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Mississippi Burning MIBURN Case — Part 3
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being a partici.ant in the abduction and murder of CHANEY,
GOODMAN and SC!.WERNER, related that on the evening of
June 21, 1964 telephonically
advised and him "the Klan had a job". DOYLE and
JAMES EDWARD JORDAN,
whose last name BARNETTE later learne
in Meridian,
HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE, another witness who admitted
was
Mississipri.
_—ic‘ (a SRR oo: a Te
ea: JAMES EDWARD JORDAN proceeded
ceeniiacetpnia where they nc CD
iaformed them the three civil rights workers were being
-eleased from jail and he stated, "we have a place to bury
them and a man to run the dozer to cover them up."£72
The three civil rights workers, JAMES EARL CHANEY,
ANDREW GOODMAN and MICHAEL SCHWERNER, were released from the
Neshoba County Jail at approximately 10:30 PM, June 21, 1964,
and by prearranged plans HBMMA ic formes the participants,
the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol (MHSP) would intercept
the civil rights workers' car as it proceeded down Highway 19.
The car, however, was not stopped by the MHSP,
actually
stopped the car south of House, Mississippi on Highway 492.
He placed the three civil rights workers in the back seat of
his car and drove them down a nearby country road where they y7<
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