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/ >