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Re Columbia airtel to Director, FBI, 7/29/69.
For completion of your rile two copies of a
Departmental letter dated 8/1/69, are enclosed herewith.
Department requests a preliminary investigation be conducted ~
ii interviews with occupants of the car in which the victim i
was traveling observed police officers in the crowd or 3
accompanying those persons who fired on the car. It is noted ;
bia furnished result of interview with
which indicated the
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Expedite any remaining investigation and surep to n
eet reporting deadline of seven days following receipt of o
eairtel. If not already done, determine that investigation
as been made by state or local authorities and report the i
esults as requested in the attached Departmental letter.
Insure that all persons interviewed and appropriate »
iiicials are advised that inwestigation is being conducted ~
t the specific request of AAG Jerris Leonard, CRD, USDJ.
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NOTE:
The CRD received a complaint that during recent
racial disturbances at York, Pennsylvania, in which a number
of people were hit by gun fire, that victim Lillie Belle
Allen was fatally shot by a high powered rifle. It was
reported that a crowd of whites accompanied by one or more
police officers may have done the shooting.
I . iallof whom were with victim at time of her death.
CRD requested a PI if the interviewssubstantiated
the complaint. This matter i &#39; tionas result of a complaint madeT:fi::
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Columbia Office in which it was a ege . a some 0 the
men doling the shooting were "troopers."
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inciden . _Persons in Ehe earl Ithatas they drove along Newbury in or toward a white section }3
of the city, they came to a railwaytrack. On the far
side of the railway was a crowd &#39; &#39;ers. i |I _ _ while she di
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fired on the car. rThe gunfire continued for some time.
When they were rescued by police officers, Lillie Bell
Allen had been fatally shot by a high powered rifle.
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persons who fired on their car. K;,.
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LADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA 8 /6 /69 7 /&#39; 2 8-8/5/s9mus OF case CHMYGE E A E
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all eolore , repo at LILLIE BELLE ALLEN nae
Y shot and killed by a group of white individuals at
York, Pm, on 7/21!-6-9. They stated that some of the group
shooting at then appeared to be "troopers." Investigation at
1&#39;0:-k,_Pa_., reflects racial disturbance broke out between
zronpfoffle-groee and a group of white individuals on 7/17/69., S9 a oer oeataining Iegroee is alleged to have drivenSE! - -e whit; xghblc
-hood; whendleaving, Negroes oogeealed_ e ve c e epreye the area I th gun! re.
SQ victile drove on the sane street, and when seeingup of white individuals , one with at gun, the driver became-
» and stalled the notor in turning the oar around to4 !-slit}; a. LILLIB _BELE.B AI-LEI got out of back seat to. J .  hem: eat egg 6:!-ivzhtheofrieway when gunfire broke out. Mk  r ea J. - -a; state one of thegroupA hm, g  Q _ sh rt and was wearing ashite helmet. When. see  pushing a motorcycle. In 4clothing, they felt he may have been a "trooper."
ee in the oopuaity were wearing white helmets during
&#39; disturbance-, and neat were wearing bullet-proof veate asErotectzf.-qu against eniper fire. AUSA, !lDPa., feels no furthernveetigation needed as investigation indicates individual
referred to by the victiae as a "trooper" was dreeeod different
than the polioenen at the tine, and police apparently took no
_ part in the shooting of the victim. _
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At the ratirad creasing um Observed several ac!
with gnns. ue man had a po1icemun&#39;a nniiora on
and the others appeared ya bava u aiviiian type
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and amid aha Uzi going to rg tn gat us
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shat, several ura shots were f1reé&#39;at the car.
E0 ana else was hit by any other ahota. Lillie
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died stprowiuaieiy 1§ hours aiter arrival at hospital.
"Thu shooting continued Eur at least 20-39
ainutes. They wnuld cnalv tire for 2 fwv second:
and then start firing again.
"Khan the shouting stopped for aha last time
X saw Q5 red Arm? type truck drive up near our car.
Tnv nan in uniform appruached our car. Th@r¢ was,_
third indivxduxi who remained in the track. fhese
individuals were dressed like pliueaen. They
atopped tho firing and called  or an ambulance.
The aahulaaca transported Lillie Bella to the
hospital. we folldwed in the car part way.
