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Emmett Till — Part 1

249 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Emmett Till · 245 pages OCR'd
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be bic oe e LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE 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 7 4 4 New Orleans, Louisiana? 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 Misc O/s LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains neither recommendations ner 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.
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