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The Boys of Birmingham
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How a team of Northern-born, Irish Catholic displaced federal agents found the FBI
Most Wanted fugitive James Earl Ray in just two months and four days in mid-1968!
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The Martin Luther King Murder Case - How was it Solved?
Why was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. killed - and how was MLK's murder solved? What was the assassination of MLK like, and how was King's assassination case solved in such a brief time period? How did they find James Earl Ray, one of the Ten Most Wanted FBI fugitives, who was eventually charged with the murder of Martin Luther King?
William Saucier, lead field agent in charge of the FBI’s Birmingham investigation of the assassination, tells how he found the location of James Earl Ray, Dr. King’s court-proven and convicted killer. Without Saucier's timely actions, the MLK killer would have escaped to Portugal, due to the lack of an extradition treaty, where he would have lived out his life safe from prosecution for the murder.
The book tells of Saucier’s FBI career, relating many colorful stories about the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover, which are told in this book for the first time. Also, it details the King assassination, and tells the story of one of the Boys’ involvement in President Kennedy’s assassination - he may have been the infamous “blond man” who picked up the fifth bullet in Dealey Plaza. This "Boy" is the same agent who arrested Kennedy's killer, Lee Harvey Oswald.
This historic and engaging book is full of hilarious and amusing stories of life under the stern and strict but technically ridiculous J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI administration. Hoover also made several tapes of supposed “indiscretions” by Dr. King, and new information is brought to light in this book. But the most important story concerns the FBI investigation of the Martin Luther King murder - this had become a federal case.
Using methods of the time, the Birmingham, Alabama FBI, known as “the Boys of Birmingham,” located Ray under three other names, swiftly finding his true identity. Saucier in particular is the agent who determined how to go about finding Ray himself, using a method he came up with on his own which involved checking international passports. That’s how Ray was found at London's Heathrow Airport on June 8, 1968 just before he boarded a plane to Brussels.
Thanks to Agent Saucier, whose life story is this book, the evidence led directly to Ray, who was found in London and arrested. Without Saucier’s and the Boys' capable and professional investigation, it is probable Dr. King’s killer would have gotten completely away with his heinous crime, one of the worst assassinations of the 20th Century. The book ends with Saucier’s retirement and death, and his daughter tells us throughout the book of life in Birmingham, Alabama during the most turbulent and historic era in recent American politics, the Sixties.
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AUTHOR P.L.RYAN ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF WEBSITE
DANVILLE, IL – As the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. draws near, P.L. Ryan, author of The Boys of Birmingham, announces the launch of her new website. It honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and also promotes her book, which chronicles the tumultuous Southern times leading up to and immediately following the assassination of this great American hero.
“It’s been over four decades since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the hands of James Earl Ray. I felt that that the time was right to address a dimension of the King assassination that was long overlooked,” Ryan said.
According to Ryan, that dimension is the unique thought and effort placed into the FBI’s unorthodox plans for identifying and apprehending James Earl Ray.
To address this aspect of the King story, Ryan wrote The Boys of Birmingham, first published August 2009, and launched www.drmartinlutherkingjrassassination.com to honor the memory of Dr. King – and to chronicle the efforts of the specific FBI team of agents who worked tirelessly to bring MLK’s assassin to justice.
The site is still in its developmental stages, but will eventually showcase excerpts from the novel, feature archival photographs of the FBI’s own “Boys of Birmingham” and allow visitors to place orders there for the book.
In her book, Ryan outlines and spins special new stories of the professional and personal lives of the special FBI agents undertaking the investigation into King’s assassination, which was considered to be a federal crime. An added dimension of depth here is that Ryan’s father, William A. Saucier, was lead investigator of those white, northern, Irish-Catholic FBI agents dubbed “The Boys of Birmingham.”
According to Ryan’s account, the “Boys” were many of the brightest and best of the Bureau in the 1960s, having intriguing nicknames such as “The Dallas Duplicator,” “The Sailor” and “Tampa Fats.” Each one had his own success stories as an agent, with “Dallas” being the man who arrested President Kennedy’s convicted killer; but their shining moment would really come in the summer of 1968.
Saucier’s team is the one credited with identifying, discovering and performing the main actions leading to the arrest of James Earl Ray, King’s assassin.
“It was Dad’s idea, how to identify (and find) the assassin. Once identified, (Ray) was arrested in London’s Heathrow Airport – two months and four days after the assassination,” Ryan said.
According to Ryan, the book took five years to write and was done as a joint project with her father.
“There were some who thought the subject matter was ‘old news’ but I felt it was important to show that not all white FBI agents working in the South were racists. My dad and his associates endured their own forms of prejudice, being called ‘Yankees’ and ‘outsiders.’ I wish that my father had lived long enough to see the finished product. Unfortunately, Dad died three years into the process,” Ryan said.
Ryan has also written an historical novel and some children’s books.
The Boys of Birmingham is now available at Barnes & Noble and on Amazon, in both soft cover and ebook formats. For more information about “The Boys of Birmingham” and their investigation into the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., please visit www.drmartinlutherkingjrassassination.com .
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