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changed his story and said he felt he was being the "fall guy" in the entire incident and that the original information was gtven to him by Sheriff Fieming and some of his deputies, who requested Butts to swear out. the warrant. Butts expressed the belief that "Sheriff Flening wanted to get a ‘last crack! at Weaver, Looby and Marshall. The Department requested that Constable Butts be retntervieweds; that a stgned statement be secured from him, if possible, and. that he be asked to disclose fully the circumstances, evidence and conversations with Sheriff Fleming and his deputies in connection with their request that Butts swear out @ warrant on the basis of information which they had received. ; Butts executed a signed statement in which he stated that he received information from Sheriff Fleming upon which he based his affidavit for @ search warrant. A signed statement Secured from Sheriff Fleming and Deputtes Gray and Lentz re- flected that Butts informed them that he had information from an informant upon whitch Butts secured the search warrant. Magistrate Foague advised that the affidavit and search war- rant were destroyed by him when nothing was found in the car tn question and no record was kept. on August 27, 1947, the Department advised that it was not belteved that there was sufficient basis of prosecutive action tn this case and, accordingly, no further investigation need be made by. the Bureau. Meron Long Case On March 21, 1946, the Department referred to the Bureau @ letter from Thurgood Marshall enclosing a copy af a complaint made by one Meron Eong. Long stated that he was a soldier in the regular Army and after serving tn the South~ west Pacifie, was given a 90-day furlough to vistt his parents. He stated that he and his brother, Kenneth, and a cousin, Causby Clay, went to a filling station in Fl Campo, Texas, operated by one Joe Tudtke, to get some cold drinks. While standing there a white man ordered the cousin to put his ‘shirt tail in. The cousin replied that he did not know his shirt tail was out. ‘The man became infuriated and began — ‘cursing, and Long claimed that they walked away, As they walked down the road, they met the sheriff. and he told them to: return toa the filling stati on. A fight ensued and Meron was slapped by the sheriff, who pulled out his pistol. Shots were fired and Kenneth was killed. The Department requested. that we make a preliminary investigation into this matter and to furnish the U. S. Attorney at Houston with copies of the report. The facts developed that ~ 73 -