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FO-350 (Rev 5-8-81) (Mount Clipping in Space Below) DA views deathbed confession Could reopen 1957 unsolved murder By Frank Sikora News staff writer MONTGOMERY — At the Civil Rights Memo- rial here Wednesday, someone placed a single white rose in the thin sheet of shimmering water. The rose rested next to the name of Willie Ed- wards, one of the more than 30 people who died in the civil rights mevement in the South during the 19505 and '6Qs. acove ae The unsolved 1957 murder of Edwards, 25, an obscure truck driver with a wife and three child- ren, returned to the forefront with the revelation that a former Ku Klux Klansman repertedly made a deathbed confession to his wife about the case. Now, the Montgomery County district attorney's office says the case could be reopened if new evi- dence is found. Bill Mayer, chief deputy of the Montgornery County District Attorney's office, on Wednesday said the office is reviewing the case but has not launched a new investigation. “At this point all we know is what we've read in the newspapers,’ he said. “However, if we get some more information, then it could be that we would look at reopening it.” Edwards was stopped by several white men on the night of Jan. 23, 1957. and ordered at gunpoint to jump from the Tyler Goodwyn bridge into the Alabama River. His body was found three months later in Low- , ndes County. i The widew of a former Klan member last week jEction: j {Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.} THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS BIRMINGHAM, AL. bate 9/2/93 ~OPY Sent ' THOURSD AY Pe eRe rater Title "DA VIEWS DEATHBED CON- FESSION" Character: or Classification: Submitting Office BH Indexing: INDeX f52- 252- SE/ =)?