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#-.- .". . eggs ';»""-a_i.c -.-_~'. ..~ . PAGE -1..92_ _, PRELIMINARY PROSECUTIVE ACTION ;-'_&. .;,_. .F~_ 1 " .: 1 . 1 - 31 . ,4 . Transcript of indictment returned by --~. >1.- .. _.;..': -.%'1 L- . .' '.'- Federal Grand Jury January 15, 1965, . » . -.~l . charging violation of Title 18, U. S. T -.-_1;'.;;.;_I :~,. ' . "B9 Code, Sections 241 and 242 "5 ,1" 1. .-1,__|-' _.. _'j .-,j.'?92_. ~.". 2 - 11 Arrest of Defendants named in Indictment one 12 gee Motions filed before U. S. District Judge HAROLD J. COX 92--v.-w._ . --»., 13 & 14 K- -. .:<"'. Pretrial hearings, January 25 through 27, 1965, at Meridian, Mississippi
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N : '>.-ei _ MICHAEL HENRY SCHWERNER and ANDREW GOODAN ,'=- s. .. 2 c . ::;¬_- '- On January 15, 1965, a true bill was returned by F,.'92:-'--'- ,1 the Federal Grand Jury charging the following persons with r .¢- V . violations of Title 18, United States Code, 241 2&2 and 371 _, fl.-. .'_f_; 1.. _-,7 -_,_ .,i CECIL RAY PRICE BERNARD L. AKIN - -_'. _,,.. 5, . JIMMY ARLEDGE §R 93 u .' HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE . ;a:'- '13 TRAVIS MARYN BARNETTE r ,- If-fl: .3 OLEN IDVELL BURRAGE -~ ~."- . -92' -_.. '5, .-.>_-" __ ,,_, JAMES T. HARRIS _;-av J '. FRANK J. HERNDON l"."_I 5% 92'. >;g§ JAMES E. JORDAN i W '--1»... EDGAR RAY KILLEN Ri- BILLY WAYNE POSEY I '?.» 7 :7 LAWRENCE ANDREW RAINEY - ,. -1- ,=-; ,_: §;.v'. .._~ - ALTON WAYNE ROBERTS .5?- '_-;.-I-511' JERRY MC GREW SHARPE es?-,--q_'.:..'492 JIMMY SNOWDEN :1. . JIMMY LEE TURN Q41.- HERMAN TUCKER §£Q" RICHARD ANDREW WILLIS " - -'1?-._-'. . The indictments returned by the Grand Jury are set forth as follows: % _"_- . ._ _-if. ;" "IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE -.; :' _c$-fa-.-_ _ THERN DISTRICT 1| OF MISSISSIPPI -"Raw 92 -iIv r S;§~'77 ~ A" " no '-..uf '". ...h .@,_._._,_49 __, ne ny "" '_:g-mg 92 "¥'§922:r;-_'?.*' -- if,-" ;*_,':::":'-E; . . f _d _ I _.__~ :_ _ . . _- ., , _- ,_- _ .. I - -92.,_.__ 7 . - -I ~ . ._ _ .,_-V ___,,;, -.|-__. ____...:_-._¢__ -, lg,-_~ __-.-_-_ ._ .7-' .;<._ Y . ~=.1-l-"I?-. " - *- '-" . .' . 1-' '-'~1 . .- . .=';I'.-*'-'.~'--;~-"-;I..,:=.- . '. .- Q I92 '" -..--:~'.. .- =- -- -'--f: ..'.'_1-0,."' =-- . .-.. '1---1 - . ." ,_-' - - " - ' .'.'. * .v""-- ., -- '~~ -- -1--. *~**"§- ;H"~s~$»:*f»rw _-|_- , .. r ,_ .,- ',, @w¢@ :k~$<~*ss9m:%a~¢:<.»~- . . r~."v..., . w»< .'§. - f* L-._'.'__§ *;§<'T _92 J __' .-....--.-1'. 1 .:.. -._ 1.-.-.:'.'.'e-"_L -. '-5-_.-ah-"_4...." L 1. 0 V '-.-....._= ~--'-5.If .-.' r" 4"."1.. 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At all times herein mentioned Lawrence "?"=.1". '5' Andrew Rainey was sheriff of Neshoba County, .1 ' ~...q;.92_5'-'.' . . ,___V:;. Mississippi; Cecil Ray Price was deputy sheriff of '2»"5;-.-2 .f. _.;..1...:-: =.-/;_;¥; §~'5{!.' Neshoba County, Mississippi; Richard Andrew Willis '- .'- .1 '.~;.,--':_'..=92'~-.§. was a patrolman of the Police Department of Philadelphia, I-_ 2»-1.1:>:':. -1,. ':'*' 55'5"- Mississippi; and each was acting by virtue of his - »..-:---¢.=r»- -*1 . official position and under color of the laws of the .._~ »:».-F . . -1; #- State of Mississippi. ' *__.v,; -*.-.,.*.'.1; rg'. .~§~; .',. 1" -;i I,?. £7r§.'. i-.;-#2.,-1.-=»e _ "2. Commencing on or about January 1, 1964, -§'I and continuing to on or about December G, 1964, Cecil -,~",s.'.1 - -1~~: .. Ray Price, Bernard L. Akin, Jimmy Arledge, Horace Doyle .,;_;. It 1- Sic. Barnette, Travis Maryn Barnette, Olen Lovell Burrage, .22 _ .1:, :_____¬.1. James T. Harris, Frank J. Herndon, James E. Jordan, K '-Q3..-7.?.1-.; n-' . Edgar Ray Killen, Billy Wayne Posey, Lawrence Andrew - #§w " Z3:-. ,1 1 Rainey, Alton Wayne Roberts, Jerry McGrew Sharpe, F - gs Jimmy Snowden, Jimmy Lee Townsend, Herman Tucker, M. .1 . and Richard Andrew Willis, within the Southern District of Mississippi, conspired together, with each other - - E->i- *5- §"""1Z" and with other persons to the Grand Jury unknown, aaaasa. '| . . i '1 I? aaoaae| r - 5 _ _ = -'~ ;»:';..-;*.1§_.j-5. §__.'=,'.-, .7to injure,oppress, threatenand intimidate MichaelT]% - ~. 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It was a part of the plan and purpose of the conspiracy that Cecil Ray Price, while having Michael Henry Schwerner, James Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman in his custody in the Neshoba County Jail located in Philadelphia, Mississippi, would I _ "I .92Y . we-.|g'92,ahvi. ~~_ -. release them from custody at such time that he, _¢- ,.,; _. -_1 Cecil Ray Price, Jimmy Arledge, Horace Doyle . 92- =:».', _ -- _ . -.,_,-.= Barnette, Travis Maryn Barnette, Alton Wayne Robert Jimmy Snowden, James E. Jordan, Billy Wayne Posey, : ~e§;' ,§fr. :- Jerry McGrew Sharpe and Jimmy Lee Townsend could v% ..mt and would intercept Michael Henry Schwerner, James *+ Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman upon their leaving -1*¥ the area of the Neshoba County Jail, and threaten, .. .72 - ' '='-egg. assault, shoot and kill them. '£s_. -. -. ._., .. _, ,, "In violation of Section 241 of Title 18 of ;.-_ - .- 1:?-E-_". .--.- :-~ the United States Code. -__~:. 1' :,__-, 1 4'_1}'~>:_] *7 - " -.-A-,92 ll Jr -Q United States Attorney 31'? y 1- II ! "5.'-"db é **f7;;§i% Special Attorney ' . a-W115, gym Department of Justice -- 'i.'S'- ."-1*? r-"' -L. if Ar,:'.1-_¬???k"7 5-Pg 1-it . _-{thug 92.92 -».= , -.. "A TRUE BILL: , 4 ,3.-_.;.~ ;'.-*- -» _ .."_» 5-1'-'I- .#-T=-=.r~~. n§a¢E E#¬£%%¬ _-_._"._ ._',-:._£__. g. ~ _- 5- | Y_: .':"¬.Ar ,-_*_ L _ K /"Q; qr"? . . -.--__ .' .;92- ,. A_" IQ,I ..,.. ._.. .,-,_.._,92 a . _ , . . -~ . . .. - _ I ' ~_' ._.'-, _ -_. -.-,-.»~_.--5 - '- "-_ ,- --_ _ _-_ _--.-.- -~ 1-_ _ - ,' r_ ,--- .fI"-_,:__'_'-P14 . lu_.'; -I,'l.__.._{'92 l_-:.';- .. _ _r--..;-;_ -'_..._- - _- -- 4:; .- .. .. V - ' " 1 ' " - - -" .1- 3 u. . '" "'4'? v V : . .' '- -, - . ~ . - " "-» -- >- -- -.-. -1 2-1.-_ .:=' ;-* --.-_'. 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EASTERN DIVISION __ _I-:._ ':..f '7 - -$='-.- '--.-. . =3$ :'. if" "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : .. 3.3" - |'7'7. _,,__, ._:__<-.-4.-."' 4* ,?_-"1; : V. : 7;"-"-. ?:'."7" CECIL RAY PRICE : CRIMINAL NO. 5216 BERNARD L. AKIN .-,-1-2:-" " JIMY ARLEDGE . : 1B_U.S.C. Z42, 371 HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE iw TRAVIS MARYN BARNETTE -.'_';{f»'Z.,,1_~':OLEN LOVELL BURRAGE 1..-I"-._~ his ' '~.1 JAMES T. HARRIS . 3. P FRANK J. HERNDON a j ", , . .-I .' JAMES E. JORDAN wiser EDGAR RAY KILLEN = BILLY WAYNE POSEY 1; '= K '.-' LAWRENCE ANDREW RAINEY .4 ;-¢- . J: - ' ~_,_ I" '1 »_- ,__-1, I , ,1-¥ ?;92-"F51 R'- Y_*= ?-". -"**."" i" - E. " ALTON WAYNE ROBERTS JIMY MC GREW SHARPE JIMMY SNOWDEN -' 2 , E{7..7fJ7'l?P; * ",_§" _:5 . ~13 . JIMY LEE TOWNSEND osR1¥*s*IFJEQ, HERMAN TUCKER W.. r- :=-.»;»' 1-T:-., '_:._.A91" RICHARD ANDREW WILLIS *%%%5 ~_ *é§_-Tl F 1; 1: i ~'- .-i. 3'--2; ' 'E "THE GRAND JURY CHARGES AND PRESENTS: ;. wwqw ... 1{3 §§~'.- -..* I-L. -Q . ,-<3 -JP-§ ~' FIRST COUNT g iss "1. 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Doyle Barnette, Travis Maryn Barnette, Olen Lovell 5 -..- .. i Burrage, James T. Harris, Frank J. Herndon, James E. c Jordan, Edgar Ray Killen, Billy Wayne Posey, Lawrence T Andrew Rainey, Alton Wayne Roberts, Jerry McGrew _ -I Sharpe, Jimmy Snowden, Jimmy Lee Townsend, Herman .