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JN 44-1 mtl1 at Shreveport, Louisiana, and held in Caddo Parish Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond. On December 5, 1964, the U. S. Commissioner at Shreveport, Louisiana, reduced BARNETTE's bond to $5,000 and on December 8, 1964, BARNETTE was released on $5,000 bond. BARNETTE did not waive preliminary hearing but did not ask for a hearing at any particular time in the future, The complaint against him remains outstanding. On December 10, 1964, at 10:00 A.M. before U. S. Commissioner ESTHER CARTER at Meridian, Mississippi, a preliminary hearing was held for BERNARD L, AKIN, EARL B. AKIN, JAMES ARLEDGE, TRAVIS MARYN BARNETTE, OTHA NEAL BURKES, OLEN LOVELL BURRAGE, JAMES T, HARRIS, TOMMY A. HORNE, EDGAR RAY KILLEN, BILLY WAYNE POSEY, CECIL RAY PRICE, LAWRENCE ANDREW RAINEY, ALTON WAYNE ROBERTS, JIMMY SNOWDEN, JIMMY LEE TOWNSEND , OLIVER RICHARD WARNER, FRANK J. HERNDON, JERRY MC GREW SHARPE and HERMAN TUCKER. At the preliminary hearing, u. Ss. Commissioner CARTER refused to allow FBI Agent HENRY RASK to testify concerning a signed statement he received from HORACE DOYLE BARNETTE. Miss CARTER ruled that Mr. RASK's testimony was hearsay and it would be necessary to produce the person who furnished the statement to testify as a witness. As a result of the Commissioner's ruling, ROBERT OWEN, Departmental Attorney, U. S. Department of Justice, advised Miss CARTER that the Government did not wish to present further evidence at the preliminary hearing. Miss CARTER dismissed the complaint against the defendants. On December 4, 1964, JAMES EDWARD JORDAN was arrested at Gulfport, Mississippi by Agents of the FBI and arraigned before U. S. Commissioner at Gulfport, Mississippi, his hearing set for December 11, 1964, and he was heid on $5,000 bond. JORDA’ was released from the Harrison County Jail in Gulfport after his bond of $5,000 was posted, December 11, 1964. Le eal al w: aLaF __. ee JAMES E. JORDAN was granted a pre at which time the U. S. Commissioner dismis against hin. 422 . 2 ee liminary sed