Memphis Police Department Preliminary Report

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HOMICIDE SECTION 
CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS UNIT 
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES BUREAU 
MEMPHIS POLICE DEPARTMENT 

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
January 18, 1972

Mr. C. H. Cole, Chief Inspector 
Investigative Services Bureau 
Memphis Police Department
Dear Sir:

PRELIMINARY REPORT

At approximately 10:30 p.m, on Wednesday, January 12, 1972, Eddie Hugh 
Madison, male Negro, 14, of 35 East Davant, Walter Lee Williams, male 
Negro, age 17, of 127 West Frank, Jerry Lee Wilkins, male Negro, 15, of 
120 West Dempster, and Lynell Wilkins, male Negro, 14, of 162 West 
Frank, stole a 1962 white over blue four door Pontiac Catalina, bearing 
Tennessee 1971 license 1-E7340, VIN 362-D5351. These male Negroes stole 
this car from 62 East Norwood. The car belonged to Elije Renfroe, male 
Negro, 36 of same address. After the four male Negroes rode around for 
a short while in this car, Lynell Wilkins and Jerry Lee Wilkins got out 
of the car near Gage and Florida leaving Walter Lee Williams and Eddie 
Hugh Madison in the car alone. . Eddie Lee Madison was driving the car 
at approximately 11:00 p.m.going west on Gage at Shelby, where he continu­
ed West at which point pelice officers E. R, Fedrick and L. P. Davidson 
in Baker-12 recognized the car as being stolen from a previous broad­
cast placed on the air by the dispatcher which included the license nun- 
ber» Officers Fedrick and Davidson followed this stolen car west to 
Florida where the stolen car stopped behind another car at the stop sign. 
When the police officers attempted to apprehend the two male Negroes,
Eddie Hugh Madison jumped from the car and fled sout.i across Gage and 
down Florida Street. Several shots were fired at Madison by Officer 
Fedrick using a shotgun loaded with buckshot. Madison was struck by two 
of these shotgun pellets and after running down the sidewalk south on 
Florida for approximately seventy-five feet, he collapsed on. the sidewalk 
and was transported to the John Gaston Hospital a few minutes l.ater 
where he was pronounced dead at 11:49 p.m., January 12, 1972.
At approximately 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 12, 1972, Patrolman 
E. R. Fedrick and Patrolman L. P. Davidson, x-zhile working the 4:00 p.m. 
to 2:00 a.m. shift, in Squad Car Baker-12, were sent on a complaint call 
by the police dispatcher to 1686 Kansas, apartment 2. While these offi­
cers were on this call, Charlie-12, another squad car, operated by Patrol­
men J. C. Boswell and R. K. Cates, which also over-laps this same dis­
trict at this particular time of ttlght, were sent on another call in 
this same district. The time of this call was 10:46 p.m. The dispatch­
er, J. D. Williams, told the officers the nature of the call was a car 
theft, which had just occurred at 62 East Norwood. He told them that 
the stolen car was a 1962 white over blue Pontiac, Tennessee 1971 license 
lE-7340. These officers proceeded to 62 East Norwood and took a theft 
report of this 1962 white over blue Pontiac, belonging to ELlje Renfroe 
of the Norwood address. The VIN number of this car w.-is verified as being 
362D5351. These officers then phoned this report in to the Recording 
Center before leaving 62 East Norwood.
In the meantime Baker-12 with officers Fedrick and Davidson completed 
their call at 1686 Kansas. These officers got back into service at 10 
p.m. Before getting into service they had heard part of the broadcast 
on the stolen 1962 Pontiac taken from 62 East Norwood, However, they 
were not sure of the color on the car, therefore, they asked the dispatch= 
er to verify the color on the stolen car. Another dispatcher, Mike 
Christopher, repeated the color on the stolen Pontiac, celling the offi­
cers that it was a wl^te over blue 1952 Pontiac, Tennessee license 1-E7340. 
The time was now 10:,^ p.m. Officers Fedrick and Davidson now started 
cruising, looking for the stolen Pontiac,
A few minutes later, which was approximately 11:00 p.m., these officers 
were cruising south on Shelby approaching Gage with Patrolman Davidson 
under the wheel. As they approached Cage Avenue, they saw a 1962 Pontiac



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white over blue approaching the same intersection, going west on GAge.
These officers allowed the Pontiac to go through the intersection, then 
they fr.Il in behind it, also going west on Gage, toward Florida Street, 
with Florida Street being only one long block west of Shelby Street.
After observing that this Pontiac was bearing TENnessee license 1-E7340, 
and was the stolen car, which had been broadcast a few minutes earlier, 
they then notified the dispatcher that they were west on Gage behind 
the stolen auto. The time was 11:00 p.m. These officers proceeded be­
hind this car to Florida Street where the stolen car came to a stop be­
hind another car which had stopped for a stop sign before entering 
Florida Street. Patrolman Davidson stopped the squad car directly be­hind the stolen Pontiac.

|Patrolman Fedrick had gotten the .12 guage pump shotgun which was loaded.}.
’with four rounds of 00 buckshot, \hich is a police issued. Fedrick jumped 
from the squad car and ran to the passenger side of the stolen car. Ha/ 
pointed the shotgun at the two occupants who were two male Negroes tell­
ing them that they were under arrest and to get out of the car with their' hands up. . j
The male Negro who was driving the stolen car Immediately jumped from 
the driver's side into the street and started running south across Gage 
to the Florida Street sidewalk being the east side of Florida. Patrol- 

^®^tick yelled Halt three times to this fleeing male Negroj when 
the male Negro made no effort to halt. Patrolman Fedrick fired a warning 
shot from the shotgun which was several feet above the head of the flee­
ing male Negro, who still refused to stop. Patrolman Fedrick then fired 
a second shot at the male Negro who still did not stop and continued to 
run. Fedrick then fired a third shot at the male Negro as he rounded, 
the corner going south on Florida. Fedrick lost sight of the male Negro and thought that he had made good his escape.
WhllePatrolman Fedrick was firing the shotgun, at the fleeing male Negro, 
his partner. Patrolman Davxdson had also pulled his .38 calibre revolver 
and yelled for the male Negro to halt, then fired one shot at this sub­
ject as he was fleeing, but apparently did not hit him.
In the meantime, the other male Negro who was still in the stolen car 
had moved over into the driver's position and had taken the wheel, 
apparently for the purpose of driving the car away. When Patrolman 
Fedrick turned from firing at the first male Negro, he saw the stolen 
car moving across Florida Street, headed west. He turned and fired his 
remaining round from the shotgun into the rear glass of the stolen 
Pontiac causing the rear window to shatter. Fedrick then pulled his 
38 calibre service revolver and while running toward the car on the passen­
ger side, he fired one shot from the revolver into the rear door glass, 
also causing this window to shatter. The male Negro inside the car laid 
down in the floorboard and the stolen auto ran up on the street curb and 
across the sidewalk on the northwest corner of Florida and Gage, where 
it came to a rest with the right rear wheel still on the street gutter.
The male Negro inside the car surrendered and was placed under arrest 
for the Auto Theft Bureau. He was later learned to be Walter Lee Williams 
age 17 of 127 West Frank. Although two shots were fired into the car 
Williams was not hit or injured in any way. *
While Patrolman Fedrick was getting the second male Negro from the stolen 
auto. Patrolman Davidson ran south on Florida Street in the direction 
which the fleeing male Negro had gone. Davidson found that the male Negro 
had been shot and had collapsed on the sidewalk appralmately twenty-five 
yards south of Gage Street. Seeing that the male Negro was seriously 
Injured, these officers immediately called for an ambulance. They later 
Identified this male Negro as Eddie Hugh MADISON, age 14, of 35 East Davant.
This shooting and apprehension occurred within a three minute time lapse, 

was between 11:00 p.m. and 11:03 p.m. This can be proven because 
of the fact that the replay of the dispatchers' tape shows that Baker-12 
reported following the stolen automobile west on Gage toward Florida 
Street from Shelby at 11:00 p.m. They called for an ambulance at 11:03 
p.m. The next time the dispatcher gave the time it was 11:07 p.m. and 
Baker-12 had checked the third time with the dispatcher to see if an



