Word: liuzzo
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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Overcome. Leroy Moton took the stand and told how he and Mrs. Liuzzo got into the Liuzzo car on March 25 and left Selma just after 7:30 p.m. At about 8 o'clock, Moton was "fiddling with the radio dial, and she was humming We Shall Overcome,'" when "a car pulled up beside us and shot into the car two or three times." When the car came to a stop down the road, Moton shut off the ignition, turned off the lights and waited for five minutes. Soon "a car came back," shone its lights...
...Viola Liuzzo drove away from the red light, the four men followed in their car. At one point, "Gene Thomas reached over and got his revolver out from between the seats and said, 'Get your pistols, cousins,' and I drew my pistol...
...Miss." Thomas gained on Mrs. Liuzzo. "As we got almost even, Wilkins said, 'Give it some gas.' Gene sped up a little bit and put our auto immediately beside the driver. Wilkins put his arm out of the window approximately elbow distance, and just as we got even with the front window, there was the lady driving the automobile and she turned and looked around directly facing the automobile we were in. She looked directly at us. Just as she looked at us, Wilkins fired two shots through the window of the front of the auto mobile. Gene...
Rowe testified that he had only pretended to fire his .38-cal. revolver, but "Wilkins and Eaton both emptied their revolvers toward the automobile." As they sped away, Rowe noticed that the Liuzzo car still seemed to be moving along the road. "I said, 'The automobile is following us now. I believe you missed.'" Retorted Wilkins: "Baby Brother, I don't miss. That so-and-so is dead and in hell...
...Oath. The remainder of the prosecution's case was short and sharp. FBI men and other witnesses confirmed important details of Rowe's story: the bullet that killed Mrs. Liuzzo, and shell hulls found on the highway, came from a revolver found in Gene Thomas' home:* the Klansmen were placed near Selma at the time of the crime through testimony from the trooper who had written the traffic ticket...