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) | ) ' Memorandum for the Attorney General . bw oo iater on tn hta letter, Marshall potate out that y called for a strengthentng of the Federal Cietl Rights Sta but questions the effectiveness of any such statutes when @iane a2 awcwadiatddianeen Bae eek mes 7a @eae bbe dm eed dd nek foe Seve BHU VURYV EV EEVIS VY BV FTESULYE JES CHE FHEVES Y FY & EVE the statutes already tn force. I belteve tt can be pointe . Marahall that the two éases referred to above tend to shor for specific etull rights statutes with clearly defined v1 rather than the failure of the Bureau or the Department wo operating under the present highiy controversial statutes. Mareholl makes the further statement that the NA. has used tnezpertenced tnuestigators who have been able te the names of the members of mobs and refers epectftcally 1 recent Minden, Loutsiana, Iynchinge Reports of tnvestigat that case have been forwarded to the Crintnal Division unc captton “Deputy Sher t et ol.s « Jones an e : tohte and 1 Fiolence”. You wili recall that that case tnvolved the re two negroes by Deputy Sheriffs to a mob of men who 1 out and severely beat then, as a result of which Jones dite aurvutved. Indtctments have +t been handed doz Deputy Sheriff Qa Deputy Sher ts and three [ faadiniduals er senhberes af ghee wa nor h en a? rity oe FF ee ae eo atee wet SS SS re eT w, wire =e = Fe ESErwws bt ed sone of whon were negroes, have identified some of the mex the mob and one negro tnformant reported what he believed dist of the individuals involved but had no evidence to at hte belief. I belteve tt should be potnted out to Marshal Glthough information as to suspects itn some coses has beer by the W.Aehe CoPo Or some of its representatives, the fur of such names of suspects does not constitute a solution 1 cular case although tt does lend tnvaluable assistance. 4 the real problem in these cases ta to obtatn definite and evidence admisstble tn court to prove the tdentity of the responsible. In referrtng to se which, you recall, tnvolved the beating o Genie by at Batesaburg, South Carolina, whith Feaulted t blindness, Marshall states that the NuseA. Co Pe was able to eye witnesses and the name of the poltce offtcer. In this tt t8 to be noted that the ortginal complaint received fre N.4.4.0.P. and fron victtam@——stated that the beatine at Atken, South Carolina, and tt was not unttl the invest! thts Bureau had been tnatituted that tt was learned that ft had actually occurred ot Satesburge Marshall's statement witnesses were produced ta misleading but the Burecu agent