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ambulance was on the way. '
Immediately after this shooting, several other squad cars who had been 
sent to assist, arrived on the scene. These cars were Baker-50, operat­
ed by Lieutenant W. S. Schultz, Charlie-50, operated by Lieutenant I. H. 
Smith, Charlie-51, operated by Lieutenant M. T. York, Charlie-115, 
operated by Captain C. E. Watts, Baker-11, operated by Patrolmen M. E. 
White and Patrolman J. W. Jeter, also Baker-18, operated by Patrolman 
C. P. Action and Patrolman L. S. Reeves. IT was Patrolman Action and 
Patrolman Reeves who transported Walter Lee Williams to Juvenile Court 
shortly after his arrest.
Shortly after other police cars arrived on the scene, a city fire depart­
ment ambulance arrived and rushed the victim, Eddie Hugh Madison, to the 
John Gaston Hospital. The officers on the scene then called for Homicide 
Officers, Crime Scene Of fleers , and the Internal Affairs investigating 
officers. They protected the scene and awaited the arrival of the in­
vestigating officers.
On Wednesday, January 12, 1972, at approximately 11:12 p.m., Homicide 
Detectives J. A. Dungan and H. E. Randle, were in the Homicide Office 
along with Lieutenant B. G. Hinson and Detective C. A. Gregory, when 
they received a phone call from police dispatcher Thompson, who advised 
them that police officers had recovered a stolen car at Florida and 
Gage, which had been occupied by two male Negroes; also that during the 
apprehension, one of the male Negroes had gotten shot by the arresting 
officers. Dispatcher Thompson also advised that Homicide Officers were 
needed at the scene. Detectives Dungan and Randle informed Lieutenant 
Hinson of the incident, then proceeded to Florida and Gage, arriving 
there at 11:27 p.m.
When Detectives Dungan aftd Randle arrived on the scene, they observed 
several police cars and police officers about the intersection of Florida 
and Gage. They also noticed a 1962 white over blue four door Pontiac, 
Catalina, bearing Tennessee 1971 plates, 1-E7340, which was on the north­
west corner of the intersection. This car had run over the curb and was 
sitting across the sidewalk with both front wheels and the left rear 
wheel on or across the sidewalk. The right rear wheel was In the street 
gutter, but was. on top of the grating that covers the street sewer just 
a few feet north of the street Intersection. The lights of the car were 
on bright and the motor was still running. The right front door was 
standing open and the right rear door glass and the car's rear window 
had been shot out. This car's front end was pointed in a slight north­
western direction toward a house on the corner which numbers 8 West Gage.
Lieutenant Sc hultz. Lieutenant Smith, Lieutenant York and Captain Watts 
were still on the scene. Patrolman E. R. Fedrick and Patrolman L. P. 
Davidson were standing by the stolen automobile and Patrolman M. E. WHITE 
and Patrolman J. W. Jeter of Baker-ll were standing by on the sldex^alk 
on the east side of Florida which was several yards south of Gage. This 
was the spot where the victim, Eddie Hugh Madison had fallen, after being 
shot.
Homicide Detectives Dungan and Randle talked with Patrolman Davidson and' 
Patrolman Fedrick and were told that a few minutes before 11:00 p.m., 
the dispatcher had sent Charlie-12 to 62 East Norwood in regards to a 
white over blue 1962 Pontiac, which had just been stolen from that loca­
tion, and which was later broadcast to them as bearing license number 
1-E7340. They revealed that they were cruising for this car when they 
spotted it going west on Gage at Shelby. They had gotten behind the 
car which was occupied by two male Negroes and had advised the dispatcher 
that they were behind the car, and when they reached the intersection 
of Florida and Gage, the stolen car had stopped behind a car which had 
stopped for this stop sign, before going into Florida Street. They stat­
ed the car in front then turned south on Florida. Officer Fedrick had 
gotten out of the squad car and approached the occupants of the stolen 
car on the right hand side. He had also brought from the squad car the 
.12 guage pump shotgun loaded with four rounds of 00 buckshot. They 
told the Homicide officers that the driver of the stolen vehicle leaped 
out on the driver's side after being told he was under arrest and ran 
across Gage to the sidewalk heading south on Florida.



Patrolman Fedrick had yelled for the fleeing subject to halt several 
times, and when he did not do so, he had fired one shot high over the 
head of the fleeing subject. The male Negro still did not stop and 
Fedrick had fired a second shot which struck the corner of the building.
He was not sure if the subject was struck with the second shot but he 
continued to run around the corner south on Florida and Patrolman 
Fedrick had fired a third shot from the shotgun, as the male Negro went 
out of sight from him around the corner. Also, Patrolman Davidson re­
vealed that he had fired one shot from his service revolver during the 
time Fedrick was firing the shotgun. While the shots were being fired 
at the fleeing male Negro, the other male Negro had remained in the car, 
but had slid over under the steering wheel, and the Pontiac was continu­
ing west across Florida.
Patrolman Fedrick then related that he ran a few steps toward the stolen 
car and fired the remaining fourth round of 00 buckshot into the rear 
glass of the stolen car. He then ran after the car, drawing his revolver 
and fired one round into the rear door glass, causing it to break. The 
car continued on across Florida, jumped the curb on the northwest corner 
and Patrolman Fedrick had gotten to the car and heard the male Negro 
occupant who was laying on the floorboard indicate that he was surrender­
ing. He then opened the right frontdoor and arrested the male Negro 
who identified himself as Walter Lee Williams, age 17.
Patrolman Davidson had run around the corner of the building south oh 
Florida to check for the fleeing male Negro and found that he had been 
critically Injured and had collapsed on the sidewalk. Patrolman Davidson 
related that he then ran to the squad car and called for an ambulance 
and stood by at the scene until the ambulance arrived. They noted that 
at the time of the shooting they had seen no one in the street in any 
direction, but shortly after the shooting, it appeared to them that 
approximately two hundred people had gathered around the area.
Th»' Homicide Detectives then talked with Lieutenant M. T. York, lieutenant 
in .ommand, and the immediate superior of Patrolmen Fedrick and Davidson. 
He :old them that Patrolman J. C. Boswell and Patrolman R. K. Cates 
assigned to Charlie-12, had answered a call to 62 East Norwood where., they 
had taken an auto theft report from Elije Renfroe, male Negro, 36, of 
that address, phone 77A-3597, which was in regards to his 1962 white 
over blue, four door Pontiac, Catalina, having been stolen in front of 
his house at approximately 10:30 p.m. on that day. The theft had been 
discovered by Renfroe's 17 year old step-son, David Chattraan, who had 
actually observed the car being stolen and driven away,by what he 
thought to be five male Negroes. The owner, Renfroe, had produced owner­
ship papers according to Lieutenant York and Patrolman Boswell had taken 
the theft report and phoned it in to the Recording Center at 11:07 p.m. 
which is filed under R. & I. number 532-008.

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After these officers had been interviewed. Lieutenant York and the two 
officers Fedrick and Davidson, showed the Homicide Officers where the 
shooting had occurred, which was on Gage Avenue just east of Florida. 
There was noted to be a stop sign at the intersection which stops the 
west bound traffic on Gage. On the northv7est corner of this intersection 
was a two-story building and across the street on the southeast corner 
is a building which is occupied by Kaplan Furniture Company, which has 
the number 219A Florida. The Homicide investigating officers’ ini?esti- 
gation reveals that Patrolman Fedrick fired the first three shots from 
the shotgun,that the male Negro was fleeing across the street and vas 
almost at the corner of the Kaplan Furniture Company. Patrolman Fedrick 
was standing at a point four to five feet east of the east curb of 
Florida and fired at an angle. The first shot went high and it was 
observed that this load of buckshot had struck the north wall.of the 
Kaplan Furniture Company approximately ten feet above the ground. These 
pellets struck a window which was covered with wood' the window was 
approximately six feet east of the sidewalk, and ten feet above the 
ground. All nine of the pellets had gone through the wood window and 
passed into the Kaplan Furniture Store. The HOMicide Investigation re­
vealed that the second shot from Fedrick's shotgun V7as fired as the 
male Negro was near the corner of the building. The Homicide officers 
were able to count eight (8) freshly indented marks on the brick wall



that appeared to have been struck by buckshot. Therevas a small chip 
of brick which had been knocked loose from one of the brick on the 
corner of the building; this part of the brick was lying on the sidewalk. 
These officers noted that approximately twenty-five yards south of the 
south curbline of Gage, on the sidewalk at the south property line of 
the Kaplan Furniture Company, and just at the edge of the next business, 
which is the South Memphis Cleaners at 2196 Florida, was a blood spot, 
approximately one foot by two foot. There were chalk markings made 
around this blood spot which indicated that the victim's head had come 
to a rest at the base of the wall which indicated that his feet extend­
ed out across the sidewalk in a northwestward angle. These chalk marks 
had been made by Officers onthe scene prior to the removal of the victim 
while an ambulance was en route.
Approximately six feet north of this large blood spot was a small blood 
spot which also had been circled with chalk; approximately three feet 
north of this blood spot was another spot which had also been circled with chalk.
The Homicide investigation further revealed that Patrolman Fedrick's 
third shot had been fired from the same point as the first two. The 
examination of the scene revealed that the three spent shotgun shells 
had been ejected from the pump shotgun and had fallen into the storm 
sewer next to where Fedrlck was standing when he fired the shots, which 
was on the northeast corner cf Gage and Florida. The investigation also 
revealed that before Fedrlck fired the fourth shot, at the moving stolen, 
car, that he had moved out to the edge of Florida Street, and after the 
fourth shot,.the shell had also been ejected but could not be found and 
was possibly removed from the scene by someone in the crowd that, had gathered around the scene.
Homicide officers could not determine where Patrolman Davidspii’s .38 
calibre slug had landed but they were of the opinion that the pistol 
shot fired by him might have struck the victim. The victim's injuries 
which were determined through Detective. C. J. Harrell and Detective 
R. L. Hannah's part of the investigation, will be written into this report later.
Further examination of the 1962 Pontiac by Detectives Dungan and. Randle, 
revealed that in addition to the rear glass and right rear door glass 
being shot out, that the back of the front seat had numerous holes, ’which 
could have been caused by a shotgun pellet or flying glass. It is un­
known where Patrolman Fedrick's pistol shot came to rest in th'e car. It 
was observed that there were two holes in the front seat just to the 
right of where the driver was sitting. These holes appeared to be fresh. 
The motor of the car was still running and the lights were on bright. 
These officers noted that the ignition switch which is the type that is 
turned on and off with a key only, was on but there was no key in the 
Ignition. It was later learned that the ignition was faulty and could 
be turned on and off with a pointed object or any other key, which was 
later done in removing the car.

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It should also be noted that the South Memphis Cleaners which is 2196 
Florida and is part of a continuous building, is where the victim had 
fallen to the sidewalk, which is next door to the Mallory Heights Laund- 
rette, which carries the number of 2198 Florida. Homicide officers did 
not observe any damage to either of these three buildings along the 
front, which Includes Kaplan Furniture, South Memphis Cleaners and Mallory Heights Laundrette.
Homicide Detectives noted that on the west side of Florida, south cf Gage, 
the first business place was Kaplan Discount Store, which has the num­
ber 2191 Florida. Adjoining this on the south is Moore's Barber and 
Beauty, having the number 2193 Florida. Next to this is a record shop, 
being 2195 Florida. Next is Engleberg's Grocery, 2197 Florida, joined 
by Oser's Department Store, which is 2201 Florida. Next is an alley 
which runs west off Florida, south of this alley is the Teast-of-Town 
Lounge, and Sundry; then the Southside Cafe. The investigation revealed 
that at the time of this shooting, all of the businesses were closed with 
the exception of the Toast-of-the Town Sundry and the Southside Cafe.



