The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-07
THE CROOKED IN GEORGIA.
THAT norm COMMISSIONERs AND
MfRsHALS NAVE DONE.

f.overnmcnt- cnt-WhiskeV Opcrntors n"cs-
, mailed - The Courts Prostiiuted Crime
,b.t Commis.ioner Pratt has Winked At.
ATLANTA, Ca, July 25.--The rays Of THE
sur are said 60 be very good for expelling NIL
ssms. Therefore let them shine on the Fourth
Collection District OF Georgia. The hoppers
have been great plague to the South, but they
are only fieabite as compared with Grants Of
scials. As a credible Union county man ex-
crossed II, "The deputy marshals would swear
the horns OF a muly BULL and not strain them
selves either"
There have been some operators In crooked
vbiskey In the Fourth Collection District un-
douttedly but the efforts OF the Department
10 ferret them out have been in very bad bands
Henry Martin, Deputy Marshal at Clsrkesville,
and Taylor Cobb, deputy at Dairsyiilo, Union
sounty, are notoriously well UP In tho art OF
S division and silence" Mitchell simms gave
sbem s75 10 suppress a crooked case ngainst him.
BenI Simtns paid them $40 for similar pur-
pose; ; John Owonby, f2j and Tompkins Colens,
Hil James Dyers and Hinson, brothersin-law,
make no secret Of the fact that Deputy Marshal
Cobb Is " IN with them " In tneir dlstillery, and
they defy any other revenue ofIlcer to touch
them. Martin and Cobb employ sub-deputy,
Alec Owenbv by name, to work up )" crooked
pAses, for which they pay him $3.50 apiece. Many
eases have been trumped up merely to get the
posed 10 take tho prisoner before the
nearest United States Commissioner, who is at
CArkesyille but this they seldom do. It very
lnconvenIent to him to be taken all the
way to Atlanta, where, perhaps, he cannot
and bail; but It enables them to charge t25
or $50 mileage for each prisoner; so be
b generally brought to this city. IL Is COM
mon report that last year Martin aud Cobb levied
BY such means as these not less than $3.50 in
Union county alone. The Grand Jury In April
bst made resentment to the Court TO the
Brect that they were morally convinced OF tho
somplcity OF these men In the crime Of bribery,
md recommended their suspension from oflicc
until more thorough investigation could be
made OF their doings and OF the doings Of other
deputy msrshals in the Northern District Of
neorgs. Martin and Cobb were suspended for
ltlmo for appearances sake, but they were soon
Bel at work again.
FORCED ASSESSMENTS.
C.E. Backer, Deputy Marshal In whitfield
and Walker counties, Is bird OF the same
feather. A wealthy and influential inhabitant
OF barlow county, with bis son and u negro In
OF soldiers and brought to Atlanta on a charge
Of selling liquor without license, which he pro-
They were confined IN room IN the United
States Court House. The gentleman's nephew.
Who was attending the medical college In this
city, was then arrested and locked up with them.
They engaged = lawyer, and. after several days
nan that the case could be settled for 500: He
PAID It, rather than be subjected TO
Of Pickens county. paid to A. J: Glenn,
sprosperous resident OF Pickens, who is said to
srainst him and Glenn offered TO settle case
for an old farmer named kudsc for SlOO Deputy
Marshal Biacker Is known to have received hush
money from Illicit distiers Ia the summer and
fall Of 1875. lie received from William u. Bat
Psnsie' ssoo; from ON William Mscoichs $50. "'''''
Mart Manchester did nice little business In
SasSs % Of bench warrants ug 'I from tho uned
States Court, he sold them to the persons upon
whom they were 90 be served, and received
from ID. Charlton, Union county, $ltO; from NJ,
Jones, $lOU; from Z. league. $50; from q. V.
lannes, sG6 from J. a; lannes. S65 from Hen
paid the amounts, but were afterward arrested
on duplicate warrants, and some Of them testi-
Ned to these facts before the Grand Jury.
Last summer, DIR. Hardin. one of the best men
" Piekens county, was arrested by Deputy Mar
shal Goodwin ON some frivolous charge Of vio-
Ietlng the revenue law. lie was taken to CATERS
Vile, and there he gave bonds 10 answer before
Uommissioaer Collins He attended several
NO witnesses appeared. AT last ne met A. j.
