The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1905-07-15


FINED $4,000 AND SENT TO
COUNTY JAIL THIRTY DAYS.
Sheriff Jos. E. Saucier has the pelt of
another big "tiger' to his credit.
Nothing small about this one, for it is
about the largest ever captured in Han
cock County.
On Saturday last, acting under the
direction of Sheriff Saucier, Deputy
Sheriff A. j. Carver raided a "blind
tiger institution at Pearlington, catch
ing the owner dead to rights with the
goods on him. The vendor of liquor
without license was Fred Richardson,
brother OF John Richardson, at Pearl
ington, who was under $500 bond to
appear on that day in the Justice Court
to answer to the charge of selling liquor
without authority. 1t was on this mis-
sion, to be present at the trial, that
Sheriff Saucier and his efficient deputy
from Bay st. Louis, A. ]. Carver, were
on their way to Pearlington, the scene
of the trial. Sheriff Saucier has pc
cuIiar scent when once on the trail OF
tiger, and on this occasion the rule
was no exception; for. once in the vi
cinity of the whereabouts of the monster
in hiding, he directed his deputy to the
old Goss Place, now owned by j. j.
Favre. and gave the order to make the
raid. to seize the "wet" goods and take
the owner in custody. Arriving at the
ascene of operations, Richardson was
not present, but the house was occupied
bv |. L. Mapson, we'll known at Pearl
ington and vicinity. Mapson was
soon made aware of the deputy sheriff's
mission. and this official gave the COM
mand to open the house, pursuant to
search warrant that had just been
served. Every room and apartment on
the first floor was opened, save little
closet, which the officer did not lose
sight of, but, following Mapson,
both men ascended the stairs to the
second floor. Returning to the ground
floor, the deputy sheriff informed his
host that his bump of curiosity was alb
normal. and he was not satisfied until
he was made aware of the contents OF
the little closet which, singular as it ap-
peared, had not been opened. But he
was told the whereabouts OF the key
lust then was unknown; that there was
nothing in there but lot of old tools OF
no use and Of no value. eff you haven't
the key, give me an axe,'' said the OIL
Ger of the law, equal to the occasion,
for in there are just the kind OF tools l
am looking for" Mapson was i'm
pressed with the officers firmness and
weakened. Opening the closet, seven
large casks were brought to view, nlled
with bottled whiskey and gin, and by
reference to bills from the wholesale
dealer it was learned later that the cost
of the goods was $4,000. 1t was only
the night previous that the casks had
been removed from another hiding
place, Richardson keeps lunch house
in the business center of Pennington,
and it was at his place of business that
he had illegally been selling the liquor.
Richardson was placed under arrest,
and. acting under the orders Of Sheriff
Saucier, Deputy Sheriff Carver, assisted
bv Deputy Sheriff Sam j. Murphy, OF
Pennington, loaded the seven casks on
a double mule team, and it was with
effort the burden was conveyed to Log
town. where it was stored in +. L.
Smiths old store and placed under lock
and kew. in charge of Justice G. W.
Fountain.
1t was a great sight coming down the
road from Pearlington to LogtoWn, ana
all along the road great cheers OF "Hur-
rab for Sheriff Saucier!" and "Hurrah
for the sheriff of Hancock County,"
rent the air.
Justice of the Peace G. w. Fountain,
recently elected to the office, at once
convened his court-his first session
and held trial, which resulted in a con-
yictiou of the accused, who was hned
si50.OO and 80 days in the county
iail, and the liquor was ordered to be
noured in the streets of Logtown on
Tuesday next, the 18th = bottle after
bottle, and the latter to be sold to defray
expenses. That the work OF destruction,
as the law directs, be done properly,
Sheriff Saucier will leave on Tuesday
morning to personally supervise the
work.
Richardson is in Bay st. Louis, safely
located behind the bars, enjoying the
hospitality of Hancock county, and
while he is not the first, he will neither
be the last occupying cell for carrying
on ssblind tiger" joint, Sheriff oaucler
being on the trail of several other
"tigers" that are prowling in the inte-
rior of the county.
The Mississippi Supreme Court, IN
the case of the Alabama and Vicksourg
Railroad VS.. Grigsby Thomas, held that
the third mortgage bonds of the old
yicksburg and Meridian Railway,
amounting to 81 900, 600, were not valid