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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 22
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1 Sixteenth Street
Baptist Chusch five years ago,
‘Killing four | little | girls, can
Spombing de ecuted on "the,
Fiat federal charge,”and
most of the’ ‘other poe,
pired Sunday with the ‘fit
Wiganniversary of that horror'™
i aee say.
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limitations «on feceral
crimes punishable “by ‘death,
or onthe. state charge «of
maurder with,zniversa! malice
=, the’ intention of killing.
ie the- FBI can prove the
xplosives were . transported: -
55 state lines by someone *
who knew they were to be
used to, destroy anything or \
intimidate anyone, they might
a case, because that /
particular federal crime © is
punishable by death. onthe
‘The investigation goes. on.
that, sooner or later, they can
fix the bldme on someone. >?
“special
Sfagent’ in charge of the Birm:
ingham
“Psuspects are never tar out-oi
* agents’ investigations, and his”
“own detectives rundown ew
ery lead . Ses
ters and in the office of U. S.
Atty. Macon Weav,
Atty. J, Richmond:
of shiting “through all
the reports — one ‘more Unie,
when Pearson was appoint:
ed to the “affice this year. .
investigators ,, have }
“several people
‘and conferences between peo-
in this area .who could
“agents are “dedicated to find- ‘|
+-cing the missing links needed’
“to make’ a case. He says bits
of information are still glean-
{ investig: igations of other Tace-
related crimes, and are care-
fully added. to the collection
sored in’ the files and in theft,
“Mest of the agents have
themselves,” Miles
‘They work hard on”
sany ordinary investigation —"),
like a bank tobbery -- but y
this church bombing falls into}
a” different “Gategory. “They %$
go take a very personal interest :
“TE can’t imaging: our ever
closing this case until th
thing is solved,” he emphas'
ed “Sometimes. Jit ; seems
‘when _ no:, public’, announce
“nothing” is
ing on. But that’s not true.”
“1 would like the public to.
now the. tombings are stills
—— BIXMINGHAM, ALABAM
pate 9-17-68
| EaitionMe tro
Peggy ‘Roberson
John W. Bloomer
BAPBOMB
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