The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1907-04-13
On Trail Of AGENT.

VII lTdu VI Agent.
The authorities are also on the
trail of the agent of the New Or
leans liquor house who has beer
Establishing the local agencies
lie is known to have visited Hat
tiesburg yesterday, and the off
cers in that section of the State
have been telegraphed to arrest
him on sight and return him tc
Jackson.
| The 300 bottles of liquor con.
fiscated at the freight depot were
earted to the city hall and placed
on storage. Three dray wagons
we're used to traDsfer the stuff
and after the lapse of the statute.
| ~ period it will be DESTROYED.
The General Agent Arrested.
l.. r. Foster, charged with es.
tablishing agencies for the illicit
liquor traffic in the State, was ar
rested in Hattiesburg and return.
ed tc Jackson on Wednesday.
The jackson News of Wednes.
day says:
According to the confession OF
Z. L. King, who was placed un-
der arrest Saturday night, Foster
is the party who induced him to
accept the agency for the whole
sale liquor house of L. E. Jung,
1919 Magazine street, New Dreams,
and it is alleged that be has estab-
llshed a large number of agencies
In this State conducted on SINH.
lar plan, liquors being shipped in
wholesale quantities by freight,
with bill of Iadlng and draft sent
to a local banking concern for
collection
The police believe that Fosters
operations in Mississippi have
been almost as extensive as that
of the Harvest King Distllling
Co. in its recent operations
through the American Express
Co., sending shipments on the G.
o. D. plan. and the capture is re-
garded as one Of the greatest i'm.
portance. The prisoner reached
jackson at 2 O'Clock and was tax.
en- at once to the county Jail.
The grand jury has been probing
the case thoroughly, and indict.
ments against both King and Eos.
ter will be Forthcoming within
the next "a hours.
Chief of Police Allen has been
threatened with replevin proceed
ings to secure custody of more
than $1,000 worth of liquor ship
ped by L. E. Jung to E. Z. King
under the assumed name oil
Peter Cooper" but thus fal
process has not been served, al
though the local attorneys of the
Illinois Central have notified him
that they will hold the city re-
sponsible for the freight charges
on the liquor now remaining un
paid. The liquor was confiscatec
at the freight depot. Chief Allen
states that even If repIevin writ
is served, be will not surrender
custody. of the liquor, and in this
determination he has been given
the backing of Mayor Wharton
and the city attorney.
King has been thoroughly
frightened by the predicament il
which he is placed and made /
confession to Chief Allen expos
ing all the details of his business
transactions with the New Orleans
concern.
According TO the Evening. News
of Thurs day, Foster was prompt
ly indicted by the grand jury
charged with acting as the agen
of L. E. Jung, New Orleans Ii
liquor dealer. The News also state,
that indictments have been return
ed against the officers of vel
known banking Institution which
handled the drafts representing
the purchase price of the Pete
Cooper liquor and Indictment
are also returned against agent
land officials in the freight depart
Ement of the Illinois Central en-
gagged in handling The traffic.
/ Contraband Liquor Shipped Back.
/ On Wednesday night the Jack
Ison police made the important dis
coyery that 100 cases of liquor
I12 quarts to the case. valued a
lover $1, 800, was on storage in tn,
| Illinois Central freight depot a
the time the Peter, Cooper Ii
liquor was seized, and was sen
back to New Orleans forty -eigh
| hours later.
/ The liquor was shipped t
unknown parties by Wright 1
Taylor, of New Orleans, and whel
| they learned that the 40 cases ship
ped BY Z. E. Jung had bee
seized, telegraphic orders wer
lsent to the freight agent to retur
;l the liquor Immediately.
The liquor was consigned
assumed names, and Chief Allie
is now endeavoring to locate th
party who was acting as agent 70