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ae bé b7IC bo b7C bé b7c be b7c LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE g. August 28, 1955 - early moming — Glendora, Mississi ] a ee at the time, recalled many years later, that he and is father, who is now deceased, walked past J.W. Milam’s store on a Sunday morning. Upon passing the store, [ _|saw that Milam’s 1953 ~ 1955 GMC pickup truck was parked by the store, Aqd___]passed between the store and the truck, he noticed something under a tarpaulin, in the bed of the truck. A’black man was sitting on the side of the bed of the truck with a foot on the tarpaulin. Another black man was standing beside the truck. [_Jeecalted the names of the men as “Oso” and “Too Tight” but could not recall which of the men was in the truck and which was by the truck. Blood was running out of the bed of the truck and pooling on the ground. [_ffather was present. About the time [reached the truck, J.W. Milam came from the store. When Milam appeared,[_ father said something to Milam about the blood coming out of the truck. Milam stated he had killed a deer. [eather pointed out that deer season was not in and Milam responded by pulling] —_| father over to the truck and lifting the tarpaulin to showL__] father what was underneath] __ was not able to see what was under the tarpaulin, but heard J.W. Milam state, “This is what happens to smart niggers.” [ father then grabbed| and dragged him to their house. [_|atso recailed many years later that he sawp [FT coming toward the store from a nearby house. 64 LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBL 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.