The front of the buildings at this locatiin were examined but no evidence 
could be found that any of these buildings had been struck by bullets or 
shotgun pellets. However, Homicide Detectives did locate a 1963 two door 
Cadillac, white in color bearing Tennessee License 1-S7098 v;hich was 
parked heading south on Florida in front of Oser's which was just north 
of the alley to the west curb of Florida. The left front tire of this 
auto was flat. The owner, Lorece Thompson, male Negro, age 38, of 2248 
Devoy, phone 523 1539, was located inside the Toast of Tov;n Sundry. He 
told the officers that he was an Auxi11ary Probation Officer with the 
Juvenile Court, and that he works part time at the Toast of Town. He 
also revealed that he parked his car at the spot where it was noticed by 
the officers at approximately 6 p.m. then when he learned about the 
shooting he went outside and noticed his tire was flat.
The officers noticed that the tire had what appeared to be a small puncture 
in thelower part of the tire which was located in the rear part which would 
be in line of fire from where Officer Fedric and Officer Davidson were shoot 
ing from. Thompson told theofficers that he would take the tire and have it 
repaired and if there was a bullet or pellet in the tire that he would hold 
the slug and notify the Homicide office.
The iives tigating officers had been unable to obtain names of any witnesses 
to this shooting. The only witnesses on the scene at the time of the shoot­
ing which the officers knew about were the occupants of the car which was 
stopped for the stop sign at Gage and Florida just before the shooting oc­
curred. However, the names and whereabouts of the occupants of this car 
are unknown.
Lt. B. G. Hinson had been contacted by phone from the scene by Detective 
Dungan. Lt. Hinson had informed Dunga.n that he had checked with the 
hospital and that the victim, Eddie Hugh Madison, had expired. Lt. Hinson, 
Acting Bureau Commander, in charge of the Homicide Office, on this particula 
night, also arrived on the scene a short time later to assist with the in­
vestigation. Also Lt. G. E. Jordan and Detective J. F. McQuarry arrived on 
the scene to help with the investigation.
Crime Scene Officers Detective C. J. Harrell and Detective R. L. Hannah 
who had arrived on the scene, began their processing of the scene shortly 
after their arrival which was 11:39 p.m. These officers observed the shot 
pattern in the brick wall on the north side of the Kaplan Furniture Company 
which was made by the second shot from Fedrick's shotgun. They counted eight 
marks where the pellets had struck at this location. They measured the 
distance from the ground up and found it to be three and one half feet, from 
the ground to the shot pattern. They also noticed a piece of brick broken 
from the corner of the building a few inches higher and a few inches west 
of the main shot pattern. The spot where the piece of brick was broken off 
had been struck by a pellet and the measurement here was four feet from the 
ground to this broken brick. They also measured the distance from where 
officer Fedrick was standing when the shots were fired to the approximate 
location of where the victim was when shot. They found this distance to be 
thirty-five feet. These officers measured the distance from the corner of 
the building to the large blood spot where the victim had fallen and found 
this distance to be forty-eight feet. They also measured the distance from 
where the squad car was stopped at the time of the shooting to where the 
blood spot was on the sidewalk on Florida and found this distance to be - 
seventy-five feet. The distance from the Florida Street curb to where the 
squad car was sitting on Gage at the time of the shooting was twenty-five 
feet. Gage Street at this intersection, measures tv7enty-seven feet and 
Florida Street, fifty-four feet wide.
The Crime Scene Officers also orocessed the stolen Pontiac which had not 
been moved from where it had come to rest. They also took measurements 
from different points from where the car was sitting. The measurements 
showed that the car w-as sitting twelve feet north of the north curb of 
Gage on the west side of Florida Street. They noted that the car was part­
ly in the yard on the east side of the residence near the intersection 
which has the numbo: 8 West Gage. The auto was found to be seventy-nine 
feet from the northeast corner of the intersection of Florida and Gage.

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While at the scene the crome scene officers made photographs of the entire 
area showing the stolen car where it came to rest after the shooting.



These photographs shows the brick wall of Kaplan Furniture Store where 
one load of buckshot had struck. One photograph shows the blood spots on 
the sidewalk where the victim fell. Another photograph shows the boarded 
up window which is ten feet above the giound, where the first load of buck 
shot had. struck. A photographs shows the 63 Cacillac belonging to Lorece 
Thomas which was found to have a flat tire. The photographs also show 
the street drainage sev;er where three of the spent shotgun shells landed 
after being ejected from Fedrick's shotgun. The photographs show the 
side walk on the east side of Florida which is the flight route taken by 
the victim, Eddie Madison. These officers also dusted for prints and 
photographed the glass windows at 2196 Florida where the victim fell after 
being shot. There x̂ ill be more written later in this report in regards to 
the processing of this glass.
It should be noted that the shotgun shells were found in the sewer on the 
north side of Gage just east of Florida Street. These spent shells were 
photographed prior to their removal after the heavy iron grating had been 
removed. These shotgun shells were removed after being photographed by 
the crime scene officers then later tagged as evidence under property 
receipt number A40348. Crime scene officers also drev: a diagmof the entire 
scene in this diagram they included measurements and pinpointed all evidence 
in this diagram.
After the crime scene officers finished processing, the stolen auto was then 
towed to the city lot by a city wrecker. At approximately 2 a.m. on Thurs­
day, January 13, 1972, while at the city lot it was processed for finger 
prints by the same crime scene officers. These officers v/ere successful in 
lifting several prints. However, these prints have not been checked against 
any of the male negroes involved in.this car theft, due to the fact that the 
were under eighteen years of age.
At 3:16 a.m. on Thursday, January 13, 1972, these same two crime scene of­
ficers arrived at the morgue. They photographed the body of Eddie Madison 
showing the wounds on the body and the fact for identification purposes.
A check of the body revealed that the victim had fwo small holes in the 
upper part of the back on the right side, which measured forty-nine inches 
from the right heel. There were also two small holes in the upper portion 
of the back on the left side, which measured forty-eight inches from the 
left heel. These officers measured the victim in length and found that he 
measured sixty-four Inches, however, it should be noted that Dr. James Bell, 
Assistant Shelby County Medical Examiner, later measured the victim and 
found that he was sisty-six inches long. The crime scene officers also 
collected the clothing worn by the victim which consisted of a pair of black 
and white striped pants, a black jacket, a pair of blue socks, a pair of 
white shorts, a pair of brown shoes, a brown leather belt, and a brown 
sweater. These officers also received the personal property of the victim 
which was turned over tothem by Patrolman M. E. Bibbs, who was on duty at th 
John Gaston Hospital. This property consisted of a one dollar and fifty-t'wc 
cent laundry ticket which had the name of South Memphis Cleaners and Laundry 
2196 Florida. This ticket v;as dated January 12, 1972. The victim also had a 
black comb, a cob pipe, a partial pack of Kool Cigarettes, a Vicks inhaler, 
and three small match books. The clothing was tagged in the property room 
by these crime scene officers as evidence under receipt number A40345.
These officers later rendered a full report of their on the scene processing 
their processing of the stolen auto and their processing at the morgue. -Thi 
report including photographs and diagrams will be a part of this preliminary 
report.
While at the scene Homicide Detectives Dungan and Randle learned that the 
male Negro, Walter Lee Williams, had already been turned over to Patrolmen 
Reeves and Acton, in squad car IS for transportation to Juvenile Court. They 
also learned that no force was used to affect the arrest on Williams and he had received no injuries of an]/ type.

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Although, it was not written into the supplement rendered by Detectives 
Dungan and Randle in regards to the check of their pistols and ammunition 
while at the scene, however, the writer talked to TLt . Dungan about this 
and Det. Dungan told the writer that he personally checked the pistols of 
both Fedrlc and Davidson and also noted tint they had their necessary extra 
rounds of ammunition, while at the scene. He said that a check of their 
plstold revealed five live rounds in each pistol and one spent hull in 
each pistol.



Inspector Duke Vincent of the Internal Affairs Bureau, was also at the 
scene of this shooting during the investigation and he requested from the 
Homicide Office that he be furnished a copy of all the paper work that was involved in this investigation.
Prior to the Homicide Officers leaving the scene after they finished their 
investigation, they called for a fire pumper. When the pumper arrived on 
the scene the blood on the sidewalk v;here the victim fell w'as t/ashed from the sidewalk.
Patrolman Fedrick and Patrolman Davidson reported to the Homicide Section 
immediately after the investigation at the scene had been completed. These 
officers were advised of their rights by the homicide detectives prior to 
giving written statements. Written statements were then taken from eac4i 
of them regarding recovery of the auto and the apprehension and shooting of 
Eddie Madison. Their written statements are a part of this file and are 
self-explanatory. The spent round was removed from each of the officers' 
service revolver while in the Homicide Section, then placed in to separate 
envelopes and after being marked, they were tagged as evidence under receipt 
number A40346. The serial number v;as taken from each of the officer's re- 

and written into their statements. Along wxth the serial number and description of the shotguns used in this shooting.
After Homicide Officers had been in the Homicide Offic a short while after 
completing their on the scene investigation. Inspector Duke Vincent came to 
the office and advised that he had been informed by Captain Weaver that City 
Councilman J. N. Ford had gone to the scene of the shooting and talked to 
some witnesses who had said.that the victim had put his hands up against the 
front window of the laundry where he fell and that the police had shot him 
down after he surrendered. Inspector Vincent stated that he had contacted 
Councilman Ford by telephone and that Ford had told him that he did go to 
the scene since he was home in bed and had received a call from some citizen 
about the shooting and that when he V7as at the scene someone had told him 
that the victim had tried to surrender and the police had shot him anyway.
Detective Dungan, along with Inspector Vincent, then returned to the scene 
where they were met by the Crime Scene Officers Hannah and Harrell. It had 
been mentioned by Councilman Ford that one of the windows had been shot 
out where the victim was standing. However, it x̂ as knox̂ n by investigating 
officers while they were at the scene that none of the windows in the area 
near where the victim was shot had been broken. While at the scene, Det. 
Dungan and Inspector Vincent, along with the Crime Scene Officers, made a 
^^^bher check but could stxll find no broken wxndox^s. However, it was re­
quested of the Crime Scene Officers to dust the window of the cleaners at 
2196 Florida where the victim had fallen after being shot, for possible 
prints. These windows were dusted and no fingerprints could be raised.
The only possible sign of any break in these x7indox-;s that could be found 
were very small holes x̂ hich x̂ ere old and which could have possibly been 
made by B. Bis. The only glass that was known to have been broken was a 
small glass window in the north wall of the Kaplan Furniture Company which 
was boarded up on the outside. It was known earlier when the officers were 
at the scene that this small x^indow which was ten feet from the ground ,was 
broken by the first pattern of buckshot that struck these boards. Hox/ever, 
this glass window is only visible f.rom lookingthrough the door of the Kaplan 
Furniture Company, and the glass itself could not be touched unless you x/ent 
in the store and climbed up on the wall by using a ladder. However, the 
owner of this store v;as not called down to the scene and the store itself was not open.
While the Homicide Detectives were investigating at the scene they .made ob­
servations as to the lighting conditions at the scene. They drex-7 a rough 
sketch of the scene for their own use. They included the tv;o street lights 
at the intersection, one of which is located just to the rear of the Kaplan 
Furniture Company. One street light is located on a utility pole on the 
northeast corner of theinterscct1on of Florida and Gage. The other one, the 
ope being nearer the Kaplan Furniture Comoany, is also on a utility pole on 
Cage, but east of Florida at the rear of the northeast corner of the Kaplan Furniture Company.
There were noted to be other street lights north and south oh Florida.
There are also interior lights burning inside the Kanlan Furnityre Company.

