The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-09-22
SHERIFF IS ACCOSED
OF MULCTING INDIANS
THROUGH MOCK COURT
Arrests Them for IntoXication
and Pockets Fine Secured
Through Threats.

Aberdeen, =. d.. sept. 2O.-Georgc !
Perry, sheriff of Corson county, Is |
Jail here on a charge of FURNISHING
liquor TO Indians on the Standing Rocl
reservation, but this is not half of tn.
Ofense for which he Will have t.
answer. It. f. Brents, special govern.
ment officer. makes the complaint and
Red Bird and Frank Sees Bear are the
complaining witnesses.
While selling liquor is the charg
made against Perry at this time. tn
government will bring other charge
OF a far more serious mature again
Perry and some accomplices who q,
yet to be arrested.
According to the story told by Mar
tin Red Bird, and sworn to by him,
Perry, in November, 1909, came to Red
Bird and Sees Bear on the Standing
Rock reservation in Corson county, and
pulling a gun, told them they were un-
der arrest for intoxication. He then
informed the Indians, who were badly
frightened, that there was no Judge at
Mcintosh. the county seat of Corson
county. and they would nave to be
taken to Mobridge, in Walworth coun-
ty, where there was a judge. for trial.
Accordingly the Indians were placed on
board q train and taken to Mobridge,
where they were lodged i'm Jail. The
neXt day they were taken before what
purported to be a judge and a duly
" tout, IL IIloCh tIIdl WIS
held, and the Judge imposed a fine
Of $500. Before the trial, Perry is al
legged to have supplied the Indians with
a quantity of liquor above mentioned
In order TO render them intoxicated and
therefore apt TO be more easily i'm.
pressed with the proceedings Of the
mock court.
The treatment appeared to be efrec-
tive, for, according to Red Birds aft
6avit, they were assured by Perry that
IL they did not pay the fine imposed by
the Judge" they would be imprisoned
In the county Jail for IL months.
Red Bird and Sees Bean thereupop
wired a wealthy Indian named Agar,
on the reservation. urging him to send
them the 5000 at once. He did so, TAX
ing a mortgage on their live stock to
secure the Indebtedness, and the In
dams turne the money over to the
court, to pay the fine imposed. They
also, it is alleged. paid Perry some
thing over $50 for mileage AND expen-
SEES in bringing them to Mobridge. The
men were kept in Jail for several days,
while the deal was being carried
through.
Major Belden. the Indian agent.
finally heard of the treatment the two
men, who are ull-blooded Indians and
wards of the government. had received.
The Indian bureau was notified, and
| Mr.. Brents. who was then on his way
east from Seattle, was assigned to the
case. He has been working on it for
the past month. Yesterday, Perry,
getting wind of the imminency Of his
arrest, attempted to make his getaway
by hiding in a boxcar on a Milwaukee
train. Mr.. Brents located his man,
however, and effected his arrest be-
tween Mcintosh n Morristown. He
brought his prisoner to Aberdeen.
where he was turned over to United
States Deputy Marshal Barney Nc
Vey, and taken before COMMISSIONS
Wallace. 1t is expected Perry's ac-
completes will be in custody in a short
time.