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THE MUNCIE POST-DEMOCRAT
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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1924.
Can a Circumcised Jew Be A 100 Per Cent. American? Extracts from Testimony At Trial of Joe Messino; A Brilliant Exhibition of Legal Talent; How Windy Stevens Kicks Out the Israelite.
amined 'by Fletcher Scott: jhim out. Q. How much did you pay for the j ^ circumsized Israelite is not quite
from Joe Messino?
liquor you got from Joe Messino? | A. $12.00 a gallon. j Q. Where did you get that money? A. Worked for it, contracting paint-
ing.
Q.
A. I painted a house on Dewey ave.
and one on East Main.
Q. Where did you paint the last
one?
A. Q. A. Q.
one hundred percent.
The fifty dollars that Clotz paid to get in was returned and his shimmy and black jack demanded. The
Where were you employed last? j sMmmy was a beautiful work of art!
On the front was a beautifully embroidered picture of Abraham dancing with Hagax on her seventeenth birthday. It also had three inside hippockets with double-buttoned flaps. The local Kamelias took no decisive action otJver than appointing a committee of three to .wait upon Mr. Clotz' and request him to produce
THE DIGEST KOCOANUT KO KOOS. John Snelling—Chestnut Street. Now I’m a real bird, says John. John Guidenberger—The German Klux outfit. Says he’s all American. Kan’t speak English yet. George Hogrefe—Says he hates all Katholics. AI Johnson—Known as “Big Feet Al.” t Ross Lynn—Got a hot baby at Barnesville, 99%. Bow Hughes—Swears he’li drop the Koo Koos. Mrs. Ed Hollister—Takes in all the shimmy shaking. Mrs. Ed (Skinnie) Ryan—Hangs out in all the antimovements. Mrs. Sam Hiskey—Seen at all the white sheet meetings. Fred Scarbrough—Engineer, B. & 0. A real Koo Koo.
Newark,' Ohio, July 25.—Two weeks ago The PostDemocrat commented on the character of the witnesses for the state and subsequent fine imposed upon, Joe Messino for disposing of a 6-quart gallon jug of corn liquor. The stories of the three star witnesses, Granny Elbin, Ed Targett and Frank Allen are at such variance and so filled with ludicrous contradictions that it is a question whether they bought the liquor from Messino, or whether they stole it from each other. Notwithstanding all this, Messino was handed a fine of ^1,000.00 by Judge Collier. Messino refused to pay the fine and the case is being carried up.
Messino paid Fletcher Scott $25.00 to represent him in Municipal Court who afterwards, tried to squeeze another quarter century from him. Joe did not fall for this, however, as he now knows that hiring a Ku Klux gro eery store lawyer is a good way to get nowhere quick.
Below are extracts copied from the records which show the brilliant tao tics of Scott and the character of the
state witnesses.
On page 7 of Bill of Executions and continuing on following pages the state witness, Ed Targett is being ex-
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BUT THEY WON’T BE ELECTED. The fact that nearly all of the republican candidates for congress in Indiana have joined the klan ought to show the people the type of statesmanship that is seeking to obtain complete control of the machinery of that party in Hoosierdom. There are many who do not know, for instance, that Congressman Albert H. Vestal, of Anderson, representing the Eighth district, and of such political prominence that he was selected as “whip” of the house in the last session of congress, is a dues-paying member of the Anderson “klavern.” John Hall, of Marion, the Kluxer superintendof the city schools, is the republican candidate in the eleventh district. Unlike Vestal, who is a comparatively new member, Hall has been waving a mean klux shirt-tail for a long time. Vestal was just in the act of being skinned in the last primary by a freak klux preacher from Alexandria named Winfrey, when he saved the day by becoming a one hundred percent American. The kluxers of the Eighth district thereupon double crossed their old comrade Winfrey and renominated Vestal. Winfrey had run for office several times before, having been clerk of the Madison county court, and was known never to put out a cent, always running on his nerve. Vestal came back from Washington and the various kleagles of the Eighth district became suddenly prosperious and correspofidiftgiy enthusiastic for tdieir newly hatched koo koo komrade. The defeat of Merrill Moores at Indianapolis in the recent primaries by an unknown named Updike, a klansman, is illustrative of the general epidemic of kluxism which has broken out in Hoosier republicanism. Moores was an outstanding figure in congress. Being sane and patriotic he abhorred the klan and the freak vote of Indianapolis combined and beat him with an obscure individual whose sole claim to a seat in the hall of fame was a receipt from the kleagle showing that he had paid his little old ten spot for the right to wear a sack over his head at night and do the snake dance in the bushes in the light of the burning cross. As the campaign progresses the Post-Democrat will discuss the peculiarities of these, and other prominent candidates who have put all their eggs in the klux basket and will endeavor to show the fallacy of electing men to office who are willing to subordinate their standing as American citizens to the commands of a secret oligarchy of crooked grafters who are attempting to sell their country for thirty pieces of silver.
