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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT: MEDGAR EDGARS
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Advaaceazeet at Colored People, pointing out that this is another reminder oi the
grim seriousness oi the civil rights struggle. tie stated "I arr: aura the Attorney
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the tuti power and authority at the executive department andar existing law totract awn tze guilty; and I know he will Insist upon the State oi Mississippi ]
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, hey eulogi_zed- Evers who wa: ct from? ambush ' gnjglackso
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the death of a'great_'American,"
declared Irving P. -' Andrews; a
Denver attorney and president of
the-Colorado unit oi the National
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as black," Andrews said." . . .
ou can neverdo enough,tnans memory. ' ~ ' '
< What Evers tried to do in hisCommitteenlge geljysred the prin-cipalspeech , _ _e_ memorial aerv-lice_";.! .2?-y": ~--_ ,'}_ .~'" J?-'33
He chided Negroes who did not
Pflilpate. saying Ihe had seen
several 'a1ong'th'e route ot the
march watering their _lawns while,Rome'burns." ._. _.-_',- ~
He urged them to get otf your_ Porgli1iets}:'__an_d , i_nto 3 the tight - .tor
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pay decent salaries," he said. We
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ever our money will enable us to?uy, without resorting to subter-uge. 7 = -A ~-
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_their co-operation, but said Ne-
=groes need assurance police will
continue to treat Negroes here
fairly and assurance that those
black men on the force can be ad-
_vanced to positions of authority."
JA white minister, the Rev; Jacklifetime was to restore you to your
dignity'.-».-. tostand up and be
men and women in this country,
_to be true upright Americans. You
are now experiencing and partici-I
pating in the winds or change,"Andrews said. '> ' "
' The demonstration was the .Alford of Denver, otlthe Na-'
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Christ, was one or theparir'd'el_l¬ld¬lS- l it , . . _. ..- ._
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Tuesday night, a march from the;
:East Denver park where Sunday's.
service was held to the City-Conn-
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to the city government tor an.e_nd _
to all discrimination ' a gain st"
Negroes -in housing, employment _'and job advancement. _' " _ "
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WIFE PRAISE FBI
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JACKSON, Miss.The wite and
brother ot slain Negro leader
Medgar Ever: here have ex-
pressed their praise at the work
time by the Federal Bureau ct;Investigation ln' the arrest at sl
Greenwood white man tor the
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I appreciate the work the FBI?has done, Mrs. Ever: ma at her modest home here where her;
husband was slain by a snipers
bullet June 12.
Im too emotional about this
still, but in due time I will have,more to say." - ' |
Meantime, Charles Evers,
brother ot the dead Negro leader}
who has replaced him as state
eld secretary ot the NAACP,
declared: "I am gratied that the
information supplied by the FBI
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my brother, Medgar." ' '
Byron De La Beckwith was ar-
rested late Saturday night after
the'FBI had traced atelescopic
gunsight used in the slaying and
a ngerprint to him.
'Ihe intensive investigation byI
the FBI required the elimination
of 15,000 telescopic sights in the
country to establish the probable
owner ol the sight found on thesuspected munlcr weapon. It alsorequired identifying the correct
fingerprint from among 168 mil-
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_ "THE DILIGENT and thorou'gh'FBlwent to work in earnest within min-
utes after it was learned that a Negro
returning from an integration meet-ing in Mississippi was shot in the back
as he left his automobile to enter hishome." »- ' '_
it was assumed by the entire na-tion that the Negro was killed by awhite segregationist who had let hisprejudice outrun his reason. Now an
arrest has been made. A 42-year-old' white 'man in Greenwood, Miss, who
is a salesman is the man who was ar-
rested. iHe is a member of the Citizens
'Medgar Evers. the Negro who waskilled, became a martyr, his deathtanning emotional ames to a newpitch. The murder became one of the
most _ oi recent developmentsin connection with the racial strife. . __'_" _'
' . All Americans with a sense of jus-tice were shocked by the rnurder and-hoped tor early apprehension and pun-
ishment of the guilty person.'However divergent may be views
concerning the racial matter, no true
American could condone the murder;ous step that was taken against Med-gar Evans _ . _ ' 1
Shooting a man in the back under
cover of darkness or under any othercir¢unmtan¢¢S is not the way to racial
- harmony. The Mississippi murderonly brought.on more strife, engen-dered more hatred. ' . '~ t
!_ -like-white man arrested Saturday. ._,_._,;____._ .- ____. ..___ __-...._1_ _ . .. . __ _._ g _-__-.p--'-A. __ , 1 ~-< ._. __ _ _ - . i
Byron de la Beckwith, was taken be-
fore a U.S. Commissioner. .-":He"wastold he was not taken "before the Com-missioner to admit guilty or to pleadinnocence. i _ . -
A rie was found near the home ofhe murdered Negro. From it the FBIbtained fingerprints. The U.S. At-torney General says -much -more evi-
dence has been gathered in connection
with the case.If the white man arrested is found
to be the guilty person, then certainlyhe should be subjected to the full pen-
alty provided bylaw. ' ~ .Whoever 'killed Medgar Evers did
not take the law inbis own hands.The Negro had violated no law. Hehad conducted himself in a way that
had obviously stirred ire. So the man
who did the killing was simply giving
vent in primitive fashion to -ragingprejudice. 1 . . _ ' '
Whatever may be the outcome of
the current civil rights campaign, therewill be a continuation of racial prej-udice. It -exists in other countries and
has existed through the ages. Laws. cannot erase _it and _laws cannot bring
social acceptance.But we as the people making up anation that is leading the free world
must be a people of law-abiding citi-zens, striving especially hard at this
critical moment to move forward to-gether with the least friction possible.standing solidly against such incidents
as the murder in Mississippi.