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the contents of this statement. >
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IIIIIIBELLE ALLEN, who were visitin
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Newberry §t. from West Philadelphia
Street. At this corner there were several city
and state police in uniform and wearing vests and
helmets. They were all carrying rifles or shot
guns.
"As we approached the railroad tracks on North
Newberry Street I saw a white man standing there
with either a rifle or shot gun ointing in theair. I was afraid he or others En the crowd of
&#39; eople were going to shoot at us so
e ear around and leave. When
LILLIE BELL_ got out of the backsea s at ng a e would drive and started to open 1
the front door. Just then there was e shot and 1
she feel down. This was followed byimQns_ZHn_£inel_______L
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"One man in the crowd had on matching pants and
shirt and a white helmet. He was pushing a
motorcycle onto the sidewalk when I first aw
him. This man may have been a policeman due to
the matching pants and shirt and helmet.
"The above statement is tgge and correct.
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E "York, Pennsylvania
August k, 1969
"I, ementto -- ¢ - I whohaJe Iaenfilled themselves to me as Special Zgenta
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"I am willing to testify in a court of law as to
the contents of this statement.
we"I viva: box-rd |And_present1y res de at Qnfm U" mm  n
l _ I whenwe turned&#39;Nor¬h on North Rewberry 
treet from W.
Philadelphia Street we saw several city and state
policeman. They were in uniform and wearing
helmets and vests. They were all carrying rifles
or shotguns. There were 15 to 20 white men.on the
sidewalks of Newberry St. just North of the rail-
road tracks. One of these men was holdi &#39;
a rifle or shotgun pointing in the air.:aw him she was afraid ot
and started to turn around.
in doing this so LILLIE BEL got out of&#39;¥he ear
stating she would drive. As she got to the front
door there was a shot fired and LILLIE BELL fell
down. This was followed by more gunfire. *v
"One man in the crowd had on a_matehing pants and
shirt, grayish in color, and a white helmet. The
top of the helmet was white and the bottom a darker
color. He was pushing a motorcyéie from"the street
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"to the sidewalk. Just before the shooting started
I saw him walking North on Newberry Street. I felt
he may have been a policeman as his matching pants
and shirt resembled a uniform.
"the above statement is true 8 correct.
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"Isl Special Agent FBI York, Pa."
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I _ |YorkCity Police Department, furnished the following informa-
tion when interviewed:
A racial disturbance commenced in York, Pa.,
on July 17, 1969. This was mainly a disturbance between
a group of Negroes and a group of white individuals. As
a result of the gang incidents, the police department
attempted to seal off two areas of town. One of the areas
was around the 300 block of South Penn Street which is
predominantly a colored section. The other area was around
North Newberry Street, north of West Philadelphia Street,
which is predominantly a white section of town.
On July 21, 1969, the department received informa~
tion that a colored woman had been shot on North Rewberry
Street at approximately 9:15 p.n. The original information
received was that she had been shot by a group of white
individuals who resided in the area.&#39; b7C
E::::::::;::::::]stated that his department isnot making a separa e inves f  nt;
i howev r e is  , e , h working with of the
Pennsylvania State Police in a joint investigation. He
stated that no reports are being mde by his department.
stated there were reports that 
on July 2 , , an an omobile occupied by Negroes traveled
through the Newberry Street area, and at one point,the
trunk opened up. when the trunk opened, Negroes who had
been concealed therein sprayed the area with gunfire as the
vehicle sped off. He understands there were white people
wounded at this time; however, he has not been able to
locate any reports of these injuries.
On July 21, 1969, LILLIE BELLE ALLEN, the colored
female who
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tracks of the Western Maryland Railroad,
became frigh the gight of q_grqgp whindividuals,b_to leave the area. | -1¥he motor
with the rear of the vehicle approximately in the general
direction of the group of white individuals. At this point,
LILLIE BELLE ALLEN got out of the beck seat behind the
driver, to get in the driver&#39;s seat and drive the vehicle
out of the area. As she reached the front door of the
vehicle, gunfire broke out from the group, and she fell to
the ground wounded in the right chest. She latercied of &#39;
this wound at the York Hospital.
|  stated that all officers of the
department are issue lg t blue orashtype helmets which
they were wearing during the disturbance. Also, most officers
were wearing bullet-proof vests as protection against sniper
fire which was constantly being aimed at them.
