Mississippi v. Edgar Ray Killen, Day 2

Testimony was heard in the trial of Edgar Ray Killen for the June 21, 1964, murders of 3 civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Mississippi. The reputed Klansman was indicted for slaying three civil rights workers who were in Mississippi in the summer of 1964 as part of a movement to register blacks to vote and help run educational programs in the South. The trial Mississippi v. Edgar Ray Killen was held at the Neshoba County Courthouse. Coverage was provided by WJTV (Jackson, MS) for Mississippi Public Broadcasting.

During the first day of testimony, Ms. Bender testified about her life in Mississippi as a civil rights worker before her husband, Michael Schwerner, was slain. Before Killen’s health problem postponed the trial, jurors heard briefly from Ms. Miller, the widow of a police officer who testified against Killen in a 1967 federal civil rights trial. Judge Gordon halted the trial after the 80-year-old defendant was rushed to the hospital with tightness in his chest and h close