'1 - connectiorfwith the. murder:1 :'_;;;"-1;_1 .'i:.L;';- .:;;_f.': "
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__ ~LAKE-LAND, FLA._
Om: June 24, 1963
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mendation ls due the Jackson Police De-partment and the.Federal Bureau of in-vestigation for their work in the Ever:
case.
For one thing, the cooperation exhibited
by the two brandies oi law enforcement.
local and national, has been a ne exam-ple oi the teamwork which la needed forthe proper protection of our people at all
levels. "
For a second thing. the pron!! action
oi the Jackson police in discovering a wea-pon that could have been used in the
crime is commendable, And commendable
also is the careful handling d that dis-eovery by the rificers who retrieved it
ii-om the weeds ml grass into which
eaneune had thrown it.Ibis caretu] handling eniiled the drill oi
Captainnzipir-ivetolocateandde-Mvelup the latent nger print on the tale-
ccopic sight on the weapon. Such things
are not super-natural; at the same time.
they are not routine. It required knowledge,
experience and patience for the accom-
plishment to be brought about '
For a third thing. the FBI hpraisedfor trackingdown theeet of n-gerprints with which the latent print de-
veloped by Capt. Hargrove could he match-ed. Given" a full set of ten fingerprints.clearly identifiable, FBI tiles will easily
come through with "an identification of anindividual whose prints are on file. "
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another matter. requiring intensive search
of the files and close comparison with
possible mates of the print. Again patience.skill and experience are. reqiisites ior acompleted task. ' l ' -
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TIE 01.4 RION LEDGER
l» JACKSON, ~-MISS.
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TO: HONORABLE LEON F. HENDRICK, CIRCUIT JUDGE ...,, ..,.FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF HINDS COUNTY, _ *
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. , _ - 92
. Comes now the Defendant, Byron De La Beckwith, by his_ '
Attorneys of record and respectfully files herewith his _;
Motion for the relief hereinafter sought and in support g
thereof avers to the Court the fol1owing: 1
That the above named Defendantnow stands indicted
by the Grand Jury of the First Judicial District of Hinds
County, Mississippi, wherein he is charged yith the homicide
»of~one-Medgar Evers in said District, County and State on .
1'or about June 12, 1963. That on arraignment thereof the
Defendant entered a plea of not guilty to said charge. >
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deceased, Medgar Evers. _'l'hat the said Ralph Hargrove testified
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Court .in_ the City of Jackson, Mississippi,» that the finger _
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believe that on a trial in this cause the said Ralph Hargrove 1 C '-- OO___, <__..--
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and to have compulsory confronted by the witnesses against him _
process for obtaining witnesses in his favor and to have at the -. . 1- .. ,.
trial of this cause full, adequate and complete opportunity and '
facilities for cross examination of witnesses testifying, against I
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preserve to the said Defendant such rights, it is necessaryclaims that in order to have andalleged the sai§~_Ralph Hargrove found on a certain telescopic :
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gptgssieramination ofrthe saidQRa1ph.Hargrove,:it is necessary§igs¢5§i,i
pthat the Defendant have a finger print-expert of his own/selection »
to examine said finger print, or finger prints, and to make_ _
comparisons, tests and classification thereof in order that
his Counsel may-have sufficsent, intelligent information with '
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whizh to conduct such examination --~-~~-
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he is entitled to and now asserts his right and claim to have.