[:::::::;;:;;;:::lfurnished the following copyof the Coroner s er ica e of Death and the statements
of the other occupants of the vehicle as obtained by his
department: »
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
AND
, PRIVACY ACTS
SUBJECT LILLIE BELLE ALLEN
FILE NUMBER 45-43108 E
SECTION NUMBER 1
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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Du" O/G/69_ _Q~ Q . _
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I L . _JPenney1venie state Police
 P$?!, furnished the following infornetien when interviewed:
- As e reeult of the reaent reciel dieturbencee in
York, Pa., he ie presently assigned to inveetigete some of
the more eerioue matter! that took plece during the distur-
hencee. One of the nettere he is inveetigeting in the
murder of LILLIZ BELLK ALLEN which happened on July 21,
1969. This investigation ie being conducted under PSP
Incident lH7~67357. To date, no report hen been written
in this matter end it is still under investigation. Hie
inveetigetion ta date has dieeloeed the following facts:
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On July 21, 1969, at approximately 9 1
I I
wee eitflng in fhe beck neat on the
extreme left-hand eide of the vehicle.
t Ae the vehicle epproeched the V
Rllroed tracks on North Newberry Street,
obeeaved e gen; of white_individue1e who were
 fear that they uuld be ehot.
turn the vehicle eround; however, n
stalled the motor. At this point theve e elves ee n: Vest on the reilreed trecke end at the
extrele Hester
 e de of the etreet. LILLIE BELLE ALLEN
at thie point, got out of the vehicle to cote to the
front eeet and take the wheel why; gunfire brake eat
Itriking her in the right cheat. &#39;She later died of this
wound et 9:50 p.n., at the Ybrk Hospital.
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by s/4| |g1ma _"5&#39; » us/as Odie d|dcfed
I&#39;M: documem uad
ll aeilher recammendulkdh not eenduulone of be Fll. II I; in property 06 he FBI and In Ioaned IO yaur agency
It and lb eonienh are not tube dlelrlbuved milllde your agency.

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 The hullet which was rennved.!ron her bdy wee
taken to the laboratory at the PIP et Hirieburg, Pa., where
it nae deterned.that it was only a portion of a rifle
elm; fro a shotgun and from the appearance of the elug,
it was evident that it had rieocheted from another object
into her body. "
The gunfire wae allaigdly cauaed by a gang ofwhite yputhl from the North New erry Street area who had a
cautrontetion with a gang of Negro yoihhe on July 17, 1989.
At thie paint in the inveetigation, he has not
interviewed any of the other person: who were in the
vehicle but hae concentrat d on atteuptin; to learn theidentities of the individula whn were in the white gangfiring on the atalled vehicle. This inveatigation hp! ~
developed the fact that on July 20, 1089, an eutoohile
eohteinin; Hegroee hd driven down North Newberry Street .::£daa it reached the area of the Western Maryland Reil- traake, the truk 0! the Vehicle had luddenly Q2OhOd
and eeae Negroee in the trunk hed eprayed&#39;the area w thgun!ire It the vehicle a£;d oft. He uhderetande that
none yhita_P!reona were ared by this gunfire; hawever,
he deee not know their identities.._  _ liwea that mu incidenthad the I. an &#39;  V re a tn 0 t e nth Newberry Street area_rather
jumpy end when andther vehicle occupied by Negroee trned
around gt the tracks and e Negro wuuan gut out of the
vehicle, the gang in the area believed they would he ahot
at from the trunk at this vehicle. He haeee this part on
the feet that the majority of the abate hitting the
vehicle hit it in the right rear, particularly in the
area of the trunk.
His investigation has determined that there
were no city or state polinenen in the immediate area
where the vehiale was shot at and the dloeeet otfiaera
were at the intereeation pf North Hewberry and eet Phila~delzgia streets. Alia, all P8? on riot duty&#39;1n Yuk, Pa.,
et e time were_ieeued and wearing araeh-type hhlnete,
light blue in dolor. Meet of the olinenen after the first
dey ur two of the dieturbanee, ware bullet proof vents
ee a preteation against the sniper tire whidh they were
constantly running into. &#39;
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"0p£a£0n__thu"0 in no ad {or  tnwtltlgnttn.
