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7 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ENCLOSURE COVER SHEET SUBJECT: I iE_ /r;Q_S_ I , FILE:_ ___I _/j'25ZQ QS_ _ SECTION gj?OF 7,0 , THIS SECTION IS COMPRISED OF 15$ PAGES WHICH WERE REVIEWED FOR THIS RELEASE. ZQQ PAGES ARE AVAILABLE FROMTHS SECTION FOR RELEASE. -I. ms IS ENCLOSURE J OF 5' ENCLOSU'RE S! NO DUPLICATION FEE FOR THIS PAGE qt! ,4I'D-I11_Iov. e a J >:¢ff_ ' _92 o~ -- _ i"1". *1, "" -_ :19:*1? iwoha due; if melee 1-I mm-L II- "3-5-55 1-......¢.*..JMISOII 19- 1 ] R1159! of L E = if i IIRIARD L. LIIH; I1 LL .iinE3 EERL "'uu|92|.92"'E1',_ _ mmmmmmnswmuu an I 8!-¢k-I]; I. -+1 1. p-;=w-. qf 7--villi -:4. L A 2 _ .. 5 11 1 E 2! A ll ~ I Prosecutive Summary ==»~==mi ~f _ Report 12 19 64,of at SA_ dated 1-24-651: :3. r A , ,_ ~ J F AH M. i ']Am1n1S1'192A'rLvE. ' *--4|.-*- 92 A Supplemental ProsecutiveSummary is being st this time due to thepproximity of trial in this IlttGI- ' -;§4_,,iu:pp1enents1 Prosecut'_iv_eBu-nary eonsists0.§_Yi_n,._Eo__ 1 _.,.;._. ,1; tint ,+*_;»,.- "subsequent nothe prosemtive sunmsry reportbf SA 7 " ' i2-19-64 at Jackson, and co'""-M information which was -- tt_ Jackson report of SA dated 1-21;--$5. Pi? i j *7 *1 *4? lpptoved h ch 1 . - .06 7 3 1 JJSA, Jackson_ H? w ,, ii - :3-1! n lam, .|-nu-y-In-IL "_ _,_ 11121 4 . '--:u--,'.-;'92=- .=-,.~..s_ ,$§;_o-;: __92 - 5*;-7' '. » .-:',_$3.1..-; - .3; '.:;1"; -.'."1~1%,] _-At, 7 9[QC mm 1 51955 M _:M _; If ii. vi xii -~ V ~r_;_:;.-_-HI;' _--K!Q! !E? _ ' ~&,92"-41 ff» ';m."'nu -,- C" _ i.,:2ni*' .. I §1a'-_,."av ,----...h -W 92_ 1 92 _ c . _,,! -n. _ -v -- ..L.' 0 y ~_;._.4 ~i -- -.. _'-_-; ,_~»,~s,:--,4- . 4:. |_ "_' . ., 8 4, 92 ':.¬:*.-r.' _:; -"1. C"- . -' '----2 _C'-':~.'92. .,__- £3" F JN 44-1 _": . - 0 2-"ii .15 -1-1:-9 All persons contested during the course of this s" 35;? .s'-~'§;1'investigation were advised that this inquiry was being con- no -:14? '- ducted at the specific request o£'Mr. JOHN BOAR, Assistant l;»JT.'_ Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U. S. Department of- '- -¢;:.?-92, 511%. 92-II-AD 1'11|:92l-'| I--I-92v92v 0 an . ;r-- ". - I--i=4:-.=.. _ -. -Q-.;:¬..-' One extra copy of this report will remain in the . Jackson Division in the event of future need for this report .~Ji;<,§<:| by the Atlanta Division where JAMES EDWARD JORDAN's case hes __ . fag, ,- . been transferred under Rule Twenty. % _. I.J'__|"!| ._ . _,__, ._.,_ 0 .'._;92 _E_-7 ;._ _|_,:. 1. _1_---,.~,k. 1-;_" '_,, "8l§' 1?: ~ . 2- 1". -3" .- 1,1?-1 -,-.. s-:--_~¢.~ J-fzul _ ' "-' _f_ p gift: ,j."'92=_.;'1 I"'%; 5-7:§-.