Yes, I agree with you Rebecca. It certainly has the smell of a likely miscarriage of justice. -- Bill. --- Rebecca <[email protected]> wrote: > > probably a miscarriage of justice here. > very common in those days. > Rebecca > > > >Ark. Gazette, March 15, 1906, Monticello - Advices > >here are that Frank Barker, a negro, has been > placed > >under bond to await the action of the Federal Grand > >Jury on a charge of perjury. Barker recently swore > >out a warrant against J. F. Thompson of Tillar, a > >prominent and respected white citizen, on a charge > of > >peonage. The negro and his wife charged that Mr. > >Thompson kept them forcibly in his employ, > compelling > >them to labor, and that they escaped from their > >enforced servitude only by slipping away at night. > >Before the United States commissioner at Pine > Bluff, > >however, the charge against Mr. Thompson was > >investigated and promptly dismissed.d The arrest > of > >the negro Barker on a perjury charge followed. > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! > >http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/