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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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— * Raa SBE sre i 1 123 124 5 (26 LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE and it had a -- had a cover over the door we called a tarpaulan (sic), had a tarp over it, . and I heard somebody hollerin’ on the truck, but I didn’t see nobody.” 122 In a later interview[ ___|described his home as being located near [ west of Money on the way tof [__]also stated he bs saw Milam’s truck pass him, with Milam and Branch [Bryant] inside, on either a Tuesday or Wednesday and that it could not have been a Sunday. [ ~~ Jatso stated the truck passed him about lunch time. ' f. August 28, 1955 - before daylight — Glendora, Mississippi es | ns ce Sometime in the middle of the night __ nd her sistef : b6 [ were at home, sitting at a window, trying to get some air, when they noticed = p7c a fire burning in a barrel behind J.W. Milam’s home. [Pater leamed that someone had burned something in the barrel. later saw shoes that had burned in the fire and was told the shoes were Emmett Till’s. °° !?° [ [___|recalted “{ remember the shoe. Like at night my sister an’ I : : - cats , b6 was in the bed an’ you know you had your windows up down south...” ““An’ we say 476 like maybe two or three guys, back then you would bring your garbage up a tall barrel you,..” “.,. They put somethin’ in that an’ set it on fre.[ | later learned it was Till’s shoe which had been burned. '?° Mise O/S LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. [tis the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it ad its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
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