**§924> '1! _: . gag. LIE, "*1-s - '.. eases :1,-,. -n.=-1-I->.;-=;¢92 - -$0 B* I 9-? as COVER PAGE ** steam 2 92 3 792_._-._,. .l"- 5-ST ._-'1."92-,,-'_-_-' -'_""' -'. I'D-l04 Rn.l-I-I0!,-» " I UIEI3, e TEDSTATES DEPARTMHQTOF,3 }I_JSTlCE iifni ' FEDERAL BUREAU or INVESTIGATION '.4_¢_- - .. :._n,4, .._ . _".. ',_<!vT. - .r.-.. Q?-l'{:_""¢*Y"= 1 - USA, Jackson, Mississippi E§3 -';--k92:'-7'3.-*5 SA lb-s1<+ 3_§_:g I ,|.~=;--_'.- -_,~;. -- .-4-.-4; _ _-U '- i%E@ Fie|c| OlficcFile No: - R44" 1 Bureau FileN-0.: ll-4"25706 M "*1'='-V2,:-* rt" _ ..__ ,., aw.'92¢.- D__ .. nirpwu ixi = ' Duh: II--1-.*Qq- rt - .~' Ir.i_;;-j_- :i*=.,. 5-» Z ._J§?;-;._- ..:l _ '_ TE.M_. -.~.*"?7§.-,.-'Tmu BERNARD L..AKIN; JIMMY NMN! ARLEDGE; ' '_-' ..-J, - I-J':~= HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE; TRAVIS MARYR BARNETTE; OLEN LOVELL BURRAGE; JAMEs T. HARRIS; FRANK J. ._ ,_c__,-GI :-I. PnvfI> HERNDON; JAMEs E. JORDAN; EDGAR RAY KILLEN; x -M-.1- ._ - '-, .92~ KIHQFEEK BILLY WAYNE POSEY; CECIL RAY PRICE; LAWRENCE ANDREW RAINEY; ALTON WAYNE ROBERTS; JERRY Mc CREW = ~w-,~ '. :.'.~.!_-:-.*,-{I '._-I-_'=. _~ SHARPE; JIMMY SNOWDEN; JIMMY LEE TOWNSEND; HERMAN I --- ., 'I.,-_. ' zmxsaiz -_ _---1'-' IYEKER; RICHARD ANDREW WILLIS ¢e~* JAMES EARL CHANEY; MICHAEL HENRY SCHWERNER; -' ANDREW GOODMAN - VICTIMS 5sl*§ ' Kl,§" ,,=»';=,! P _ Character: CIVIL RIGHTS- ELECTION EAws; JMVEMILE DELINQENCY ACT _._-~,§§§E .¢.I,--Ic- . , f-7*._._-A,¢ -_..v.,'. 3 _. ,. ,_-»_-_.1'1 1 ;'r-~.' --- H1-5.---£-= .-.§ -rT ' 1-. -=_;.|.'.'-01':-R if -.1. §.H2..B.1=.=l.1i§H.'1lél-. -'-I,--.-:»=ii'.-',:§:- fu. t-"4 -~ ~- I-'5 -' ,..,'_;: ';»;A-,2- -|n._vu||u-iqtlu-unxpiqxP R o s E c __i-|1u@-In-aun-U T I v E s u M M A R_Y .92II - :92v,:@!-.*._~=- -:-."- .4-§r.l'.-Q1. F".-I*n.<' --I - Synopsis: The Federal Grand Jury which convened 1-11-65 at _ I ...- .. 5, -. | Jackson, Mississippi, to hear testimony concerning the _.,.=,wj.-,1: "1: . .. abduction and murder on 6=2l-64 of JAMES EARL CHANEY, -, -1».-1}-_ -:»- -3., ' - ..'.rC.=-.. '~- MICHAEL HENRY SCHWERNER andANDREW GOODMAN,three civil rights workers, in Neshoba County, Mississippi, returned Irne Bill 1-15-65 charging BERNARDL, AKIN, JIM! MMH! .- ARLEDGE, HORACE DOYLE BARNEITE, TRAVIS MARYN BARNETTE, OLEN IDVELL BURRAGE,JAMES T. HARRIS, FRANKJ. HERNDON,JAMES E. 1*¥". JORDAN, EDGAR RAY KILLEN, BILLY, WAYNE POSEY, CECIL RAY PRICE, 4- ... LAQREECE ANDREH'RAIEEY,ALTOH QAYNERQBERTS, JERRYMC CREE ..,, 92-' 9 92._--.--D ifr-.. §92-Y F3:-if441' .'--"r- SHARPE, JIMMY SNDWDEN, JIMY LEE_TOWNSEND, HERMAN TUCKER eme and RICHARD ANDREW WILLIS with violations of Title 18, 1_'.--.