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2 a ae, epee A tenes gafate oe eke KO 44~2100/dan nn Wer _Bheriff JONES said that he remained at the scene eR oS anta daylight when he conducted @ crime scene search. He = . opo's 2. gtated that no latent. fingerprints had been found on the ‘truck ol nor had he found any tire marks, shotgun cartridges or any a > + ‘other physical evidence which would assist in the investiga- (occ, tion. He said that he had searched the area across highway 24 '~ . $rom where the body was found and could not observe in the -: °: "grass any matted area which would indicate that anybody 1 had pas Med been Aying own An. this. area, : oe on aaa ‘sheriff JONES stated that a nation “underneath Se ". yo, | the ck revealed pieces of and Si LLEN's . a - ee spattered against the ing ome + wheel ‘of “2 0iLe < the truck, The tire on this left treat “yhee! was flat and == -- rr appeared to possit ply have. been” ‘Punctured with the buckshot. Day te “Bherif? | NES ‘stated ‘that through questioning of ae “ALLEN wife, Mra. ALLEN, reported that shortly after 8:30 PM ~: On January 3i, 1964, ghe’ heard three shots outside her resi- — dence. Mrs. ALLEN had established this time through a TV program which she was watching, which program had just begun. _... Sheriff. JONES stated that to his knowledge ALLEN had —— vo _ never been engaged in any voter registration matter in Amite = “County, Mississippi, or any other civil rights type activity... _, ONES stated in fact, that ALLEN had only a third grade educa- tion and was not a registered voter and had never attempted to. - “. pegister by filing an application. Sheriff JONES remarked ‘. . there = no _yoter r registration Sottvity: in Amite p County: since. es. % ‘ Bherite ‘JONES ‘stated ‘that. a coroner's ‘inquest’ was eee held ¢ on n ¥ebruary. 2, 1964, and the findings were that LOUIS _ soln. ALLEN had met death from the blast of a shotgun at. the bands Lethe F : of person or persons, ‘unknown, Wy At: arf ‘JONES. ‘yeuarked ttt an ‘autopsy had Bot. been * erformed And that the body of ALLEN had been taken to a funeral home in Gloster, Mississippi, and according to the - funeral director, the body could not’ be properly prepared ‘for : slowed. prior’ to ‘the faneral and #0 the casket, had been