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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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LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE e When asked about taking Till to a bluff on the Mississippi River near Rosedale they were going to “put his ass in the river”, the Mississippi River. 179 foo Re RET teeth - Pe The e When asked if they were drinking “Yeah, hell yeah we was drinkin” “Now we tag at cis : igen Ae eee Te ea ae oy Sea a Rarocapas a) wasn’t drunk” “...wasn’t nobody drunk.” !% e About killing Till “Well, we done whopped the son of a bitch, and I had backed out on killin’ the mother fucker...” “...and we gonna take him to the hospital. But we done whopped that son ofa bitch. I mean, it was, the, carryin’ him to the hospital wouldn’t have done him no good (laughs).” “Put his ass in the Tallahatchie River.” '#! e When asked why they stopped in the woodshed over there (Leslie Milam’s) “I donno. Tryin’ to make our minds up.” ' ey « About going to Boyle to get the gin fan “We didn’t go to Boyle.” '® « About Glendora “Didn’t go back to Glendora. Went through Glendora.” '™4 * About other people knowing what had happened that night with Till’ “I'm the only one who’s livin’ that knows it (laughs)” “That’s al! that will ever be known” “That’s the only two that was ever tried.” '® re ee ee ei oT ae 4. Leslie F. Milam’s Death Bed Confession: Sometime just prior to his death in August of 1974 Leslie Milam requested maf appear at his residence. b6 [_ vas aware that Milam was dying of cancer and traveled to his home. Upon his arrival = b7c Milam tol e (Leslie Milam) had something he wanted to get off his chest, that he had Misc 0/3 “~ LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE : This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBL. tt 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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