Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-10-12
duly sworn, deposes and saws:

duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is High Sheriff of the
County of Richmond;
That there has been widespread
violation of the liquor laws in the
Town of Rockingham, in Richmond
County, and that, while he has had
to assist him the policemen of the
Town OF Rockingham and his De-
putty Sheriffs, that by reason OF the
TACT that they are all well known to
the vioiaters OF law, and by reason
of the secretive manner in which
they work and by reason Of then
ability to spot and keep in connec-
ton with the movements of all oil
the officers, that they have been un-
| able to arrest large number of vio-
lators of the liquor law, and that
these conditions have been report
ed to the Board of County Commits
sioners and to the Board of Town
Commissioners, that affiant is in
frmed and believes that the viola
tors OF the liquor laws are thor
oughly organized and have signs
and signals and other means OF
making known to their conf ederates
all movements of the officers of the
law, and that, by reason of such or
ganization, the Town and County
officers have been unable to cope
with the situation and that it has
been necessary to secure an inves
! tigator unknown to the liquor vios
lators to ascertain the guilty par
ties.
That this affiant is informed, be-
lieves and so alleges: That the
I Boards of Town and County Com,
missioners have been actuated by
no i'll will, prejudice, malice or bias
against any particular person or
persons, but have secured the SER
vices of an investigator for the gen
eral purpose Of ascertaining the
persons violating the liquor laws
and prosecuting them and for the
| general purpose of unfolding and
securing the enforcement of all
4 laws;
That affiant has known L. d.
Frutchey, John N. Hasty and J. l..
Hawley for long number of years,
and that they are men of high char.
acter and standing; that upon infor-
m 10 n an d belief that
neither of them have been actuated
| by malice, i'll will, prejudice or bias
as members of the Grand Jury of
Richmond County, and that neither
of said parties have any pecuniary
interest in the outcome Of the sew
eral liquor cases before the Court.
r. L. MCDONALD, Sheriff.
Sworn and subscribed to before
me, this October 5th, 1922.
]. A. McAULAY, C. S. C.
S. E. Covington, after first being
duly sworn, says:
That he is chief of police of the
Town of Rockingham at this time
and was in May and June, 1922.
That some time in the month Of
June he wrote to the Bodeker De,
tective Agency for the purpose of
getting in touch with a man who
could ferret out the liquor selling
in town and surrounding commun.
! ity. The detective agency recon-
mended Mr.. Harry Sapphire but
never wrote to him.
| That some time after I wrote to
the Bodeker Detective Agency, Mr..
Harry Sapphire called me over the
phone and told me that he under
stood that desired to get in touch
with him. | informed him that /
desired to talk over with him the
| situation in our community and
what we wanted done. He there
upon informed me that he would
come down to see me and in the
| course of day or two he did come
to Rockingham. Upon his arrival I
/ directed him to go to see Mayor
i Lowdernilk.
j S. e. CONVICTION.
| Sworn and subscribed to before
me this the 9Th day of October,
i 1922.
]. A. McAULAY,. C. S. c.
4 Ozmer L. Henry, after first being
i duly sworn, deposes and says:
4 That he is a duly licensed and
practicing attorney, member of
| the law firm of Bynum and Henry.
and for the past six years, EXCEPT
the time spent overseas. has been
Eattorney for the C5aIliy Of Rich.
| nnond.
That about the time he indiet