-'_.;':_ ;__ Tucker, and Richard Andrew Willis, within the ;Z ,':>-, '- '- 2 s_;92;'_.,-rt ~ ., 1." __'- -. Southern District of Mississippi, conspired together, with each other, and with other persons to the Grand : Jury unknown, to commit an offense against the United States in violation of Section 242 of Title 18 of ' v.;;,-"--r the United States Code, that is to say that they "~%h conspired to wilfully subject Michael Henry Schwerner i ifE .. -. . 3 James Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman, each an __I-. inhabitant of the State of Mississippi, to the :@@ ___,,. deprivation of their right, privilege and immunity luv - secured and protected by the Fourteenth Amendment j -av-fi - ».r*_a ..7 to the Constitution of the United States not to be -,~:$:-Ia V. i, '--. . sumarily punished without due process of law by .. -c,_~v.. persons acting under color of the laws of the State 3' __ I of Mississippi. At "-3. It was a part of the plan and purpose of the conspiracy that Cecil Ray Price, while having Michael Henry Schwerner, James Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman in custody in the Neshoba County Jail located in ' .'-i'j~g;_=n Philadelphia, Mississippi, would release then from custody at such time that he, Cecil Ray Price, Jimmy Arledge, Horace Doyle Barnette, Travis Maryn Barnette Alton Wayne Roberts, Jimmy Snowden, James E. Jordan, *~J s Billy Wayne Posey, Jerry McGrew Sharpe and Jimmy Lee ' .~:-J=.-"- ,r§.~H*i- l"i.-w- Townsend could and would intercept Michael Henry- : =1 ; -. 5aw- n Schwerner, James Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman upon "r"???- -E . their leaving the area of the Neshoba County Jail, 5* -6';-'q'.'. .-,___-5'. and threaten,assault, shootand killthem. Wl ' r I -._ H V _ ' ,. ~ ,, .,» ~ _ V - v .. , _ ., .. .-._ .,__ _ .1_-.;._ ____,_,. 3..~92__;,L__ -.--- -~ _, _i , _92=,,__.,- - .. 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Neshoba County, Mississippi, Cecil Ray Price, deputy ._-a -"F - . .A._dI sheriff of Neshoba County, Mississippi, Richard Andrew _, ._.51 : &_ -;;,_;_.A,",; ,l_ Willis, a patrolman of the Police Department of -vat Philadelphia, Mississippi, Bernard L. Akin, Jimmy .#ia Arledge, Horace Doyle Barnette, Travis Haryn Barnette, ..,. . _ @%§@ Olen Lovell Burrage, James T. Harris, Frank J. Herndon, lrf-:5-*5 ?--' James E. Jordan, Edgar Ray Killen, Billy Wayne Posey, _ .;s<-r.-.' - . _ '-92ah4___ . i . Alton Wayne Roberts, Jerry Hc rew Sharpe, Jimmy Snowden, "-;i:§'::_ .;'- r -""r Jimy Lee Townsend and Herman Tucker, while acting ,.92. under color of the laws of the State of Mississippi, Y" did wilfully assault, shoot and kill Michael Henry it Schwerner, an inhabitant of the State of Mississippi, J then and there in the custody of Cecil Ray Price, »ai for the purpose and with the intent of punishing Michael Henry Schwerner summarily and without due I " -I-_ ,- process of law and for the purpose and with the i ._._-i--I3 ; 9. -';:¢-.,~4: intent of punishing Michael Henry Schwerner for '., 4 .-._.¢.>4. §-_,,,:._'3 conduct not so punishable under the laws of Mississippi, and did thereby wilfully deprive -a ,4: ..r».F." 1-, , 3!. - Michael Henry Schwerner of rights, privileges and -§§ §E$ha immunities secured and protected by the Constitution _.---..-- -. and the laws of the United States, namely, the '55: right not to be deprived of his life and liberty q,,% 3, -i __>-. _V,_ ;_._.-j ,, s _". __.; _,-_ , -".f_._- _ _ .;,-.__,.._'_'.';;~_, _.- _:- _-_I _»;;_..-_-;".*;:.§<,_:.;j-_,-~ _- .r-:_ -__ -.;_-- =.,~_'j_-'_,___ .;-._ ;_ ; '...,- - . - . 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R - V .92?'v'_| to be secure in his person while in the custody _' i~;'92;'._..; .. .-*1 - ,"' of the State of Mississippi and its agents and . ii _____-.- =-. 92 officers, the right and privilege to be immune . -.».;..<--, -: -I-'=..1..= J».-, _.. from summary punishment without due process of -- 1-_,_~. law, and the right to be tried by due process of '3"-'*. law for an alleged offense and, if found guilty, at.» to be punished in accordance with the laws of the '4'-a~ -1.; F 1., i» ; State of Mississippi. "; =§5§i?:"§ .1, t,_,geii "In violation of Section 242 of Title 18 of the . ea United States Code. . THIRD COUNT "Sn or about June 21, 1964, in Meshoha County, Mississippi, and within the Southern District of. ; v . Mississippi, Lawrence Andrew Rainey, Sheriff of . - Q- Neshoba County, Mississippi, Cecil Ray Price, deputy . _.-. 12*, -3 - _ ~_. 02.. _-.si§ "vi_' FF; sheriff of Neshoba County, Mississippi, Richard '-. -. - -"'-'..=.~"" .3;-.-._1<> _ Andrew Willis, a patrolman of the Police Department T_|-I-!- _" i of Philadelphia, Mississippi, Bernard L. Akin, 92 Jimmy Arledge, Horace Doyle Barnette, Travis Marya 92-. "'*-'. C _,_'..,' .~ Barnette, Olen Lovell Barrage, James T. Harris, Frank . ,,,. .i_~-.. . .1 J. Herndon, James E. 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'3;i."_'§_-->- 1 ? -_.._.._-1 United States Code. -_': 13;. H , -'=" >I., - '";'r'r=., FOURTH COUNT -.-; ~. .f:i . . ¢,.¢r%,_-4;____,,::_ _t. =r*.--4:-.-J T?:51 -LQ "On or about June 21, 1964, in Neshoba County, I, -.-. ._, 1'."*" .11. Mississippi, and within the Southern District of ' 91*~:-$2.. --'r.-=-¬-.9~=;:.- Mississippi, Lawrence Andrew Rainey, sheriff of - - o . =_ -un-»,_.,-,;. -.- - Neshoba County, Mississippi, Cecil Ray Price, deputy sheriff of Neshoba County, Mississippi, Richard Andrew Willis, a patrolman of the Police Department J of Philadelphia, Mississippi, Bernard L. Akin, Jimmy ,-"1;.' Arledge, Horace Doyle Barnette, Travis Maryn Barnette, -."92| ."-153* '5'- Olen Lovell Burrage, James T. Harris, Frank J. Herndon, Q1237 }"¢g"92.'_ . . . __ _,r,_. James E. 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Mississippi. ,.§".I - i_ -. _:. . 5;-rs '1..."--"= "In violation of Section 242 of Title 18 of the United States code. ?;"?.7:'5 '.»==+ -¢-;- ,,__4__.,_ .;:|-.. _ ._ ,=m_ , '"..-- } e " au- United States Attorney .,~..1: . ' .y.! "_El; ..-| y~-,--_ "Special Attorney * if a Department of Justice shes; "A TRUE BILL: -:'~z¢"-.11* §§-;t.*-3§;5;s:g,e sssesss forenaniof the Grand J52; M 92 <4 I *3! s . * ¬:" §£l_*, _ = 92. I 92 - - - -I ---I 11"- -92 -.__-- --»-___-_-=,-_ - 77:7 __ _ ! 1 , .- . .»_ ,:- , , -,2»:. '-- "Q1 ,'l'§:.",:", 92§"-v . ,.e - "*:~_ -'.. - . ._.__,' -471 141 .-_u --'22, - - -- - _ A Q.=,__:;-1: _~ 5 ------ - _ _ ------'~~ 1 . _.....-1»-..-....1'-.3 __ 0&3; A¢.|o:>E _ .'?s* wt? I M . _I ,.-'H"'ax A 5? _;,,!-§-I_*- _ F1 5 ":1-..J,_ i, "f';.I.- .____- _.~.. __ _ _-- . ,s. .. ,,. -.:~.__,{§~_-;,=.;, A-,-3f? ' .. ]_ , .1.,- .fi';~; ,_. W ! -92>,- J,...... ,-._- - ARREST OF DEFENDANTS NRNED IN %§E _ _ _ I192'!DIC:I ZfEE . 92"T _ _ _ . 5|" -=...r--9292.'. W ._ .1;-' 1 ' . _ ..92_,...39:3- -s- ."2.; Q 1 On January 15, 1965, warrants for the arrest of , ~a_<-92qt u ERYARD L. AKIN, JIMMY ARLEDGE, HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE, ' 51* ; P TRAVIS MARYN BARNETTE, OLEN LOVELL BURRAGE, JAMES T. HARRIS, Y! ' FRANKJ. HERNDON, JAMES E. JORDAN, EDGAR RAY KILLEN, BILEY WAYNE POSEY, CECIL RAY PRICE, LAWRENCE ANDREW RAIKEY, ALTON 5?. ;' 92 hf.