Jenkins, on Dewey ave. When was that?
A week ago.
Was that before you purchased
this liquor or after you purchased it?
A. Just when I got through. Q. You finished that on Sunday
morning and purchased this liquor on
Sunday afternoon?
A. Yes, I think it was Friday or Thursday, and Friday night I asked this guy to get me some whiskey and he got it and we started on Saturday. I was drunk all that week. Q. On that one gallon of liquor?
A. No.
Q. Oh, you had other 'liquor be-
sides?
A. I’ll say we did. Q. Where did you get that liquor? A. Same place. Q. How much did you buy of Joe? A. 3 gallons. Q. You bought three gallons since a week ago last Sunday? A. Four gallons of corn. Q. You bought seven gallons of liquor since a week ago last Sunday? A. Yes. Q. Who paid for all that seven gallons ? A. I Jid. Q. Did you ever see that brown jug before? A. Yes, that is the same jug I hid. I put it under my arm and took it out and hid it. Then I said to myself I’ll do the business. I poured it out in four quart bottles and t^ook the jug and dig it. In the direct examination of Edward (Granny) Elbin by state’s attorney E. S. Randolph are the following question and answer: Q. Now, when you got there and found this jug, was there anything
is it?
A. Looked to be a quart and half, not less than that. And so on for several pages this same line of bunk is given as testimony and accepted by the court. Or.e witness is asked to smell the breath of another witness on the stand in order that Judge Collier can determine whether he is drunk on corn liquor or alcohol rub while giving testimony. Dr. East, state witness, who analyzed something said to be taken from a six quart gallon jug, is ordered to smell the breath of another witness to determine what intoxicated him. Dr. East stated that he could not qualify as a breath smeller. We are of the opinion that when this case gets into a higher court the judg4 will take the precaution of wearing a gas mask while the testimony is being given. IS A CIRCUMCISED JEW 100 PER CENT AMERICAN? How One Got Into the Klan and How Mayor Stevens Got Him Out. Newark, Ohio, July 25.—At last we have found why Chas. Clotz of Buckj eye Lake was kicked out of the Klan. | We have been working on this for 1 months and have finally gotten the ' straight dope from the klan records. | Here is the pure version, j Chas. Clotz owns 85 cottages at Buckeye Lake. When the Klan agita’tion was at its ’height last summer, Clotz became alarmed not only for , his personal safety but feared that the ! Koo Koos would burn his string of ! cottages. He made a trip to India- : napolis to see Old Man Stephenson i and by some hook or crook through the Old Man’s influence was taken I into the night shirt gang at Columbus. (Fifty .dollars was the influence.) He and Old Man Stephenson became real chummy even to the extent of renting the Old Man one of his shacks at the lake. The boil came to a sudden head, however, at the Deshler Hotel escapade last winter. Old Man Stephenson, Charles clotz and another party staged a drunken brawl in the Columbus hostelery even to the extent of assaulting a woman. Mayor Stevens of Newark tapped the local klan till and hustled over to Columbus to get the bunch out of jail. The party then spent the week end at Buckeye Lake being guests of the Jew, Chas. Clotz. Off this the public Has been previously informed but the subsequent events which ousted Clotz from the klan have not been divulged until
now.
As the story got aboard local
or tracts of land have been or will be benefited by said improvement in the amounts named on said roll, or in a greater or less sum than that named on said roll or in any sum, at which time and place all owners of such real estate may attend, in person or by representative, and be heard at 7:30
o’clock P. M.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Mary E. Anderson, Clerk Advertised on July 25-Aug. 1st, 1924.
TORCH OF KB E«X
Galveston, Ind., July 16. 1924 Special to the PosPDemocrat.
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proper credentials to show that he was ship is ignorant and bigoted. As a 100% American. Mr. Clotz refused ru 2 e there are not many commuters
to interview this committee in a body ^
and the matter was dropped.
