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February 1 - 7, 2007 KATE MEDLEY hometown of Meadville. hometown of his a rural near cemetary EddieMoore Charles of in memorializes theshort life A homemadetombstone stated thattheytook thetwomentosomewoods and Moore nearMeadville on May 2,1964. “Edwards ted thatheandSeale were withHenry Dee andCharles Bunkley communityinMeadville asSeale—had admit- had given theFBI. and allegedfellow Klansman,CharlesMarcus Edwards, ofastatementthathisfriendfrom backhome, portion room momentsbefore wheninvestigators hadread a nothing—including thathehadjustbeeninthesame the hearing. answered withouthesitation,according toatranscriptof the ConstitutionofUnited States ofAmerica,”Seale teed tomeby theAmendments5,1,and4,14of to incriminatemeinviolationofmyrightsasguaran- for thereason that Ihonestlyfeelmyanswer mighttend their reported violentactions. Klansmen calledto Washington forinterrogation about Klux Klan. The then-31-year-old wasoneof10alleged which wasinvestigating terrorist activitiesby theKu Donald T. Appell, chiefinvestigator forthecommittee, Offi 11:35 a.m.intheCaucusRoom oftheCannonHouse mittee onUn-American Activities onJan. 14,1966,at gar asheappeared before asubcommitteeoftheCom- onaci- waswalkingtallandchewing ce Building in Washington, D.C. Throughout thequestioning,Seale wouldadmit In thatstatement,Edwards—from thesame “Sir, Irespectfully declinetoanswer thatquestion “Mr. Seale, whenandwhere were you born?”asked A TRAILOFDOCUMENTSTELLTHESTORY shotgun. The 1965 deathofaKlansmannamed Earl man namedAlton Alford thatSeale beathimwith his drown inabackwateroftheMississippi River. bodies toJeep anddumpingtheirbodies to engine parts agent, tyingthemtoatree, beatingthem,thentying the they were hitchhiking,tellingthemhe wasarevenue doing backin1964—pickingupDee andMoore as from placingontherecord whattheysuspectedhimof times ashewasbeingquestionedthatday. ers Jr., by hisside.He wouldrepeat thosewords 40more swered unfl based uponthegrounds previously stated,”Seale an- had notbeenbrought tojustice,either. white woman’s honor. the 14-year-old Emmett—that itwasdonetodefenda given adecadeearlierfortheirbeatinganddisposalof that themurderers of Emmett Till inMoney, Miss., had ‘peeping’ ather,” Appell read, recalling thehollow excuse complained thatshehadseenDee ononeoccasion Dee wasoneoftheseNegroes andthathiswifehad parked infront oftheirhomeatnight.“He statedthat statement wasthathiswifeafraidofNegroes who when heleft,”Appell said. whipped themandthatthetwoNegroes were alive There wasmore: thetestimonyofaMeadville The reason Edwards gave forthebeatinginthat Seale’s reticence, however, didnotstopthepanel “Sir, Irespectfully declinetoanswer thatquestion, Like themurderers ofDee andMoore, thosemen inchingly withhislawyer, Lester V. Chalm- It wasn’t likelytheywouldever dotimefortherole they Seale andEdwards forthemurder ofDee andMoore. gation thathadresulted inthe arrest—and reelease—of amassive FBIinvesti-1966. Afterall,theyhadsurvived Informants Testify son’s leadinrepeatedly pleadingthefi Klan—was calledtothestand.He wouldfollow his County Klavern ofthe White KnightsoftheKu Klux Clyde—the allegedExalted Cyclops oftheFranklin club thatwasafront fortheKKK. Gun Club” inMeadville alongwithEdwards’ father, a activity—who, according totheFBI,ran“Rod and whose father, brothers and wife were involved inKlan panel thatsuchastatementwouldnotbotherman job thanthenumberofintendedvictims?” courage bolstered by goingingreater numberstodoa and hiscigarleftthemicrophone: “Do theyhave their Joe R.Pool of Texas gotadiginattheKlanbefore Seale “false arrest” tohelpthemescapecriminalcharges. the KlantochargeMississippi highwaypatrolmen with Edwards andotherMeadville men.Of beingordered by of theKu KluxKlan,alongwithhisfather, hisbrother, Seale. Of beingamemberofthevicious White Knights Hodges whohadfallenoutwithSeale’s father, Clyde The Seales andtheirfriendshadreason togloatby Seconds later, Seale wasexcused andhisfather, Seale didnotanswer, buthe mighthave toldthe Despite thewitness’ unwillingnesstoblink,Rep. fth. MATT SALDAÑA

James Ford Seale is under arrest for federal conspiracy and kidnapping charges in connec- tion to the murders of Dee and Moore in 1964.

