Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-07

be was peremptorily instructed to en-
terrain no such proposition for the
reason it necessitated making false
bills purportingt to receive more money
than We really did, while parties inter-
ested in the advertisements would be
the sufferers.
Mr.. Campbell declares that while
he controlled the Commercial, he
had to submit to exactions of that
sort repeatedly, but he could not afford
to refuse the work. We have here
referred to witnesses who will prove
what we have charged. This clearly
proves Beck a thief, for he stole from
the people of Warren county, when he
exacted of Mr.. Campbell, that he
receipt a bill for a larger sum than he
received and purjured himself be-
cause he violated his oath of
office in doing it. His job
Of sending the seven insane
persons to Meridian is of a similar
character, clearly involving perjury
and theft. There are many other
instances of this character, which
proves that Beck has stolen from the
County at every opportunity and
frequently made opportunities to steal,
although every theft carried with it
perjury. But these thefts, although
amounting to a large sum in the
aggregate, are nothing compared to
those he has perpetrated in scrip.
Captain Tinney declares that Beck
boldly operated in scrip, when he was
deputy, and that very often the person
who sold the scrip only had to go
from one room to the other of the
Sheritf's office, to get the price of his
scrip. 1t is well known now that Beck
indirectly has almost a monop-
oily Of the scrip business in
Warren county. His brother, who
is working on the Sheriff's capital,
buys up all the scrip he can get, and
very recently the County Treasurer de-
clared Beck made nearly the whole of
his settlements in scrip, dollar for dol
lar, when it is only worth
on the streets from sixty to
seventy-6ve cents on the dol
lar. We asked a broker, recently, why
the paper of 50 rich a county as War
rem was only worth about half its face,
and he promptly informed US the
Sheriff had the advantage Of all honest
brokers in the business, and that he
, manipulated it to suit himself. Every
transaction of the kind carries with ii
crime, theft and perjury. This bounty
/ jumping carpet-bagger, at least We
b have been informed he is a bounty
; jumper, and we know he is a carpet
Dagger, is a fine specimen to boast that
he will rule Warren county whether
the good citizens like it or not
and a specimen, truly, to make an afi'
davit against anyone. His affidavit is
only one more lie added to thousands
he has already told, and some of then
3 he has told for as little as a two dolla,
E piece of scrip. He, and his supposed
a organ, are fond Of referring to Fur
long; he discounts Furlongin his palm
lest days of robbery and niggerism
2 The last carpet-bagger clinging t,
i Office in the State, he is by'all odds tn.
t most brazen scoundrel.
d Some will want to know why BecI
was never indicted and prosecuted
Efforts Of that sort were tried but
e was found utterly useless when it /
e so easy for him to pack %juries. Yer
e recently the District Attorney de
o clared he was powerless to accomplis'
anything in the present state Of al
e fairs in the county. Beck's banefu
influence is bar to all good results.
It We have much more to say abou
It the consummate hypocrite but thi
article is already too long. In the fl
% ture, so long as we see the people ar
with US, we shall continue to expos
1t the only nan now in the way of
j. complete and valuable reformation @
Warren county affairs.
THIN DaANla