A negro man named James THOMAS was arrested yesterday on information given to the police, charged with having murdered another negro named Green MILLER, at Balding’s Landing, in Arkansas, in November last. At first he denied his identity, even when confronted by a gentleman who thoroughly identified him, but after being rather sharply cross-questioned by Mr. PEARNE, and a reporter, he confessed not only to having been party to the murder of MILLER, but also to having killed Joe ALLEN, another negro, shortly afterward. He was locked up to await a requisition from Gov. CLAYTON.
Source: Memphis Daily Appeal, 1 Jan 1870, pg. 4. Available via ChroniclingAmerica.gov