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® @ LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE Elmer O. Kimbrell, a white male, was born on February 12, 1922 in Sunflower County, Mississippi. During 1955 Kimbrell lived in Glendora, Mississippi and may have worked at the Glendora cotton gin at the time. In December 1955, Kimbrell shot and killed Clinton Melton, a black man. Melton, an employee at a gasoline service station in Glendora, had allegedly filled the gasoline tank on Kimbrell’s vehicle when Kimbrell had only asked for three dollars worth of gasoline. Kimbrell left the station, retrieved a gun, returned and killed Melton. When sheriff $ deputies arrived in Glendora, they found Kimbrell at J.W. Milam’s home. “* Kimbrell was acquitted when prosecuted for Melton’s murder. Kimbrell died in Tennessee in 1985. 11. Hubert Clark (deceased): Clark is identified in 1955 press accounts, without attribution to any source, as having been present in the truck which carried Emmett Till. 45 Additionally, J.W. Milam identified Clark to Confidential Sourea [as having been involved i in be 5 Till’s kidnaping and murder. “ Clark, a white male, born on November 24, 1920, was a friend of J.W. Milam’s. Clark served in the U.S. Navy during World War Ii and died of a heart attack on November 15, 1972 nf gk [to is still alive, has been identified by several - witnesses as having been involved in either the kidnaping of Emmett Till or efforts to clean-up after >7¢ the crime] Jas consistently denied any involvement or first-hand knowledge about the crime. 44 “Attention Focused On Till Case Defendant In Aftermath of Shooting in Glendora, Accused Man was Misc o/s LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. !t is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency, it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. — es ere eo we