-'-. ."2~TE ROBERTS, JERRY MC GREI-I SHARPE, JIM-FY SDTOWDEN, JIJMY LEE -. -Q;-v,_jQ§ TCEESEID, HERHAN TUCKER and RICHARD AKDREH WILLIS were issued 1; ." :._ by Clerk of the United States District Court, Jackson, g s Mississippi. All of the above-mentioned defendants, with - ~ 1' .1w 1.15l;- ' the exception of HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE and JAMES EDWARD- '." 5:? _ JSR3i§, were arrested an January 16, 1965, by Deputy R M .,n .. _92-1?-= United States Marshals and arraigned before United States nn=<=nu - I f1, 17* '- Corxitsioner ESTHER CARTER at Meridian, Mississippi, who ':.'.-;,___ released than on $5,753 bond. _ .-"L" 53-.~I", 92-" . ., < .-117. ,. -,5-f;.',.,-15' . .--_-_~ _'- 17.; On January 18, 1965, HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE was d . .1 -. _ ,_-'--5 g arrested by FBI Agents at Shreveport, Louisiana, and arraigne .-1.; --.. .u'~331'- §f-::mj?' ;;_,'T.s It» - before United States Commissioner at Shreveport, Louisiana, _. .- who released BARNETTE on $5,000 bond. t 11,. .;-;-_ _-A-A 1 On January 18, 1965, JAMES E. JORDAN voluntarily >$- - 1-,-. -- it 'i. appeared at the Atlanta Office in response to Bench Warrant _, I.. for Arrestlissued on January 15, 1965, in the Southern District of Mississippi. ' . _.-;-:-.--. .-, -. - He was taken before U. S. Commissioner FRANK A. ',-Y-Q7.-1....3- -'0" HOLDEN, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, by Stecial ; Aeent to ~ Commissioner * FOLDEN ' set 5 _ . bond in the amount 0! !!,!!!, pelgitted JORDAN to sign his ownbond without surety, and JORDAN was released with instructions that he should appear be£ore'the U. S. District Court for the ' gaii:-.1".;'_.- - ~-.- .--- i7'- I ' 1 -Qzg Southern District of Hississippi at Meridian, Mississippi, when a.a_..~ _, . '_ -.- ._. _ - 1 :1 7 _ . - .~ ~_.1-' -".'. r _~_--- '. *-;-92-~ :1-'I,_', ¢-'~~,_.;_-.,- ~, > _;';.--. Y {_-.» ..'. . '; .. , M .. -- '._ »_ _ " 4 ._';-_.-_.-1 "-.-_-";;; -~r_:-_!.§_.--__¢- _'. ,? _'-.:_f-- 1 - f p ' " , . * v r'_'_=-92'_._~_.'.;¢''-,,.1j;':.. . - 1 '1'." _=.5.J.* T_'-_§_$._ .- ;_ -,_ '_<__. .- 7 - 1 L " . » . - ' . >-- ': . I ,.-.-, ' -' -1-F :. >, " .=- -. !-'-'1'.-;3'.; :--. z =' -92<_.-_,. '.'-- '1'- , _ ¢ -t~"v-~=;- . 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" "; :2-_ I , ; = : '- 3. Motions for severance. .92-.-- - "~':" _.:.--_ ,'1f"?5 - - '- - W_'_}.~1_-1- -- . ,1- 1=_:_._;,, 4. .Motion to suppress search warrants. , ,. _ 1*.-.';1 - 2" . ~31 - =1*3;:-3 5. Motion for jury trial. -:1. 1:".=.<.<» ~'~ L 9292-:- -"4-1.75: -hl ,-_ _-I 6. Motion to dismiss because evidence and informa- " r.r-.--... '- 1-1 1"! -"-'1' tion is not supported by facts and was obtained E; 92'-¬1_VJ;92 i, Ek 5' s=-1!":-'":* unlawfully, since Defendants were taken to c ' I ;_:§:. .. ~.. Meridian Auxiliary Naval Station, held incommuni- cado without right to counsel, intensely 314 interrogated, subjected to being exhibited as . 92_ -2_,_ -=:~:'.:.-"5 ~ comon criminals before newspaper reporters, -. ,,_..~05-_' _,1 hundreds of cameramen, etc., who exhibited them in . . ,__ a prejudicial manner to the public to the extent ear -.1: they have been publicly tried and convicted by newspaper and television media to the extent that their right to a fair and impartial trial has been abrogated without their consent. - .1.-3 1 : -. If .'__ ' w * he 7. Motion to dismiss on basis that the attorneys other ,<. ....;» £is;§.; ssw"n than the regular United States Attorney and his 92 I » _ 1 ._-'-... .~__,_ ,_._, -_'_-- 92. -r -'.__-' . 1_ - '_'.-'= ..;-.0 ._,- 92 ... - -. VI -J------ E. '- ":3. _ ._ '.92-.'. :_,__=. '-J 2 -.-- 7- 2w 1 . ~ ..', , , ' - ~ , .I ~ » ._ , -_ "92 -_ _ '3 ,,;- . r. _¢ "-'.- .- -,1.-. ;§!:'; :",3-.1: ¥a%W? ~ ~,., -; -P -I -.m-ab. J-I : L-..l:_L;-, ~ ' '.-I" JN 44-1 .1..-- .'f=;;_5_.; .FF??? 5 *5 . - Continued: '-. ~. -..::=i -' - 1-,? .~'_=i - = l produced, the Defendants would not have been _._ . -i';..él'- t; r g;._,__ -:&£'*,i'~E indicted. Y ' '11. . 1 "I _ ,1-0' g" Motion to require production of evidence. t .._..-; ._ 4 ~ +-$-. ._.-I .- --~-_ .. Motion for bill of particulars . :..i.*=-_';:=, .__ --_.-, §'_.;..§;¢. ... . ,.~_.. _.,__,, . - r , . _-.._....._ ,:l_: . :. _. 63;, » '_.;-1. - - u 1.2;" . ""1-'. .' .. '- .M.w < %$ -"=--5" "313 mu- 11*-R L ? 1. I:-E _ _,._ ,... 1 ; - I ~_».< =..'-:3. -1- ,:'@_-'* .~: 92 92~ .".- '»¬. -.,~-.~.-v.- 'r""' -.'- Y:-"I1! .'}:92n l. - on .".. Y."-» £d>1.- . . _in . ."~_ '7? 13 . xiii; is "_ r ".'~ .1 E.¥»' 5; .V 1 1 92.'-_ 1 J'!f§§;392. Q . - _ ; 1'? "5 -w u - . :11 , V : '1-. ... M: .- ._'-1. ,-is-_ ,:.'=§ . arr ;=;.£.---,5. -1 - *2!: -1 5%~ 1%» 92 t. 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'L':92-I"-"1- l '-/;~~'..--Q '-3--' '1.- ~:.il"-'-'5-- Ff--"-»"';i'-r -="~J+'~l L"-- '-'.F-*-1 "" 21':-~- _ ." -".-" '- . »- ' _--<_ -1:;1. .;:. .-_:.....;~.'i..:..' .11.-.=r_.~"".¢a»..:;,.:.a.;-:-:1:-;;;.5_ra._..-..;a-s.e..uI .--»------ 92_,$ I .. - ' , PRE TRIAL zamnrms, JAAUARY 25 to 27, :1,9,65, ATuraigiapi, uIss1s§1PP1 , In connection with r -trial pleadings before United _§.P_§_§.e§-P.i.sJ;£.i.9.§.....1udgeMississippi, on January 25 tp_2Sgslili. 1965, at Meridian, SQ9.thsr.n._Q}.5£=.=.i.9J=,-92 Mississippi, HAROLD U-_!::%-g!¢ -Mbepertmental Attorney ROBERT _WEN advisedthat the following I5?-3:" motionsheard werearguex and D C A 1-' "ire ._ .r L |..--Ill-"""" 8,, Y7"- $5.3. _ .| 1. Motion for severance. ~eege'-,;.".'-J" '.".~*':5§ -' . '92 »_r_92_-'_._ -- T - _ 1. ;--.-.'|s" ;, '1." ' ' --I-I:.n-n..."- _ 1; L -. A motion for severance for Horace Doy1e_ 1?? -;.I ._v,,.. _ -__*L Barnette was granted by U. S. District -riff = " ..-¢.~ L":-r".._. __._ Judge HAROLD J. OOX. ".V.,:_7., =.. -..>.'i"1'Y' ..;_r.- _. . .,,_; _xx.-»¢;!,;_ 2. Motion to suppress search warrants. .'7 :'?"'-'_w*'i-ii; T"- =;_-1r_ - R":_ ,1;l.:_p_.1" *1i:.¥"*I~ -., _. -,.v . I154_4..; _ . In connection with this motion, testimony "..- Z_l .55, was presented by Special Agents of the FBI HENRY L. MC CONNELL and JOHN H. KRESEK, '~-e- -1:5 --1.' -.. , who testified concerning their service of -xo* a search warrant August 4, 1964, on OLEN e$@"..-1 Q I Z, BURRAGE, whois the owner of Barrage Dam. " i - -5--<-., . Special Agent of the FBI JAY COCHRAN,JR. -. '§_-.-.1 testified regarding entries by Bureau Agents ,~wl;-'-- and excavating equipment on BURRAGE s prop- '-. 1'.- . .- _. Mq;3 erty August 4, 1964, to effect the exhumation .1;. "- of the bodies of the three civil rights workers, rzpt.7 -, ' .-;- SCHWERNER, CHANEYand GOODMAN, who were buried . in BURRAGE s dam. In connection with this KI motion, Defendants attorneys directed specific §s questions to COCHRAN concerning reconnoitering }§. ..,,.-_»-=v.--¢- '.1.'¬.. 333:, conducted by Agents on BURRAGE'sproperty prior egg-_A= Inspector JOSEPH A. SULLIVAN testified con- cerning radio transmissions from Bureau automobiles and his coordinating the service of the search warrant on OLEN BURRAGE with the entries of personnel and equipment to the OLEN BURRAGE farm. t 3. Motion for dismissal of indictments against the Defendants on the basis they were prejudiced by undue _-I .- .;_;_--_.-_ :¢._._ publicity afforded in the preliminary hearing. £§5 ; ;-.41 " '_ , 5- .'-v. -V The Defendants called as their witnesses Navy .