Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1892-05-19


Last summer Chief ~ polio.
Lewis received letter ffu.a NJ
L. ID. Greenlaw. "a lIazlrhurSi
wanting b know u he hal my MAJ
IN his employ or knew cf ono whom
be conld recommend io slmr q.
Hazlehurst and hr,ak no the iliiris
re'ailing 81 liquor Mr. Levi
told him he hai NO 3ne in bis EN-
ploy whom BE- caahi SPAR. bat H.
could ccuaDend young man by
tue uam> Of j. NJ Ferry.
Mr. Perry vas sent for aud on
hts arrival eallasl on ureenlaw,
who maize arringemenls to pay
hin 500 " Ne would stop the M
lawful retailing. tie WIS referred
10 Mr.. Kills. the cashier Of thu
bank, ard obtained $40 aud wes
PROMISED 500 IN b. did the work.
tie, Perry. started TO work and m
three weeks had ob'aincd evidences
aud bottles IL wh,skey by which
the retailers could bc Justly dealt
with. Tie tanned the bottles IL
whiskcY over 10 uTeenlaw, the jus
lIce 81 the Peare H. told Green.
law be would not testify until bis
board bills we're paid. and he was
paid.
This morning Sheriff Harding
rccsiyerl q bench warrant flom
Greenlaw charging Perry with
acting A. agent Tor the sale ~ H.
quor la Copiah county, Perry has
hal 40 preliminary trial. bat
Hreenlaw. Ia the warrant, binds
him over Ia await the action Of the
circuit court After placing tile
prisoner In jail Sheriff Harding
wired Grcenlaw that b. would have
Ia come or send after his prisoner.
The warrant was of very pecu-
liar and unprecedented nature, In
Tact M one ever saw the like be-
fore, and Il u very probable that
there vii! be a suit against Copiah
county for aniawfpl rrtainlng.
Perry would nut make bond ana
said be- would have to lie taken Ia
jnii. where be- now j. to await the
reply from Greenlaw. jackson
L. dyer.
A SIGNAL reporter called upon
Mr. GreenlaS and In respons. TO
his question of what have you 10
say about this matter p he ma le
tue following statement
Last summer, n mentioned In
the above article. | wrote To the
ilou. VIA. Heary 70 recommend
some one 10 ferret out the illegal
selling Of whiskcy AZ this place,
and received a reply from hlm.
s.a'ing that there wtS a young man
~ Jackson famed J. NJ Perry,
who wished 10 undertake the Job
Perry came here sod ! offered him
ire dollars for each conviction In
The Justice ..t'ourt.
Il furnished him money a a -
a'ssn sspost~sis u : dfaakcn ~.ss 81
ton, three cases. He astel To-
more money. aud on eonsulis u.
wi'h some II our lawyers IL sac
thou NJ convection alone Ia II,
Ju-i.ce ecurt would D. worthless
an'ess followed g. th. Circuii
court. a. the defendants Noull
more than liaely appeal. HCu,e /
made J n Perry an offer ~ ien
dollars FOR zach conviction before
the Cir.ail court. j M. Perry
accepted ihe SECOND offer and M
der said contract brought me- parts
81 three bottles Of whiskey, having
imbibel pretty freely Of the said
three bottles. l furnished him
more money. and about that time
threat was made 10 shoot the top
Of Perry's head off. also my own.
by this time Perry bad made him.
self known h. several as a detec-
tive.
II suppose he did 50 while under
the influence Of liquor. he had
reported about Ave cases, when l
concluded 10 try them. Then IL
was Perry became traitor and Join
Ell the enemy. He was seen in
close conversation with one Of the
defendants. aud that evening de-
serted and went back 10 jackson,
delivering our private communica-
tons over in the enemy's hands.
Perry got fifteen dollars from me
and delivered to me parts Of three
bottles OF whiskey.
''HE Was A SWEET DETECTIVE"
"He left here without telling his
landlord goodbye or settling his
hotel bills, having put mp at two
different hotels. and borrowed
money also
"Now the statement about bis
demanding a settlement IL utterly
fals.a NJ ean Ia nrovan