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On December 4, 1964, a complaint was filed before Miss ESTHER CARTER, U.S. Commissioner, Meridian, Mississippi, charging EARL B, AKIN with violation of U. S. Code, Title 18, Section 4, and is set forth as follows: "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI 'WINITED STATES OF AMERICA COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION U. 8. CODE, TITLE 18, Vv SECTION 4 "EARL B, AKIN "Before Esther Carter, Meridian, Mississippi. "The undersigned complainant being duly sworn states and disposes that he is a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation duly appointed according to law and acting as such. “That on or about June 21, 1964, and thereafter in the Southern District of Mississippi Earl B,. Akin, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, that is, a conspiracy to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate Michael Henry Schwerner, James Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman, citizens of the United States, in the free exercise and enjoyment of rights secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States, in furtherance of which conspiracy, the conspirators threatened, assaulted, shot and killed Michael Henry Schwerner, James Earl Chaney and Andrew Goodman on or about June 21, 1964, and did willfully conceal the same and did not as goon as possible make known the commission aa avy 989 sm . peed cave er ne. Saree ene re ee Ee