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FD-204 (Rev. s-o-t¥) . - Ld Copy te: Report of: Date: Field Office File Nou Title: SAK Character: PROSECUTIVE — ' ? ( UNITED STATES DEPARTMEN. OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1 - USA, Jackson, Mississippi SA fF rr Office: Jackson 12/19/64 Bureau File No.: 44-25706 JN 44-1 BERNARD L, AKIN; EARL B, AKIN; JIMMY (NMN) ARLEDGE; HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE; TRAVIS MARYN BARNETTE; OTHA NEAL BURKES, PATROLMAN, PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI POLICE DEPARTMENT; OLEN LOVELL BURRAGE; JAMES T, HARRIS; FRANK J, HERNDON; TOMMY A. HORNE; JAMES E. JORDAN; EDGAR RAY KILLEN; BILLY WAYNE POSEY; CECIL RAY PRICE, DEPUTY SHERIFF, NESHOBA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; LAWRENCE ANDREW RAINEY, SHERIFF, NESHOBA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; ALTON WAYNE ROBERTS; JERRY MC GREW SHARPE; JIMMY SNOWDEN; JIMMY LEE TOWNSEND; HERMAN TUCKER; OLIVER RICHARD WARNER, JR; - - JAMES EARL CHANEY; MICHAEL HENRY SCHWERNER; ANDREW GOODMAN - VICTIMS i717 CIVIL RIGHTS - ELECTION LAWS; MISPRISION OF FELONY - JUVENILE DELINQUENCY ACT SUMMARY —_— eee ee NARRATIVE OF OFFENSE Victims JAMES EARL CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN and MICHAEL HENRY SCHWERNER, Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) workers, left Meridian, Mississippi around 11:00 AM, Sunday, June 21, 1964, en route to the Mount Zion Community east of Philadelphia, Mississippi where they visited the former site of the Mount Zion Methodist Church which burned to the ground on the evening of June 16, 1964, After viewing the charred remains of the Mount Zion Methodist Church, the victims visited with several Negro families before driving toward Philadelphia, Mississippi en route to Meridian, Mississippi. Thie document contsina neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. Jt la the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it pies sy X ita contents are not to be distributed outalde your agency.