 1:ll1&#39;h.ntI- iovhhpod, tho. lily  that "indicated 0
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ut ttlica III" peanut  tbs like gag;-anruni.-bl: tor the Iltljg If I-ILL}!  ALIII nuthat
all hull.an v  no cur urchin; grayish putt and shirtand Ill until; I  ti!-.1 in! 114111 nu  waiting1 M110?!-want u an  0121001-0 on an apathy
corner I11 bolnotwca different  that _-at citin-
an _?l_l&#39; or tiaj York Olty. 20110:. Iurthu-no1~u,;1_:t1c "indi-
-vidual up soft nbuacl _t¢-is 1:112-i._ng any nth: -with -thogag bit _hoa~1aq.t oba&#39;_o_nol, -up: ~aqtIa1_1y uniting may run tho. -vol].-ch .1: -thick tbs victim In riding and had
Ml hick ftp tho vehicle.
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Pnnmylnnia Btlpo Pollen  P8?! in I o mu ion.
um; Rd: by tho York Police nnplrtaont.
78?, tarnished coanidonbln dutltln about his
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nan 1,1 _u.w92-|--.. If  Director, III 4/-43108!
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CIVIL nun b&#39;7C
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at ll 8/6/69, in Philadalphil. Iotornacod
Bureau a own taut: matroq for I preliminary
investigation to iaclads results of investigation Ida by
state or local authnritioa. &#39;
Inrop contains interview I1t! 1 the
York, Paaaaylnnia Police Dcprtuut who advised that his
dopartnnnt In not nklag 0 ups:-Ito ngaunt; Imnuvor, lo Ila working nth at
on but indicated at time 0! interview no roporrt had
ban written and tho nttar was still hang znvanti-ptud.
Intuit malt: ot investigation by P8! for
dissemination to the Dogs:-taut.
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r-5 Burop. It remit: at P89 investigation -have act
~ been abtllmd, auairtel your efforts to do nomad advise
then they I111 he undo available.
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sumancmz . I
LILLIE BELLE ALIEN recessed!-VICTIIIS -CIVIL RI
taut contact is being maintained with
POI! I 1 St ii P011 12 Y It
forwarded to the Bureau as soon an possible. -
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APDF°"9dI Sent _ M PerCIVIL RIGHTS P riarity!
T0: DIRECTOR, FBI  uh-43108!
FROM: SAC, PHILADELPHIA  nu-1638!
SUBJECT: &#39;$6! b7<.,
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Re Breau letter 9/29/69.
Contact has been made with the Comieaioner,
Pennsylvania State Police, who advises copy of report being
duplicated and will be made available on 10/2/69, at which
time it will be immediately forwarded to the Bureau.
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Re Philadelphia airtel to Bureau, 9/30/69. ;
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On 10/2/69, Headquarters,
Pennsylvania ed co ies V state Po , , p
of all State Police reports concerning the shooting or LILLIE
BELLE AILEN. These reports total 33 pages. _
These report copies are enclosed.
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Bureau  M-#3108! &#39;EnclB/.°&#39; 33!  RM! B OCT 4 1959
- Philadelphia 
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I Dcite: 11/24/69 I
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TO: SAC, phil 4-1638! i -92&#39;gili¬Al>!r%lg,rBB1i,
:44-43108! .1, ,; 1- |:|
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CIVIL RIGKT8
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Reurairtel 10/3/69.
Enclosed are two copies of a self-explanatory Departmental letter dated 11/21/69.
Complete the requested investigation in accordance with the provisions of Section 27 
Yplugg I1 , Manual oflnstructions, and surep within ggven 92
days of the receipt of this communication.
State in the first paragraph of the details of your report that it contains the results
of a [£1 limited investigation and underscore the word i] limited
[:1 preliminary E preliminary
Advise Q] all persons interviewed
[:1 appropriate officials at the outset that this investigation is being conducted iat the specific request of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Civil Rights Division,U . . .. S. Department of Justice, referring to him by name as well as title.
Remarks:Sub!!! advising current status of local prosecution
and continue to follow vith LEI every thirty days until
matter is resolved.
