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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, November 8, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes r . Tuesday november 8,1994 no survivor Milwaukee a after 64 years James Cameron remembers every detail of the night an enraged mob dragged him from his jail cell beat him and slipped a noose around his neck. Two other Black men died that night at the hands of the mob. Cameron was saved at the last minute. Now he has documented his Story and that of other lynchings for what he Calls americans Black holocaust museum a collection opening wednesday in a dilapidated former boxing club in downtown Milwaukee. Ropes from a Kun flux klan Robe a ceremonial Kkt Rifle that spits fire from its barrel instead of bullets letters describing lynchings and Stark Black and White photographs of Black men twisting from ropes Are among the artefacts. One picture shows the Lynching he survived. / /. A a. A a a a ,. A the soft spoken Cameron now 80, with Gray hair and a trim Mustache Calls it his a chamber of  a we might have to have a nurse on duty Here a Cameron  going to do just like the jewish holocaust museum. In a going to let it All hang out just like it  he has written a Book describing his Lynching titled a time of terror and gives speeches aimed at counteracting present Day Kkt activities. One Black history professor applauded Cameron for preserving this bitter i history. A. A a a generation to be reintroduced to the More negative aspects of Black history that done to get portrayed in the popular x  \ historians agree that about 3,500 Blacks were i lynched in the United states from the 1880s to the 1960s. Cameron said his research indicates a much higher number. A the first two years of the reconstruction 1865-67, Over 50,000 of us were lynched in this country a he said referring to the period after the civil War. A fifteen thousand got away with their lives and an estimated 35,000 met death. People done to know the history. They done to teach it in  his own attack took place on a Summers night in 1930 in Marion ind., after Cameron then 16, and his two friends decided to Rob someone. Cameron said he took a gun walked up to a parked car and ordered the White couple out. But he recognized the Man As a customer at his Shoeshine stand. He handed the gun to his Friend and ran. Shots rang out behind him. All three teen agers were arrested. The next Day news that the Man had died a and false rumours that the woman had been raped a inflamed the towns residents. At Nightfall the mob broke through the jail door. A  two friends were beaten and hanged. A i was Able to look Down from the second Story and see All the mayhem being committed on my two buddies a Cameron recalled. / he too was taken outside and beaten. A noose was placed around his neck before someone yelled out that he had t been involved in the shooting. The mob let him go and returned him to the jail. Cameron served four years in prison As an accessory to manslaughter. Almost a lifetime later the retired boiler Engineer and self taught historian was pardoned in february 1993, by Indiana gov. Evan Bayh who noted Cameron s accomplishments and said he had been a victim of mob  victims shattered remains hold few clues Roselawn ind. A hundreds of red tipped wooden stakes Dot the Muddy soybean Field where american Eagle flight 4184 slammed into the ground marking where investigators found the scattered remnants of 68 people. On monday the investigators were to return to the Field searching for More body parts. And in a makeshift morgue at a nearby armory forensic experts Bend to their terrible task. Most of the remains have been removed from the Field said Alden Taylor a spokesman for the state emergency management Agency. A starting monday and for several Days after that the Crews will be going out again and going Over the area just to Check double Check and triple Check a Taylor said Over the weekend american Eagle flight 4184 was flying in a driving rainstorm oct. 31 when it rolled to the right flipped upside Down and plunged to the ground killing everyone aboard. The cause has not been determined. Friends relatives and the curious Are kept about a half mile away. A i thought i could help identify them a said Efrain Saragovia Cousin of victim Gilda Grinberg. A we wanted to come to be sure. Its a Tough Job. The remains Are so Many a about 175 coroners and other experts have been on the Job since wednesday at the morgue set up in the National guard armory in Roselawn. The work is horrifying said Kosciusko county Coroner John Sadler. A it is unimaginable a Sadler said. A it s really something that i done to particularly Ever care to have to Deal with again a on one Wall Brown wrapping paper has been divided into 68 squares a one for each victim. Slowly investigators Are filling the squares with information that could link one of the More than 1,000 body parts recovered from the site to an individual aboard the flight. A an article of clothing a favorite watch they always had a ring they always wore a american Eagle spokesman de Martel said. A one of the descriptions indicated the person had an Oval  everything Learned from analysing the remains is entered into a computer and Cross referenced with information from the families Taylor said. A a its like trying to put together a Jigsaw Puzzle without the Benefit of a picture a Taylor said. And As in a Puzzle even the smallest bit of information can help. A if you have a Finger with a ring you can positively identify the ring a Martel said. 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