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At 2194 Florida the South Memphis Cleaners, at 2196 Florida and the Kaplan 
Discount Store at 2191 Florida, these lights inside these stores cast light 
into the street making Florida Avenue brighter than the area on Gage, just 
east of Florida where the car was first stopped. On Gage east of Florida 
at the stop sign there is a two-story building on the northeast corner. The 
Kaplan Furniture Company on the southeast corner is also a tv;o-story buildin 
The windows in these buildings are closed up on the Gage side and the in­
terior lights from inside the buildings do not shine onto Gage Avenue, vrhich 
causes Gage Street not to be as well lighted as Florida, especially the lo­
cation between the two two-story buildings where the shooting occurred. The 
officers noted at the time they conducted this investigation that the weathe 
was cool and the sky was dark but it was not raining at the time.
When Homicide Detectives, Lt. G. E. Jordan and Detective J. F. McQuarry 
arrived on the scene the processing was already taking place. Therefore,
Lt. Jordan and Detective McQuarry attempted to interviev; the witnesses 
that were standing around the street,however, they were unable to find any 
one who would admit to seeing the shooting Incident. These officers talked 
to the occupants of the apartments over the stores on the northeast corner 
of Gage and Florida. However, they did find people that had only heard shot
They talked to Alberta Perkins, female negro, age 60, of 2180 Florida, Apt. 
#1 who told them she'-had been in bed asleep and she thought that it was 
around 11:30 or Midnight when she was awakened by three shots being fired. 
She said she looked out the v/indow and saw a car that was sitting on the 
curb. Sheobserved the car jump up on the curb and the officer run over and 
get a male negro out of the car from the passenger side of the car.. She 
observed him put handcuffs oh the male negro and saw him place him in the 
squad car. She said she did not see any of the shooting and v;as awakened by 
the shots but did not look out in time Co see the shooting but she did look 
in time to see the car jump up on the curb at Florida and Gage, which was 
the stolen car.

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These officers also talked to Mary Tolan, female negro, age 28, of 2180 
Florida, Apt. no phone, who told the officers that^she had been up
watching television and she thought it was around 11:30 or Midnight v;hen 
she heard either five or six shots being fired in the street. She said she 
did not see anything that had occurred.
These officers then went to a duplex on the northwest corner of Gage and 
Florida where the car jumped the curb and where the second occupant of the 
car was apprehended. This address was noted to be 8 West Gage and vzas oc­
cupied by Anner Carpenter, female negro, age 67, no phone. She told the 
officers that she was in bed with her husband sleeping and she was awakened 
by shots being fired. She estimated the time as being around 11:05 p.m..
She told the officers she heard a total of five shots and shortly after the 
shots she heard a car jump up on the curb, then heard someone say, "Get out 
of the car". However, she did not see any of v;hat occurred.
After canvassing the area and finding no one else that heard anything, the 
officers then went to 62 E. Norwood the home of Elige Renfroe, male negro, 
age 36, home phone 774-3597, this being the home of the male negro that 
owned the stolen 1962 Pontiac. At this locatbn the officers were told by 
Elige Renfroe who is employed xjith the Don Rust Company on Colorado, that 
he was gone to bed and his son was sleeping on the couch in the living room. 
He said his son woke him up and told him that five male negroes had driven 
off with his car. Renfroe further stated that he had driven the car to 
work on that date and v/hen he arrived homein the car around 3 p.m. January 
12, 1972, he parked the car on the street in front of the house and that 
the car had not been moved since then by any member of his family until it 
was stolen around 10:30 p.m. He said as soon as his son av.’akened him he 
called the police and when they arrived a' report was taken. He said they 
did have difficulty finding the license number on their ownership papers.
Detective McQuarry and Lt. Jordan also talked to the owner's son, David 
Ch^ittman, male negro age 17,10th grade student at Central High School. HE 
told them that he had gone to bed somev/hcre around 10:30 p.m., had fallen 
asleep and was awakened by the sound of the car motor starting. He said he 
raised up and looked out the w.indow from the living room and saw v;hat ap­
peared to him as two male negroes v;earing black coats in the back seat and 
what looked three male negroes in the front seat as his father's car drove 
away. He vras not positive but he thought he saw five male negroes in the ca 
But it was dark and he could not tell anything about the descrint1ons of the 
male negroes.



After finishing these interviev/s Lt. Jordan and Detective McQuarry proceeded 
to the John Gaston Emergency Room where the mother of the victim and the ste 
father were v/aiting to be interviewed. These officers talked to the mother 
and the father of the victim in the officers' room of the hospital, found 
them to be Tommy Jones, Male Negro, age 37, and Katherine Jones (Madison), 
female Negro, age 37, both of 35 East Davant, no phone. They both told the 
officers that Eddie Madison had left home alone around 9:30 p.m. January 12, 
1972 and that they knew nothing about what occurred until three young boys 
came by the house a little after 11 p.m., telling then that the police had 
shot Eddie at Florida and Gage. The step-father said tha t he went to the 
scene and learned that Eddie had already been taken to the hospital by an 
ambulance. The mother was questioned as to whether her son had ever been in 
any trouble before and she said that he had not been in any trouble before. 
However, Lt. Jordan and Detective McQuarry later checked Central Records and 
found that Eddie Madison does have a previous record. They also checked wit 
Juvenile Court and it was confirmed that he has a record which is several 
arrests for Burglary, Larceny, Assault and Battery, and some minor charges. 
The mother told the officers that her son was only 14 years old and that his 
date of birth was February 13, 1955. She was then told by the officer^ that 
ifthis birthdate was correct he would be almost 17 years old. She then state 
she was not sure of the birthdate but that he was only 14 years old. The 
Juvenile Court records also revealed that his date of birth is February 16, 
1957, which would make him 14 years old.
At 1:15 a.m. January 13, 1972 the step-father. Tommy Jones, viewed the body 
of the deceased in the morgue and made a positive identification. The record 
reveal that the body of the victim arrived at John Gaston Hospital by a 
fire department ambulance and was pronounced dead at 11:49 p.m. January 12, 
1972 by Dr. Adcock, and then was placed in the morgue, pending the County 
Medical Examiner’s examination.
After leaving John Gaston Hospital, Lt, Jordan and Detective McQuarry went 
to Juvenile Court where they requested and were granted permission to inter­
view Walter Lee Williams, the other occupant of the stolen car. They learne 
his age to be 17 years old and address to be 127 W. Frank. Walter Lee 
Williams was brought to theinterview room at 1:30 a.m. January 13, 1972, 
where he was advised of his rights as per the rights card. HE made an oral 
statement which was reduced to writing and is a part of this file. This 
statement was made to Lt. Jordan and Det. McQuarry.
After obtaining the oral statement from Walter Lee Williams, Male Negro age 
17, Alias "Bay-Bee" v;hose date of birth is May 6 , 1954, he was then checked 
out of Juvenile Court and transported to Headquarters where at 3:30 a.m. 
January 13, 1972, while in the Homicide Office, he gave a written statement 
after he was advised of his rights. This statement was given to Det. J. A, 
Dungan and Lt. G. E. Jordan. This statement is hereto attached and self- 
explanatory .
The scissors, or box cutters, which x-zere used to start the stolen car by 
sticking them in the ignition, X'/ere obtained from the personal property of 
Walter Lee Williams xrhile at Juvenile Court and x̂ ere tagged in the property 
room as evidence under receipt number A40347.
We were unable to find a record on Walter Lee Williams in the Police Central 
REcord files, but it was learned through Juvenile Court that he does have a 
record.
Councilman J. N. Ford had mentioned to Inspector Duke Vincent x,:hile talking 
with him that there x̂ ere several witnesses to this shooting incident and tha 
some of them had stated that the victim had not even been in the stolen car 
and X7as just running dox-7n the street x/hen the police came up on him and that 
he had his hands un against the x^indow of the cleaners xchen he X7as shot. He 
mentioned that there x7ere several x;itnesses and that they xrould be coming to 
his office on Thursday, January 13, 1972 to relate everything thev had seen. 
Inspector Vincent had asked Councilman Ford for the names of the xxitnesses 
so that they could be Interviex^ed regarding this Incident. Hox.:ever, Council 
man Ford could not furnish any names but had mentioned to Insnector Vincent 
that he x7ould be hearing from the x^itnesses later.

