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sien LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE "two boys there from Chicago" and Wright responded "Yes, Sir.” Milam then said "I want that boy that done the talking down at Money.” Wright started to lead Milam and Bryant to the bedroom Till was sleeping in and Milam stated “If this is not the right boy, then we are going to bring him back and . put him in the bed." When they approached Till's bed, Milam "said for him to get up." Till “got up and dressed. He sat on the side of the bed and dressed.” After that " they started out, then he asked me if I know anybody there and I told him, ‘No, Sir. I don't know you.’ And then he said to me, ‘How old are you?’ And then I said ‘Sixty four.’ And then he said, ‘Well, if you know any of us here tonight, then you will | never live to get to be Sixty five.’" | | As Milam, Bryant and Til were exiting the house they walked through Wright's bedroom, where his wife was present. "She had gotten up out of bed, and then he said to her, “You get back in bed, and I mean, I want to hear the springs.’" Wright's wife "...said that we will pay you whatever you want to charge if you will just release him. She said that we would pay them for whatever he might have done if they would just let him go." Milam and Bryant did not respond to her. After exiting the home, Wright stood at the screen porch door and observed a car to be "parked towards Money.” Before Milam and Bryant entered the car with Till, "They asked if this was the boy, and someone said “Yes”. When asked if the voice was that of a man or a woman, Wright replied, "It seemed like it was a lighter voice than a man's." After receiving the response from the person in the car, they "..drove off towards Money.” 52 LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions ofthe FBI. It is the property of the FB] and is loaned to your agency, it and is contents are not to be distributed ouiside your agency,