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“LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE [as the 1950s if Mississippi. [other picked cottonf | alleged | had some involvement in Till’s murder[ | recalled an incident where she traveled with | J.W. Milam, two other men and fo _ several locations in Leflore County. She believes the locations the group visited were locations involved in Till’s kidnaping and murder. { _fsuatea that as a child she accompanied her father on many occasions when he would bIC stop at Bryant’s Grocery & Meat Market in Money, Mississippi. He would stop at the store whenever he passed through on his way to check his trotlines and go fishing. During these stops, [witnessed her father kissing and hugging ion numerous occasions. Sometimes on these visits| ~_Jand her brothers would have to wait on their father for hours. [__Joelieves her father, ad both had affairs with sd a | 3. Ku Klux Klan and Other Allegations: An extensive search and review of records pertaining to the activities of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1950s, and in the area of interest here, was conducted. This research, including the review of case files and informant files, did not reveal any information indicating that the Ku Klux Klan had any involvement in the kidnaping and murder of Emmett Till. Additionally, these records did not reveal any information that any of the A review of Federal Bureau of Investigation files related to Till’s kidnaping and murder revealed several references to the alleged kidnaping of Levi Collins and [prion to bbs trial in 1955. At the time Robert Smith, III, a Special Prosecutor assigned to assist at the trial of IC Milam and Bryant, and a former Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, conducted LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains neither recommendations aor conclusions of the FBI. it is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency, | | persons of interest to this investigation were involved in Ku Klux Klan activities. } f ey ee