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Emmett Till — Part 1

249 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Emmett Till · 245 pages OCR'd
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al . 302a (Rev. 10-6-95) # 4 i “ gaR-JN-30112, 62D-JN-30045-FD302 I i i Q Now, how was that fan attached to the body? A It was tied around his neck and then it was eround the fan. © It was tied with what? A ck piece of barbed wire. | Q When you all got it out there on the bank, what did you do then? A The Deputy Sheriff disconnected the weight from the body there when we pulled it out. | Q And what did you do with the body and the weight? A We pulled the body over there in an extra boat that we had there to tow him back in, and we put the weight there in the boat also, in the same boat. Q And then what did you do? A Then we connected it on behind my boat and towed it upstream to the landing. . Q And then what was done with the body? A We pulled the boat out on the bank about fifteen steps, I would say, from the water. and that is the way it was when I left. i didn't stay there but a little while after that. Q@ You are familiar with the river and the land and. so i forth down there in chat section, are you not? A Yes, Sir. 114 antinuation of £D-302 of TRANSCRIPT-EMMETT TILL TRIAL, 1955 .On pue 417
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