The friendship between Clotz and work in the city and rubs shoulders Old Man Stephenson was not marred with the world is too much occupied by these events, however, as was re- with his own affairs to dabble in the cently shown by a visit paid the Old Klan. But the stay-at-homes, many Man at Indianapolis by Clotz. Upon of them idle and unenlightened and his return he spoke in terms of high others merely loafers and good-for-praise of the million-dollar mansion nothings, find in the Klan a medium being built by Stephenson at the Hoo- by which they can put their evil seir capital. ’ v ’ minds to work for vicious ends. Another Koo Koo shimmy demand- Banker Threatened, ed, July 25. It has just been learned ! “Business men throughout the that Jim Fitzsimmons and wife have county are conscious of. an increasing been thrown out of the Koo Koo nest espionage. One doxyn-at-the-heel feland henceforward will be obliged to low told me if I didn’t extend him a associate v/ith the rest of we colored loan he would see that the Klan people, mackerel snapper and Kikes knew about it. Empty talk, no doubt, We welcome you back Jim. but It shows the trend of mind. It is rumored about town that Chief “I believe that the Klan has classiSwank has a contract with the Mil- fied every business man or public ler Packing Co. to furnish them dead man on Long Island and is endeavpup at 3 1-8 cents per pound not in- oring to influence sentiment for or eluding fleas. Oh you weiners! against its favorites and possible Hurrah! The Koo Koos must buy victims. There can be no doubt a pump but do not dare to buy about its strength. The Klan wields a pump. Another question for a grave power.
A few evenings ago, the little town of Galveston was again disgraced by an invasion of the Jackson Longcliff Circus of Muslin Monkeys as this lawless aggregation of brainless galoots paraded through town resembling army of Mexican greasers on a rampage of pillage, loot and revolu-
The man who goes to tion
The show train of three sections, consisting of lions, panthers, hyenas, kaliffs, kleagles and idiots, was due to arrive from South Bend at 8:40 A. M., but was delayed for several hours owing to the fact of having passed through the Battle of NotreDqme, which resulted in serious dam-
kett, Minn Lawrence, ,'Mrs. W. A Rodibaugh, Mrs. Leslie Maggie Zigs. ‘ v'* ' Kommittee on protection for swee* womanhood—Sam Sprinkl^^Paul Gar lison and Rev. S. O. Goodrich. Kommittee on night --prowling and^ child beating—iW. A. RodibSB&g|k Kommittee on SalveFrank Somsel and Jtjlin lem Funk. ^ • Director Generals' —Butch Lawrence, JoUf lie and Anderson Emrick. Kommittee for the- prote Folks Estates—Rev. Robe: Kommittee on Silence(Nig’s got ’em all skinned^ is a hard argument to bea t. ^ % • % :-\ ^ Kommittee of the Whole, on Chvjst- ^ ian Science and Bible Research-Juft ** 1
age to the proboscis of one big King; Sines, Elmer Lantis, Dewy Roach,
Fletzcher Scott to answer. FITZSIMMONS GETS ENLARGED HEART.” Newark, Ohio, July 18.—At last we have a Short Hour restaurant in
j “This power is extended tenfold by common rumor. Everything that happens—good or bad—has been credited to the Klan of late, until it is becoming a bogy that rises up on
Newark. Jim Fitzsimmons who has every doorway to haunt the peace of been conducting the all American Long Island. Old ladies and childWhite Gentile Soup parlor on East ren are afraid to go out of doors at Main street on a 24-hour-day basis has night, ‘because th© Klan will get you announced thatlyieginning Monday if you don’t watch out.’ The citizens he will close at 9 p.-m. and give his of Long Island should form a defenhash slinge.rs a chance to attend all sive committee to combat this sjpreadklan meetings. It Seems Jim has been ing evil.”
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making more money than the banks can handle. As many as five cus-
tomers have been seei^in the joint at one time. We are glad . that Jim is kind enough to eL^se paVt time and give Mike and Pet fa" chance to make their rent. These boys are struggling
along just barel from the door, taking busines pour the soup,
ness lads.
CiTY ADVERTISEMENTS Department Of Public Work Office of the Board 212 Wysor Block
Muncie, Ind.
Notice of Improvement Resolution, g the wolf Notice to Property Owners,
the ujlder- In the matter of Certain Proposed the Grefks Public Improvements in the City of
real busi- Muncie, State of Indiana. j Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works of the City of Muncie, Indiana, that it is desired and deemed necessary to make the following described public improvements for the City of Muncie, Indi-
Kleagle, together with similar injur-(Pike Kantner, Wart Armstrong Dan
Oakley, Clarence Emerick, Bruce Martin, Jack Stafford and D.eak Bun-
nell.
