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TRIALS Hung Jury For the eleven days of his trial, Byron De La Beckwith, 43, accused killer of Mississippi N.A.A.C.P. Leader Medgar Evers, performed more like a circus clown than a defendant in a first-degree murder case. Constantly shooting his French cuffs, he propped his feet up on a...
"To No One Else." The case against Beckwith, a Greenwood fertilizer salesman, hinged on a .30/06 Enfield rifle, found near a clump of sweetgum trees across the street from Evers' home in Jackson on the morning after the murder. A fingerprint of Beckwith's was found on the...
Two Jackson cab drivers told how, four days before Evers was ambushed on June 12, Beckwith had asked directions to Evers' home, saying, "I've got to find where he lives in a couple of days." A young woman said that she had seen a car similar to...
The star witness for the defense was "Delay" Beckwith himself, who punctuated his testimony with soft "suhs." "Did you kill Medgar Evers?" asked Lott. "No, suh." Was Beckwith in Jackson the night of the murder? "No, suh." At one point, Lott handed Beckwith the Enfield to examine. Beckwith leaned forward...
While Byron de la Beckwith is still on trial in Jackson for the murder of Medgar Evers, Lewis Allen was shot-gunned to death last Friday night in a small Mississippi town--Liberty. Allen, 42-years-old and a father of four, was active in voter registration for the Student...