Lonely trumpet

"Suspecting a conspiracy, an Army attorney volunteers to defend Second Leiutenant H.O. Flipper, the first former slave and only black man to graduate from West Point, on charges of embezzlement and conduct unbecoming an officer."
"Army attorney Captain Merritt Barber, believes that the charges brought against Lt. Flipper are nothing but a conspiracy on the part of a small group of officers whose prrpose is to remove from their midst the only black officer in the U.S. Army."@en
"When Second Lieutenant H. O. Flipper, the first black man to complete officer's training, is falsely accused of embezzlement, Army attorney Captain Merritt Barber is determined to prove Flipper's innocence and expose a government conspiracy. Reprint."@en
"Army attorney Captain Merritt Barber believes that the charges brought against Lt. Flipper are nothing but a conspiracy on the part of a small group of officers whose purpose is to remove from their midst the only black officer in the U.S. Army."