might have played in those, or any other acts of murder 13—indicated that the bodies were those of Dee and mouths of the two men himself, and did most of the and violence. Moore. FBI records from the time show that the bureau, questioning of them during the beatings. The FBI also An FBI investigation had unearthed informants headed by J. Edgar Hoover, took the murders seriously, stated that the only men they knew then were defi nitely in 1964 who would tell agents a detailed story about setting up a fi eld operation in Jackson to investigate the in on the early part of the crime—the kidnapping— what happened that night in the Homochitto National crimes. The FBI called in Navy divers who, on Oct. 30 were Clyde Seale, James Seale and Charles Edwards. Forest. After Seale picked up the two young men, a and 31, dredged up “a human skull, bones, two shirts, a pick-up truck with other Klansmen (including Ed- Jeep engine block with a chain attached and two pieces Arrests … then Freedom wards) followed him into the forest. There, Seale told of railroad rail and two small steel wheels tied together By the time the Navy divers brought up the re- the teenagers to get out of his Volkswagen, and “got the with a chain.” The FBI memo added, “The chain on maining bones and engine parts in late October, the FBI drop” on them with his carbine. Then, he told the other the other items each had a loop suffi ciently large enough was nearly ready to make arrests. On Nov. 6, 1964, FBI Klansmen to tie them to a tree and beat the young men to go around a body.” agents joined Mississippi highway patrolmen to arrest with long, skinny sticks and branches. Investigators also determined that the Jeep engine Seale and Edwards for the murders of Dee and Moore. After the beating left the young men bloodied, motor number was GPW22010, which would set off Franklin County Justice of the Peace Willie Bedford is- their fl esh ripped, Seale’s father Clyde called for “Klans- a massive probe to fi gure out who owned the Jeep (it sued the arrest warrants. men, I Want You” backup, code word “KIWU,” turned out to be Parker, according to informants). “The arrests of Edwards and Seale resulted from according to FBI documents. James’ brother, Myron Meantime, FBI fi les say, Klansmen who were extensive FBI investigation,” FBI Director Hoover wrote Wayne, or “Jack” (reportedly a Grand Nighthawk, a involved in the beatings and transporting the bodies to Bill Moyers, special assistant to President Johnson. planner of Klan violence), was one who came. Later in for dumping were getting very nervous—and talking “This is another example of the FBI’s close cooperation the evening, the group would wrap the men in a plastic to other “Kluckers” (another FBI term for Klansmen) with Mississippi authorities in bringing to justice indi- tarp, put them in the trunk of Natchez businessman Er- about what they had done. A Jan. 12, 1965, FBI report viduals responsible for racial violence in Mississippi.” nest Parker’s red Ford, and drive them to the backwater credited an informant with telling the agency that Park- Sheriff Wayne Hutto notifi ed the FBI that the men of the Mississippi River near Tallulah, La.—known as er and Jack Seale had met Ernest Gilbert, a Klansmen- had been released on $5,000 bond each on Nov. 11. “Palmyra Ben” or the “Ole River”—near Parker’s boat turned-FBI informant from Brookhaven, at the James The bond was paid by Archie Prather (Edwards’ father), landing. There, the FBI said they tied Jeep engine Amoco service station in Natchez, “a known meeting Rosa Davis and Gene Seale. parts to Dee’s body, and other engine parts to Moore, place of Klansmen.” There, Seale and Parker told Gil- But Hoover’s jubilation over justice in the case and sunk them into the water. Informants would later bert that they “had put two niggers in the river.” would be short-lived. It was set to go before a grand say that the men were still breathing when they were Parker was also worried about the serial number jury in January 1965. But in the meantime, Seale and thrown overboard. on the engine block, and both men said they were hav- Edwards spread rumors that they were beaten up by When a fi sherman found the fi rst body parts on ing trouble sleeping. When Gilbert responded that it the law enforcement offi cers who arrested them. This, July 12, 1964, the FBI thought that they had found the seemed “inhuman” to sink them while they were still according to the FBI, provided a reason for District At- burial spot for , Andrew Goodman and breathing, “Seale replied that he did not want to shoot torney Lenox Forman to back away from the case. , killed June 21 by White Knights them because it would have gotten blood all over the Forman called a Jan. 5, 1965, meeting with Sheriff (or “bedsheets,” as the FBI called them) from Lauder- boat,” according to the report. Hutto, Assistant Attorney General Garland Lyle, and dale and Neshoba counties, and still missing. The FBI also reported that James Seale was “ex- Mississippi Highway Patrol investigators Charles Snod-

