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Z if f RE: SUMMARY OF FACTS CONCERNING SIX MOST RECENT BIRMINGHAM BOMBINGS failed to develop eye witnesses to dynamiting or any descrip- tion of automobile, KING is brother of MARTIN LUTHER KING, well-known Negro integration leader. TNE UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of Residence . of aRTHUR SHORES, 1021 Center Street, North, Birmingham, alabama, Night of August 20, 1963 BOMBING MaTTERS Bufile 157-979 Birmingham file 157~33i -~ About 9:26 p.m., August 20, 1963, the residence of ARTHUR SHORES, a prominent Negro attorney who has handled civil rights matters in Birmingham area in the past, 1021 Center Street, North, Birmingham, alabama, located in an - area now popularly known as "Dynamite Hill,” was damaged by an explosion belLeved to have been éaused by dynamite. SHORES was home alone at the time and was not injured. No threats were received prior to explosion, which occurred at the southwest corner of the house, where the garage, which ts part ef the house, is located. A crowd of about 1,000 Negroes gathered and hurled stones at Birmingham Police Department officers attempting to control them and preserve the crime scene, Several police officers received injuries from stones and several Police Department tires were slashed. Order was restored about 1 a.m., August 21, 1963, after numerous shots had been fired over the heads of the crowd, Reward of over $10,000 available. No suspects developed to date. UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; Bombing of Residence of ARTHUR SHORES, 1021 Center Street, North, Birmingham, Alabama, September 4, 1963 BOMBING MATTERS Bufile 157-1011 Birmingham file 157-339 _~ ; About 9:36 p.m., September 4, 1963, the SHORES residence was again damaged by an explosion believed to have Sayer nas wun MO Ope Mp pe vermncweg ees er ene from the sidewalk and about twenty-five feet from the front of the KING residence, The second pxplosion, which occurred one to three minuyes afterward, was detonated near the front of the house. FBI Laboratory examination concluded dynamite was used as the explpgive. Intensixe neighborhood investigatioi: f ‘