It is not definitely known whether
ies to quite a number of monkeys, cyelops, dragons, kotops and wizzards, thereby necessitating several hours stop and delay at the goat pas-
ture for general repairs an the laun- or not the suggested foregoing Korn-
dering of clown suits, which had been smeared with Klux filth in this patriotic and Christian battle of these choice percenters. So after a scientific inspection of the He and She animals, by the committee of the whole, for the protection of sweet womanhood, the big show finally landed in town, headed by a band composed of tin horns and horse fiddles with the Circus marching straight into the arms of J. M. Sines—Town Marshal, a real Kluck-
mittees and director generals accept ed the honors conferred from the in visible Whizzery or whether they de dined to serve their master. But assuming that each official de partment functioned in regular fash ion, Kluxism was demonstrated to s nat’s heel, except a sham battle with the Pope, although a few illmannerly cusses (who don’t like Kluxers) made fun of some of the local Kamelia’s when they were in dress parade, but it seems like some
er, who give them a loving embrace j folks just don’t know how to appreciand a Klear Klux title to the town. , ate things that are real pretty. Now Then this ignorant mob of greasers * most observers thought that they
and Florida crackers, proceeded to take possession of the Public Highways and with self assumed authority attempted to dictate just what part of the highways might be occupied by those who were not Kluxers, but on several occasions this gang of outlaws were givenS to understand that respectable American citizens' would not be run off the public highways by
looked real nice with their elegant forms in goose motion following the order to march, for just as soon as a sufficient momentum developed to produce a flutter of the nightgown and a quiver of avoirdupois that would maintain real Klux beauty it presented a picture of amusing entertainment—almost equal to a drove of fat Helford cows o na race track
a masked mob of hoodlums. They ! with a bed sheet over them—Oh!
CITY ADVERTISEMENT Department of Public Works
Office of the Board 212 Wysor Block
Muncie, Ind.
To Whom It May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the assessment rolls, with the names of the owners and description of property subject to be assessed, with the amounts of prima facie assessments,
have been made and are now on file donia Avenue
and can be seen at the office of the Board, for the following improve-
ments, towit: from Jackson Street to Godman Ave-
I. R. No. 1005-1928, Paving alley between Madison Street from' Ninth
Street to Twelfth Street.
were also given to understand that respectable American citizens would not be assaulted and have their hats knocked off by masked thugs hiding behind the American flag for protection. It would have been quite a puzzle for the ordinary observer to have determined whether or not, all of the inmates of Longcliff asylum had just escaped and landed in Galveston, or whether it was a mob of ruffians and
ana, as authorized by the following; lunatics on their way—we rather susnumbered improvement resolutions, : pect that the former conclusion would
adopted by said Board, on the 18th : have been correct.
the are
now making an attempt to rule the
However, from all indications local greasers and tramps who
and 22nd days of July, 1924, towit: I. R. No. 1172-1924, Cement curb and gutter on both sides of First
Street from Madison Street to Mace-; town, met with a sad disappointment,
as they had reported that they were anticipating an attendance of 3(10,000
I. R. No. 1173-1924, Cement sidewalk on both sides of College Avenue
nue.
I. R. No. 1174-1924, Local
sewer in
I. R. No. 1063-1923, Paving alley be^ tween Powers Street and Orchard
Elm Street from Seventeenth
to Twentieth Street.
Feegees and greasers to participate in this monster demonstration of ignorance, hateology and conspiracy, for after weeks of advertising, posting
All work done in the making of said
Street j bills, combing and seining the entire j country for suckers, from the great.
Place from Liberty Street west to deS cribed public improvements shall
east line of Lot 18; thence North between Ldts 17 and 18 to Orchard
Place. \
I. R. No. 1093-1923, Paving alley between Mulberry ahd Jefferson Streets
be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the improvement resolution, as numbered, adopted by the Board of Public Works on the above named date, and the drawings, plans,
from Columbus Avenue to Mjjqie pr(>files and specifications which are Avenue. i on an( j may geen 0 ffi ce I. R. No. 1096-1923, Cement side- of gaid Board of p u bii c Works of the walk and also cement curb and gut- city of Muncie , Indiana, ter on both sides of Cblumbus Avenue ; The Board of public Works hag fix .
from Walnut Street to Mulberry
Street.