But personal effects found in the pockets of the tremely nervous” after the torsos were found, telling jacksonfreepress.com pants on the torsos—the second one was found July others that he had put the duct tape over the wrists and JUSTICE, see p. 17 15 16 February 1 - 7, 2007 2906 N.StateStreet•Suite205Jackson,MS39216601-954-6820 historic saintluke’s church fondren arts district arts fondren in the heart ofthe in theheart explorethejourney.org on dulingavenue Oct. 20,1991 Moore murders. fi the FBI’s1960s-era writer DonWhiteheaddescribedsomeof Against theKu KluxKlaninMississippi,” 1970 called“Attack onTerror: TheFBI June 1970 accused ofatthe timewasn’t true.” thingsIwas who deniedinvolvement: “The also interviewedCharlesMarcus Edwards, for justice,notrevenge,”hetold Saul.She murder.about hisbrother’s “I’mlooking Stephanie SaulinterviewedThomas Moore race murders,NewYork Newsdayreporter Dec. 16,1998 Magazine. tailed themurdersinapieceEmerge April 30,1996 about thecaseinthisissue,page12.) feds hadjurisdiction.(Seehiscolumn crime occurredinanationalforest,the charges. Hepointedoutthatbecausethe offi another suspect,andcalledonfederal Moore andDeecase,namedSeale writer EarlOfariHutchinsondetailedthe Presidential Failure toProtect BlackLives,” 1996 ment hadroughedthemup. men hadspreadrumorsthatlawenforce- would bedismissedbecausetheKlans- explained thenthathefearedthecase is faulty, however; thedistrictattorney of theSouthernPoverty Law Center. That civil rightshistoryeditedbySaraBullard to agrandjury,” citing“Free AtLast,” a tion andwithoutpresentingtheevidence dropped allcharges—withoutexplana- Edwards’ arrest,a“ajusticeofthepeace lessly lastweek—that,afterSealeand media archivesthatwasrepeatedend- He probablyenteredaphraseintothe civil-rights casethathadn’t beenpursued. caseinaround-upofold Dee-Moore porter ChristopherSullivanincludedthe Moore caseovertheyears: the indictmentofJamesFordSealewasannouncedonJan.17. “Charles Moore”and“HenryDee.”Thatchangedovernightwhen Bender toldthemedia.“You’re stilldoingwhatwasdonein1964.” trial intheCivilRightsMovementbecausetwoofmenwerewhite,” and CharlesMoorein1964. especially thoseofAfrican-American MississippianslikeHenryDee cold cases—tocontinuingpursuingjusticeinlower-profi ofthecivil-rights routinely referringtotheKillencaseas“last” Neshoba Countycourthouse,challengingthepresscorps—thatwas Schwerner Bender, talkedtothemediaonfrontlawnof prosecution ofEdgarRay KilleninJune2005. to simmeronthenationalradar, fi and actuallyservedsometimefortheirrole.Thenthecasecontinued a time).Severalconspiratorsweretriedinfederalcourtthe1960s the Nexis newsdatabase(asearchwillnotreturnmorethan3,000at Schwerner onJune21,1964—whichdrawsthousandsofentriesin the KlanmurdersofJamesChaney, AndrewGoodmanandMichael than others.Atthetopendofscalewashigh-profi cials toindictthemenonkidnapping “You’re here,you’reinterestedinthistrialasthemost important Here isatimelinehighlightingnotablemediainterestintheDee- She wasright.AsofJan.1,2007,therewere97Nexis entriesfor murdershavedrawnmuchmoreattention Some JimCrow-era After the verdict was announced, Schwerner’s widow, Rita After theverdictwasannounced,Schwerner’s –Inhisbook,“Betrayed:The –InabookpublishedJune The Forgotten CaseofDeeandMoore: – Inaseries onunsolved –AssociatedPress re- –Vern Smithde- E. ndings ontheDee- A MediaTimeline nally culminatinginthearrestand Roxie discussed in ouroriginal2005story. took CNNtothe spotsinMeadvilleand announced. DonnaLadd andKate Medley Washington, D.C., astheindictmentswere David Ridgenfacedamedia stormin Jan. 18,2007 is availableonourWeb site. alive. Thatstory, andseveralfollow-ups, visit andrevealedthatSealewasstill published adetailednarrativeofMoore’s July 20,2005 ously thatSealewasstillalive. the JacksonFree Press learnedsimultane- the casefornexttwoweeks.Ridgenand and coveredMoore’svisit,investigated Medley metRidgenandMooreinMeadville July 8,2005 murder.justice