~ /=5-1. j personnel which included Commanding Officer, 'I;iIa: :. . - <5? - I _§§pEainJ6E92gEL Executive IAMS; Officer, . _.7-.__i.:'= i . ;!.:".».5~' 2-K ;h92,=' _§ommanderR0 "R%92§§IGHT;Legal Officer, 1.. 1* ' Lieutenant RA- MA -IN; a Lieutenant DAVID -3.... ' j92g§LLSEY"and:92Seamanby thename ROBERT of S. . .-,3;-'-.- H21 I 92£92:lEH>'éM 3-_ '.'I'-SPF? L :1-'. .- . _'j3 _ -_,,.. _ '1;_.'.;-'-- _' =4-T:._§92i¢.-' -3 i No rebuttal testimony was presentedby the Government. ' .Ji=:kn»¢V-J ta . 1:3,.-1, . '-1 '1-_, f ' L *5" " Judge COX reserved decisions on these motions until a _" ..'&;*.-752*-§¬=:*¢#»!1 ~ later unspecified date. 193 C Q Id K.-vs -» V. - .- I . _ _.A_.; "" W :;_;-.=;+.7f. . C.5iU sews: 1 § ,§,_§__. i ~ '1 "Ga.-1, '» >.=- -12:2; .o. ?-.11",-_é,?:_<-. s . §§ sF 1 735"?-£ /, . - , -_~~=~ v+..%.;; ~ .'- '~- . 1, -' W *. F-: ~ *' "P.- - .'4 "-'- ,»~ . - '-.-;- "-_' -" - '"',-- . '. '"Jr-'.-"-1r" .l92 - '- I --. --'' -_',_'.C' u :'~'-r-'. "'- P '_ 9292i'--.= -. -.'-i 1"""-L :; -- T. ":,--F -'nu. ' .".;~.. 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'1;-' "I - -''1. Q:.' ' " J='. - 1 ... =~».i .,'.-1.:% » ,5 ' , ._ .. r . . .'-'.-_':'-~_.- . .' ;;-.1;-.__ " .'.: -.- 1- . ~ . - - . .' ._L.~ . _ .. '-.~ c 92 ~»#'-' {'~-.92e - -," .-.. ;-92 _|';.-I~ - .'-"-vlvw_¢-. r_92r¢- ~ ,~=-~'. . ~= - -;--'__ -1- .:' assn...... , . _-1-.1- I s . .'1.. _-- ._ ' * ' s _ '~ . -..__,__..._-_ 92 _ _-- »= L " i . _. _._-H» ' '- ~ .':';I- _-,.; P '-. .=-."*7;'--.-'.'.. -.~ . __-*--.--r,: -""1."."1.'r.i-"92~" |.,-.-,.|; 92_.',_-.. =';==-'$ =..-¢:*F?. ,_'n -r -1- '31- ;,-;1-.t-- -. i 1?-'1'..!'- ' '- ' . __ -,__».;.' ,. . '. . '----1" -n.l_. u...r--c '.._.'... r. . -1 _ . *- 7:_ §,_ .. 1 , . pl ... ,. .- ¬w~m¢-.-'-._" -:- "r- _ . _ The contents of the Order to Transfer the Cause as J-Qvf:-1 92 to JAMES E. JORDAN from the Southern District of Mississippi 1 . to the Nrrthern District of Georgia, for plea of guilty or ass nolo contenders is set forth as follows: r? vii IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT _ sass SOUIBSRN DISIRICT OF MISSISSIPPI _'2.--~ . rs? .1 -1 EASTERN DIVISION ass UEITED STATES OF AMERICA .i£- ..='._:.v'5 _ . _ . -5'' VS. CRIMINAL NU. 5215 .-4 {Li V-I in CECIL RAY 2112:, Fii JAMES E. JCRDAN, ET AL -qr O R D E R This day this cause came on for hearing on request l .'1'-- 4 of the defendant, James E. Jordan, for a waiver of trial and for transfer of the said cause as to James E. Jordan *¬5§5 from the Southern District cf Mississippi to the Northern District of Georgia for a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, "s n and it appearing unto the Court that James E. Jordan was .-~Y"- - ---;~,,- -- - _. ;=»<:=? - *2 =-3»;~:'t~w<-;-¢¥=r-'¢>*~r¢¢<1»»%:~ 5 .- ;'.-. - _' -;.-/}~_ _v;.'-,._1- I»;§ .1,_-._-__.-, -_ , .4{Hpv; ' -: I I _;l92_<,--_92 -'._- 3 "L5"..- "En: JN 44-1 .-gs.» K ~. -3 . uL-.>"0, .I .._;-''?-,3 : .;g52§cT t..7. '-1;-' On February 24, 1965, U. S. District Judge HAROLD OOX, -R. ~ -_ Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson, sustained Defendants *-.&-:-- notions to dismiss indictments charging Defendants with violation b :. In _,W. of Section 241, Title 18, U. S. Code. ' -Air -tine The opinion rendered by Judge COX is set forth below: - 4-?"- :eea "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ::.. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI - 3; .-u EASTERN DIVISION -4 , ,2- .Ié5 -"CRIMINAL NUMBER 5215 "_-<'.-_.-. _ J-<1-_..- ;,_.|-Q - --_, -1; » . "UNITED starts 01- AMERICA PLAINTIFF .-y: .j_B 5;-L -Jun eh-u 3 V. '_ 1;,-:. .. H45$ "n-as CECIL RAY PRICE, BERNARD L. AKIN, JIMMY -- -.=:, ARLEDGE, HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE, TRAVIS .¢m* .92 MARYN BARNETTE, OLEN LOVELL BURRAGE, JAMES ?"-..l=- 92V . 'r. HARRIS,FRANK J. asaunon, EDGAR RAY KILLEN, .'-: - ~--4- ~e1:1 BILLY WAYNE POSEY, LAWRENCEANDREW RAINEY, _-5 '-> _ALTON WAYNEROBERTS, JERRY MCGREW SHARPE, --I --.¢-'. 1*iIcf.I. - ,t'._,. 1! JIMMY SNOWDEN, JIMMY LEE TOWNSEND, HERMAN '-1- _!- 1-ii ii, TUCKER, RICHARD ANDREW WILLIS DEFENDANTS _:-1 -I _pT3,, '1 . "The named defendants move to dismiss this indict- £* §hn ment for failure to state an offense against the laws of §-II-' the United States. The indictment is predicated upon 18 1,!-" , _ U.S.C.A. S241. The first paragraph of the indictment states F ? that Rainey was sheriff, Price was deputy sheriff and that .._ _ Willis was a police officer, each acting at all times under ""color of laws" of the State of Mississippi. The statute mentions nothing about "color of law in the description of the crime embraced therein. 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T" - .,' ..'.jf .= _~;.7'__'--'.."f_-__-> _.,=_ 11-.1-'_.'_';,§. ,';'-1-'.-if.='~._-5:.:j_1'_i;'-7-:";"§*~1'E_:1'}.$ :;'_ §1'1; < ;.!T'-,"'~¥...'-'1-"' -" _ '*"""~ Q , 7- ._ 92 .. 3 -', _- :1 -A ' " - " ' ' - - 5.5- ."' ,_ - 92-92 §e;_, "°is no more the duty or within the power of the United States to punish for a conspiracy to falsely imprison or murder within a State, than it would be to punish for :4 . ;. 1% r7f2"fg".-it.11 92" 1' :F-1- false imprisonment or murder itself. '1$e .'.- Hey-:92* -, 51- _ -.+- ' . '7.. ' The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a State _ . ._-eh. -A-.;..._ . __ J. ,_ . from depriving any person of life, liberty or property, 1-=°Ii#;?**- -."_£-iién without due process of law; but this adds nothing to .-. gr--»-* the rights of one citizen aszgainst another. It ~aaea simply furnishes an additional guaranty against any encrcathment by the States upon the fundamental rights ihtgy which belcng t: every citizen as a member of society. "The indictment at bar is clearly void under e k g of Eilliams v._Hnited States, {5CA! 179 "§ »;_:.___ F.2d 644, where the Court reversed a conviztion under a very similar indictment in this circuit. That opinion makes abundantly clear the infirmities which are *av 1 inherent in the indictment here. That decision was i%?92rendered on January 10, 1950. _ _~ , --. i -' ;.j-..';_»_- ;.- . fl, . '=.~".---7-.--1 1 .'~ -.v.-'.'..~ ..- - -. " ».-. __ ~...-<7. -.' _ .' ,.-_.'._.___._.';__| _'.L.. _- .. -'_ -_., .~-¢'..4_-_.- -._ .--_;.~ _.__._ v.'92¢.,...;...-.2.;_g _---_,-_._ .- S c n ct. I . <--5 "'1'. .1"='-:1? '.' "v L ~ .'3. § & -.~=- -.'-'1Z- =:~.- kg ii-,_i:-¢4 3%!_- i .-_ _ V "ai* § n~}92V92-u. JN 44el g-f~fi'i'¥ s.'__-s '1 .. .-be ."-"' "'interpretation of the statute the indictment must fall, . . _.,~. ~-. ..-- . the judgment of the court below is affirmed. . .,_-a_...L'.92¬_- .'.'...A :51.-'.. . ~-~:_; 1-- "The Congress has known of that decision now asst for approximately fifteen years and has acquiesced " -.> '._. therein as a proper construction of S241. isms w . __92.'.!. '. "Here we have fourteen private individuals and .q_» _ . 92 three officials as defendants. The defendants are not .".:'.-1~'- ;¢_'.Q-~*- ~ charged with the violation of any right which was con- ' ~'*." .:.* ,.,§g-92'._.=-1 ferred upon either of these victims by a federal law. :-.:~< 5.u. It is of no consequence, therefore, in law that some of- %§.f:"41 .. ;¢.E;..»¢1;'- J1-.. .; -- the defendants were officials and that some of them were -1, ?':. 4-._ -_-.-.1".-'.'- merely private citizens in allegedly committing the _s'-."§.~ _'_-_ ._'offense charged.-l The motion, like a demurer of old, .