Emmett Till Co-Conspirator Carolyn Bryant Dodged the Bullet That Hit Nazi-Abettor Irmgard Furchner Squarely Between the Eyes. A child is slain. On August 28, 1955, Carolyn Bryant’s husband Roy, and Roy’s half brother John Milam, kidnapped 14-year-old Emmett Till. They drove him to a barn, stripped and savaged the child…