inhisbrother’s sippi tomeetupwiththeJFPandseek and offeredtobringhimbackMissis- other, RidgenreachedThomasMoore Moore case.Afteragreeingtohelpeach menting thepaperinvestigatingDee- anddiscusseddocu- nadian BroadcastingCorp.calledthe June 2005 Seale—that “onlyEdwardsisstillalive.” Charles MarcusEdwardsandJamesFord porting thatofthetwomainsuspects— in apieceaboutthemurders,alsore- Jerry MitchellinterviewedThomasMoore Jan. 23,2000 case. the Dee-Moore Harper hadaskedthefedstoinvestigate reported thatDistrictAttorneyRonnie Jan. 13,2000 to crimescommittedonfederalland. ing thespecteroffederalprosecutiondue Chester WhiteandErnestAvantsrais- case,aswellthatofBen Dee-Moore area airedonABC,revivinginterestinthe 20” reportonKlanmurdersintheNatchez Nov. 29,1999 –DavidRidgenoftheCa- - DonnaLadd andKate –TheJacksonFree Press – The Clarion-Ledger’s –TheClarion-Ledger’s –TheAssociatedPress – ConnieChung’s“20- – ThomasMooreand le murders, le caseof Excerpts from a Jan. 12, 1965, FBI report on James Seale “Gilbert met Parker and Seale at the wrists and mouths of both the KATE MEDLEY KATE James Amoco Service Station in Nat- Negroes and that he, James Seale, chez, which is a known meeting place was afraid his fi ngerprints were still of Klansmen. At the Amoco Station, on the tape or on the underneath side Jack Seale was seen to take Gilbert off or sticky side of the tape. James Seale to the side and was overheard telling was heard admitting that he was the Gilbert that he had something to tell one who did most of the questioning Gilbert. Parker and Seale were heard of the two Negroes. … to tell Gilbert that they ‘had put two “He said it had been determined niggers in the river.’ In this conversa- that James Seale and others kept tion Parker and Seale said one of the beating the Negroes until one of Negroes was anchored to a Jeep mo- them fi nally said the guns were in a tor block. Later on Parker was heard to church and it appeared this had prob- say he was afraid of the serial numbers ably been said by one of the Negroes on the motor block and both Parker to stop the beating. It was determined and Seale stated at this time they have that one of the Negroes that was be- been having diffi cult sleeping at night ing beaten was from and thinking about this matter. information was received that James Back in Meadville in 2005 “Gilbert was heard to ask Parker Seale said they asked him why he with a Canadian fi lmmaker and Seale why they were telling him had gone to Chicago and the Negro and the Jackson Free Press, Thomas Moore was deter- this to which Parker and Seale replied replied that it was because he could mined to fi nd justice. that Gilbert was the only one that obtain a better education in Chicago. could be trusted and in the event “It was apparently the opinion something happened, they wanted a of James Seale that the two Negro state Klan offi cer to know something boys probably were part of the agita- grass and Gwyn Cole. He told them he did Seale and Edwards were free men, and abot it as they would need a great tion that was going on in Mississippi, not have “suffi cient evidence” to give the case the investigation ground to a halt. The crime deal of help. During the conversa- particularly since one of them had re- to the grand jury. The investigators detailed would not appear before another grand jury tion at this time, Parker and Seale cently come down from Chicago. … the evidence, including “admissions made by for 42 years and six days. mentioned that both Negroes were “(Franklin County DA Lenox) For- subjects James Seale and Charles Edwards fol- alive when pushed over the side of man advised that he feels this case lowing their arrests on Nov. 6, 1964.” A Brother, Determined the boat. At this time Gilbert said to may have been greatly prejudiced But Forman held his ground, saying the In the interim, locals who know the men both of them that he thought that this in favor of the defendants by virtue defendants “had put out the story” that they say that Edwards seemed to regret his actions, was rather inhuman to which Seale of the fact that following the arrest were “brutally mistreated”; therefore, he was while Seale was reported to continue his “pro- replied that he did not want to shoot of James Seale and Charles Edwards sure a grand jury would dismiss the charges. white” ways, at least in the short term. The them because it would have gotten thet put the story out in the Meadville, He advised investigators to come back later