comparisons, tests and classification of said finger print,
or finger prints, taken from the said telescopic sight or the
said rifle made by finger print experts of Defendant's own
choosing so as to determine whether or not said finger print,
or finger prints, taken therefrom are in the opinion of such
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print, or finger prints, of the Defendant and;to have such
finger print expert to so testify in contradiction or
explanation of any testimony that may be offered by the said
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such witness, or witnesses, and deprived of a fair and impartial H _ . ~-
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the facts and subject matter of this Motion are vital and
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custodian of said finger print, or finger prints, and that
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FROM SAC, NEW ORLEANS /157-1163/ A5-P - I _ '
' BYRON DE LA BECKWITHQ, MEDGAR EVERS DASH VICTIM, '
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' RE NEW ORLEANS TELETYPE TO BUREAU AUGUST TWO LAST.
HEARING ON WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BEGAN THIS MORNING '
BEFORE RANKIN COUNTY CIRCUIT JUDGE O.H. BARNETT. BECKWITH '
IN COURT BEING REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEYS HARDY LOTT AND HUGH
CUNNINGHAM. DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILLIAM WALLER, JACKSON, MISS-,
AND ASST. ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND LYLE REPRESENTED STATE OF
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DISTRICT ATTORNE_Y__WILL1AM_W_AI.LER rn.1:n A DEMURRER T0 -
DEFENDANT'S PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS ON GROUNDS
THAT RANKIN COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT DID NOT HAVE JURISDICTION,
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EXAMINATION OF BECKWITH~S MENTAL CAPACITY AT TIME OF ALLEGED
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By W. C. SHOEMAKER
Daily News Staff Writer
CARTHAGE, Miss. State at-
torneys today planned to appeal
a circuit judge's action in ending
a mental test for Byron De La
Beckwith which was ordered by
another judge.Judge 0. H. Barnett ruled in
Carthage on Friday that CircuitJudge Leon Hendrick of Jackson
violated Beckwith's constitutional
rights by ordering him subjected
to a through mental examination
before standing trial for murder
in the slayingof NAACP leader
Medgar Evers. "
RULES ORDER VOID
Barnett ruled Hendrick's order
is void and ordered the Green-
wood fertilizer salesman released
from Whitfield mental hospital
and held by the Rankin Codntv
sheriff pending _ trial in HindsCounty. ' '
District Attorney Bill Waller
and Assistant state Attorney Gen-
eral Garland Lyell said they will
ask Mississippi's Supreme Court
to overrule -Barnett.Barnett saiE_HeWiicks orderfor a mental examination vio-
lated Beckwitlfs right to speedy
trial although Waller had argued
the test would not cause post-
ponement of the trial.
The mental test would take
from 30 to 90 days. he said, and
trial could not normally be held
until late October.
Barnett said Hendrick had a
legal right to order Beckwith to
the mental hospital to determine
if he is mentally capable of help-
ing defend himself but that he
had no right to order a more
complete psychiatric test of his
sanity at the time of Evers slay-
mg.
Barnett took custody of Beck-
with from Hinds County authori-
ties and ordered him held in the
Rankin jail at Brandon until his
case is called for trial in Jack-
son.
The judge rejected a plea from
Waller to allow Hinds Sheriff J. R.
Gilfoy to serve a warrant charg-
ing murder on Beckwith in the
courtroom at Cartilage and return
him to jail in Jackson.Barnett said he will have Rank-
in Sheriff J. R. Edwards deliver
Beckwith to the Hinds Court for
trial when the case is called.
Waller also unsuccessfully
sought to have Barnett re~commit
Beckwith to the mental hospital
for such examination as he termed
legal. The judge said he had no
authority to do so since Beckwith
faces no criminal charge in Ran-
kin County.
DIVLDED JURISDICTION
Hendricks court in Hinds Coun-
ty has custody of the murder
charge against Beckwith but the
mental hospital is located in Ran-
kin County, which is served by
Barnett.
Beckwiths attorneys, Hugh Cun-
ningham of Jackson, and Hardy
Lott and Stanny Sanders of Green-
wood, argued that they brought a
habeas corpus plea before Bar-
nett on grounds"Hendrick had il-
legally ordered the mental tests
July 19.
