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oy, yas ar - eo By William G. Wing Of The Heralé Tribune Stof BIRMINGHAM. Because of rumors that Ne- groes caused the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church last Sunday the United States Attorney felt it necessary yesterday to issue & public statement, The a nt said pul agencies _investigy mbing— the FRI, the Sheriff ‘of Jefferson County and oy eed “_ Meh-or bomb, * side the ground-level base- ment of the building near the steps. ‘The announcement was not news. The concrete steps, which reached from the side- to a first. wa ags, placed " 2) ul ha exterior steps. Fy the‘rear Mémted—with another unnews- worthy ftem: = ~~ ® No evidence has been un- covered to date indicating the identity of the person or per- sons responsible for bombing. But, the sta’ said, “the public can rest as sured that when his identity is uncovered, regardless of who he may be, it will be Made public.” Macon L. Weaver, Attorney -for the Northern District of Alabama, said his announce- ment was made “to dispel certain false and misleading Tumors concerning the bomb- Tarte-tineny barber eshep—-ead street corner conversations it came to the ears of a lead- ing white Methodist minister, the Rev. Denson N. Franklin. Mr. Franklin feared the rn- ™mor would hurt the fund for the bombed church, started by the state's religious leaders —s fund of which he is a trustee. The rumor goes Birmingham Bombin — Some Rumors Exploded Kelled,—agpording tothe re mor, accidentally kicked over nitroglycerine, which ex- ploded case of dynamite, ‘The second part of the ru- Tor is that the janitor of ‘the church, who knew about the stored explosives, was irited away by the FBI a held incommunicado to keep him from revealing the ae tor was questioned exten- sively by Birmingham police, feaver said the jani- jut was never picked up by | FBI. tory belongs f o of—rmans eharging at the Justice De- | Callahan rad ReLoach Evans Boren Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room —_ Holmes Gandy We yl A } ¢ ihe church, The four chil- n who were killed were in- C ap way: ‘ ‘The basement of the 16th Street Church was filled with explosives. The church Principal headquarters The Washington Post and Times Herald from the side of the uilding hy explosion and deemolished. From the first, police have ¢ assumed the bomb was placed | —not thrown from a car— } clvil rights demonstrations, beneath-these outaide steps. { and the explosives were being The announcement con | 61 iti 10 good purpose, One of the girls Who was “<LOSURF ¢)_ The Washington Datly News — SE Vom 02 GF 5-5 | Ge Evening Star ” lew York Herald Tribune 4 New York Journal-American —_ 2 UCT a 1363 ~ we New York Mirror New York Daily News New York Post ————— New York Times ———— The Worker —_——_--____— The New Leader The Wall Street Journal —_—— ‘The National Observer ———— eh ~ votynurety People's World —————__—— Tron ener 1963 SEF 2° ro