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On Thursday, January 13 , 1972 at ap n ro x ima t e ly 9:15 a.m., the x̂ riter talked 
with Dr. Jam.es Bell, Assistant Coxinty Medical Examiner, x7ho X7as requesting



Information on the victim, Eddie Hugh Madison, for his medical record.
While talking to Dr. Bell he stated that he had measured the victim and 
that he measured sixty-six inches in length. He further stated that they 
had not yet weighed the victim but that this would be done just prior to 
them doing, an autopsy. However, he mentioned that the victim looked pretty 
heavy and was a pretty big boy. He stated that he would estimate him to 
weight from 155 to 165 pounds. VJhen Dr. Bell was told that the victim v;as 
only 14 years old he expressed disbelief, stating that helooked older.
While talking furtherwith Dr. Bell, he mentioned that earlier when he came 
to the morgue that he and his chief assistant in the morgue work. Chief 
Grebbe, were both in the morgue when one of the Ford brothers from the 
Ford Funeral Home came to the morgue with a release slip for the body of 
the victim. He stated he overheard the Ford Brother talking to Chief Grebbe 
but that he was not sure which one of the Ford Brothers it was. He said he 
heard him tell Chief Grebbe that he had a petition v;ith thirteen names on it 
that were witnesses to the police officers shooting the victim, Eddie Hugh 
Madison while his hands were up after he surrendered.
The writer later contacted Chief Grebbe at the morgue and talked with him 
in regards to this conversation with the Ford Brother. Chief Grebbe then 
stated that it was Harold Ford, the State Representative, from Ford Funeral 
Home whom- he had talked with. He said that Harold Ford shov;ed him a piece 
of paper x<;lth thirteen names and told him that the police v;ere killing male 
negroes too fast. He said he told him the victim was shot without a cause 
and that he had his hands up on the window and had already given un when he 
was shot. Chief Grebhe further stated that Harold Ford said the victim 
didn't even steal a car, that he was just walking down the street when the 
police got after him and took no part in stealing a car. While talking to 
Chief Grebbe he also estimated that the victim would v/eigh from 155' to 165 
pounds. He stated he had examined the vxounds of the victim and it appeared 
to him that the two small holes on the right portion of the back v/ere an 
entrance and exit wound, stating that it appeared the bullet entered at an 
angle then went underneath the skin and made an exit. Hov.’ever, he stated th 
two holes in the left portion of the back were close together and had pene­
trated inwad. He said these holes on both sides of the back vrere measured 
from the heel of the victim and were from 46?̂  to 48 inches from the heel,
Later in the day on Monday, January 13, 1972, Representative Harold Ford 
furnished the Internal Affairs Bureau with the follovring names whom he 
claimed were at the scene of the shooting of Eddie Hugh Madison, and ac­
cording to Ford, these people would come to the Internal Affairs Bureau to 
give statements. Their names are:
Melvin Louis, Jr., 3465 Rochester Road, telephone 398-4734
James 0. Lee, 3539 Rochester Road, telephone 398-0769
Clifton Ellis, 373 Jacklyn, telephone 774-1625
Sylvester Brewer, 79 V7est Dempster, telephone 774-4142
Leon Lee, 3539 Rochester Road, telephone 398-0769
Robert Smith, 135 East Fernwood, telephone 946-3844
James Baker, 25 East Gage, no telenhone
Tommy James, 2133 Kansas, no telephone
Charles Wood, 644 East Dison, no telephone
Sylvester Weakley, 228 Vance, no telephone
Claude L. Clemons, 106 West Davant, no telephone
It should be noted that at the writing of this report only oneof the above 
mentioned names has come forward to give a statement regarding this shooting 
Although several efforts have been made to have these people come, to Homicid> 
Office or the Internal Affairs Bureau. The only one of these oeople who did. 
come forward v/as Clifton Ellis. The interview with Ellis regarding v/hat he 
saw will be written into this report later.

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During the morning of Thursday, January 
Dispatcher's office and made copies of the Police Dispatcher listing the date 
the call, the location of the call, the 
includes the time the car was shown out 
signment, and the time the car got back 
cards it was learned that Baker-12 v̂ ith 
Davidson was sent ona complaint call to

13, 1972 the writer went to the 
the call cards which are made out by and time of each call, the nature of 
number of the squad car, v.’htch also 
of service on a call or special as- 
into service. Upon checking these 
Patrolmen E. R. Fedrick and L. P. 
1686 Kansas, Apt. at 10:30 p.m.



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January 12, 1972. They returned to service at 10:56 p.m.
Another card reveals that Disoatcher J. D. Williams gave Patrolman R. K.
Gates and Patrolman J. C. Boswell a theft call to 62 East Norv/ood in 
regards to a stolen car listing the license number as lE-7340. The time 
of this call was 10:46 p.m. January 12, 1972. The card further shows 
that these officers got on the scene at 10:52 p.m., then at 11:15 p.m. 
they changed their location and were put on a special assignment to Florida 
and Gage. They returned to service at 11:50 p.m.
Another card reveals that Baker-12 was put on a special assignment at 11:03 
p.m. at Florida and Gage in regards to the stolen Pontiac, license number 
1-E7340 by Dispatcher Mike Christopher. Other cars that were put on this 
location were Charlie-51, Charlie-115, Baker-51, Baker-10, Charlie-10, 
Baker-11, and Baker-16. Baker-12 returned to service at 4:57 a.m. which 
was pparently the time they returned to service after leaving the Homicide 
S e c f u n .
Another card reveals that Crime Scene Car 253 with Detective C. J. Harrell 
and Detective R. L. Hannah, arrived at Florida and Gage at 11:17 p.m. and 
returned to service at 2:11 a.m.
The writer also made a copy of the theft report of the 1952 Pontiac, Tenness
1971 license 1-E7340, belonging to Elige Renfroe of 62 East Norwood. This re 
port shows that the car was also recovered before the broadcast from the thef 
report was put on the air.
Detective D. 0. Lewis went to the Dispatcher's office on Monday, January 13,
1972 and made a tape recording of the Dispatcher's radio log of all calls 
put out on the air frpm 10:47 p,m.' to 11:43 p.m. on the date of January 12, 
1972. This transcript was later typed and copies are a part of this’ file and 
are self-explanatory. This transcript is also further proof that Baker-12 
got in service from 1686 Kansas at 10:56 p.m. It further proves that in- 
nediately after getting into service officers Fedrick and Davidson in Baker- 
12, asked the Dispatcher to repeat the color of the stolen Pontiac, This 
transcript also shows that the dispatcher repeated that the stolen car v;as a 
62 white over blue Pontiac, Tennessee 1971 license 1-E7340. The time was at 
10:57 p.m. This transcript also shows that Baker-12 got behind the stolen 
Pontiac occupied by two male negroes, west on Gage tov7ard Florida, at 11p.m. 
The transcript further proves that the Dispatcher told Baker-12 that Charlie 
12 was at 62 East Norv/nod taking a theft report on the stolen car. The 
transcript also shows that Baker-12 called for an ambulance to Florida and 
Gage at 11:03 p.m. January 12, 1972, then checked with the Dispatcher twice 
more in regards to whether or not there was an ambulance on the way prior
to the Dispatcher givin g the next time which was 11:07 p.m.
On Thursday, January 13, 1972 Detective J. C. Peel went to Juvenile Court 
and checked out Walter Lee Williams, male Negro, age 17, and brought him to 
the Homicide Office so he could be talked to further by the writer. At 
12:30 p.m. January 13, 1972 Walter Lee Williams, after having been advised 
ofhis rights by the writer, gave another written statement to the writer. 
Detective R. R. Davis and D. 0. Lewis. This statement is a part of this fil 
and is self-explanatory.
After taking the written statement from Walter Lee Williams, the v/riter, 
along with Detective R. A. Lowry, went to the area of where this shooting 
incident occurred. While there we checked the Southside Cafe and the 
Toast of Tov7n Sundry on Florida Street since these two business places were 
supposedly open at the time this shooting incident occurred. We learned that 
Richard Sanders, male Negro, was the operator of the Southside Cafe, however 
he was not at this business place but the writer left a card for him to con­
tact the writer since his name had been mentioned as being in or ourside the 
cafe at the time this shooting took place. Hov7ever, at the writing of this 
report, Richard Sanders has not contacted the V7riter, even though another ef 
fort was made to locate him and word was left again at the cafe for him to 
call the writer.
While at this cafe we learned the address of Jerry Lee Wilkins, male Negro, 
age 15, whose address was 120 West Demnster. We drove to this location, 
finding Jerry Lee Wilkins at hom.e with his family. We Informed Jerry Lee 
Wilkins that he was being arrested for the Auto Theft Section. We then



explained to his father that he was being arrested due to the fact that he 
was involved in the stealing of the 1952 white over blue Pontiac which re­
sulted in the shooting death of one of his companions, Eddie Lee Madison.
The time of this arrest was 4:30 p.m. Thursday, January 13, 1972, Jerry 
Lee Wilkins was advised of his rights then brought to the Homicide Section 
$nd charged with Larceny of an Auto and Protective Custody. While at the 
Homicide Section prior to taking him to Juvenile Court, Jerry Lee Wilkins 
gave a written statement to Detective R. R. Davis and Detective R. A. Lovrry 
which was at 4:50 p.m. Thursday, January 13, 1972. This written statement 
is a part of this file and is self-explanatory.
Shortly before 6 p.m. the writer contacted Patrolman J. W. Jeeter and Patrol 
man M. E. White in Baker-11 and instructed them to go to 162 West Frank and 
arrest Lynell V/ilkins, male Negro, age 14, for Larceny of Auto and for Pro­
tective Custody, and to transport him to the Homicide Section. These in­
structions were carried out and Lynell Wilkins was placed under arrest at 
6:15 p.m. on Thursday, January 13, 1972 at his home at 162 West Frank. He 
was advised of his rights by the arresting officers then transported to the 
Homicide Section, where at 6:50 p.m., Thu rs day, January 13, 1972, he was 
advised of his rights by the x>;rlter. He then gave a v;ritten statement in 
regards to what he knew about the stolen 1962 Pontiac belonging to Elige 
Renfroe. His written sbtement is hereto attached and is self-explanatory.
After the written statements were taken from Jerry Lee Wilkins and Lynell 
Wilkins, they were then held in Juvenile Court pending an investigation by 
the Auto Theft Section in regards to their part in the stealing of Elige 
Renfroe's 1962 Pontiac from 62 East Norwood,