@ -._-' .. . V ' admits for the purpose of this hearing all matters and 1.-I.'.'.a: things well pled in the indictment, but contends that .~;' ;-1} , .- 1.»-. even so, they are not charged with an offense against the United States. The authorities cited and found ..e..s= *'. ».__; .> upon independent research support the soundness of this position. The indictment surely states a heinous crime ; .,_:!_ against the State of Mississippi, but not a crime 4 .. T against the United States. This is a court of limited :1? L-if" .'_J_.!T";_% jurisdiction. The United States has no common law. say Section 241 must be and is the sole and exclusive expon- ent of the offense set forth in this indictment. The ' .~wa;.92-92,. ' :~_-"3544 indictment simply does not charge either of these defen- . E1115 _ ._-_,. dants with any offense against the laws of the United 2.} 71-151.. : , ;_I:?'§i{'.States. The motions to dismiss this indictment against the named defendants will, therefore, be susdained. J ..-: "There are several other motions presented by I". these defendants pursuant to a previous order of this -" 17'. Gonrt, but action on such motions is unnecessary by reason of the disposition of the foregoing motions. rain Such other motions,therefore, may be withdrawn or will H ;-r 3} . .. be overruled. A judgment accordingly may be presented. if . . '-1~4; -¥-;'.-.-..-- =1 '=';;;;;;. - 92r e_,='.;. - R. "February 24, 1965 "Isl Haroldgcox :_mi__ lag.-_2:. '7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE" 1 & , - V. _-_ , _. .' .. -_92 »_..,-,-. --.1--. , ..-. . I, . *2 F7553:1 - ... -'~ -- ."-- -.' -.qI92, ,1. 7 -' . -- ..1-'._ --.__,---.,-- .'~ . ---.-." !;.*- .;'." .J:- -..---T-'- ~. ;.',:"~ --_ -. *_ .- ._ ----.92.,, -__ ' *1. ':._92r', - ' .<.,. -..,i .. ._- . -_92 5' ';-.-. " ..-_ --..--. 1. , - =- - - _ -. - ;' ,'-I .-' , .- r -,;..__- _1. --.'---, . ;,-I-'v_.,,_--__-. ,. _ ~ j'- -_,"|.;,'- -.--' ,-~_.:-.-;_g--__-.;'_,92____ , .1r.°' _ -- ,_ - ~ ._.._.,,. . '¬., I -_. .-'-,_'_". '|-_-2'.-'-=12.-':'.:-'..'¢'-.:.:L..»--F ,--.5.1, -;, ,_=___ ..92.'-92,92_-__ ,,,._V -- , as.- .ei1..~_._92_slAL;.'.," _ .. ,_ ~--a J-- ._4 a -¢--- . . > 4 '4'?--':'. r1": ;"- . v?~.'1'92;-3;;-1» _ 5'! I- E-. ?L ":'i.'92;'...~.. '. - "'3 i». r '_ ' ~I:- JN 44-1 . - _ .*sa On February 25, 1965, U. S. District Judge HAROLDCOX, =-.-.f-'-';*~!- Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson, sustained_in part I =§'*."a§t .2'-.and overruled in part Defendants motions to dismiss indictments in violation of Section 242. Judge COX opinion is set forth -ix» =..a'_-. as follows, along with his rulings regarding other motions Jnd é presented by Defendants attorneys: J JP.-'3 ' 92 3','92_ N - a "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT ._,,__ SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI ..-., .3 __.._. .-.tr,._, EASTERN DIVISION . .,. _ _-792 "CRIMINAL NUMBER 5216 tr! _. -. "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PLAINTIFF I-"-T; N ."* -=-saw V. .--""* i¢. 92r=.~§;'2;F~*1 ".- enw -:' _" .- CECIL RAY PRICE, ET AL DEFENDANTS .'-M'f- .1 ?-i ~- ;-"-~ /_-' -v , er. -,,::A "On January 18, 1965, the defendants were .2-. r'.. _',".:. ' ordered to file all motions to be filed herein on or , ':..1 {."'= - ,-;-..*.- ¢.;. .-1: before January 25, 1965. Those motions have been filed < §mn and presented and will be presently decided. 1'-.:5.:,";}" .: :--;-:39. "1. The defendants move for sixty days , Leba- additional time to prepare and file motions and sup- -.-= *.-Eé" -25:»- ~ l92:;¢'-V- -. "-< porting affidavits. That motion is without merit and - '1- :__ will be overruled. "2. The defendants move to dismiss the A 3.. indictment because of widespread adverse publicity and .;*-f~" 1. '~4,. because they were photographed and pictured through the -. . news media of the country as criminals. There was, 92 1- -.~'E- -Rial indeed a great amount of sensational writing and numer- mi. 55+}:-. ¢ ..._ Pg . ous pictures of these defendants whichmappeared in many '9'1''.' . . Q. I L- of the newspapers within the state and on television . *n¬# stations within the state and in other states. This H g d unusual circumstance was taken into account by the 4.. 1 __:.- -;_92 -- _ ~-_ V |_~_» |- - _,- . - ._~ _~ -,. _ . _ .-<3 =; ,| . . _ .7 - Y '- - . - -'-r';.I#."_-_, -_ I a7;Li . ., _ _ =3 ,-,;,_.'-"= L.'.=-" -..; .; 1-.'_1'.'-"-_92_'__'l='-'=.1'5 ~_ ..- .1 "_.<. - '- 1* , ~ -1-. ».. ~ >".:.Z'.<- :1 ZIP-""5 *1-_.I-.-V-1,-TE.;7f'3-5:.- F-3 -¬ 2'f:r-.».;,§.:.*?'& _¬:';f~__ % ..s 92 . I - P 1 -r, 1_1,_- dc, -,;;_-._;_;f."..-A__.--.. .,_..:~._-_r-,-1., . .. '7-1-J ; _ '__ :"';,_, -..-..- , l-_ ,3." f=e:.,.'. -.r'.. -. '..'.f_ ». . -.e. -.I 1 -..-...... m .. _>. ._ I->92 4 u-L»_-"..:. ..a~ ;.Z-92--... 92 -.1 -f5?92-.-'-.-.'.'.=s11""d'é....1n.-1..-.- -is1-A-aav l-1...»-.. .,...tu&-...a.'. .-.1. ti'¢ ~'I'$'l'"- , =_.I - .1.-']. . .' ,,_ ._<£ -9;. F ._ -_=._.,. -=%';'. 1.:-. is»~ -- JN 44-1 "'_ '=_-~=._,q .;_-J-| - :§e§;. -_¢: ~92'. __. "news stories and all clamor from the outside, and to fairly _.;¢s ¢_*-: and justly and-honestly decide,.each.for himself, solely _ _ , . -3.30. -1' - from.the evidence and testimony Qresented to them in the Q e grand jury room.as to whether or not probable cause '' _ , _ :1 _ ,..-;; existed for indictment. The grand.jury was admonished y gr -*.'|-; -,- 7 to vote their own honest and sincere and conscientious $3.59 convictions onlhat question solely from the evidence an P. testimony before them under oath in the grand jury room. ..;_. This was a veryintelligent and a very fine grand Jury, K Is composed of a good cross section of citizens from the :3: _ . . J ' entire Southern Judicial District of'Mississippi. It must w. .~ V _ be and is presumed that they did their duty in accordance ,_..,'-_< ,..-»*- :15;ear; _, with those instructions. That some others throughout the -er -.~"= *. ..- " r=§::~.14 district may have formed.an impression of some kind of .1- ~1-v1 " guilt or innocence of these defendants does not show any "E-1,-,;,;:' ' is?/ . . prejudice in the mind or on the part of these grand jurors _ -<.,_*r _ in performing their official duties here. That motion " is without merit and will be overruled. __T" ;!:-1'_V5'. .§3. -The defendants except Jordan!,move to 92"-1%?~ % §*-. - -rt - :-5'¢I=>'. dismiss the indictment for failure to state an offense 2 ' ;.;.:-. =>~.~.*--. ,_...._..92.. against, or a violation of any laws of the United States. "T3,, :'¢.'._ J The indictment .is in irur counts." _-The first count is '_ -< for the conspiracy under 18 U.S.C.A..S371 to violate - 18 U.S.C,A,.S242.-.Six overt acts in furtherance of such A cdhspiracy are stated. lThe'second,third and fourth ' counts.charge all of the defendants with a.vio1ation.of nd 13 U.S.C.A. S242. Lawrence Andrew Rainey was sheriff, Cecil Ray Price was deputy sheriff and Richard Andrew '";.»i-.*5 .."'a Willis was-a police-officer of the municipality at all -;¢?"" material times. _The other defendants were'atall times = I I private individuals and so-acting. -Surely,.Section iii 'pr I? I=5".~. ,1: as -'5. was a valid law of the United States at such time._ The ~a§§ indictment states and the motion for.ita purpose admits " !"'."..,':-'. that two or more of them conspired to violate this law L¢;;;+;.