Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-17
MAN IN JAIL 0N
 SERIOUS CHARGE J. F. Slaughter, 47, Accused of Serious Crime Against
 Little Girl
DENIES THE CHARGE
J. |. Monk. His Son and Daughter Made the Charge. Slaughter
 Makes Statement.

J. F, Slaughter, white man r. years old. who has lived in Pine Bluff nearly all his life, was arrested last
 night at s o'clock, on a chargN of criminal assault, and locked in the city jail.
 The charge was made against Slaughter by J. A. Monk. No. lG06 West Thirteenth avenue, who con- ducts meat market in the building where he has been living with his 11-year-old daughter, Clara, the alleged victim, and who de- clares that the assault took place Saturday afternoon while he was out who has wife and several children. has been separated from his wife for some time and has kept the little girl with him to keep house and to look after the market when he was forced to be away. He has known Slaughter for several years and at different times lately has asked Slaughter to remain at the shop for short periods and it was while Monk Slaughter in charge of the shop that the alleged assault was committed.
 Lawrence Monk, the F-year-Old son of Monk, and brother of the girl, says that he walked into the butcher shop and caught Slaughter in com promising position with the little girl. Upon the return of his father he told him what he had witnessed and MT. Monk confronted Slaughter with his daughter, who acknowledged that the story told by her brother was true and that Slaughter had made similar attempts at different times in the past few weeks. A war rant was sworn out by the father and Slaughter was arrested and locked up.
 When seen in a cell at the city prison last night Slaughter denied the charge. He said that he had been resident of Pine Bluff practically Monk for years and considered that they were good friends. He recited the domestic troubles of the Monks and when asked about, the statement of the younger Monk he said that he could only attribute the charge made by the boy to a desire on his part to get him away from the shop and keep him away, to the end that he might gain access to the cash drawer and to the soda-pop, which is kept by MT. Monk. He said upon the entrance or Lawrence Monk that he was coming from a rear room where he had gone to get a drink of water and that the little girl was standing at the foot of the bed as he passed through the room into the butcher shop. He paus- ed a moment in the room where the girl stood, and picked up small niece of wood which was on the floor, passing immediately out of the room He declares that he is innocent, but acknowledges that the girl confessed to her father in his presence that ne had attempted to assault her just nrior to the arrival of her brother and at previous times. When asked what reason he could assign for this statement by the girl in his presence, he iatimated that her brother had prompted her to make the charge He protests that the charge grew ont of A desire on the part of the son and others members of the family to "get him away from the shop and to keep him away.
 MT. Monk and his son, when seen at the police station last night, stat cd that they believed the story told by the girl, and the boy stated that he was positive of the attempt as he witnessed the hurried efforts of Slaughter to leave the room in which he found the couple on his arrival. The case will pass to a magistrates court Monday morning.