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On Thursday, January 13, 1972 the writer contacted the family of Elige 
Renfroe at 62 East Norwood and learned from talking with Lucille Chattmgn, 
female Negro, age 19, step-daughter of Elige Renfroe, that she was the one 
who reported her step-father;*-s car being stolen, to the police Dispatcher 
immediately after itoccurred. ■ * .
Later in the day on Thursday, January 13, 1972, Lucille came to the Homicide 
Section and gave a written statement in regards to this auto theft, wherein 
she stated that she was in her room watching TV at approximately 10:30 p.m. 
the previous night. She said it was about this time that her brother called 
to his father that somebody had stolen the car. She said her father didn't 
believe it at first. She said she then looked out the window and saw the 
car was gone and she told her father that it was a fact. She said hermother 
told her to call the police. She said they got the papers and she called the 
police but she gave the police dispatcher the wrong number of the license 
plate from the paper which was the 1970 license plate number RW 7000. She 
said the Dispatcher told her that she had given the wrong number from the 
paper but that he could look it up from last year’s registration and de­
termine the correct 1971 license plate number. She said the dispatcher asked 
her if they had ownership papers and that he would send a police car to thei 
home for a report. She said about ten minutes later the police arrived and 
talked to her father and took a report of the stolen car. She said the polic 
officer used the family telephone to call in their report before leaving.
Lucille further stated the officers left and about 1:30 a.m. police officers 
came back and said they had recovered the car and that one of the male negro in the stolen car had been killed. She said she had talked to her brother 
David Lee Chattman, age 17, about the stealing of the car and he had toldher 
that he thought there were five male negroes and he thought some of them wer 
wearing leather coats. She said he did not mention knowing any of the boys 
and she felt that if he had known them he would have told the family.
Lucille was asked if she knev; a nale negro, Eddie Hugh Madison, or VJalter 
Lee Williams, and she stated she did not. The writer instructed Lucille 
Chattman to have her brother, David Lee Chattman, cone to the Homicide Sec­
tion and also give a v/ritten statement since he did observe the car being 
stolen. However, at the writing of this report, David Lee Chattman has not 
come forward to give a written statement.
It should be noted that in Lucille Chattman's written statement she stated 
when she talked to the Dispatcher that she told him the model of the car and 
the color of the car. She further stated that her father had owned this car 
since 1965 . While this statement was being taken from Lucille Chattman, lier 
mother xvas present in the Homicide Office and she confirmed what Lucille sai 
was a fact. Lucille's written statement is apart of this file and is self- 
explanatory.



Efforts had been made by Lt. G. E. Jordan and Detective J. F. McOuarry 
while at the John Gaston Hospital during the night of Wednesday, January 
12, 1972 to have the mother of the victim whose name is Katherine Madison, 
to sign consent papers for an autopsy to be performed ur>on the body of her 
son, Eddie Hugh Madison. However, at the time Katherine Madison refused 
to sign consent papers for an autopsy.
At approximately 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 13, 1972, Lt. T. Marshall and 
Detective G. S. Willis contacted the Ford Funeral Home and were able to lo­
cate Katherine Madison at 10 West Norwood, with the assistance of Harold For 
After talking with Katherine Madison again she agreed to sign consent papers 
for an autopsy to be performed upon the body of her son. These papers v;ere 
signed by the mother at 7:25 p.m. Thursday, January 13 , 1972 i;hich was 
witnessed by Levon Williams and Detective G. S. Willis.
Dr. James Bell was notified at 8 a.m. on Friday, January 14, 1972 that con­
sent papers had been signed and he then proceeded with the autopsy. Later 
in the day which was 3:30 p.m. on Friday, January 14, 1972, Dr. Bell called 
the Homicide Section and talked to Detective J.R. Hester, informing him 
that the autopsy was complete on the body of Eddie Hugh Madison and that he 
was listing the cause of death as Shotgun Wounds to, the Lungs and Aorta.
Later in the day on Friday, January 14, 1972, the writer went to Dr. James 
Bell's office and picked up tv/o 00-buck lead slugs v/hich were taken from 
the body of Eddie Hugh Madison during the autopsy. While talking to Dr.
Bell he stated that these two slugs were the two that had entered the back 
on the left side at a slight angle and penetrated into the lung. He stated 
the two holes in the rî it portion of the back were made by one pellet or 
bullet. He said the slug that caused these holes had entered also at a slig 
angle and went under the skin then made an exit and he found no other slugs 
In the body of the victim. He stated that they had weighed and measured the 
victim prior to the autopsy and he was very surprised that the victim did 
not weigh as much as he thought. HE said they had weighed the victim twice 
to make sure of his correct weight. He said he weighed only 129 pounds and 
was 66 inches long. He further stated that -the victim vjas the muscular type 
and looked much larger to him than he really vias . His Chief Assistant, Mr. 
Grebbe, also had estimated the victim to weigh at least 155 pounds. The 
two lead slugs taken from the body during the autopsy were tagged in the 
property and evidence section as evidence under receipt number A40387.
Late in the evening on Thursday January 13, 1972, the writer along with 
Detective Lowry, while in the area v;here the shooting occurred, checked 
the buildings for any sign of gunshot pellets that might have struck the 
buildings on Florida Street near where the victim fell and also across the 
street near the Southside Cafe and other buildings on Florida. We also 
checked the ground at the base of the north end of the Kaplan Furniture 
Company in an effort to locate any pellets which might have fallen to the 
ground after striking the building. However, we v;ere unable to find any 
pellets.

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The following day wliich v/as Friday, January 14 , 1972, the writer along with 
Detective J. N. Willis returned to the scene and rechecked both the outside 
and inside of the Kaplan Furniture and Hardv;are Store. We noted that there 
were nine holes in the boarded up v;indow approximately ten feet from the 
ground v̂ here the load of buckshot fired from Officer Fedrick's shotgun st-ruc' 
We went inside the store and with the permission of the owner, we obtained a 
ladder and checked the boards on the inside, noting that there were nine 
holes in these boards. These pellets had also broken the inside window whic' 
the boards covered. A further check of the store revealed that the shot had 
continued upward and the pellets had struck the ceiling and wall about mid­
way of the store traveling in a slight southwestern direction. We were able 
to find one 00 lead slug lying on the floor approximately one third of the w. 
north to south across this store. We also noted a utility type sprayer 
which was sitting on a shelf in front of the windox,? x̂ rhich this load of buck 
shot came through. The .nozzle on this sprayer had been struck by one of 
these pellets causing xvhat the store ox-7ner estimated to be $2.50 damage.
This x-xas probably the pellet that X7as found lying on the floor. The x/riter 
and Detective Willis later tagged this slug as evidence in the property room under receipt number A40456.



While at the store the writer and Detective Willis, talked with the owner 
Mr. D. L. Luman, phone 363-7269. Mr. Luman was not distrubed at all about 
the slight damage done to his store in regards to the shooting. He ex­
pressed delight that the police department was taking action to stop some 
of the crime that had been occurring in the area. He stated that he knew 
the victim, Eddie Madison, personally and that he was known as the type of 
trouble maker that was continually getting into trouble in the area. He 
mentioned to us that we might talk to an Ernest Harper that usually cleaned 
up at the Mallory Heights Laundryette, two doors from him and stated that <-• 
he might have been at the laundry when the shooting occurred.
We went next door to 2196 Florida, phone 946-4657, which is the South 
Memphis Cleaners. We talked to the owner, Rubin Applebaum, home address 
290 North Yates, home phone 683-0422. Mr. Applebaum stated that the male 
negro, Ernest Harper, works for him and thathe usually cleans up at the 
laundryette next door and most of the time is gone home before lOp.n. He 
gave us the address of Ernest Harper as 8 East Dempster. Mr. Applebaum, 
further stated that he had not heard of any v;itnesses who had seen the 
shooting incident of Eddie Madison. However, he stated that Ernest Harper 
had told him the next morning that the police officers had killed a man 
in front of the cleaners and that he saw the pool of blood there.
We proceeded to 8 East Dempster and talked to Ernest Harper, male negro, 
age 61, who gave his place of employment as the Mallory Heights Laundryette, 
2196 Florida. He said that on the night of the shooting which was January 
12, 1972 that he cleaned up the laundryette and left before 9p,m. He said 
there was no one around anywhere, to his knowledge vrhen he left. He said 
he did not know anything about the shooting and only heard about it the next 
day when he came back up on the corner. He said he did not know of any 
one that had witnessed the shooting.
On Friday, January 14, 1972 Chief Inspector G. P. Tines furnished the 
Homicide Office with some Information that he had received from a male 
negro, Curtis Shields, employed with the Shields Patrol. According to the 
Information Shields had received was that the male negro Lynell Wilkins 
was supposed to have been in the stolen car, along with the victim, Eddie 
Hugh Madison and Walter Lee Williams, and it was throught, that Wilkins had 
escaped from the car at the time of the shooting, hovrever, the writer knows 
this is not true because both Lynell Wilkins and Jerry Lee Wilkins, were 
arrested the previous day before this information was recleved, and it 
was already known by the writer that both Jerry Lee I7ilklns and Lynell 
Wilkins had gotten out of the car prior to the shooting near Gage and 
Kansas. However, it was a fact that these two male negores did assist in 
helping to steal this car and Lynell Wilkins even drove it away from the lo­
cation it was stolen from. Chief Tines furnished this office with type 
written literature regarding this information which will be a part of this 
file and is self-explanatory.
On Saturday, January 15, 1972 at approximately 11:10a.m., while the writer 
was on his days off, Clifton Ellis, Jr. male negro, age 22, Alias "Jabo", 
of 373 Jacklyn, phone 774-1625, employed at the Federal Compress on Lauder­
dale at Bodly, came to the Homicide Office stating that he had talked to 
Attorney Walter Bailey, Jr.on the night that this shooting incident had 
occurred at Florida and Gage and that he had also been contacted by Inspector 
Tines, to come to the police station and give a statement.
Lt. B. G. Hinson, who was in charge of the Homicide Section on this particur 
day, contacted Inspector Tines and he and Detective R. L. Roby also from the 
Internal Affairs Bureau, came to the Homicide Section and interviewed Clifton 
Ellis. He told the officers that he had gotten off of the //31 Crosstown Bus 
at Florida and Mallory at 10:59p.m., on the night that the shooting occurred 
He told then that he had walked over to the Esso Service Station at Florida 
and Mallory where he used the restroom then walked back over to the front of 
hhe Southside Cafe on Florida. While he was standing at this location in fron 
of the front door, he heard some shots. He then turned and noticed a man run­
ning south on the east side of Florida at Gage. He stated that he saw a 
policeman chasing the man and saw the police officer shoot the man four times 
in the back at a distance of about five feet with his pistol. He said that 
the same officer fired a fifth shot from his pistol which missed the raan and 
struck a sign in front of the Southside Cafe, which knocked some of the 
paint off the paint chippings struck him under the right eye on the check.

