Perry is one of the hired men in Silvermane's criminal operation, a foot soldier in the crime ring that holds Depression Era New York in its grip. Alongside his fellow henchman Pudge, he handles the rougher work the crime lord requires. When the private investigator Patrick Donegal is taken in for questioning, it is Perry and Pudge who hold and torture him, working him over before Silvermane arrives to interrogate the detective and cut his throat.