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+ ALLEN said that about a year ago her husband had gone to 8): _. Milwaukee to try and find work and had stayed about a . — 2 week but returned home when he.was unable to find work. = ~ : ‘Mrs, ALLEN said the reason why he selected Milwaukee was <9 * : -because her husband had a brother, MORRIS ALLEN, who lived .:°2.. : “in Milwaukee.. ‘The brothers resident address is 2347 North ~ ‘A6th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Whe tet APE eo ae SY Se 2 Mpa, ALLEN said thatcoriginally her husband had.” decided to go ta Milwaukee on January 25, 1964, however, - = | - on January 22, 1964, her husband's mother died, which *.-: 0° “©. _ “,. required her husband to spend most of the money he had = Loos 4 saved for this trip, on funeral expenses. As far as she. 0: “ knew no one but members of the immediate family were -.~ _ * aware of the fact that her husband had planned to go to ~. ~~ », Milwaukee on January 25, 1964. By immediate family, Mrs... ALLEN said ‘shemeant her sons, HENRY CRAWFORD ALLEN, TOMMY LOUIS ALLEN, and first cousins JOHN WESLEY HORTON and BUD BRYANT MARTIN. All of these persons were fully aware of the necessity of keeping this confidential as the | oo, «¢, family did not want anyone in the Liberty area to know * °°). Of her husband's plans. 2° 308k ee eS eee *2On January 29, 1964, her husband announced to | - her that he would leave for Milwaukee on February 1, ._ .. . 1964, by train from Me Comb, Mississippi. Her husband _» told her that ‘he had one or more loads of logs to sell. oF von January 31, 1964, and the money from this sale would =. > “be enough to pay his train fare to Milwaukee and to maintain. . him until he could find a foboe em ee ea ova. *..8he stated that these logs were taken from the ~ - property of ANDREW ROBERTSON, a Negro farmer, who lives” . ., 2n the Jerusalem community, about four miles South of ~-. : Liberty on State Highway 16. Bhe informed that the... _ immediate family also knew of ‘her husband's plans to Jeave -.*, on February 1, 1964, but did not know.of anyone else who | ‘knew of her husband's. plans to leave on February 1, 1964. oO ‘Mrs. ALLEN said that after her husband got out of jail in November, 1963, her husband told her that he was scared to return to his home that night, however, he did not tell her why. As a result of this she and her