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He told them he saw the man fall in front of the cleaners at or near 
Kaplan;s Furniture Store. He said that he then went inside the cafe.
He told them that after the shooting Walter Bailey, Jr, came down tc 
the cafe and talked to him. He said there v:as no one in the street at 
the time of the shooting other than three uale negroes who were at the 
Esso Service Station at Florida and Mallory and there no cars driving 
on Florida.
He further revealed that earlier in the night he had been to visit his girLf.- 
friend, Hattie Bradford, age 16, who lives in some apartments behind the 
Harlem House on Firestone, number unknown, but who stays v/ith her mother and 
father, Mary and Early Bradford. He said that he left Hattie's house and 
caught a #31 Crosstown Bus at 9;59p.m., at Marble and Thomas. He then rode 
the bus to Flordia and Mallory arriving fit 10:59p.m. and v;hen he got off 
the bus he was by himself.
Clifton Ellis describes the male Negro that the police officer was chasing 
and shot as being about 5'3, heavy and wearing a dark coat, blue jeans and 
white tennis shoes and stated he appeared to be a grown man. He then stated 
that he observed the male negro get out of the car and start running from 
the officer. He said that he saw him turn and look back then saw the officer 
start shooting at him. He said he didn't see anyone else in the car, which 
was the stolen car, but he did see the car go across Florida street and onto 
the sldex^alk where it stopped. He said he did not see any officers go over tc 
this car. He does not know if there was any damage done to the car. He 
stated he could not see the rear glass in the automobile or the rear windows 
to know if they had damage or not.
It should be noted that there are several discrepancies in Clifton's 
statement that do not correspond with what actually took place during this 
shooting. For Instance, Ellis mentioned that the first he knew of anything 
taking place was when he heard shots being fired, then he mentioned later 
that he observed the male negro get out of the car and start running and 
saw the officer chasing him and shooting at him about five feet behind him 
with a pistol. He also mentioned that he could not see the rear glass of 
the stolen car after it came to rest on the sidewalk, even though he admitted 
walking down to the vicinity where the shooting occurred, and if he had seen 
the car at all he would have noticed the rear glass first because the rear 
part of the car is what he could have seen best. He also mentioned that the 
man whom the officer was chasing was wearing blue jeans and white tennis 
shoes. It should be noted that the victim was wearing black striped pants 
and brown shoes. Also, there was only two pistol shots fired and not five, 
as Ellis mentioned and the officer doing the shooting was not running behind 
the victim.
It should be mentioned that the writer did check with the Memphis Transit 
Company and learned that on this particular night Memphis Transit Bus #31 
did leave Marble and Thomas at 9:59p.m., and arrived at Florida and Mallory 
at 10:55p.m., or at least was scheduled to arrive at that time.
It should also be pointed out that the autopsy on the body of Eddie Hugh 
Madison, had been completed and Dr. Bell, County Medical Examiner, removed . 
two shotgun pellets from his body and no lead slugs which were fired from a 
pistol.
Clifton Ellis was questioned by Lt. Hinson and Detective Roby regarding 
previous arrests with this department and he stated he did have a record 
with the department or with the Sheriff's Department which was under the 
name of Clifton Owens, Jr. Lt. Hinson checked and found that he was arrested 
by the Sheriff's Department in 1968 and charged with two counts of Auto 
Theft.

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After this written statement was obtained from Clifton Ellis, Jr, these of­
ficers then went to the area where this shooting occurred and examined the 
only sign on the sidev;alk near the front of the Southside Cafe, and could 
not find no real evidence that this sign which was a restricted parking 
sign, for one hour parking 8a.m., to 6 p.m., had been hit by any bullet or 
shotgun pellet. Clifton Ellis, had gone to the scene with these officers 
and pointed out this particular sign as being the one that was struck. 
Although these officers did notice a very small spot on the sign which 
did not appear to have been made by a bullet. The sign was twisted and was no 
facing in the direction of which the bullet would have come from, therefore, 
it would have only have struck the post.



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The sign itself 7̂as facing in the opposite direction from where Clifton 
Ellis was standing, therefore, if a. bullet or pellet had struck tliis 
sign and.knocked paint chippings, they most likely would have been knocked 
in the opposite direction from vrhere Ellis V7as standing.
VJhile at the scene, Lt. Einson and Detective Roby called for a Crime Scene 
Car and Car 253, with fJarrant Officers I. E. Lunday and V’. H. White, cane 
to the scene and photographed tlie parking sign and also the Southsidc Cafe. 
They also made several photographs of the overall area. They photographed 
from the Southside Cafe showing the direction from which any bullet or 
pellet vrould have come from, from the point ĵhere Patrolm.an Fedrick and 
Davidson were standing v;hen the shots were fired. They also made photo- 
gr <phs from the point where these two officers were standing back to V7here 
the Southside Cafe and the parking sign are located. They also made measure 
ments from the door of the Southside Cafe to the corner of the building t/hic 
is the Kaplan Furniture Company at Florida and Gag6. The Crime Scene Of­
ficers also drew a diagram and made a report in regards to their photo­
graphing and measuring of the scene and their report and diagram has become 
a part of this file. Also the written statement of Clifton Ellis is a part 
of this file and self-explanatory.
On Monday, January 17, 1972, the writer along with Detective J. N. Barrow 
from the photo lab, V7en t to Florida and Gage for the purpose of making 
photographs of the inside of Kaplan Furnihre Company shov/ing the damage 
where the load of shotgun pellets had entered the store. While there 
we photographed in color, the windoxr showing the damage showing the damage 
on the inside of the store. Oneof these photographs also shov7s the damage 
to the nozzle of the utility sprayer which vjas sitting on the shelf when 
the shot was fired. Another photograph shows the holes v/hich the buchshot 
made.when they penetrated the ceiling and the wall in the store, after 
coming through the windov?. The writer had also placed back at the approxi­
mate location on the floor, the shotgun pellet found earlier by the writer 
and Detective J. H. Willis. This pellet v/as also photographed to show its 
location where it had been found.
The vrriter and Detective Earrow came outside and re-examined the bricls on 
the north end of the building where the second load of buckshot struck 
these bricks. A closer examination revealed that in addition to the eight 
buckshot imprints that ware already known to be on the brick v;all, we found 
that one buckshot had embedded itself between the last brick at the corner 
and the brick next to it which is just tv7o bricks down from the chipped 
brick on this corner. We recovered this flattened pellet which was later 
tagged as evidence under receipt number AA0A57. VJhile at the scene \je also 
circled the embedded marks on the bricks that had btse caused by shotgun 
pellets. These marks 
by Detective Barrow.

were circled with blue chalk then photographed in colo

While at this location ire also walked down to the Southside Cafe and ex­
amined the area again and could find no other evidence of any pellets or 
bullets striking these buildings or any other stationary object. While 
standing in front of the Southside Cafe Detective Barrow made a colored 
photograph shooting from behind the signpost that was mentioned by Clifton 
Ellis toward the corner of Florida and Gage. The writer then stepped the 
distance from the front of the Southside Cafe to the northeast corner of 
Cage and Florida which is the approximate location where Patrolman Fedrick 
was standing v;hen he fired the shots at the fleeing victii.'.. It V7as found 
that it was ninety-nire steps making the distance approximately 297 feet, 
from v’here Patrolman Fedrick fired the shotgun to the front of the Southside 
Cafe. Before leavin.g the area we also recovered the damaged nozzle from the 
utility sprayer at Kaplan Furniture Company, v'hich ';as tagged as evidence 
under receint number AA9458.
The writer had tried for several days to have Lorece Thompson, male Negro, 
of 22A8 Devoy to have his flat tire repaired which was found to be flat 
on his 1963 Cadillac, which was parked on the street that has been explained 
earlier in this report. Through talking further V7ith Thompson it \ras found 
that he is not now enplo^/ed with Juvenile Court ns an Auxiliary Probation 
Officer. However, it waslearned that he is the onerator of a pool hall at 
1111 Springdale and v/orks part time at the Toast of Tô 7n Cafe or Sundary
on Florida. Thompson finally repaired this tire on Tuesday, January 20, 1V /



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then called the vriter stating that a male Negro, Cleo King, at the Lion 
Oil Service Station at 109S Springdale had broken the tire down to re­
pair it and found a piece of lead slug in the tire. The v;riter and Net.
J. N. VJillis then met Lorece Thompson on Florida at the Toast of Town 
Cafe and he turned over to the writer a partially flattened piece of lead 
which appeared to be a 0 0-sho t gun p el le t . Thorapson stated that the man 
who removed the slug from his tire had told hira that the tire could not be 
repaired because the hole in the tire v;as in the side of the tire. We then 
proceeded to the Lion Service Station at 1098 Springdale and talked to Cleo

of 1412 Taylor, phone 946-2696, operator of the 
confirmed the fact that he did take the slug which 
tire belonging, to Lorece Thompson. He also showed 
nd explained that, due to the fact that this vzas a 

tubeless tire and the hole being on the side, he V70uld be unable to repair 
it. We noted that the tire v:as an 355 x 15 in size which had a narrow vrhite 
v/all. The tire v/as very old and did not appear to have many more miles of 
use left in the tire. This tire bore the brand name General Jet Air u2.
The pellet taken from this tire was tagged asevidence by the writer under 
receipt number A40539 . The recovery of this slu,g leaves little doubt but 
what this pellet vjas one of the pellets fired from the shotgun of Patrolman 
E. R. Fedrick as he was shooting at the fleeing Negro, Eddie Hugh iladison.

