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LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE On the Saturday evening and Sunday moming of Till’s kidnaping, Melvin Campbell and J.W. Milam were together and Roy Bryant was at his home/store in Money, Mississippi. Sometime during the evening Campbell, J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant met and were playing cards and drinking moonshine. While together, the story of Till whistling at [- Jeame up and Milam, b6 Bryant and either “Too Tight” Collins fo | using Hubert Clark’s car, traveled to pre " Money, Mississippi to pick upf and then to Mose Wright’s home. Once the group had Till, they dropped| iff in Money, Mississippi and drove back to where they had been drinking. Once there, J. W. Milam, Roy Bryant, Melvin Campbell, 7 Hubert Clark, “Too Tight” Collins andf vere present. The group beat Till there and eventually loaded him into Milam’s truck to take him to a place on the Mississippi River to scare They couldn’t find the location on the river and rode around for a long time. Eventually, it was beginning to get light and they had to do something, so they went to Leslie Milam's farm, outside of Drew, Mississippi. Leslie Milam was not happy about the group showing up with Till because he had work to do that day. | The group now included Roy Bryant, Leslie Milam, J.W. Milam, Hubert Clark, Melvin Campbell, “Too Tight” Collins nf | They took Till into a bam and continued to beat him. At some point Till’s wallet fell out of his pants and the group discovered a photograph of a white woman in it. During the beating Till was never respectful to the men and did fot say “yes sir” or “no sir.” Things got out of hand and Till stated something to the effect of “he was as good as they are.” 90 LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FRI. it is the property of the FB! and is loaned to your agency, it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. : bé bic