Waller and Lyell argued that
Barnett had no jurisdiction in the
case and should have referred the
habeas corpus plea indicate page, name oi
newspaper, city and state.!
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JACKSON DAILY NEWS
JACKSON, MISS.
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leI;_al fund for use in defending
White people involved in civil rights
cases.
A spokesman for the nroup said:
"l-or many years .the NAACPhas operated a_ leizal defense fund.'l_hcy have raised and spent niil-il0Il$_ of dollars on the prosecutionof civil court actions involving ci-vil riehts and in the defense of in-
dividual necroes charged with var-iious crimes, all this in addition tohaving the avowed comfort, aidand_support of the United StatesJustice. Department. Their successlS apparent. This fund has enjoyed
a tax exempt status for many
years."
"Today we see the lives of white
citizens b'oth as individuals and in
groups swept into the current ia-
cial chaos. Many white citizens are
unable or hesitant to secure
prompt and conipetent-legal assis-
tance."
"We believe the time has come
to establish a white citizens legalfund for counter action against
various civil rights suits and to
provide legal advice and counsel
for white citizens who are threat-
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deemed necessary and advis-
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Marine wounded in combat, has
liccn charzed with the murder of
NAACP Field Secretary ltledgarEvers. hlr. Beckwith is a 32ndDegree Mason, a Shriner, "a Com-municant of Episcopal Church, and
is a member of the Sons of theAmerican Revolution. We do notcondone the murder of Medgar E-
vcrs and. of couse, we have noidea of -the guilt or innocence ofthe accused but we feel that he is
entitled to competent legal counsel
and to I. fair trial.
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he is found to be in need of funds.The fund will he administered by
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~ - DR. FOREST G. BRATLEY: M.D.p,PATHOLOGIST; TESTIFIED HE -
PERFORMED AUTOPSY AND THAT CAUSE,OF DEATH WAS HEMORRHAGING
FROM WOUND CAUSEPBY BULLET FROM HIGH POWERED RIFLE. WAS NOT
qnoss ERAMINED. '
DETECTIVE SGT. JOHN H. CHAMBLEE»-JACKSON PD; TESTIFIED AS
TO INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER SHOOTING: INCLUDING
GENERAL CRIME SCENE SEARCH. _1NTRODUCED AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF
AREA OF EVERS HOME AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF
HOME AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF AREA FROM WHICH SHOT ALLEGEDLY FIRED.
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- I01icéDep_a£im¢l92IDETECTIVE ser. JOHN H.cuAmBu:E,.1Ac1<soN]F6Ti¬dss EXAMINED BY
'DEFENSE,NO SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION ELICITED ON CROSS EXAMINATION."
- JOE PARKS,CIVIL ENGINEER TESTIFIED HE HAD PREPARED A PLAT OF CRIME
SCENE,PLAT INTRODUCED,SHOWED THAT POINT AT WHICH EVERS SHOT WAS IN
92' DIRECT UNOBSTRUCTED LINE WITH CLUMP OF TREES WHERE ASSAILANT WOULD HAVE
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SEARCH AND INTRODUCED SPENT SLUG FOUND IN EVERIS KITCHEN. '
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R MRS. BETTY COLEY,TESTIFIED THAT SHE AND KENNETH ADCOCK WER ;'1 _ U~ WALKING ON STREET NEAR SPOT WHERE SHOT ALLEGEDLY FIRED,HEARD SHOT AND
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INNES THORNTON MC INTYRE,ITTA BENE,MISS.', TESTIFIED RE PURCHASING
YQRIFLE FROM INTERNATIONAL FIRE-ARMS COMPANY INFEBRUARY NINETEEN FIFTY
92C. NINE AND TRADING SAME T0 BECKWITH. AFTER EXAMINING GUN FOUND AT SCENE
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RE MORNING SESSION BECKWITH TRIAL, FEBRUARY THREE, SIXTYFOUR.