King, male Negro, age 50, 
Lion Service Station. He 
we showed to him from the 
us the tire and the hole

It should be noted that after Dr. Bell had expressed belief that the male 
Negro was older than 14 years old, also considering the fact that his mother 
had first given a birthdate that v/ould have made him at least 16 years old, 
there was doubt in the writer's mind as to his correct age. Therefore, on 
Monday, January 17, 1972, the writer sent.a letter to the Bureau of Vital 
Statistics in Jackson, Mississippi to try to determine the correct birthdate 
of the victim, Eddie Hugh Madison. The v/riter had learned from the Vital 
Statistics Bureau in this City that there was no record of his birth and that 
apparently he was born in Mississippi, due to the fact that his father and 
mother were from that State.
A few days later the writer received an answer to the letter sent to Jacksor 
Mississippi wherein a Mr.' Paul B. Ilav/kins , with the Department of State 
Registrar, informed the writer that there is no record vrith the state of 
Mississippin in regards to the birthdate of the victim, Eddie Hugh Iladison.
It should be noted that the photographs made of the victim while at the 
morgue on the night of this shooting incident did not take, therefore, we 
have no photograph showing t!ie victim for identification purposes. However, 
the v.'riter has talked to Dr. Janes Bell, Assistant Shelby County Medical 
Examiner and he has informed the writer that his photographs made by him of 
the victim at the morgue maybe borrowed by the writer and copies made so. the 
we might furnish the office of the .Attorney General photographs of the victi 
These photographs will be included in this file.
It should be noted that all the other photographs which were taken v/hich have 
been mentioned in this report did turn out as good photographs in addition 
to aerial viei; photographs made from the helicopter of the scene by the 
phogograph lab. These photographs will also be included in this file.
The scene vzhere this shooting occurred can be described as the intersection 
of Florida and Gage with the immediate scene v.̂ here the shooting of Eddie 
Hugh Madison occurred being the northeast corner of Florida and Gage where 
officer E. P. Fedrick was standing while shootin,g at the victim. However, 
the scene where the victim was actually shot was across Gage Street on the 
southeast corner of Florida and Gage and at the approximate corner of the 
Kaplan Furniture Company buildin.j which is a two-story brick building 
ing south down Florida from the corner of this intersection there are
business places which are inside the b u i1d i n g s at this location which

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join each other, making this part of the block a continuous string of build­
ings. The location where the victim fell after having been shot was in 
front of the South Memphis Cleaners which is next door to Kaplan Furniture 
Company. There is a sidewalk T;here the victim fell at this location w’.iich 
is on tiie east side of Florida and approximately 75 feet south of Gage. 
Across the street on Florida where the victim fell after bein.g shot is also 
old buildings, some of which are two-story, with these buildings being used 
also as business places.



Pace 19 - Prelininary Report on Eddie Hugh Madison, male Negro, 14.
Gage Street crosses Florida just north of most of these business places 
hov7Cver, there is a large two-story apartment building located on the 
northeast corner of Gage and Florida 'c/hich would be near where the police 
officers stopped their squad car and v;here Officer Fedrickvras standing v;hen 
he fired the shots at the fleeing victim. The nort’iwest corner of this 
intersection v;here the stolen car cane to arest after Officer Fedrick fired 
shots into it, only has a fire plug near the corner but a few feet northwesi. 
is a dv7elling v.diich is a single story building. The general area at this 
location is not too V7ell ligiited, however, there are street lights on Florid 
but there, is only one street light on Gage near the shooting scene and this 
light is in the rear of the Kaplan Furniture Company. The Crime Scene Of­
ficers v;ho were at the scene on the night of this shooting have also descrih 
the scene of this shooting in their report which is apart of this file and i hereto attached and self-explanatory.
Photographs were raade of the 
Detectives C. J. Harrell and 
victim at the morgue showing 
identification purposes by Dr 
photographs were made of this 
and U. H. White of the Crime 
photo lab. These photographs 
General in the event they are

scene of this incident Crime Scene Officers 
R. L. Hannah. Photogtaphs were made of the 
the location of the wounds and the face for 
. James Bell, County Medical Examiner. Other 
scene later by Warrant Officers I. E. Lunday 
Scene Squad and Detective J. N. Barroŵ  of the 
will be forwarded to the Office of the Attorne 
needed in this case later.

There have been no interrogations of the responsible parties of this shootin 
due to the fact that they were police officers acting in the line of duty. 
Eov7ever, they did give written statements regarding this shooting and were 
advised of their rights prior to giving the statements.
No written or oral statement v?as taken from the victim of this report due 
to the fact that he was unconscious when the officers reached him after he was shot.
Written statements were taken 

Lee Wilkins - MMFrank, Jerry from Lynell Wilkins, MN, 
!M, 15, of 120 West Dempster, 14, of 162 West 

Walter Lee Williams, 
62 H. Norwood, andMN, 17, of 127 West Frank, Lucille Chattman, FK, 19, of

Clifton Ellis, Jr. !IN, 22, of 373 Jacklyn and their statements are hereto attached and self-explanatory.
The pistols and shotgun used in this shooting incident are in the possession 
of the police officers and police department. Officer E. R. Fedri'eks’ .38 
caliber service revolver bearing serial number D144851 is in his possession. 
Patrolman L. P. Davidson's .33 caliber Smith and Wesson Revolver bearine 
serial number C741837 is in his possession. The shotgun used in this shootin 
which is a 12 gauge Remington Pump, Model 870, bearing serial number 1062177 
belonging to the Mephis Police Department, is still in Squad Car 12, but wil 
be available if needed in this case later.
The clothing v;orn by the victim at the time of this shooting, has been turne 
to the property and evidence section under receipt number A40345 to be for­
warded to the office of the Criminal Court Clerk in case they are needed lat̂  in this case.
Also the below de s c rib e d. evi dene e has also been tagged to be forwarded to' th. 
Criminal Court Clerk's office in the event it is needed later. Two spent 
.38 caliber hulls taken from Officer Fedrick's and Officer Davidsion's 
pistols receipt number A40346, one 00-lead pellet removed from the brick wai: 
of Kaplan Furniture Company, receipt number A40457. One lead OO-pellet re­
moved from the tire of a Cadillac belonging to Lorece Thompson, receipt 
number A40539. The nozzel of a utility sprayer damaged by a pellet at Kaela 
Furniture Company, receipt number A40458. Two OO-lead pellets taken from/th 
body of Eddie Hugh Tiadison during autopsy receipt number A40387. One 00-laa 
pellet found inside. Kaplan Hardware Store, receipt number A40456. Three snen 
12 gauge 00-bucl: shotgun shells recovered at the scene of the shooting, re­
ceipt number A40343, and one pair of blunt scissors taken from nronarty of 
Walter Lee Williams at Juvenile Court after his arrest, receipt number A4034
On Fridaj', January 14, 19 72 Katherine I'adison, mother of the deceased, did 
sign a family consent for an autopsy to be performed on the body of tliis sub 
jeet and at such time as the autopsy is complete, a copy of thenrotocol x/ill bo furnished the office of the Attorney General.



At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Friday, January 14, 1972 Dr. James Bell 
Assistant County TIedical Examiner, called the Homicide Office and stated 
that the autopsy was complete on the body of Eddie Madison and that the cause of death was shotgun tjounci to the lungs and aorta.
Copies of all written and oral statements, offense reports, all sinplemcnts 
photographs, arrest tickets, tine cards from the dispatcher's office, the 
drime scene officers' report, transcript of the dispatcher's tape, tran - 
scripts by various . people v;ho had conversation with the Internal Affairs 
Bureau, and a copy of this preliminary renort will be furnished to the of­
fice of the Attorney General to be used if needed later in this case.

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Respectfully submitted.

VICTIM: Eddie Ilgh Madison, MN, 
R & I Number 532-027 
Homicide Number 4/3728

14, 35 E. Davan t No phone

WITNESSES: Lynell Wilkins, MN, 14 , 162 U. Frank 948-9672Jerry Lee Wilkins, MN, 15 120 W. Dempster 948-2252Walter Lee Williams, MN,17, 127 'J. Frank 947-2520Lucille Chattman, , 19, 62 E. Norwood 774-3597Clifton Ellis, Jr. MN, 22, 373 Jacklyn 774-1625
OFFICERS:

INVESTIGATING 
OFFICERS:

Pt Im. E. R. Fedri cks 2655 Det .. C. J. HarrellPtlm . L. P. Davidson 2123 De t . R. L. HannahPtlm . M. E . i‘7h i t e 9145 Det . I. E. LundayPtlm . J . W. J e e t e r 4224 De t. W. II. WhitePtlm . J. C. Boswell 0307 De t. J. M . BarrowPtlm . R. K , Cates 1339 De t . R. L. RobyPtlm . L. S. Reeves 7195 Insp . L. R. Ko HowellPtlm . C. P. Acton 0037 Ins n . D. C. VincentLt. W. S. Schultz 7743 CH/I . G. P. TinesLt. T. H. Smith 7772 Disp . J. D. WilliamsLt. M. T. York 9901 Di sp . Mike Chris topherCapt . C. E. Watts 9077 De t . C. E. Huddles ton

Det. J. A. Dungan 2109 De t . J. R. HesterDe t. H. E. Randle 7079 Det . G. S. WillisDet. J. F. M c O u a r r y 5156 Det . R . R . DavisDet. C. A. Gregory 2960 Lt . G. E. JordanDet. J. N. Willis'̂ 9109 Lt . T. M a r s h a l lDe t. R. A. L o w r y 476 7 Lt . B . G . HinsonDet . D. 0. Lewis 4 74 7

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