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Memorandum to Mr. Belmont RE: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS; LOUIS ALLEN - VICTIM "alanis 6 peer’ wccaebe vit! Ayengreed © i ROS The victim plann xd tomo move to Mi Roped “to obtain work as’ a) bi ex evening of his death, he visited Loyds ain, .. for the purpose of obtaining a ‘letter, "of recommendations “In September, 1961, one Herbert Lee, a Negro who nadze ‘allegedly been active in voter registration matters, was kiited; _ ‘dn Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi, by Eugene hehe grey a Mississippi State representative, Investigation conducted at the request of the Department indicated that Hurst and Lee quarreled over a debt and Lee advanced toward Hurst with a tire iron just before the shooting. In August, 1962, the Department requested investigation of an allegation that Louis Allen had been. beaten by a Deputy Sheriff for having previously stated that Lee was shot without provocation. | Allen nde Tioag are 3 any threat or, intimidation’ as killing of Hérbert Lee but the Sherift ‘and ‘several other, men@Haggy) 2 had discussed: ‘the Lee’ : Ade, Information has. been received that Allen was arrested . in November, 1963, on charges. of writing a bad check and | carrying a concealed weapons - ACTION SS oe _— _ a 1, The results of inquiry to date were discussed with - St. John Barrett and John Murphy of the Civil Rights Division on |. 2=-3-64 who observed that Allen was a witness When the civil wights -~2 =