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UNITED STATES coven et BS Pte Memorandum 3 Mx, Belmon DATE: February 3, 1964 am ° a Tele. Room A. Ros Holmes . . . a . . Gandy . UNKNOYN SUBJECTS; ae ie LOUI - VICTIM CIVIL RIGHTS ' St. John Barrett, Civil Rights. D vision, advised on 2-2-64 that the Department had received information that Louis Allen, Amite County, Mississippi, a Negro who had been active in voter registration matters, had been killed. He requested. we determine the nature and extent of Allen's voter registration activities, whether an autopsy was performed and whether local . investigation is bein ‘conducted. Danie “Jones, “Sheriff, Amite, County, ‘| SSis: that the victim's body was found nithe night of@l- Lat ‘ eS “immediately instituted’ ‘investigation and proceeded” ‘€o4 ‘the. victim home with Dr, William D. Bridges, The Victim's truck ‘wast at the gate to his home and the victim was lying under the truck? Now autopsy was performed | as_it..was*obvious that the victim ha death as the Fesult of befngrshot once of twice with. buckshot. Most of° “the, left. Side of. iat sheen ace. "was, as,,torn, ‘BWAY 6: The victim's wife’ “told. the: Sheriff sh cheard ‘three ‘shot ‘shorta’ after’ 8: 330" Pele 3-31-64. “ aii x "Sherif Jones said ‘that he ‘arrivedcat, 4 th Fo 12:30 Acie 5 “21-64, | and remained until after) daylight to. ‘protect : fhe crime scene, He found no tire marks, footprints,, oF, ‘Other - ‘physical evidence and no latent prints of--value..we} lifted fran the truck, | He. As. continuing h pis investigation ae Mee yee te “Interviews ‘with the: ‘Sheriff, members of ‘the victin's ee family and acquaintances of the victim as well as voter. registration workers indicate...that the victim is not a registered voter, has ~ never been active in voter registration work and there has been no | voter registration activity in Anite County in the ‘past two OF - three years. . oe: ty a 7 i g ONG * J] = Mr. DeLoach\. ~: ~ nes ge) =. PR > (9). @8 ree towg¢? eI