Mississippi Sovereignty Files contain reports blood all over the boat. … Miss., area that they were brutally with more evidence. that Seale showed up with another armed Jack Seale stated that he had re- mistreated following their arrest and On Jan. 11, 1965, the district attorney Klansmen at a civil-rights rally in Fayette in ceived a telephone call from Franklin that Seale was denied certain medi- fi led a “motion to dismiss affi davits” with Jeffferson County on April 6, 1965. County from Clyde Seale who over cation by the MHSP at Jackson, Miss. Justice of the Peace Bedford, who signed the In an April 29, 1965, report, Sovereignty the telephone gave out the word Mr. Forman stated that he expected motion the same day. The motions—ob- Commission investigator A.L. Hopkins wrote ‘Kiwu’ which is the call from the Klan. such dilatory tactics, but nonetheless, tained by the Jackson Free Press from dusty that “suspected subversives” and “agitators” The word ‘Kiwu’ stands for ‘Klans- felt that presentation of this matter docket books in the Franklin County Court- (meaning activists for civil rights) were there to man, I want you.’ at a hearing or to a grand jury at house—states: “… that in the interest of jus- “contact as many local Negroes as possible and “Following the fi nding of the the present time would undoubtedly tice and in order to fully develop the facts in have them take the voter registration examina- body, or parts of the bodies, James result in the charges being dismissed. this case, the affi davits against James Seale and tion.” He added that the only people there Seale spent most of three days with … He reiterated his desire to see the Charles Edwards should be dismissed by this other than “subversives” were James Seale and Ernest Gilbert and even made a trip killers in this matter brought to justice Court without prejudice to the Defendants or “a white male named Whitehead” (perhaps to Brookhaven, Miss., with Gilbert. and prosecuted to the fullest extent of to the State of Mississippi at this time in order reputed Klan Province Giant Willie Gerald Seale was extremely nervous. He the law, and stated he defi nitely in- that the investigation may be continued and Whitehead of Crystal Springs), who had a was heard making the statement tended to bring this matter to a grand completed for presentation to a Grand Jury at that he himself had put the tape over jury, possibly in August, 1965.” some later date.” JUSTICE, see p. 20 jacksonfreepress.com 17 18 February 1 - 7, 2007 Canton Mart Square Square Canton Mart Cupid... Hey There Gift Wrapping Available. WrappingGift & Certificates Gift a great Valentine’s gift. Eberjey Pajamas make be goodtoyourself • 601.956.4870 • www.osusanna.com 1220 E. Dr. Northside N. Jackson•366-8486 Maywood Mart • Smoked chicken, fullslabribs, porkbutts, wholeBoston tray including party selections Call• aheadfor theperfect • Great sidesincluding chips, • USDAPrime Beef • Jackson’s bestbeer wings, shrimp, sandwiches, gourmetcheesesandveggies pick up!Smoked at our Woodland Hillsstore only. beef briskets. 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Iwasanursefor25years.My Remembering theSlain becausewe Ifeelthatthisisimportant lence, James Seale wasfi react tothenewsthat,after40years ofsi- breaking 40years ofsilence.”How didyou You write,“Two graves remain unquiet, be buried. to tellthestory. Because offear, theyletthem the factthat,attime,noonereally wanted going tobeahappysong.I’m alsoalludingto na’s) “Birmingham Sunday,” songis notevery met Till” and“Hurricane” and(Richard Fari- songs like(BobDylan’s) Death ofEm- “The No oneshouldhave toever writethis song, becauseitshouldn’t happen.Just aswith What didyou mean? kind ofsongnooneshouldever write.” You isthe beginthesongby saying,“This paper did:give themavoice. artist. That’s whatyour and that’s whatIdoasan We have toexplore them, that willnever beclaimed? many bodiesare outthere I live, andMississippi, how Between where Maryland, stand justforthemselves. tion, becausetheydon’t people have thatconnec- natural process. Alotof logical process; it’s asuper- came outofme.It’s nota Iread (’s) andthesongjust story Henry Dee story? Charles Moore and What drew you tothe two fallenMississippians. Moore Matt Saldaña calledandspokewith Tuesday aboutthesongshewrote for week andaskedtopublishthem. We foundMarla Moore’s freshly penned lyrics onher“Punk Rasta” myspacepagethis and Dee Henry Moore Charlie of Ballad ‘ 64 inProvident, Tenn. He nally arrested?

