Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
SHERIFF IN TOLLS
SHERIFF OF CORSON COUN'r
IN HANDS OF UNCLE SAM
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
GAVE LIQUOR TO INDIANS
Had Them Arrested For l~ntoxlCatIoh
and at a Mock Trial, Under
Threats, Extorted Money
by a Fine

Aberdeen On tn" oml .aint OF I
+. I}rcn;&, a United States sper.a'
officer attached to the Iuui.n ser
i,r. William WA;'H,c, United sat .
commissioned FOX Ais city, has hc!"
GrUrLv p. Perry. sheriff of Cur.on
county, to await the action OF the led
eral court. ms bond beng placed at
$1,000. which he could not turnl h and
viii tl;r. ptorr be sent to jail at SlOuN
I;iils uAt.i federal court c~onVenrs.
The rhargr against Perry is that OF
furnishing Indians on the standing
RU X reservation with liquor, IN" spe-
ritic charge being that on TIE night o.
November 26, 1909, Perry suppl d
Martin Red Bird and Frank Secs Bear
with our pint OF gin, ON" INT o.
whisky. n pint of beer and five plIits
Of other .n~IuXicAting liquors, III" two
men in question being Standing c
Sioux Indians. TIL" government VIII
bring other charges Of Il far NOR" ser
iOus nature against Perry and some
acrcmpliccs who are yet to be ar
rested.
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 Bea on the stand
ing Rock reservation in COrsOn cOun-
ty. and pulling a gun on them, told
them they We're under arrest for lntrX-
ilation. He then informed the In
dIaus. who were badly frightened
that there was nc judge at MrlntCsN,
the county seat of COrson county, ana
they would have to be taken to Mo-
bridge, in Walworth county. where
there was a Judge, for trial. Arcord-
ingIy the Indians were placed on
board a train and taken to MuurldEe,
where they were lodged in Jail. The
next day they were taken before what
purpOrted to be a Judge and a duly
organized court. where a mock trial
was held. and the Judge imposed a
fine Of $500. Before the trial. Perry
is alleged to have supplied the Indians
with the quantity OF liquor above men
toned, in order to render them IN
tOXscatnd and therefore apt to be
more easily impressed with the pro-
ceedings Of the mock court. The treat
ment appeared to be effective, for, ac-
cOrding to Red Birds affidavit, they
were assured by Perry that if they did
not pay the fine imposed by the
Judge" they would be imprisoned in
the county Jail for twelve months.
Red Bird and Sees Bear thereupOn
wired a wealthy Indian named Agar,
on the reservation. urging him to send
them the $500 at once. He did SO, a k
ing a mortgage on their live stock to
secure the Indebtedness, and the In
dams turned the money over to the
court, to pay the fine imposed. They
also, It is alleged, paid Perry some
thing over $53 for mileage and eX-
penses in bring them to Mobridge. The
red men were kept in Jail for several
days while the deal was being car
ried through.
Major Belden. the Indian agent, fin
ally heard of the treatment the two
men. who are fullblooded Indians, and
wards of the government had receiv-
ed. 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, fearing arrest. at
tempted to make his getaway by hid
ing in a box car on a Milwaukee train.
Mr.. Brents located his man, however,
and effected his arrest between McIn-
tosh and Morristown. He brought his
III lSoll1l ~ hCCh, liz hS
turned over to United States Deputy
Marshal Barney McVey, and taken be-
fore Commissioner Wallace. 1t is eX-
pCrted Perry's accomplices will be in
custody in a short time.
The instance in question, it is
claimed, is not the only case of the
grating Of the Standing Rock Indians
by white men. 1t is charged that
many others of the more ignorant
members Of the tribe have been "bilk-
ed" of more or less large amounts on
similar trumped up charges. the
whites taking advantage of their tg-
norance of the customs of the law to
brighten them into d~isgorging all the
ready money they could lay their
hands on in order to square them
selves with the officers on some pure
ly imaginary charge. The extent OF
the grating, when the case is fully
worked up, will, it is believed, prove
the most startling that has ever &C.
CURED in the northwest.