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ee va tat th, ee O2a iRev, 13-46-95) 44R-JN-30112, 62D-UN-30045-FD302 ninuation of FO302ef “PRANSCRLPT-EMMETT TILL TRIAL Sept 1955.00 Page 21S boak. Q Who were they? A Well, my brother Fred Mims, and Robert Hodges. Q. Will you just describe what you saw when you got there? | A Well, we saw a person - - from his knee on down and including his feet - - we saw that sticking up above the water. And we could tell by looking at it that it was a colored person. That is ali we could see, just from the knee on down, both knees. Q Why was that body there? Was it hung up, or Elaqating or what? A Yes, Sir, it was hung. It was hung. Q Then what did you and the others do’ relative to that body? A Well, we went up there and looked at it, and we de- cided that we was gaing to have to have a rope in order to unhang him. And so we sent one of the boats back after a line and to bring it down so that we could unhang the body. 0 And after you got the line, what did you do? A Well, we tied it on the feet and then pulled the feet together. We tied it around the ankles and then pulled it | loose from the bottom. Q When you pulled it loose, did the body float there