COURTESY MARLA MOORE Dee and Charles Moore. Charles Dee and written aballadforHenry has Marla Moore Maryland of Hewasabeautifulperson bullet roundnext tohishead. on NewProvidence Boulevard,witha are stillpeoplegoingaround, feelingasthough that’s notstillhappening somewhere. There thought. They are ready becauseit’s notlike a lotofpeoplecare. More thanIwouldhave miracle. Eventually itwilltrickledown. Ithink that anybodycares about,justice,tomeisa )even gave timefor, orthefact The factthatyour and(fi newspaper of Americanmediaisdehumanizingtous. somebody orstabbingsomebody. So much rican Americaninthemedia,you’re shooting that twoblackpeopleare human.If you’re Af- of thosewhohave crossed cultures, cansee Ithinkthatmoreimportant. people,because The factthattheywere AfricanAmericanis ready toacceptthatthesemenwere human. at thecrazinessthathappens. Yes, Americais It doesn’t seemsomostofthetime,ifyou look Now we’re becomingmore ofahumanfamily. of Moore andDee’s deaths? just dothesekindsofthingsandgetaway The communityneedstoknow you can’t No onecanmournfullyuntilthere’s justice. cost. It’s anongoingprocess offi wherefores, butwe forgetaboutthehuman seems togetcaughtupinthewhysand and Jon-Benet Ramsey, inwhichthepublic culture, suchasBiggie Smalls, Tupac Shakur iconicfi have (thedeathsof) to theindictmentofthis how hardworkandluck(andGod)led have beenwatchingforthelastfewdays to endure.Myheartgoesoutthem.I suffering thatthesefamilieshavehad members, wecanrelatetothepainand family andtheothergrieving boy andmusician.JustliketheMoore pired, butIamgladhe I don authorities ( Aftermybrother got nocooperationfromthe FBI orlocal where hebelongs. that area.My father passedawaywith doing theracially motivatedkillingsin attitude). Theyprobablyknow whowas ’ t knowexactly howthingstrans- “ just anotherdeadNegro knowledge thetragedy public isready toac- Do you believe the what theywanted. know them.Ifeellikeit’s and Charles—IfeellikeI but Ifeellike—Henry for asmuchheshould, (Seale) istoooldtosuffer, mistic. Part ofmethinks it makesyou more opti- people banningtogether, now. But whenyou see at anall-timehighright ism andintoleranceare of hate Web sites—rac- have thelargestgroup with it.Rightnow we ’ s death,myfamily ’ s behindbars “ gures inpop man nding justice. — lmmaker ” an altar Seale. ”

CD, it’s really goingtofeature thatgravestone. Idon’t wantittobesomuch aboutme or theband.Even the picture we have forthe where inGlory?” What are your plansforreleasing “Any- justice, too. If Icanhave justice,thatmeansyou canhave just AfricanAmericans—we are it. allworth iconic symbolsthatwe are it—not worth people behindtrucks. These twomenare they canbeatpeople,andkilldrag child thatIwould Moore, Ihavealwayssaidsincewasa brothers. Iamtheoldest,andlikeMr. years old)isstillliving, andIhavefour died fromabrokenheart.Mymother(85 was neverfound.SometimesIthinkhe the knowledgethathisson tice willbeserved.Maybeone day ing theSealetrial,Iamhoping thatjus- EventhoughatthistimeIdon know whattheoutcomewillbe concern- pay forhiscrimes. pray thatmaybeonedaytheculpritwill to justicenomatterhowlongittakes.I these heinouscrimesshouldbebrought forgave them,butthosewhocommit thinking? Iknowmybrotherwouldhave P.S.: Ialso criedforthe denied. brother mightreceivethejustice hewas Anywhere you canfi inglory Anywhere isallright inglory Chorus: Were destinedfortodie Two young blackmen Hate through thenight burned In May of1964 Steal aninnocentlife But whattodowhendemons No oneshouldever write This isthatkindofsong “Anywhere inGlory” To anancientmapletree Tied Charlie Moore andHenry Dee Seale andthelocalKKK That nightevilhaditsway (Chorus) His tomeeteternity truck theminside Drug Devil behindthewheel Klansmen Jimmy Seale Were never meanttoreach Didn’t know they Going toaparty Charlie Moore andHenry Dee On theotherside But we willholdthem Back tolife Justice won’t bringoursons — D. Hardin, fi nd hiskiller. Wishful Chicago nd ’ fi s murderer rst timein “ my ’ ” t

