Telegram-herald., 1890-02-21
AREFEsUE VIOLATION.
Deputy GeoFg Perry Does Some
Detective Work,
A al oets Lyman 4 whIte inte the tAlons
1T the LAw-tte Has nesA t~ss
Against A iNis hoWeRes.


Deputy Revenue Collector George
Perry. Of Bellvue. is d3ug considerable
detectye work IA ths iae of h.s duty.
lie has been laying t1r LYMAN T..
White, q drugg 81 and grocer of baton
RAPIDS lie finally made a complaint,
ana Marshal ClarS went 10 Baton Rap
ds aud brought hm - thls City Tor
examination. Tue complainant George
Perry. Iess he'd that he Vas IA " nlte :
store u December, aud SAN that he lad
ou sale Hostetters bt.ers and Hariers
cherry tome, and told the proprietor
that these articles could not be sold
without paying TIE Government tax
for retailing liquors lie said that
White had not paid the tax Tor three
years, and when bis last card ran out
be had on hand two barrels of alcohol,
and a harrel each Of whisky, rum and
gin. aud large quantity Of VINE. lie
believed that White Was constantly viO-
iatlug tie law. and un January IL he
sent .. ii. Hamilton 10 the store
% get some whisky and Qul-
nine. Hamilton returned with the
order flied. lie then went 10 another
place and sent man named Bartlett
10 get him a bottle OF whisky and
glycerine and Walters succeeded in
getting IL. Perry sent both bottles %
the revenue Office M tbs city and then
went ana charged White with violating
the law and later made the complaint
A. Ii. Hamilton, of the Eaton Rapids
Jouraal, testified tO getting the whisky
and Qunlne and Bartlett testified %
getting the wnisky and glycerne. A
witness named Walters testified 10 get
ting eight ounces of brandy combined
with an ounce OF oil OF wormwOod FOR
hnment. Mr.. White made a statement
that Perry had told him that ne must
take out a Government license as he
was violating the revenue law 10y sell
ing bitters. But he telephOned 10 Mr..
Steketee and was informed that he was
not violating the Law.
On Jan Iary IL, Perry came again and
informed hlm that tins time he had got
him too dead 10 skin, and that he had
better pay the penalty and take out
Government tax at once. White de-
clared that ne had not violated the law
and should pay no penalty, and II Perry
wanted TO prosecute hlm he could
60 right ahead. He sold the half pint
thirty grains of Quinine, and the whisky
sold 10 Bartlett was sold by his clerk,
and was equal parts OF whisky and gly-
cerire.
lie said that he was prohibitionist.
and did not believe in selling liquors
for a beverage, and never sold Il except
when d was medicated.
Mr.. Stevens thought that the evidence
would justify holding White 10 an ex-
animation before the grand jury. He
was held 10 bail fixed at 800, with A.
j. Bovine as surety.
Mr. White Is an inteliigent-looking
man, and seems confident that he has
the law on his SIDE. Certainly, II all
the liquor he has sold was as highly
medicated as that produced in evidence,
the Government officers will have
rather weak case against him.
The defendant says that Perry IS mis-
taken about the quantity Of liquors IN
his store. He never had more than one
barrel of alcohol at one time, and ne
had barrel of whisky and ten gallons
each of the other liquors.
White has been chairman Of the Pro-
hlbitlon county committee.