Glenn IN court. Glenn SAID Doc, you might
as well be out OF this now as at any other time.
You see the court wants to Oe creased. They II
devil you TO death, bringing you to und fro All
them all right" Dr. Hardin paid tlOO. After
consultation with Goodwin and the Commis
yioper, Glenn returned and said, &" Its all right"
They went into the court room, the case was
baIled and, no witnesses appearing the Doctor
vas discharged. He has not been called upon
q. w. Sanford, who was arrested for selling
liquor without license, published a card In the
Constitution, changing tnat Goodwin had rn
falsely and compounded a crooked case for <2sJ,
and had cheated the Government out OF mileage
by representing that the distance TO the town
Of Buchanan Is vs. instead Of only ~ miles.
HUSH MONEY.
Deputy Marshal Jen Flndley Is believed to
have received upward OF $1,000 as hush money
Collection District during the last year. One
Perry OF Dahonega paid him $SU. j. j. Barrett
Of Mud Cfeek. haoersha" county paid him si5
not TO press u charge of selling without license.
Barrett was convicted aud sentenced to three
months imprisonment at the last March term.
He wrote asking Findley TO refund tue money f.;
but he refused. Andy Ferguson Of the same
place gave findley so IN cash aud a horse worth
tO 10 suppress crooked cas- against nlm and
bis two SONS
And, hy the way, this Andy Ferguson and bis
sous were convicted Of the only genuine case of
M klu1sm that has occurred Of late in
Georgia. lhey and about a dozen Others IN
eluding two Hard shell Baptist preachers, were
arrested IN November last on charge Of illictly
maklug aud the Illicit sale Of whiskey. They
were tihen prfore Commissioner John NJ.
hhufch, N NlHthe-Nle, uhe OF the lew honest
Federal Il, ehOders We have. Ihe hearing was
Adjourned ior uhe week On account OF tho alb
women Of The .o@rh,.1. WIN Wien sa%s asked 'yHp wS1
tLei dld not appear, they said that one VI the
pmiohets friends had slooi guard over them
WIN snotRun aud after lertusOn and hls
crowd returned from tho heains before the
COMMISSIONER about tWsuty-tYc Or thirty Of
Lhenli disguised, went aud tore down the out
Dullllhg-, peat the women, and IN jured q child Of
eighteen months. They were II arrested. ard
eher Two days LearlLg they were committed
Ior trial, Ferguson tod several uersOns tnat
flndley represented 10 hiu that Collector llOltz-
claw lslLce removed Tor Irregularities Ia u II ,e)
had auth rized hin to settle from the ground
up anu Ferguson says lac has not Aelrd OF the
charge OF Illicit selling since.
In 1910 one 4 ntell wa arrested on the charve
OF Illicit distilling, aud taken befofe COMMITS
Giouer Neal Ia Giinsyille. He was sent 10 iall
and neld Tor some time, aud got out only by rOi-
sentiug 10 give "A deed 81 some property 10 Find
ley and COminissiJner Ne i. lhis fact he ~ 0re
70 before Commissioner Church afterw nd. l.
Is saiu that Eindley aud Neal play INTO s/ch
others hands; that alter Neal binds "a mau O.
appear, Findley gOes " him and agrees - liz
the case fOr certain sum Of money Other
Yaluables, lana, horse, ptgs, or Whatever, and
that after settlement they substitute Other
names for those OF the real witnesses on the
warrant, 90 that there can oe no conviction.
HOW 1T WAS FIXED.
Three cases against flndley have been carried
for the Last four years. District Attorney Far
row may be honest, but he takes queer way Of
showing his honesty, Wnen A. j. Glenn was
sutpWnhed 10 uppear before the Grand Jury on
The cbafge against Deputy Marshal GOODWIN,
Tor whom he was SUI POSED ~ have acted as a
gO-betwcrn, Glenn iallcd 70 APPEAR and sum
mary pfocrns was laautd by the Court. The
District Attorney was carvful TO choose Good