Words &Music ©Marla Moore 2007 (Chorus) Hallelujah Forty years ofsilence Two graves remain unquietbreaking Tries todenyit Though oldSeale Hallelujah They’ve indictedhim Is withered bentandgray Now Jimmy Seale Just yesterday (Chorus) In theMississippi River To ajeepblockandtossedthem Henry andCharlie The Klansmentied Left inthem No, whilelifewasstill It ended I wishthiswaswhere Our fallenbrothers screamed Seale laughedwhile souls Their very Blood poured from Flesh from bone Beat themtearing Visit jacksonfreepress.com toheara of Moore’s song. —Matt Saldaña an oldmiraclegoingon.It’s meanttobe. anywhere else. Think aboutit—thatwouldbe going toplayinMississippi before itplays You’re goingtogetyour messageacross. It’s ity. When you dothat,you’re goingtowin. Ladd’s) didthat—ittappedintohuman- story at themusicandidentifythemselves. (Donna to identifywithus.Iwantthemfi looks atme,ormygroup, andtries I don’t wanttodoanythingwhere someone to visitusinChicago. in Clarksville,Tenn. andregularlycome brothers lost abrother, butGodgaveusmy Life isfunnysometimes.We mayhave he hadachildandevengrandchildren. had visitedonthatfatefuldayrevealed Thereisa lot moretothisstory. Forty years later, theyoung lady(m,ybrother) will justice. Ipraymaybemybrotheroneday working withthe hope youandothersinvolvedcontinue loss duetomyagewhenthisoccurred.I died. Inevergotachancetomournhis think. Iwas6yearsoldwhenmybrother about thestory. Itwastherapeutic,I forty yearstheotherdaywhenIheard to effortslikethat,manyfamilieswill fi ndjustice. — Via e-mail totheJFP lastweek. — Viae-mail ’ sonandhischildren.Theylive “ cold cases ” anddue rst look rst podcast fi nd 19 jacksonfreepress.com 20 February 1 - 7, 2007 55LKLN RV,FOOD•601-932-4930 • FLOWOOD DRIVE, LAKELAND 3525 81NRHSAES. AKO 601-981-2520 • JACKSON ST., STATE NORTH 2801 601.982.4222 THE GALLERY FORMISSISSIPPIARTISTS QueSera HIGHLAND VILLAGE SHOPPINGCENTER LEE GIBSON February 2,20075-8pm WWW.SOUTHERNBREEZE.NET Artist Reception • 4500I-55N. • JACKSON ’ wards by phone,buthesaiddidnotwant “30years and15days”served inthemilitary. mand sergeantmajorwholikestosaythathe Gulf War ArmyunitasMoore, aretired com- inthesame a Klancross-burning, hadserved up nearMcComb andremembers watching case. It didn’t thatLampton,whogrew hurt he wouldsetupataskforce toinvestigate the changed hismind,andassured Moore that and toldhimthatSeale wasalive, Lampton Moore gave himFBIfi there wasnothinghecoulddo. But after Dunn Lampton,whowasready totellMoore went toJackson tomeetwithU.S.Attorney race alongsideEdwards andSeale. Moore then thewhite former Klansmanwhohadserved store inRoxie, theJackson Free Press from a alive—Moore andRidgenfrom apatron ina accident atthesametimethatSeale wasstill Meadville, ourgroup foundoutalmostby him thatSeale wasdead. hours ofhisbrother’s life.Reporters hadtold and meinMeadville toretrace thelast and metphotographerKateMedley Canadian fi murder. Moore wasaccompaniedby ville lookingforjusticehisbrother’s Thomas Moore went backtoMead- gar RayKillentrialinNeshoba, when July 8,2005,twoweeks aftertheEd- seeing theinsideofajailagain. right inFranklin County, withoutever and Marcus wouldlive outtheirdays then