¬L-.==.= -.g,_-:4--__:;};; g" '5-1- ";"e~:¢ - :- Q-.'»';.5 , ___ I of the United States on this occasion. it is immaterial . to the conspiracy that these private individuals were not ._."?f-§§7.~s-'» :'¢ .acting under color of law at such time so as to be vulner- 4-750 -7-I9! 5».'l w XXXXXX FEUEBM. BIIREIU UF IIWESTIGITIUII _ FDIPA DELETED PM}! |IlFUHIlT|0l| SHEET __L Pagets! withheld entirely at this location in the le. One or more of the following statements. where indicated, explain this deletion. " an Deleted underexemption s! . 5 _ _ _ with 11° 595988519 material available for release to you. 1:1 Information pertained only to a third party with no reference to you or the subject of your request. II] Information pertained only to a third party. Your name is listed in the title only. El Documentts! originating with the following government agencytiesl ;__ _ 7 __ _ o, . W ._ 7 , _; , was/were forwarded to them for direct IBBDOHSBto you. Page s! referred for consultation to the following government agency ies!; _._i____...____.....__._ ___ T ._ as the information originated with them. You will be advised of availability upon return of the material to the FBI. Pagetsl withheld for the following neason s!: 1:1 For yourinformation: i _ ;_i;,_ _7 U21 The followingnumber is to be used for reference regardingthese pages: 1 I/£Jf-"92 -IIIA/_ I /! / 5.1-_;,#_74IM /0'-92-92 ... 50 _ ___:e uxm XXXXXX XXXXXX gmosuarao ouaucxrrou anon-ms!FEEé XXXXXX FOR nus PAGE x W FII/DOJ rue- -n __i_._..__.__..._ Q / . . *: ,, - JN 4%-1 > ". §'- iff- we:~ '-."-'..;- ,-_.- i_r?ii "said act. That is a crime against the United States ;_.; , under S371. The second, third and fourth counts charge that the official defendants willfully did things that _m';; denied and deprived their alleged victims of federally n :T '5'" tteatéd rights. It is charged that the individual 92 defendants like wise participated in the offenses charged in the second, third and fourth counts of the --.I'_,-_-92:} __ .1?-,_.~_ irdiztment, but it is not charged as an ultimate fact . '7~v< . _ ;_ .1 _ _:.__. that they for either of them! did anything as an offi- .- 92 _~..9292 - MI .<_ ._, _ " cial under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom as S242 provides and as a violation _ ,- .- .1. -.1;-,:_ff :_:. _._..._.§s -.-qr thereof would require. The indictment states that three _T=.'92_ ..-r3-;. : -r-92.,_._.;:.;._.. cf the defendants were acting as officers in all that "9'-,-j-'_~'f-§_z".~,-'._~_'they did, but then does not state or indicate that any ;'---_ -'-it 3-_' cf the other individual defendants were officers in s . tn- I; -:-:. - '>_ 1."; fact, or defacto in anything allegedly done by them under color of law. ;'.z'~-" v.-92_" -*1 A ; -AW .-l "It is accordingly the view of this Court iat ;:~.,~.;1 - .~ -.-.. ;- . the first count of this indictment is valid against all defendants before the Court; that the second count is ?'92 1- .-. ~-, '- valid against Rainey, Price and Willis but not against the other defendants; that the third count is valid i i against Rainey, Price and Willis but not against the '-'~". -v.£s. -n other defendants; and that the fourth count is valid ' *3, _' against defendants Rainey, Price and Willis but not .1. ;;. . ;/-. _ the other defendants upon the authorities presently 3,.-,_ . ;'. *1";_;"_ cited. I .. . "In Williams v. United States, SCA! 179 F.2d Q--HM 1. C £56, a private detective was indicted and convicted ~ under S242 for app1ying_third degree methods to a victim *4? . while investigating a theft from a private concern. A _ .~. . * -'_. ;,_ , 1f.__-__ city policeman was present at the scene of the offense ... i -;_,:-. -.1 and lent color of law to the event. The detective held _ . I a card from the Director of Public Safety showing his . , ,_ Q appointment as a special police officer of the munici-" '7 $91.1 pality. A section of the charter of the city provided - "=" ."-*3"!-.;r'' I ,_.I~¬;_.V-it- that no person should be appointed a special police or ;;3 .4». '"-L;_ -.:1l ;1. ,-;92'-- - sateen-4_ J 4. I f -..- W gg ~ ?5 7 _92-__.-92.;..._;.__..-_, <,. -_._.,~- -, -- - . ' ..~ =.~. I--*: -:~ ':== .92 ' -i - - _- - 7 1 r.» r -. -.. ._ - - Y, - _--_ _ ."<_.~-;-,1-.1 _,_ _ '~-'9 : 4 -5~-;';.. .-;_i_.-;.'_r _ _ ., _ . . . ._ - ._ ._- , _< ..._ -,=. .-_.-_I I ~._;,-_- ._.~_92_';__:_-_._,_. - -. -._~.-.-.;,__. . ,1. -_-5,; . §;_ -_- _ _ '' ' j- i -_ _e-71. v--1" v r", ' :-5 ':.-» ..-..'- L-- "' -_ ¢_ _ .V. '" 'I . .' ' .- - .'5. ."-V is ; '" .- .'~'- "1- ."7.'~'"L.;'r" 3- T5-'1.7 -.;. .'. .-L}I 1!;.-'_ ' --'- _-: ' '. ~ _ _ -'_ ..' .~-_- ~ ,-.- ._ ,_~ ._;__ -__,.'.;- ';-Ll-_,'i -J - vi-3 --. :'1'_- -:l:_, -.}|';_"_-:_ . ., -., M 92__-r '_-:"b,"*.... _" _-.~_-,,__.-.__',- , -I .-' fr ' -l-'.-V:--'<_J__-_-.- }_'Y'..- _-,1,11- r .!-- .-, .1 .. *- yi _ -'_! "' ___ , ,- . _.92 __ -'--.»~ J4 -1~:.¢- ., _. ~ a - -~'r --1_..l92-1' "- A **~i 1-&_ i_lf .5 _-5. t -; :2 --' - ;--e-92 9 - a 92 - it4 -1. _ ------_ - s-I .. i J_- _an ~-.,_'--'!- -_ '--_-.7-r.Z... v.1=.I -1 1-I -I » - -2 2 -. Q F- 1. - 3 * '_'*f'7:;.-F 2-;. ~." . . _- ..- -'--- -.:~. v.I .- .'11;. ~'-._ ,."_i., 7' 5-1-- - - l,'-:.'. -' A .- - . - 1. 2 - 2 - L 1 ? s fwig. ___92. ¬.. %? hi I» Assn: EN 44-1 . 11''-" - "detective, except under the direction of the Chief of '.=";_<;w =' Police for a specified time. There was substantial . - L. IQ-;V'_=.,_ ._, evidence that Williams impersonated an officer and acted 'f i| >.'..-.Q . under color of law. He was found guilty of the charge -M4 .:; ;*.n'v '. _.,_..»- E g; by a jury and his conviction was affirmed. The case was -Q .-t,;_~_ appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States where 1:-...., @- -,_'>__.1 .... . In .*1 :-.';_{<. M . 1.._._.],..-,!,_v 1 it was affirmed. The Supreme Court on appeal in Williams _3L_:§i§ed States, 3&1 US 97; 71 S.Ct. 576, observed that IEEQQ .. - ,, ._, the indictment charged that petitioner acting under color -1lt3;_'=i.§z"_ of law used force to make each victim confess to his guilt " Fit-'$.~5 " .."~*'-;.;,;;._?'=.§.: "L.- and implicate others and that the victims were denied the -~ ~.-E-.--I. .- right to bi t*ied by due process of law and if found " '.1». '"gr '5'-' guilty to be sentenced and punished in accordance with _ _ .+ .. the laws of that state. The Court quoted from Count 2 -"list _"'_ _; :;'_-_. .'92 . V -.-. cf the indictment which charged violation of the Four- ~- ,,_-,_...._V., teenth Amendment rights as follows: The right and .w _.~_ ' privilege not to be deprived of liberty without due 1' : - -. process of law, the right and privilege to be secure in his person while in the custody of the State of ' ..:,._-_-.'":1 92 ._--. citizen but was achputy or assistant on duty in all that ?-'¢.. - ,$65:- --. . . was done in violation of S242. The motion to dismiss thus admits all things well pled in the indictment and results -.- .-. r 1;¥ in the inescarahle eonclusion that the county and city ' .-at Q ? ; y_;,_ officials ~ . violationwhorare defendantsare legally charged witha -_ _;fc'- ; of S242 in this indictment. '"|» . ... -.'_;..T'._. .. ;. _,-.av v .-4..... -:'."- I -'- _.~_._-_- :1 -92-frf w In_§§own v. United_States& CA! 204 F.2d 247, '-sr.';:*.-. Brown was convicted of violating l8 U.S,C. S371. The . » - e ' . .