Kent Greer Bound to
United States Court
Rockingham, Feb. 27—J. Kent Greer of High Point was this
afternoon given a hearing before United States Commissioner Henry L. Guthrie,
the charge being violation of the Mann act. The federal warrant charged that
Greer “did unlawfully carry certain females from North Carolina into South
Carolina for immoral purposes, in violation of an act of Congress known as the
Mann act.”
Representing the government in the hearing were Messrs.
Stack, Lockhart, Thomas and Phillips. For the defense were Messrs. Gold,
Williams and Jones
J.R. Long of High Point testified that Kent Greer is a
married man, having married his daughter, that Mrs. Greer was sick about
February 13, at which time Kent was out of town for three days.
J.G. Felder testified that he is clerk of the Covington
hotel at Cheraw, S.C., that on the night of February 12 W.R. Clinard and Kent
Greer registered there with two women, giving their names at R Brown and C.F.
Daily and wives.
Three negro bell boys testified to the two couples spending
the night at the hotel and that each of the bell boys became drunk from whiskey
given them by Greer and Clinard.
Other witnesses testified to the two men and women passing
through Richmond county in a green speedster.
The defense put on no evidence and Commissioner Guthrie
thereupon held that probable cause existed and bound Greer to the March 30 term
of federal court at Laurinburg, under $1,000 bond which U.S. Greer and W.F.
Taylor at once gave.
The hearing is in connection with the sensational alleged
highway robbery and consequent homicide that occurred near Rockingham February
13, W.R. Clinard having been killed by a posse in the pursuit that followed the
robbery of a car from Robert Steele Jr. Robert Greer, a brother of Kent Greer,
is held for April 5 term of superior court under $10,000 bond for highway
robbery, and Kent Greer is held under $3,000 bond on charge of conspiracy to
commit highway robbery.
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