I. FORMER SHERIFF J, R.-GILFOY, HINDS COUNTY, TESTIFIED WAS .
PRESENT JACKSON PD WHEN RIFLE FOUND AT MURDER SCENE BROUGHT IN
TESTIFIED AS TO OBSERVING FINGERPRINT EXAMINATION AND TESTIFIE
THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER BREECH WAS OPENED AND EMPTY SHELL EJECTED,
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FIRED. WAS NOT CROSS EXAMINED REGARDING HIS OPINION RECENTLY
CAPTAIN RALPH HARGROVE, IDENTIFICATION OFFICER, JACKSON PD,
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OPINION AS TO THE AGE OF LATENT. DEFENSE OBJECTED AND COURT
OVERRULED OBJECTION. QSTATED QU6TEI BELIEVE THIS PRINT IS NOT
OVER TWELVE HOURS OLDIUNQUOTE. SAID HIS OPINION FORMED BASED
ONWTHE CONSIDERATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING WHERE RIFLE
FOUND. TESTIFIED THAT ON JUNE TWENTYTHREE, LAST, FINGERPRINTED
BECKWITH AND COMPARED FINGERPRINTS AGAINST LATENT. DEFENSE
OBJECTED TO TESTIMONY CONCERNING FINGERPRINTING OF BECKWITH
INASMUCH AS BECKWITH, ACCORDING T0 HARGROVE, SAID QUDIEI OBJECT
TO HAVING MY FINGERPRINTS BEING MADEIUNQUUTE. DEFENSE CONTENDED
THIS WAS VIOLATION OF BECKWITH'S CONSTITUTIONAL.RIGHTS- JUDGE.- . .
OVERRULED OBJECTION. HARGROVE TESTIFIED THAT LATENT WAS _
IDENTICAL WITH RIGHT INDEX FINGER OF BECKWITH, BASED ON FOURTEEN
POINTS OF IDENTIFICATION. IN TESTIMONY, HARGROVE USED COLORED
SLIDE SHOWING LATENT FINGERPRINT SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE ROLLED
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HARGROVE WAS CROSS,EXAMINED BY DEFENSE ATTORNEY HARDY LOTT
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OF APPLIED SCIENCE, A CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL, AND THAT HARGROVE~
HAD ONLY HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION.A ALSO SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME u
ATTEMPTING TO ATTACK IDENTIFICATION OF THE LATENT AS THAT OF
BECKWITH-S PRINT. ALSO QUESTIONED HARGROVE CONCERNING FACT THAT
OTHER PORTIONS OF LATENTS MAY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ON GUN WHICH
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COMPARABLE WITH BECKWITH-S PRINTS. HARGORVE ~"-s
TESTIFIED IN THAT REGARD THAT THE ONE LATENT HE DEVELOPED WAS
ONLY LATENT WHICH BORE ANY CHARACTERISTICS SUITABLE FOR IDENTI-'
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SMUDGES. LOTT ALSO SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME CROSS EXAMINING
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MADE UP OF PERSPIRATION, SALT AND OIL. LOTT QUOTED BOOKLET,
SCIENCE OF FINGERPRINT EXAMINATION, PUBLISHED BY FBI AND READ
CERTAIN PORTIONS DEALING WITH FACT THAT SUBSTANCE ON FINGERPRINT
RIDGES ON HAND COULD BE OILS AND OTHER SECRETIONS FROM BODY AND
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ROBERT LEROY PITTMAN, TEENAGE SON OF OPERATORS,
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THAT SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE SHOOTING SAW WHITE VALIANT AUTO
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KILLED. _TESTIFIED SAW WHITE VALIANT WITH HIGH ANTENNA
PASS BY PITTMAN/S GROCERY SLOWLY. TESTIFIED AS TO GOING
OVER TO EVERS HOUSE AFTER SHOOTING AND THAT MRS. EVERS SAID
SOMETHING AND HE AND ROBERT PITTMAN RAN OFF. TESTIFIED ON
CROSS-EXAMINATION THAT HE HEARD THREE SHOTS ON NIGHT OF
MURDER, ONE WAS WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FROM EVERS HOUSE AND
AT SAME TIME OF SHOT HEARD SOMETHING LIKE /A ROCK/ HIT
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GROCERY, TESTIFIED SAT. NIGHT BEFORE SHOOTING OBSERVED WHITE,
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ANTENNA ON REAR WITH SHRINER EMPLEM HANGING FROM CHAIN FROM
REAR VIEW MIRROR. SAW NO ONE IN CONNECTION WITH CAR.
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WHITE VALIANT WITH RADIO ANTENNA ON BACK AND DIRTY CONDITION
PULL UP NEXT TO DRIVEIN AND MAN GOT OUT OF CAR_AND WENT INTO
REST Room; saw HIM cons OUT or REST ROOM, GEI_IN can AND
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THIRTY PM THAT NIGHT. WAS SHOWN PHOTO OF BECKWITH/S CAR
AND TESTIFIED /THAT-S THE CAR I SAW THAT NIGHT./ DISTRICT
ATTORNEY BILL WALLER ASKED HER IF SHE HAD AN OPINION AS TO
THE IDENTITY OF MAN WHO WAS DRIVING, DEFENSE OBJECTED TO
QUESTION AND JURY EXCLUDED WHILE COUNSEL ARGUED OBJECTION.