__ _._i was charged with violation of S242 but such -_,'_ .1 ti-~- '.: appellant .*- e: S1 charges against him were dismissed by the Court because , -___._~;92:_ .~..-¢- he was a private individual and not an officer acting trdcr crlo: of law as in Qgwmgpmealgh of Vilgipiamyi n _~. Rives, 100 [S 313; §nitediStates v. Cruikshanks, W as '7."' 92 US 542; Screws g. Knited States, 325 US 110, 65 S.Ct. 1039. The Court said: 4 ;+,<~a.- as!. <_'*;-_-4. .- Geh The district court dismissed the substantive 92 II ".'. I. ?J-is C-OUDC S which charged appellant with violating S242 . »'."g;- ~~ but submitted the conspiracy count to the jury. -_ This action was clearly correct. ****The fact that appellant was a private citizen and legally incap- lI'£? 'i - able of violating S242 does not render him immune 14 . -._-,_~:*!.;, from a charge of violating 18 U.S.C. S371 by engag- .. -_;-_-1I ..._»<~.g92-.4,-4 -'- ~.{- 1?" ing in an agreement with a law enforcement officer _.=.- .-. .92 t- under color of state law to violate 18 U.S,C. .1.-!'>» t'Y-'.. acting .3». #~.a > .-Ii -.-'3 -4"- S242. ggited States y. Holte, 236 US 140; 35 S.Ct. I -:1."=..-1-A-~ ~ 27l, 59 L.Ed. 5§4.i7As declared in Chadwick v. . *134-.»- ggitpd States, 6 Cir., 141 F. 225, at page 237, ~ ;:_"'-J1 -4. opinion by Judge Lurton: "It is sufficient if any it-is '- < ..':3f' 1," '_-'-.=» ~'/1-' 3, : one of the parties to a conspiracy is legally cap- . '_"_4 able of committing the offense, although the other ' ;.! I parties may not have been." As was stated in ptgted States v. Triergeiler, D.C., 52 F.Supp. 4, , '. .;"r'-I ae page"?? ._ -44..,~..- __ 92 l gases III: is immaterial that they themselves may 1I '¢,..§I T1012 have had the capacity to violate the sta- | 4- .. 'V . tute for they became liable criminally if they .4 V . , Y1- . .vi - conspired to violate that statute and if one or E in .J |. ',.. 1% ;~ "1EhaiT.--. more of their fellow conspirators hadthe fa??? .-.-.- 1e :'a.'.:.j. [ -.1 , ,.;. " -..- -,-..' _i.-.-.1-- .. "._-;.;-i_,;=.--,;..:--»-- ._ ---:~ --'---{.1 - |.w..92.;....-.;- =+. aa.a-=.¢:._¢.e-1:-v"--K .=~- A - Q 2.5 '92¢ ' :_'7.:_'.-1. : - '. :1 - _"."5,' :'g; _";__'. "_'1~,'; '_ "n' I 3. i.,. Eaf i 1. '1 .'Z - .7??- 3&5 ! _ - _-» _-92~_§ :"!_- >1 :-.1 .=_-as;t- . PE :1-_v-Q1 JN 44~1 -.-. -u-;_:1 I. vi ztjaiv-$1 ~;a%§ '"eapacity to commit the subst ense." §arrgg_gg United States, 1 Cir., 799, gees 801, 802; Hagggrty v. United States, 7 Cir., Q 5 F.2d 224, 225;,§aufman_!. United States, . rag er 9 ir 919 w 611 -$12 ,;r'_' 1.. v.-..-.-, _.¢.u Q. v4.-a, um-we ' .35 .. _ , -_ . . s . :r- ¬:- - 9 In accord with this conclusion are Koehler v. United _ -. as-22.;-; , r- e §£35g§,_5 Gir., 189 F.2d 711; Apodaca v. Unitedystates, _. '9" 3». - '.-.'-_ '3 ~ .-__--, . . 10 Gir., 188 F.2d 932. ; ':. :; ., 9;; ...'.-..__,~_- - "As the Court said in United States_v.:§abinowich 238 US 78; 35 S.Ct. 682: That a conspiracy to commit a crime is a different offense from the crime that is the object of the conspiracy. Callan v. Wilson, 127 US 540; 8 S.Ct. 1301. The Court further said: A person may be - -.:':.~; guilty of conspiring, although incapable of committing the .L..-1:-4:3 ._|; -.~-7'. objective oifense=' e é%I< "It is accordingly the view of the Court that :-:.'__- _ 1»; the first count of this indictment is valid against all defendants; that as to the remaining counts in the indict- " 1 _.,-'.-'7 1 ment, all of them are valid against the official defendants, but invalid against the private individual defendants therein. =. -j*?§ e'£_=:" 'é - .'92'*" .~; '1 The motion to dismiss the indictment will thus be sustained _5iIPd;¬'.'b'f L-'in part and overruled in part as indicated. '- 1-fl" -"F IF. "31- _. ."- g{92_;._-_.'=*__' i.ai,::a "4. Burrage moves and Price, Akin, Killen, Posey, -_r_, , I1, V Rainey, Roberts, Sharpe,-Townsend, Tucker and Willis join .-'1 -*4 him in requesting under Criminal Rule 41 e! that the search under the warrant be adjudged unlawful, and that the property taken be adjudged to have been illegally seized without warrant, or that the warrant be adjudged insufficient on its face, or that the property seized is not described in the 1 L warrant, or that there was no probable cause for the issuance of the warrant or that the warrant was illegally executed. a- » Evidence was adduced before the Court on this motion. The " -aw .' contentions and the evidence somewhat overran the bounds of a ~ the motion. Some nebulous testimony before the Court was - s 3 _ v. -_ .. 92. 7 . *1"; i 2_ ._-'j_'. '-*'- -_. 92.-.'-_ _ '1 .f1'_f"':'- ./4 . _ k W p L, ._. 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The affidavit of an FBI agent sufficiently set forth grounds for probable cause which __~ ~_-"._.|_ _'J_*'.'were effectually adjudicated to exist by the issuance of the subsequent warrant. gester v. United States, 265 u.s. 5?; as s ~ 445. lhoaneeee v. United States, SCA! $99 7.11 SQ7. IL» sea1-h narrate desdiibed the premises e¢~% to be searched as the Old Jolly Farm under control of 31., -u I P?~r Barrage. This place consisted of two hundred fifty acres. it had formerly been owned by Jolly and was the inane only place of such kind in the county under control of .- ~,_"-,l i1-; . 2 -;.-d ~17 Burrage. The description of the premises to be searched .-.'- " /" _ ",,A was sufficiently clear to enable an officer with reason- -.=Z.'~""i --r .':- - able effort to ascertain and identify the place to be '92.=- ,.._ H ' _'_;f., . _a searched. That is the rule and the test. The warrant ,_ -.-__.._-.,.L. -w _ . .c-~'~1-,_ 2- 1' w. clearly stated that the search was for the bodies of ' r" -"' -. 'f¢.' .' 1"£ - .'i 5- Z the three identified victims. This warrant was served .1 ? T?-11$ ' '-"r- :'!"3 -:3. at 8:12 A.M., August 4, 1964, according to FBI agents .-- :~'n{- . -5-._ F V .-.»_i.;¢:_t testimony supported by memoranda made at the same moment 92- .l;h.if '."x1, as an official record. The Court believes from the evidence .'-1;s-- -4-.- mEd? that the government agents acted with full authority under vutg this warrant in doing all that was done on said date toward ';-.'. l*'..' ~_ _5q?_:92£ ,.- searching for and discovering these bodies. This evidence g. I.@v§ was not illegally obtained and the prccess therefor was u,F valid. This motion to suppress is without merit and will Y.;1;,'.: .' . Z. _,. _' be overruled. :Y'i.'~3'f T~ "1 -i...,@-. . " 1 5 ,' r "5. The defendants move for a production of -sz :1-'1 evidence under Criminal Rule 16. The two motions seek material to which they are not entitled under this rule. _ ~,--"1--_,<_Z.-- : -'..; '- .. 1 92 . -.l _ '.1 ~ ,~ I [email protected]. ~."-. *~.-;, 92_.-. .__;..--___. .~I;, 5'=i'T¢: *-.5,-.r.=92 a ,3 r _, §_ I » , "- r - .', :'-:1-=:.."2T1>92-~ :=-=:- f7" ~ " ; " ' 92_ _ , 1. - 1 " ~ .~|;.£__,: .='¢='.-_.-.;'. 92-- -...~ '>4'> 1- . _ I '1 . " . '5."". .1 -'A ' I, 1,¢=T"-_ JN 44-1 "written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged. It is not necessary to allege with tech- nical precision all of the elements essential to the com- . mission of the offense which is the object of the conspiracy. In Egnggfai gi_§nited,State§,_47 S.Ct. 300, it is said: _'In-.... 4..