-|;~- i""I92; U.S. Code, Section 241, with Conspiracy under Section 371, 1 92_ ' - . - . ..< .- .. - - |-=--._.-_ . , .- ~,'-.--_,:,_-',z' ._ -a -'-1,:-..'._I-~_.--;a,-.-- '-, -~,- _-.92.t --i= , 3 ' . t . o . .- . ... - ,.. w-_.., .-7 ',--- .'-,-.. ,.. ,_____,.---., --. , l_._ - r, t _.,- .- . .',' 5. '-*'.=§=?Ti;. I ._ .. .. - - .. _;= '.;,_-Z..".'-_;'_'_...f'.£..;J.;;-:_-' J3. .";'~-91.-;'.;-_>:"-_--r~>-.~.-.1;aa-is-.;r~*..1-._-;-'-_s;_ . '._'..g . qé t .-9::::,_ JR 44-1 .-*3 .,~ .;$_?"§,-1?. '-i-: - -he-.--:- tea. Arrest warrants were issued by U. S. District Court, -;:§?;.?7" -g-5.-.'=I'=' T2}, :+§Z7'i Clerk and all Subjects, with exception of HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE @te> and JAMES EDWARD JORDAN,were arrested by U. S. Marshals on . 3%_._._. 1-16-65 and arraigned before U. S. Commissioner ESTHER CARTER 1-16 65, who released them under $5,750 bond. HORACE DOYLE sea? BAFKEITE was arrested by Bureau Agents, Shreveport, La., 1-18-65, arraigned before U. S. Commissioner, Shreveport, La., and ..-r-1;'_"-.-Wreleased on $5,000 bond the same date. 1; ,_- IAMES EDWARDJORDAN voluntarily appeared, in response »as to a Bench Warrant issued 1-15-65 in the Southern Distriét of __ __.:.i.__l-E . 1" -G r. Miss., at Atlanta, Ga., 1-18-65, arraigned before U. S. Com- .- '.":5, 1* ;_': missioner, Atlanta, Ga., and released under $5,000 bond. 2: .'-.:Q;__,_ -awn. lo".;-. __-1'r l. On 1-24-65, U. S. District Judge HAROLD COX, Southern District of Miss., signed an order authorizing the Clerk of the - U. S. District Court for Southern District of Miss. to transfer . i.-»: "'.?_.~:"':?~-.1l cause of JAMS EDWARD JORDANfrom Southern District of Miss. to - .*'f' the Northern District of Ga. for plea of guilty or nolo contender gs . _-_,.'~.[1.; ,, -.5;-' _. On 2-24-65, U. S. District Judge COX sustained Defen- t»n dants motions to dismiss indictments charging Defendants with 19"¢.' -.> violation of Title 18, U. S. Code, Section 241. _ -..rp_|.. ,._,. H, rs _ seer._ _ , -R On 2-25-65, Judge COX sustained the first count_of" . .;'..:':»..-.. .- --._J_.5 .21..--.. _>_r the indictment for Conspiracy under Title 18, U0 S. "- |i921,:92Z-F; I: i--Itic ,.-,n Z71 1-to .-o-a.e1 1 1- '1"ii-In.1.-- --, 1R IT. -. wo Q. ndsvvvj Section 242, against all Defendants and ruled that the second, third, and fourth counts of the indictment were valid against LAWRENCE RAINEY, CECIL PRICE, and RICHARD ANDREW WILLIS, but not against the other Defendants. ' 5 JAMES EDWARD JORDANreiterated his statement that he was not physically present when Victims SCHWERNER, GOODMANand CRANE? were shot on the gravel road near Highway 19 near Phi1a= delphia, Miss.