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changed Ate etery and aatd ! t he beled the "fol guy" tn the enttre incident tnformation was given to him by Sheriff Ris deputies, who re vest eS to a [ ezpressed wanted to get e ‘Iaet crack’ the belief that "“Shert ff ot ond lwrehall.” The Department requested that Coneeae: ae reinterviewed: that a signed statement be secured from him, if posatble, and that he be asked to dteclose aeey the ctreumatances, evtdence and conversations with Sheri fy nd his deputies tn connection with their request that GE svecr out a warrant on the basis of information which they had recetved. recuted a signed statement tn which he stated Bhat be seesteet ft Pa emn tian aa es ;, that he received information from Shert /! —— upon which he based his afftdautt for a search warrant. 4 stoned statement secured from and Deputies amy": a: fiected that tnformed them thot he ha forma from an informant upon wht ch secured the search warrant. Magistrate FPoague advised that the affidavit and search war- ront were destroyed by him when nething was found in the car tn question and no record was kept. On August 27, 1947, the Department adutsed that it was not believed that there was sufficient basts of presecutive action in this ease and, accordingly, no further investigation need be made by the Bureau. a, tase On March 21, 1946, the Department referred to the Bureau ao letter from Thurgood Marshall enclosing a copy of a complaint made by one QM, Stoted thct he was a soldier in the regular APMy and after serving in the South- west Pacific, wos given a 90-day furlough to visit A arents. e stated that he and his brother, Xenneth, and cai Goa went to a filling station tn El Campo, Yexcs, operated by one to get some cold drinks. While astanding there a white man ordered the cousin to put hts shirt tetl tn. The cousin replied that he did net know hta shirt tatl was out. The man become infurtated and began cursing, and GHP: lotned thot they walked awc,. ts <b woiked down the road, they met the sheriff and he tole to return to the ftlling station. A fight ensued ond SP: slopped by the sheriff, whe pulled out his ptetel. Shots were fired and Kenneth wos killed. The Deportment requested that we make co preliminary tnveatigation tnto thts matter ond to furntsh the U. 5. Attorney at Houston with coptes of the report. The facts developed that Y on € a VAEm a Py s * u18 tama . res ete rn eee nee oer Bee te i ee cL et eee ee Ce