The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-19
A PRISONER
 FROM TEXAS A. A. Hardie Charged with
 PeOnage. S0N-N-LAW OF J. W. PACE Formerly a Guard in Talla-
 po0Sa County. Pace Meets Him Here and Made His Bond-witnesses from Lowndes County Before the Grand
 Jury.
S0N-N-LAW OF J. W. PACE

From distant Texas. a prisoner charged with peonage was last night brought to Montgomery, in the person of Anderson A. Hardie. son-in-law of J. W. Pace of Tailapoosa County and formerly a guard at Faces convict camp.
 Hardie's alleged crime was committed in Tallapoosa County. Specifically he is indicted for holding in peonage Joe Pat terson. a negro, whose case was first ex- plotted by The New York Post. Patter- son Is also one of the negroes whom Pace Is said to have held in peonage.
 The indictment against Hardie was one of the first to be found by the United States grand jury in session here. The Marshars office Immediately began to look for Hardie. He was located in Throckmorton County. Texas, where he has been resident since December, when he left Tallapoosa County.
 District Attorney Warren s. Reese re- ceived notice of the arrest of Hardie from William H. Atwell. District Attorney of the Northern District of Texas. The ar- rest was made about ten days ago and from that time until he left for Mont gomery in charge of Deputy Marshais R. M. Warden and J. B. Grand, Hardie re- mained in jail at Abilene. Texas.
 Hardie and his guards reached Mont gomery at 6:9o o'clock yesterday evening Hcy dt once DTOCecueu 10 the OffiCG or the United States marshal. where before J. W. Dimmick clerk of the United States Court Hardie made a 5000 bond, which was signed by himself, G. R. Shaeffer, W. W. Hardie. a brother of the arrested man.
 J. W. Pace met Hardie in Montgomery with power of attorney from his bonds men.
 When seen last night Hardie. a young man about 30 years old fair complexioned and tall, said that he had been advised that q true bill would probably be found against him and he immediately informed the marshal of the Northern District of Texas of his whereabouts.
 He denied that he has violated any law In reference to peonage. He says that he moved from Tallapoosa County in Decem- her. and since that time has been en- gagged in farming and other interests in Texas
 Pace, when a representative of The Ad- syertiser approached Hardie, in good natured way shook hands with the news paper man and said: Well, I expect know about all the paper men now. thought had met 'em all, but you must be new one"
 Pace will leave today for Tallapoosa County. Hardie will remain in Montgonap cry until his trial.
 All of the persons charged with peonage wt'L be -arraigned iA the United States Court Monday, June 9, and their cases will be set for trial by Judge Thomas G. Jones.
 H. c. Dickey of the United States &c., cret Service came back from Taiiapoosa County yesterday, after issuing subpoenas to a number of witnesses in the peonage cases.
 The grand jury continued its investiga- tions yesterday of the alleged practice of peonage in Alabama. In the afternoon Duncan Palmer, a white man. and Philip Smith, a negro, of Lowndes County went before the jury to testify. Albert D. Washburn and James M. Harrison. we'll known citizens of Dadeville, were also before the grand jury.
 No additional indictments were returned  District Attorney Warren s. Reese is expected to return from Washington to- day where he twas summoned for a con concerning the peonage investiga- | tiOn.