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Emmett Till — Part 1
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customer’s leaving Bryant-Donham “called out” to Juanita Milam “to watch me" and
Bryant-Donham ran out the door to Juanita Milam's car to retrieve her [Bryant-
Donham’s] pistol. ‘When Bryant-Donham exited the front of the store, she saw. the
customer again, "standing by one of the posts on the front porch" and "He whistled
and then came out in the road." Bryant-Donham retrieved the pistol from under the
driver’s seat, turned around and observed the customer getting in a car. Juanita
_ Milam had been at the store so that Bryant-Donham would not be alone while her
husband, Roy Bryant, was in Brownsville, Texas taking a load of shrimp there from
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out” tol hat “Thad screamed for [ps screamed for[ | a
“...as soon as he touched me I Started screaming for, _. .” and the statements
made to het by the customer on this day had left her with the impression he would be
back at a later time. Additonally[ stated that during the incident she
had reached for a pistol which was nonmally kept underneath the store counter, but
the weapon was not there and she retrieved the pistol from under the driver’s seat of
[piso stated she was not the person who initially told Roy Bryant what had
happened in the store saying, “...I didn’t say anything and one of the reasons LI
didn’t say, ever say anything more about it, was because [ was afraid that, what { was
worried about was he’s gonna go find and beat him up.” And “...1 tote pa
~ hppendlx A A- Transcript State of Mississippi vs. IW. Milam and Roy Bryant, Second District of Tallahatchie
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