James Earl Ray*Court*Martin Luther King*Crime* Murder* Artist--Anna Sandhu Ray former wife of James Earl Ray Start Price USD 24,000.00 Current Price USD 24,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 34,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, August 12, 2008 End Time Friday, August 22, 2008 Location Kentucky See more about 'James Earl Ray*Court*Martin Luther King*Crime* Murder*' Description This large (38 X  30 inches) Acrylic on canvas Painting depicts what the F.B.I. investigators think happened to Martin Luther King at the hands of James Earl Ray on April 4,1968 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee.It was painted by Ray,s former wife , noted artist Anna Sandhu Ray. Her artwork can be found in multiple galleries on the internet.She has only complete 2 of these paintings the first is 60 inches tall and is listed on the Yessy.com site for $200,000.00. The former prison bride of Martin Luther King Jr.'s convicted assassin still reflects on her marriage, when she is not painting or sketching landscapes or portraits to find inner peace. Anna Sandhu Ray, 62, of eastern Tennessee says her late husband of 14 years, James Earl Ray, an Alton, Il. native, was a man she thinks she once loved. "I thought I was in love with him," she said. "When I first met him, I was working at a television station and sketched him for the station. I sketched him at his arraignment on an escape charge. I remember him looking pale and bloated. I sketched him again at his escape trial." After their initial contact, the two didn't see each other again until Anna sent James some books. James appeared touched by the gesture and said he wanted to see her again. Anna visited James in prison, and their first conversation was about the famous Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso. "He asked why Picasso was so expensive," she said. "I responded by saying Picasso was a very colorful figure and the father of cubism." After that the couple continued to see each other in prison visits. "He seemed ever so happy to see me every time I saw him," she said. "He was very affectionate to me and kissed me a lot. I never acted that way in public, so it was somewhat embarrassing to me. "At Brushy Mountain Prison in Tennessee, they had one big visiting gallery, and everyone was crammed in there, and you were in high security. When he moved to prison in Nashville, we had a lot more privacy, but that was two-and-a-half years after we got married." When James Earl Ray proposed to Anna, he told her he wanted a baby desperately and asked if she would try to get pregnant. She tried to get pregnant using artificial insemination but was never able to conceive. Anna and James Earl Ray married in prison on Oct. 13, 1978. The Rev. James Lawson performed the ceremony for them. "I saw James at least two times a week for a year before we got married," she said. "He said he wanted to have a little girl like his sister, Carol, who died at an early age. He said he would like to twirl a little girl around like his dad did his sister, Carol. I told him I had also always wanted to have a child." Anna vividly remembers when Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. "I was ironing clothes in the living room, and my father started screaming and jumped around like it was a great thing that Dr. King has been killed," she said. "He was glad. "I was really upset about it. Dr. King stood for something they didn't like. He was a man who stood up against the status quo and demanded it to be changed. He had the courage to stand up for what wasn't regular stuff." Once, another prisoner attacked James while the couple were together, and Anna's arm was broken in the scuffle. She visited James in prison weekly. When asked whether she was attracted to murderers, Anna said she didn't think so. She later dated an FBI agent, physicians and even an attorney. She married two other times but now is divorced. James and Anna divorced March 18, 1993. The divorce had its problems. James was publishing a book, and Anna said she thinks James wanted to squash any potential proceeds for her. James made unflattering statements about her during the case, she said. "I was ordered not to speak at the hearing," she said. "James was grinning like the cat that ate the canary during the hearing. The judge even said we want to hurry up and get this done because we don't want Mr. Ray's lunch to get cold. I thought I was going to throw up, and the bailiff told me to sit down. It was a nasty, awful experience." Anna grew up in Virginia and Tennessee. She said she liked living in Tennessee more than her time in Virginia. Anna said she believes James murdered King, but that others accompanied him. "I think five businessmen put up the money for the killing, but they are all dead and can't go to prison," she said. "I think he also had other partners. "In the beginning, I did believe he didn't do it; but as time progressed, I did realize there was a strong possibility he did do it," she said. In the beginning, the Tennessee artist said she was an innocent person, always watching out for the underdog. "I had never known anyone in prison before James," she said. "When I came in, I didn't know anything about prisons and the people in there and what they will do. I invested a lot of time in him, so it was not in my best interest for him to be guilty. Place a Bid!