The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-04-01
DETECTIVES ON
GREERsS TRAIL
Every Effort Being Put
Forth to Capture Default
ing Sheriff.

rumors that have been circulated
since the disappearance of J. 4.
Greer. defaulting Sheriff and Tax
Collector of Lincoln County. on
the evening of February l, 1911.
when he was checked up about
SIS, 420.37 short to that date by
Auditor Chas J. Moore, sent here
by the Governor.
This amount grew to S11 ,035 95
on later accounting of the books
by the same auditor.
Since Greer was last seen in
Brookhaven on the first day of the
shortest month in the year, he
seems to have disappeared as COM
pletely as if he had fallen into a
hoe and pulled the hole in after
him. There has never been single
word or line of authentic informa-
tion received that would disclose his
whereabouts or even any tangible
trace of him.
If all the rumors that have been
circulated, were put in print. they
would ill a very large sized vol
ume.
OFFICERS CRITICIZED.
The general impression among
Lincoln county people, and others
as we'll. when this matter is broach-
ed, is that the officers have ceased
any effort whatever. to apprehend
Greer. This state of affairs has
become especially prevalent since
the Bonding Company paid over to
the county the amount of Greer's
actual deficit.
The matter of damages and
sheriff's commissioners will be
fought out in the courts later on.
Some criticism has been indulged
in, especially towards local officers
because every time they got clue
and ran it down. they didn't raise
great hullabalno and let every
body know what they were doing.
There is hardly an officer in Brook
haven and other part = The county
as we'll Who hasn se1 i hand
ii running down s0rte haa say re-
Port which was al noaad 10 have
seeH feiialllR 3 + Sania
lot thsfl Il lehf snd gaitea
till the wee sGna hani "a their
leifort 70 run down what afterward
turned out to be only street talk.
DETECTIVES ARE NOW BUSY
To let the public know the facts
in the case and to show that the
arm of the law has not been Grip
pied. we are printing the following
which is authoritative, and has,
up to this time, been known only
to very few parties directly inter-
ested in the case concerned.
A short time ago, the Burns De-
tective Agency, of New Orleans.
who are representing the U. S.
Fidelity & Guaranty Co., of Balti-
more, thinking that they could pick
up soma information that would
lead to Greer's capture, sent a
negro detective to Brookhaven.
This negro, who is one Of the
top-notches of his kind, spent three
days here working the negro part
of town in an effort to get informa.
tion. He was particularly atten-
tive to certain part of Frogtown,
but returned to the Crescent City
empty handed as far as results for
the mission on which he was sent.
This week. the Cavaroc Detective
Agency. of New Orleans. wrote to
the Underwriters Agency. of Brook
haven, asking for photos of Greer.
Knowing that The Leader had pub
lished half tone cut of Mr.. Greer,
they came to US for the original
photo, which we were unable to
give them.
The Underwriters then turned
their attention elsewhere, but were
unsuccessful in their quest for a
portrait and so wrote the New Or
leans agency. telling them that it
was impossible to secure a photo,
but good likenesses of the default
er. could be furnished by The LeadL
er from the cut they had and an
immediate reply from them ordered
100 of these pictures, which were
printed and will be sent to all parts
of the country by the New Orleans
Agency.
RELENTLESS PURSUERS.
The U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty
Company, who are on Greer's bond,
are known for their yindictiveness
in following a bond jumper. This
Company having trailed a man
from the United States all over the
continent, finally captured him in
Australia. six years after his dis
appearances. bringing him back to
the United States for conviction
and number of years. sentence in
the penitentiary.
GREER WAS M JACKSON.
The Leader learns that the COM |
munication from Lincolnite at
jackson, which was published sew
eral weeks ago, sitting that Greer
was in jackson. was euhefanfiallv /