SHE TESTIFIED TO COURT IN ABSENCE OF JURY AS FOLLOWSI
/FROM PICTURES I HAVE SEEN AND HIS DESCRIPTION
qno ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, 1 BELIEVE IT was BECKWITH./
- JUDGE SUSTAINED nzrsggs OBJECIION T0 nn TESTIFYING
AS TO OPINION. sax wAs not CROSS-EXAMINED.
SPECIAL AGENT SAM H. ALLEN, JR., FBI, MEMPHIS DIVISION,
TESTIFIED AS TO CONTACT WITH BECKWITH JUNE TWENTYONE FOR PURPOSE
OF INQUIRY RE BECKWITH/S PURCHASE OF TELESCOPIC SIGHT AND
TESTIFIED AS TO BECKWITH/S /NO COMMENT/ RESPONSE." ll
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.:EVERS WITH NO COMMENTS OR WORDS TO THAT EFFECT. <TESTIFIED 3
BECKWITH WAS OFFERED OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN SCAR ON FOREHEAD
AND ASKED TO FURNISH WHEREABOUTS NIGHT OF KILLING BUT DECLINED
TO DO SO. - .
» SA JOSEPH G. PEGGS, FBI, NEW ORLEANS DIVISION,
TESTIFIED THAT ON JUNE TWENTYTHREE HE OBSERVED CIRCULAR-SHAPED
SCAR OVER BECKWITH/S RIGHT EYE AND WHEN QUESTIONED BECKWITH
AS TO POSSIBILITY THIS WAS SCAR FROM TELESCOPIC SIGHT,
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EM. RE MORNINGBYRON DE LA BECKVITH,~AKA!MEDGAR EVERS-DASH VICTIM. CR, !SESSEION BECKWITH TRIAL, FEBRUARY ONE, INSTANT. 4a¬%%é7
SA FRANCIS , FINLEY, MEMPHIS DIVISION, TESTIFIED AS TO *;.JTHREE EMPTY CARTRIDGE CASES FROM INNES T. § /E!RECEIVING FIFTY
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92. ___BENA, MISSISSIPPI, ONE TWENTY FOUR, SIXTYMC INTYRE, ITTA
THREE, AND TURNING OVER SAME TO SA DONALD J. STORAKER, NEW
ORLEANS DIVISION. SA STORAKER TESTIFIED AS TO RECEIPT '
OF SAME AND THAT HE TURNED THEM OVER TO SA RICHARD J. POPPLETON,
FBI LAB. SA POPPLETON TESTIFIED THAT HE DETERMINED THIRTY
OF THESE CARTRIDGE CASES FIRED FROM RIFLE FOUND NEAR MURDER
§CENE AND TESTIFIED AS TO HIS EXAMINATION92OF SIX CAR-
TRIDGES AND ONE CARTRIDGE CASE FOUND IN RIFLE. HE ALSO TESTIFIED:., 'i "Q *1.-"AS TO HIS EXAMINATION OF BULLET 1_=OIk%B_ EVERS HOM L Q °
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ENFIELD RIFLE SIMILAR to ONE FOUND NEAR EvERs- HOME, BUT THAT 5;§-
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SAMUEL E. VIRDEN, II, NEW ORLEANS DIVISION, TESTIFIED AS TO
RECEIVING RIFILE, SIX ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION, ONE CARTRIDGE CASE
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4 I LLOYD M. PRICE, GUNSMITH, JACKSON MISS., TESTIFIED AS TO
CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS WITH INSTANT .RIFLE AT NIGHT, STATED IN
NORMAL FIRINGPOSITION PERSONS EYE WOULD BE ABOUT ONE AND THREE EIGHTS '
INCHES FROM SCOPE. DR. FOREST G. BRATLEY. PATHOLOGIST TESTIFIED -~
EXAMINED BECKWITH JUNE TWO THREE LAST. OBSERVED SCAR NEAR RIGHT
AT LEAST TEN DAYS. STATED THAT SCAR WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE BY ' "/EYEBROW WAS OPINION SCAR HAD BEEN PRESENT LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS AND K
6/SCOPE ON INSTANT RIFLE OR SIMILAR OBJECT. STATE"§RESTED CASE
AT THIS POINT. DEFENSE MOVED FOR DIRECTED VERDICT OF AQUITTAL
XOR DEFENDANT. MOTION OVERRULED. FIRST DEFENSE WITNESS WAS
MRS. WILLIE MAE PA'rrERsor~:____wRo RESIDED NEAR EVERSHOME. STATED " .
