Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. And the International Hunt for His Assassin

CHAPTER 40

THE PHANTOM FUGITIVE

⁶³² "the man without a past": These characterizations are taken from a variety of media sources immediately after Galt was identified--including the Memphis Commercial Appeal the Washington Post, the Atlanta Constitution, Newsweek, and Time.

⁶³³ "No, that's not him": "Eric Galt, Alleged Brother Conspired to Assassinate Dr. King, FBI Declares," Atlanta Constitution, April 18, 1968, pp. 1, 29.

⁶³⁴ "I just don't know": Ibid.

⁶³⁵ "was a two-dimensional cutout": Newsweek, April 29, 1968.

⁶³⁶ "Fiction wouldn't touch it": Memphis Commercial Appeal, June 16, 1968.

⁶³⁷ "destroyed the production plants": "Who Is Phantom Fugitive? Reporters Put Together Facts," a special "Task Force Report" in the Atlanta Constitution, April 22, 1968, p. 8.

⁶³⁸ "He is the man who killed": Mrs. Szpakowski's conversation with her husband concerning Galt is recounted in Frank, American Death, p. 316.

⁶³⁹ "All the signs were there": DeLoach, Hoover's FBI, pp. 241-42.

⁶⁴⁰ "Les, we have pretty good evidence": The conversation between DeLoach and Les Trotter is recalled in DeLoach, Hoover's FBI, p. 245.

⁶⁴¹ "we're under tremendous pressure": Ibid., p. 246.

⁶⁴² "We're getting there": Ibid.