repeated by nationalmedia. Clarion-Ledger inJanuary 2000and lie thatwasreported asfactby The telling reporters thathehaddied—a about thecase.Seale’s familystarted times whenthemediacamecalling tention, especiallyduringthesporadic and Edwards have shiedawayfrom at- wrote. law enforcement offi offi the sheriff’s nience (thecivilrightsworkers) caused was notrouble, “except theinconve- pistol underhisbelt.However, there Their luck,however, changedon While inMeadville, theJFPreached Ed- Within daysaftermeetingupin It waswidelyexpectedthatSeale In more recent years, bothSeale lmmaker David Ridgen ce andvarious other cas” Hopkins cials,” les hehad obtained

KATE MEDLEY front trailer. Seale’s of Moore placedasignin 2005,Thomas In July with twocountsofkidnappingandonecount U.S. District inJackson, Court chargesSeale we have onlybegun.” more thanmostpeopledoinalifetime,and think whatwe didover thepast10weeks is Southern womenandoneoldblackguy. I Hot. The team:one Northerner, twowhite over inlittleMeadville, Mississippi. Raining. morning thatyou, Kate,David, andImet phone disconnected.” that hewasdead,andEdwards canhave his have hislyingfamilymemberslietothepress held accountable.AndthefactthatSeale can believe thatthosetwokillershave never been taken 10weeks before. “Istillfi to meshare hisfeelingsaboutthetripwe’d “until thedayIdie.” the country, vowing tocontinuethefi copies toelectedoffi about Moore’s visitonJuly 20,Moore sentout disconnected. Afterthewe publishedourstory to talkandhungup. Soon, hehadhisphone The indictment,fi He ended:“Iremember thatFriday In September, Moore wrote ane-mail cials andmediaaround led Jan. 24,2007,in nd ithard to ght was nolongerwalkingtall. shackled withchains.Stooped andquiet,he orange jumpsuit,hiswrists,anklesandwaist inJackson,in federalcourt wearing abright- across thehighwaytoarrest James Ford Seale. in thestore watchedthefederalagentsdrive intersection ofHwys.84and98. Witnesses cars appeared infront oftheRoxie BPatthe and agreed tostayquietabouttheiractions. the water. Soon theKlansmenmet afterward, separately outinaboatandsunktheminto and railroad railstoMoore, tooktheirbodies the engineblocktoDee andiron weights Warren County, Miss. There theyattached Old Mississippi River, whichwasactuallyin ofLouisianatoParker’spart Landingonthe were stillalive, across statelinesandthrough with ducttape. Then theytookthemen,who fi tor (adetailnotincludedintheoriginalFBI Franklin Countyfarmofanotherconspira- ndings). There Seale andothersboundthem See documentPDFsatjacksonfreepress.com. Seale wouldbearraignedthenextday On Jan. 17,2007,abouteightunmarked the grandjury” tookthetwomento and “another co-conspiratorknown to them inthewoods. and Moore whileotherKlansmenbeat heldasawed-off shotgunonDeeasserts, ered “subversive.” Seale, thegovernment eignty Commissionwouldhave consid- had knowledge ofactivitytheSover- the abductionofDee, whomighthave that Seale andotherKlansmenplanned for tellingthewholestory, now argue lieved tohave given Edwards immunity friend ofDee. The feds,whoare be- Moore wasincludedbecausehea being involved withcivilrightsactivity. other KlanmemberssuspectedDee of ThedocumentsaysthatSeale and and retaliate againstsuchindividuals.” civil rightsactivityinorder tointimidate Americans theybelieved were involved in things, targetedforviolenceAfrican of adultwhitemaleswho,amongother elsewhere, andwasasecret organization the Southern District ofMississippi and Ku operatedin KluxKlan(WKKKK) tions” White Knightsofthe begin:“The of conspiracy. allega- The “introductory Then, theindictmentsays,Seale