gun battles remained in seri. 4-0US Condition at Matty Hersee “Hosp al. He is under heavy guard. Across town at Jeff Ander- | ‘son Memorial Hospital a po-" Bice patrolman and a, bystan- der, both cut down by subma- chine gun fire in the chase re- on the critical * Patrolman J. M. Hatcher, 31- year-old father of three, was “) sprayed with machine gun bul. # lets while trying to arrest Tar- the commotion was » tions under surveillance that ight. |, affiliated with the APWR and fnree different Ku Klux Klan @ groups and was a ‘frequent “man get out. Investigators minent Jewish Business. ciaimed they challenged Tar: * detonator beside the Davidson Mobile, gunned down Sunday; i. insworth a4 ‘ict ie teacher. at Duling Ele- fas School in Jackson, ¢ was carrying a .25 caliber pistol‘ in her purse and mer- bership cards in the Ameri- cans for Preservation of the SAID the episcde , began in the pre-dawn hour: Sunday while 10 officers were staked out at the Davicson resigence, one of four loca- Officers moved “in when they spotted a Buick sedan stop near the house and saw a rants as he tried to place a box of dynamite with a time home. The man, officers claim, ddropped the dynamite and officers fired as he fled to the waiting car. Police pursued, {firing at the auto and finally rammed it 15 blocks away. _.. Investigators’ said Tarrants « jumped from the car spraying « machinegun bullets, ’ injuring the bystander and officer Hatcher, before lawmen cut him dewn with their own fire while he was trying | to climb over a fence. “ Chief Gunn said documents *: recovered from — Tarrants’ ‘; possession’ spake of a So-cal-: Jed “Communist - Jew” cons- piracy and that Tarrants had, gone “underground” «as guertilla fighter, ‘0002 2 THE POLICE chief said“; that Mrs. Ainsworth’s -hus- band, who was attending sum-_- mer camp at Camp ‘Shelby,"? knew she was a member of: i said Mrs. Ainsworth * ing ‘tition being pre “public schools, ; White Race and the Ku Klux te ‘A: native of Miami nearby Clinton. | Lyre RIRNTNGHAN {Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) NPWS ~~ BIRMINGHAM POST- HFRALD BIRMINGUAM, ALARM A pate: 7°2>68 Edition: Metro Author: Jack Hartsfield editor: John W. Bloomer Tine: GREENBOMB Character! or Classiticetion: 1 9st § Submitting Office: syne CO Being Investigated | SEARCHED, a NDEXED ste ; SERIALIZED “FILED
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