The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1911-02-08
|CREER is PROBABLY
SlO,0OO.OO SHORT
AUDITOR MOORE INCREASES DEFICIT OF LIN
COINS SHERIFF AND TAX COLLECTOR.
Sheriff Still Missing and Whereabouts Unknown.
Names Of Bondsmens Facts About Case

The name Of Sheriff j F. Greer
and his alleged mismanagemeni
and violation of the public's trust,
has been on the tongue and the
foremost topic of conversation in
Brookhaven and every portion oi
| the county for the past week.
Many and various have been the
opinions expressed as to the cause
of his shortage. The almost unani-
nous verdict of the people is thai
the sheriff has spent money like
water going down hill, Z never
stopping to consider that day oi
reckoning was as certain to come
as death and taxes. His ac-
counting" came little sooner, al
the evil day always does. than was
probably anticipated. if he antici-
pated it at all, which appears IN
likely from the showing made BY
his books.
A man of Mr.. Greer's CONNER
ciaI rating could hardly have,
under the most sanguine conditios,
Expected to raise $4,000. 90 with
which be is charged by Auditor
Moore. as being debtor to the coun'
ty and state.
STILL A SP ENDER.
When he was checked up shorl
he had not changed his manner oi
living in order to curtail expenses
and thus enable himself to some
extent at least. to make the fnal
settlement in December, which he
knew he would be compelled to do,
Instead he seems TO have been IN.
creasing his expenses of late in
stead of cutting them down. new
auto. costing $l.665 90 being one
of his late fancies. This might
have been deemed economy BY him,
however. since before purekas 4.
lthis machine his JOY rides in
hired cars made a bill larger per
month than many families In Lin
coin are comfortably living upon.
AUDITORS SHREWDNESS.
His shortage. to start with, was
only uncovered by the shrewdness
of Auditor Chas. j Moore. who
was sent do~n by special order of
Gov. E. F. Noel to check the books
lof Mr.. Greer up, as reported in last
Saturdays issue. Mr.. Greer un-
derstood that he was only to be
balanced up to the first of January.
/ 1911, and was more than obliging
| in assisting the auditor in his work
Of checking over his accounts to
this date.
AT the outset Mr.. Greer inform
ed Mr.. Moore that if any shortages
were found it would be due to err
ror and that he was ready to make
it good. He did make good" as
far as possible under some difficult
ties, however; in the way Of secur
ing the cash, paying over $4, ,841. 81
after Mr.. Moore started his audit,
Mr.. Greer was laboring under the
belief that Mr.. Moore would hold
up on the checking when he got to
the new year; but the accountant
had no such intention.
OBJECTS TO JANUARY AUDIT
When be finally reached January,
1911. Mr. Moore coolly informed
Mr.. Greer that while he was at it.
he was going to check him right up
to the minute. This met with a
good deal of objection on tte part
Of the High Sheriff. who states that
he understood" he was only to be
checked in through December. etc
GREER BREAKS DOWN.
This did not deter Mr.. Moore,
who keptsa his work. the nearer
to the end he came the more con-
vincing being the evidence that
Mr.. Greer was short. and when
finally cornered in the vault of the
sheriff s Office, where demand was
made for the (at that time) miss
ing 5000 $500" tax RECEIPT book.
Mr. Greer completely broke down
and acknowledged to Mr.. Moore