◆ SpookStack

Declassified Document Archive & Reader
Log In Register
Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Medgar Evers — Part 1

60 pages · May 10, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Medgar Evers · 59 pages OCR'd
← Back to feed
* F\-350 (4-3-62) 7 ; ° —-- Seiad! oe pt oe (Mount Clipping In Space Below) = - We Congratulate Police And FBI 7 ‘Without Pre-judging Evidence (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) “Without giving any pre-trial judgment on velop the latent finger print on the tele- — : the evidence uncovered, and with a definite __ desire to avoid trying the case in the :. Newspapers, never-the-less we feel com- - mendation is due the Jackson Police De- 1 partment and the Federal Bureau of in- vestigation for their work in the Evers pase. For one thing, the cooperation exhibited by the two branches of law enforcement, acopic sight on the weapon. Such things ‘are not super-natural; at the same time, they are not routine. It required knowledge, experience and patience for the accom plishment to be brought about. ‘For a third thing, the FBI is to be praised for tracking down the set of fin- gerprints with which the latent print de- veloped by Capt. Hargrove could be match- _ ed. Given a full set of ten fingerprints, PAGE 6 SEC "2 THE CLARION LEDGER JACKSIN, MISS. — local and national, has been a fine exam- clearly identifiable, FBI files will easily ple of the teamwork which is needed for come through with an identification of an the proper protection of our people at all individual whose prints are on file. =~ — levels. -But the identification of a lone print is For a second thing, the prompt action another matter, requiring intensive search of the Jackson police in discovering a wea- of the files and close comparison with pon that could have been used in the possible mates of the print. Again patience, crime is commendable, And commendable skil] and experience are. requisites for a also fs the careful handling of that dis- completed task. = covery by the officers who retrieved it ‘And so it is that we come to congrat - from the weeds ard grass into which late the Jackson Police Department and aomeone had thrown it. the Federal Bureau of Investigation for - ‘This careful handling enabled the skill of effective work on the case,—and for work- Captain Raipn-Hargrove to locate and de- - ing together. . - vot - Eee pate: JUNE 25, 1963 - Edition: ‘ ' Author: edito: TT. Me Title: HEDERHMAN BYRON DE LA BECKWI MEDGAR EVE?S WIOTi Ru CR Character: or Classification: 157 Submitting Office: N. 0 e rg THT TT ee ee eas “er ne all eae sent . “ha x a Ot, ote ae AT ro “ps a ‘ ieee 4 ‘ yi . eM : ",. Ab ~ a, ie » ‘i ott - * ae ae aee aes pees ee al pe aa hae se : : . er aida Nea te ad ~ “ Pe nS
OCR quality for this page
Community corrections
First editor: none yet Last editor: none yet
No user corrections yet.
Comments
Document-wide discussion. Follow the Community Standards.
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Continue Exploring

Use the strongest next step for this document: continue reading, jump to the topic hub, or move into the matching agency collection.
Continue Reading at Page 10
Jump straight to page 10 of 60.
Reader
Medgar Evers — Part 5
Stay inside Medgar Evers with another closely related document.
Topic
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the FBI agency landing page for stronger archive context.
FBI
Medgar Evers Topic Hub
See the topic overview, related documents, and linked subtopics.
Hub

Agency Collection

This document also belongs in the FBI Documents & FOIA Archive landing page, which is the stronger starting point for agency-level browsing and for searches focused on FBI records.
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the agency landing page for introduction text, topic links, and more FBI documents.
FBI

Explore This Archive Cluster

This document belongs to the Civil Rights archive hub and the more specific Medgar Evers topic page. Use these hub pages when you want the broader collection context, linked subtopics, and more documents around the same archive thread.
bureau
Related subtopics
Eleanor Roosevelt
43 documents · 3113 known pages
Subtopic
Abbie Hoffman
36 documents · 4585 known pages
Subtopic
Highlander Folk School
20 documents · 1327 known pages
Subtopic
Cesar Chavez
17 documents · 2085 known pages
Subtopic
Claudia Jones
12 documents · 846 known pages
Subtopic
Thurgood Marshall
12 documents · 1663 known pages
Subtopic