A former Miller County employee says he copied a memo allegedly from Miller County Judge Roy John McNatt that asked for help “getting rid of blacks” in the road department.

J.O. Dixon said he made a copy of the memo he found in a basket on the desk in the road foreman’s office in Fouke. He said he found the memo March 30, 2005—the same date the memo was allegedly issued.

He said the memo stayed in his safe until after he was reportedly terminated from the road department by McNatt.

“The last thing I told him (McNatt), ‘I will see you at election time,’” Dixo...