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NOTE:
During shooting allegedly between blacks and
whites in a racial disturbance, victim was shot and killed
on 7/21/69. We did a preliminary investigation at request
of Department as it was alleged thht a "trooper" had been
.invo1ved; however, investigation indicated policemen
apparently took no part in shooting of victim. CRDsnow~
requests they be advised of anyalocal prosecution arising
out of shooting of victim.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
&#39; T0 1Director
&#39; Federal Bureau of Investigation
JL:RAM:ca bqc
_ FROM :Jerris92Leonard<S92f2¥ Assista A orne Gen DJ
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
N0v21195
Y em Elli
Civil R1 s D _ I ivision #37- 33-8T SHBIECTI Unkn &#39; Subjects - /} "71 I
Lillie Belleqkllen  qecease§! - Victims /H , /
CIVIL RIG rWM.Mh we.-~. - ".-I. ». .»~
HT_S  &#39; "**&#39;"5"- A
Reference is made to
N1your memorandu dated 
@, October 7, 1969.
, Please keep this Division advis d e of any local
prosecution arising out of the shooting of Lillie Belle Q5
Allen. &#39;
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TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
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status of
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DIRECTOR, FBI  %%-#3108!
SAC, PHILADELPHIA  %#-1633!  P!.
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deceased! ~
VICTIM;
CIVIL R;QHT3 _ p
Re Bureau Airtel to Philadelphia dated ll/2%/69.
Enclosed herewith for the Bureau are three copies
of a Letterhead Memorandum dated and captioned as above,
suitable for dissemination.
Philadelphia will follow with local police and
I submit Letterhead Memorandum every thirty days concerning
local prosecution as instructed to do so in
referenced airtel.
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December l, 1969
UNKNOWN SUBJECTS;
 deceased! -
VICTIM
The following is the result of a limited investigationzb
La _ Ig!York Police Department, York,Pa., was a vis¬E&#39;on&#39;December 1, 9, that investigation in this
matter was at the specific request of Jerris Leonard, Assistant
Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, United States Department
of Justice.
| - Iadvised that his department in P
conjunction wi h t e ennsylvania State Police, York, Pa., was
still conducting investigation of the incident in which Lillie
Belle Allen was shot during the summer of 1969 racial dis-
turbances at York, Pa. He stated that to date, the identity
of the person or persons who shot her have not been determined.
He stated that he would advise of any breaks in this matter as
soon as they might occur.
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LILLIE BELLE ALLEN  deceased! - b
The following is the result of a limited-
investigation;7&#39;!
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lvision, York P3I1ce Department, Y6Lk, Pa., 4
was contacted on December 30, 1969.
- I ladvised that his department
in conjunction with the Pennsylvania State Police, York,
Pa,, is still continuing its investigation of the incident
in which LILLIB BELLE ALLEN was fatally wounded by gunshot
during racial violence at York, Pa., in July 1969, He
said that there had been many people in the vicinity of the
shooting, and it had not been possible to ascertain who
might have shot her and unless a witness comes forth andvolunteers information as to who may have shot her, it
is going to be nearly impossible to determine just who did
shoot her, He said that so far no one among the numerous
people questioned on this matter would admit seeing who
had fired the shot at Mrs. ALLEN and other individuals with
her in her car at the time of the shooting.
He said that he would be happy to advise of any
- new developments in this case as they might come up.
This document contains neither recommendations
nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI
and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not
to be distributed outside your agency,
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Ehndbook instructs tht you do not incorporate in a report
tho tact that poraons intorvievud have bean advisad that
invcutigntion ishbeinz conducted at the spocitic raqueat
of Assistant Attornny 
caeril Jarria Loonrd at the Civil
lights Diviiion. Thiivggghgbggion also up lies to an BE!reporting results 01 invetigation or inquiry.
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_dg1at1n the reference to Assistant Atturnny Gensral Jarris
Lnonara. lanirtol dons not 1nd1¢8tQ that a copy oi LB!
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gation.
I York Police De , , ., 2,~l970,that investigation in this matter was at the specific request
of Jerris Leonard, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights
Division, U. S. Department of Justice.
stated that his department was stillinvestigating the incident in which Lillie Belle Allen was
shot during racial violence at York, Pa., during the summer
of 1969. He said that this investigation is a joint investi-
gation with the Pennsylvania State Police but to date, no
breaks in this matter have developed which would lead to
the identity of the person or persons who shot Mrs. Allen.
He advised that he would be happy to advise of any new
developments in this matter as they might occur.
This document contains neither recommendations
nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI
and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not
to be distributed outside your agency.
M4» is-3/0% ~ M
ENCLQSUREThe following is the result of a limited investi- b7C