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PERSONS RUNNING DOWN_-STREET. ON CROSS EXAMINATION SHE SAID_N,QI. ,. ....--
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MURDER ARRIVED DRIVE INN ABOUT Eg§VEN THIRTY P.M.' DID NOT SEEwn -' -' HE, Q 'END OA PAGE Qgllf, EEB1l|t!u~'1 c - Mr. @>¢v92
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ING LOT OF DRIVE INN. ON CROSS EXAMINATION TESTIFIED ATTENTION I
DIVERTED BY SOME DRUNKS IN FRONT OF PLACE. HE ADMITTED THAT HE WAS
NOT ALWAYS IN A POSITION TO OBSERVE CAR LEAVING. - ~
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MURDER TESTIFIED DID NOT SEE OR HEAR AUTO LEAVING PARKING LOT..
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BECKWITHS CAR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY INTRODUCED STATEMENT TAKEN
. FROM HER JANUARY TWO SEVEN LAST BY JACKSONPD WHICH
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ROY E. ADKINS AND HENDELL STRINGER; EMPLOYEES OF FUNERAL/3;!/HOME IN JACKSON; TESTIFIED THEY HERE PART OF LINEUP AT '
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IN LINEUP INCLUDING BECKHITH UORE TROUSERS: SHIRTS; AND
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'MRS. ETHEL MAE MC COYo OPERATOR OF A BAIT STORE ON ~
DELTA DRIVE NEAR PITTMAN'S GROCERY STORE IN AREA OF EVERS'. . . . . . .. . - , . - .1...! _ >_ . - . .92 . . _.. I _
RESIDENCE; TESTIFIED_SHE HEARD A SHOT NIGHT OF MURDER; LOOKED
OUT HER WINDOW IN DIRECTION OF PITTMAN'S GROCERY AND JOE'S
DRIVE IN_AND DID NOT SEE ANYONE OR ANY CAR LEAVING AREA.
MRS. MARY BRANCH: SIDONp MISS.n IIWHICH IS EIGHT MILES '
SOUTH OF GREENWOOD: MISS.; TESTIFIED THAT ON NIGHT OF
JUNE NINE. LAST» SHE AND SON WENT TO GREYHOUND BUS STATION
IN GREENWOO D AND AT ABOUT NINE THIRTY PM PARKEDNEAR BUS
STATION. AT THAT TIME SAN A MAN NEAR CAR PARKED ON LOT.
THIS CAR LATER IDENTIFIED AS BECKWITHS CAR. COULD NOT TELL
WHAT MAN HAS DOING NEAR CAR BUT SAW HIM GO FROM WHITE CAR
TO PICKUP TRUCK PARKED NEARBY. WAS ASKEDIF HE WAS CARRYING
ANYTHING AND SAID SHE COULD NOT TELL. DESCRIBED HIM AS
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FORTYFIVE TO FIFTY; HEAVY; TALL» HEARING SUN GLASSES; WITH
HHITE HAT. STATED OBSERVED BECKWITH COME OUT OF GREENWOOD
BUS STATION.
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$_; . CHARLES BRANCH» SON OF MARY BRANCH» TESTIFIED THAT HE .
AND MOTHER W ERE AT GREENWOOD BUS STATION AS SET OUT ABOVE-
SAW CAR ON LOT WHICH HE KNEW TO BE BECKWITH'Su SAW A MAN VI . P
GETTING IN OR OUT OF BECKWITH'S CAR. CHARLES BRANCH THEN
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AND WAS THEN AT A PICKUP
SAW SCAR OVER BECKWITHTS
EYE AT THIS TIME- ON CROSS EXAMINATION STATED HE AND
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INFORMATION TO THE POLICE AND THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE
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Z FRED CONNER; SIDONT MISS§o EMPLOYEDéNIGHTS AT GREYHOUND
BUS STATION; TESTIFIED HE IS ACGUAINTED WITH BECKWITH AND
SAW BECKWITH AT BUS STATION NIGHT OFJUNE NINE; LAST¢ SAID
BECKWITH CAME IN BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN PM AND STAYED FEW
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BECKWITH APPEARED NORMAL AND CALM. , '
C.E. BROOKS. BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF
AS SELF EMPLOYED INDEPENDENT CONSULANT T0 ATTORNEYS IN
FORENSIC SCIENCE MATTERS; TESTIFIED. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
ATTEMPTED TO QUALIFY HIM AS FINGERPRINT EXPERT. DISTRICT '
ATTORNEY EXAMINED HIM VIGOROUSLY ON HIS QUALIFICATIONS AS
FINGERPRINT EXPERT. AND AFTER EXAMINATION JUDGE RULED THAT
BROOKS WAS NOT A QUALIFIED EXPERT ON FINGERPRINTS. DEFENSE
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__ RE MORNING SESSION BECKUITH TRIAL, FEBRUARY SIX INSTANT.
~ ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOHN FOX OPENED ARGUMENT _FOR STATE. STARTED WITH REFERENCE TO NEWSPAPER ARTICLE K
WRITTEN BY BECKWITH EIGHT YEARS AGO IN WHICH HE SAID
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QUOTE I BELIEVE IN SEGREGATION LIKE I BELIEVE IN GOD UNQUGTE7
ANDFLTHEN WENT FORWARD CHRONOLOGICALLY, BRINGING IN ALL ;"__
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><-. ___,FACETS OFWINVESTIGATION TYING BECKUITH TO MURDER. CONCLUDED '
__ LP - .. . V I e _ M -*'HiS_ REMARKS BY SUéTING_~Q'U'O'T-EBECKWI_¬T:{L¥S A FLA-NATIC, ;__ I. PURE ANQJSIMPLE Z3. '. M-Ijlh " If/_ r:5 DEFENSE ATTORNEY HARDY 1.011 ARGUED -mam. 1.01 SPENT ég /ft! "" _" '-' iii ; .'s_ ' S V
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w11m:ss1~:s, ANDJPIIRSUED 0u1-:s-11011 or REASONABLE nousr. ma ' 7
. . ~_>-EREVIEWED STATE-S sass ATTEMPTING 10 SHON_WEAKNESSES. '
' STANNY SANDERS, DEFENSE ATTORNEY, ARGUED NEXT. HE SP%N13-.. . 1-." .£f.-..- :_;_ _ .; ' .__ __- :1. %'3%92 K11 77 A E' 193 _.//I 92- -61..-.2' _492_ ,_>__ V / _ 1 Mg '3 ..' .
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IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER, THAT IS , SUCH THINGS
AS PUBLICLY EXAMINING SCENE PRIOR TO SHOOTING, PUBLICLY
MAKING INQUIRY AS T0 wazna EVERS LIVED, AND run LIKE..
TI 0? INTEREST T0 THE BUREAU is commznr MADE BY snunzns
EXPERT T0 BACK UP CAPTAIN RALPH HARGROVES TESTIMONY CONCERNING M
THE AGE OF A LATENT PRINT. DWELLED ON FACT NO EYE WITNESSES
TO SHOOTING. REITERATED TESTIMONY OF ALIBI WITNESSES
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AND SAID THE DEFENSE HAD MET THE BURDEN OF PROUF REQUIRED
OF THE STATE} SANDERS LAST COMMENT TO JURY WAS Q-8'61?
MERELY TO SATISFY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THE NATIONAL PRESS UNQ-U95PE,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY WILLIAM WALLER LISTED THE FOLLOWING
POINTS WHICH HE SAID TIED BECKWITH TO THE MURDERIGGEGN
MOTIVE, PLANNING, ABILITY AND CAPACITY, TELESCOPIC
SIGHT, WEAPON, SCAR, FINGERPRINT, CAR, BECKWITH-S PRESENCE_ A >/.IN Jadxsou, Bzcxwxrn-s SILENCE COUPLED wzru HIS ACTIVITIES
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SINCE u1sI§pR5sT. VALLER REVIEWED THE nsrzusz wxtuzssss .
' 92ONE BY.ONE§ POINTING OUT DISCREPANCIES AND WEAKNESSES IN
THEIR TESTINONIES. HE SUMMED UP THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED BY
THE STATE>AND ATTACKED THE STOLEN GUN DEFENSE. HE TOLD
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NIGHT HAVE TESTIFIED EITHER NISTAKENLY OR DELIBERATELY FALSE
JURORS SHOULD DECIDE THEMSELVES AS TO WHAT WITNESSESAND THAT
TRUTH. HE DESCRIBED THE MURDER AS A COLD BLOODEDTOLD THE
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