-._.. . charging such a conspiracy certainty, to a common intent, sufficient to identify the offense which the defendants conspired to commit, it is all that is necessary. There the defendants sought as here to discover the government : evidence to which the Court said that the defendants were not entitled. A defendant in a criminal case may not resort to a motion for a bill of particulars as a discovery device. Tr :£D Li£E_El fgitg§_9tate§, 321 F.2d 665, the Court in - .;~. 1~=1 this circuit said that it is not the office of a bill of "M,"- .-=.Z'.', . .1;-_. _~y. particulars to ascertain what offense is charged. In gchnsonwy.,United_§tate§,_207 F.2d 314, the Court in this 1 .:ee=.::-or circuit said: The government should not be compelled by " "-=' - ail. . - "-".s:92"JP - a bill of particulars to give a detailed disclosure of its ,-,.,.. . evidence, as would have been required by compliance with 1-1,; ~.,,. the motion. The indictment here contains a sufficiently V- _'=;.-' definite written statement of the offense to enable the r -:'-*;';s- defendants to properly and fairly present their defense _ -.-;1.- thereto. It is likewise sufficiently definite and clear to - -2: L . _ ,5, - forestall any possibility of double jeopardy. The motion is if§§?92;A_1r:_/,_ without merit and will be overruled. , .».'* J ._ E.! . ii-§.*.:1 "7. Numerous motions are presented by the defen- r?¥%e . .1" dants for severance under Criminal Rule 14. Criminal Rule 8 ., "T~ . .~; . -I-"#2.?' authorizes the joinder of offenses and of defendants under .|.."',_ , stated circumstances. -Criminal Rule 14 vests the Court FF,Y e "' with a sound judicial discretion to grant such relief as may 1 -"5-U be necessary in any case to assure a fair trial for each defendant. Qpper_v.uQnited_States, 75 S.Ct. 158. Nothing ".;_¢--=s»;31j.;'ihas been presented to the Court to convince it that a sever- _-Hf-_0.5- . ance of any other defendants, other than Horace Doyle ii? , . - Barnette who has already been severed from this proceeding, J3 is necessary in this case. But under the circumstances it _ _v- would appear to be fair and just that all of the defendants befirst tried under the first count of this indictment in 1 sees H . re ne L/Q "n"UJ iansss -30- !b /J ju n,th_ ~ . .. . J ...... _- _ :- ;-- --- 1-92-.'--,1.--~--,~."- " ".-'-v ~- - - . '- . . _-._ ,-. - .-, ,- ,- ..-I . .. _- r .: .-_.,_ 1 -...._,,.-V . . ._. -, =_ . - 1.. . -. 7 1". -. ..-7 : -=-_ - F2--.-'_-1 '-=."- .,='---1'"".:- §.A ..!é1-..;f'<'-I: *:=-r.-:5 --1.-3 '- '. . 1 _ . ._ _ 92 _ .__ ,_,-,' V. 92.,,-._, ,-.92._.._ .,._ ___.92_J,-__¢¢.:- _, _, , -_,_.-. =,- ,,. .-,1 ..,, ,_.:".- --, . .- 1: §_ -_, _: 4_. .~_ ~.. ,. ,~ t .. -- _ _ . -- . 2' P] 1 _ 1.;-...... 1--@._-.=:-1 ;-...... =.|;n..;_4: ' . .-_._= .._<-I-P ~ L+~e= >-»1-'-'-'|* - -:1:-.-'.'-" -* - --'- * 1 a -. 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'. -' . . g-92_ An--1-. 11. COMPENDIUM coucsauznc RICHARD ANDREW WILLIS, PATROLMAN, *-21"..-'f$' PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI, i."" "' '1? POLICE DEPARTME j;; ;_ - ;~;'~.'."-"'1 §..g._ ~ F. -*§. Qfzi-'1.-" s .-.*"-"<- --_ _';;_;"1$ <92 ,_ '- K! T5 .->.1-' . _' , I J ' .-+ a+::$ - .~, :1-."'5f.. _.'.~. *- -3*-_. i ':;:.§§;;_;__f_. » -6 .' '.8&'-1-,' . ~7;1:*$ a -';:g-2 . '1* 1. ">~ ' -~_ 92 I M 58/44M a .-'- Ego-.='i5'! .<:.- I"" q_,,;92 .~".='.~'; '' -q »--1-_-.'.:-- -f= .'-:-;;;_= -av ». 1 '¥'ii +11 ; ., -¢. $.25*7. "Il - ll - Z323 I S ._ _.[ , ~' ~-.- _ -» _.~~»m=~wr@».Jq,=.I " , ,_. ._._f -1,_';~_. __,;. ~..-.. |_ _' ._ -:4 .. -_ - - _ 1 1 ' .- ' 1 1 - 1 Y 92 - 92 -. J 1 92 1 l-3» l 92 c qhm =* Iii -".''-§- ?".-.': '-.-,".': '- v 5»!. ._'':* .4 .-4", ._,, we» - . . -i. , --v r '.>=~-.1. .1 -;' ..v-~ .. _. ' . ., I ' ,~ . '- , - -..---.3-._....:' -. ..92 _ :_ .. -,.. 92 __;=-___ »_-,._ -: _._- _ - = f I ..J 1, ' "'-- '- 1 i "--".';"I:'_'.L'~..-'~-._ .-.92_' $1 92 _" .,'-- ' :_.'. 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Federal Grand Jury which convened in September and f92__4-.-1... -- 1n£L _a n:1_h: u:,,z,,:__: ¢$?$i 92-IL-LUUCJ. , J.7U"l', L DLLUISL, l'lLDbJ-DBLPPJ-0 As a result of this indictment, WILLIS was 3.e.¬§ arrested on October 3 1964 for violation of Title 18, 4-750 -L79! XXXXXX FEDERAL nunnu or INVESTIGATION _ FDIPA DELETED use IIIFONMTIOIISHEET _§_ Pagetel withheldentirely at this location in the le. One or moreof the following statements,where indicated, explainthis deletion. .1 m Deleted under exemptioms! __Ja7_Q,_é_?I!_ with no segregable material available for release to you. D Information pertained onlyto a third party withno referenceto youor the subjectof your request 1:! Information pertained onlyto a third party. Your nameis listed in the title Only. [:1 Documentlsl originating withthe followinggovernment agency es! . _ ,_ _ ' __ __ _ so a__ , was/were forwarded to them for direct response to you. 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'?%§ .~,'..§~I§,': at the outset by Mr. OWENS of his right to counsel, that he . --.1135? was not required to make a statement, and that any statement _....._._ he made may be used against him. No threats or gromises were ...-.1 . .ss. issued to Hr. JORDAN. Mr. OWENS explained that the purpose -.1 :J-1* -_. of the conference was to determine whether or not JORDAN desired '.. 1 . »~._-. '-" ---:'=': ;-to Z- sign a consent to plead guilty or nolo contendere and transfer his case under Rule 20, Federal Rules of Criminal P-:1 r_-==:. ,.='=' Procedure, from the Southern District of Mississippi to the .5._; . __ '1--=.__ 'V Northern District of Georgia and, if so, whether or not he ": u. . : desired counsel prior to making this decision. The provisions of Rule 20 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure were "nu, . fully explained t0 JORDAN by Hr. GWENS. H ? sees: -_;-F Mr. JORDAN stated that he did not desire counsel nf gs and that he desired to sign a consent to transfer ;-..¬»=:' "/-s » -'1?- - ~ plea end sentence under Rule 20 from the Southern "" ..-92 ._,,,4L_ . Missirsippi to the Northern District of Georgia. his case for =2.- the; signed the Consent to Transfer Case fer Plea District of .-;_- -+-_~'-> w d Sentence. Mr. JORDAN _,ii _ _- _ R F". . and :3->1 4 .- "_ l '|n -> ;...., . ,- _'_'_ ~a.-'.=. "EFL = r ,$?, "'92"' 7- ' - - 92'". 5<-2.9.. _ I . ', 3 "51 ., - .;,_;.. 1 > -.y |~~~ ~ sf ~"* " '*" it V. " f it r e e e je 92".'-ft :-_'.- ?.-=,_ "'3-.' 92. 92 -2 no-:02pm. um-ea; - v- I ._ ' ' '_ 1- n FEDERAI. BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION >'--'_. '-.'-.', ~'|" rare: gn aua.=-2-.; 1 ' Duh December 24, 1964 --gf=.v_'._92e - ..-r_ . 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"=5-.1 .. ;_._,_. : E -I;,_: : The 1969 edition of the Meridian, Mississippi, City Directory, reflects that JIMMY ARLEDGE, wife MARY JANE ARLEDGE, ..~-1..=-..--;--;:-. .. -_ -. residence 2718 Valley street, Meridian, Mississippi, was employed vii;-;j'-'_. as a driver for the Magnolia Steel Company. " e .__.__. .92.. __~' The 1962 Meridian, Mississippi City Directory lists JIMMY ARLEDGE, identifying him as a stock clerk for the Meridian cigar and Tobacco Company. . $26, M0 A On November 17, 196R, and again on November 18, 196E, spot checks were conducted at the residence of JIMMY ARLEDGE and at the Magnolia Steel Company, his place of employment. 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