The New York Times reprinted an article pointing out that ex-Indian agent and "murderer" Maj. George W. Clarke had lost a slave named Judy who was last seen in Lawrence, Kansas but who was suspected of having "secured a passage on the underground railroad to Chicago." The article refered to Clarke as the "murderer" of "the lamented Thomas W. Barbee." (By Matthew Pinsker)
Source Citation
"Maj. George W. Clarke," New York Times, January 6, 1857, p. 1
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