▁inf idel ity . ▁The ▁witness ▁also ▁indicated ▁that ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁victim ▁faint ed ▁upon ▁learning ▁of ▁Parker ' s ▁kid n apping ▁from ▁the ▁j ail , ▁and ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁des erved ▁a ▁trial . ▁ ▁On ▁June ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁attempts ▁were ▁made ▁to ▁en act ▁an ▁anti - lyn ch ing ▁bill , ▁which ▁was ▁st alled , ▁as ▁many ▁others , ▁by ▁the ▁Southern ▁Democratic ▁b loc . ▁ ▁Un like ▁the ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Def ender , ▁bi ograph er ▁Howard ▁S me ad , ▁who ▁wrote ▁the ▁book ▁Blood ▁Justice : ▁The ▁Lyn ch ing ▁of ▁Mack ▁Charles ▁Parker , ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁Parker ▁was ▁most ▁likely ▁not ▁innoc ent , ▁but ▁said ▁he ▁was ▁" not ▁ 1 0 0 ▁percent ▁sure ." ▁S me ad ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁Parker ▁should ▁have ▁been ▁given ▁a ▁fair ▁trial ▁and ▁states ▁that ▁he ▁never ▁had ▁a ▁chance ▁to ▁prove ▁his ▁innoc ence . ▁S me ad ▁writes ▁that ▁the ▁local ▁black ▁community , ▁many ▁of ▁whom ▁knew ▁Parker , ▁were ▁divided ▁in ▁opinion ▁of ▁his ▁gu ilt . ▁Many ▁who ▁held ▁him , ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁crime , ▁to ▁be ▁guilty , ▁never ▁wa ver ed ▁in ▁their ▁view ▁there after . ▁ ▁Some ▁loc als ▁compla ined ▁about ▁supposed ▁F BI ▁enc ro achment ▁and ▁other ▁a ired ▁typically ▁rac ist ▁statements , ▁such ▁as ▁one ▁resident ▁stating ▁to ▁rep or ters ▁that ▁" P ark er ' s