Martin Luther King Jr. Times" reported that a church minister, Rev. Ronald Denton Wilson, claimed his father, Henry Clay Wilson—not James Earl Ray—assassinated King. He stated, "It wasn't a racist thing; he thought Martin Luther King was connected with communism, and he wanted to get him out of the way." Wilson provided no evidence to back up his claims. King researchers David Garrow and Gerald Posner disagreed with William F. Pepper's claims that the government killed King. In 2003, Pepper published a book about the long investigation and trial, as well as his representation of James Earl Ray in his bid for a trial,
Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis) January 2019. Local traffic is being asked to detour onto the Eads Bridge, which is less than a 1/2 mile downstream. Thru traffic is being asked to detour onto one of the Interstate highways in the area - either Interstate 70 via the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge, or Interstates 55/64 via the Poplar Street Bridge. The Missouri half of the bridge is designated as unsigned Route 799 by the Missouri Department of Transportation. Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis) The Martin Luther King Bridge (formerly known as the Veterans Bridge) in St. Louis, Missouri, is a cantilever truss bridge