I. R. No. 1128-1924, Cement Curb and gutter on both sides of Beech-
wood Avenue from Reserve Street to public improvements, and on said
Alameda Avenue.
I. R. No. 1129-1924, Cement
ed the 12th day of August, 1924, as a date upon which remonstrances may be filed or heard by persons interested in, or affected by said described
date at 7:30 o’clock P. M. said Board of Public Works will meet at its office in said City for the purpose of hearing and considering any remonstrances which may have been filed, or which may have 'been presented:
“D” Street, Neely Addition, from In- gaid Board fixeg gaid date ag a date
diana Avenue now known as Reserve Street to Ohio Avenue, now called
side-
walks on both sides of Beechwood Avenue from Reserve Street to Alameda Avenue. I. R. No. 1135-1924, For grading of
Locust Street.
I. R. No. 1142-1924, For
sidewalk on both sides of West Elev-1
for the modification, confirmation, rescinding, or postponement of action on said remonstrances; and on said
cement i da t e bear all persons interested
or whose property is affected by said
enth Street from Rochester Avenue ^ proposed improvements, and will deto Gilman Avenue. | wbeBier j- be benefits that will I. R. No. 1144-1924, Paving the alley ^ accrue t 0 the property abutting and between Beechwood Avenue and Ash -'adjacent Jo the proposed improve-
klansmen demanded in no uncertain J and ^ venue f rom Reserve Stieet torment and to the said City will be
one square east. equal to or exceed the estimated cost I. R. No, 1151-1924, For cement curb j of lhe pr O p 0Se d improvements, as esand gutter on both sides of West, timated by the city €ivil Engin eer. Main Street from Calvert Avenue to j BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. Talley Avenue. j By Mary B AndergoI1( clerk. And notice is hereby given that on. Advertise on July 25 . Aug lst> 1924 the 5th day of August, 1924, the Board • Q will, at its office receive and hear re- j Some of the streets in Chinese monstrances against the amounts as- j cities are only three feet wide, sessed against their property respec-1 * n Pl ace butter 1 the native Fill lively on said roll, and will determine pi , n “ l : s< ? coco “ ut thicken^
with hydrogenated (hardened) cot*
the question as to whether such lots tonseed oil imported from America.
tones that Clotz be thrown out and his shimmy returned to the klavern. Mayor Stevens stayed off the matter as long as he could but finally was forced to find some excuse to get rid of Clotz. At last it burst on him like a flash of light! Why had he not thought of it before? And so sim-
ple, har! har!
Stevens called a meeting of the Kleagles, Kinds, Klazicks, and Klotz got the gate. And this is what put
lakes to the Ohio rive:’, they finally made most of their catch from the Klux pond at Kluxvilie—- (the angelical abode of Cal Slushslinger) consisting of about 200 wall-eyed, hairfaced mud suckers. Some of the local tribe, who was ashamed of their outfit, thought they was playing the game real kute, as they hung around on porches, on the streets and about business places until time for the nightgown show, then they slipped into holes, alleys and various other places of hiding to conceal their identity until they donned their goat pasture uniform to perform in the shimmy circus. Then at the conclusion of this Voodoo performance they sneaked out of their skunk holes and told a dirty lie by saying that they were out of town all day and had just arrived. But nevertheless, as the local galoots were not anticipating such a complete fizzle, the big show had been very systematically planned, for it had been reported that committees, commissions and director generals had been appointed to engineer the various performances in order to exhibit and demonstrate the real genuine Kluxism (and they did). Also it was further reported that in order to keep a high tension voltage of percentage and maintain the original i standard of Kukluxing, that the Grand Whizzery and Field Marsha.1 of the Indian Realm had suggested the following appointments for this special occasion: Kommittee on Music, (Vocal)— John Wyatt, Ras Hockings, Pike Kantner and Pucker Graff. Kommittee on decorations and artistic designs—Bel Oakley, Maggie Has-
vvhat is more womanly and beautiful than a pug-nosed Kluckerino parading the streets with a nightgown on? The Circus performance was finally concluded with the broadcasting of a few choice selections by a limber lunged gas organ anchored on a street corner by automatic suction which produced the usual Klux noise by spontaneous combustion, asserting that the Kluckers had got everything that they went after,—which is right—(fools will occasionally stagger on to the truth.) They have got over a hundred million good American citizens fighting them—They have got into jail—They have got into the penitentiary—They have got fined $5,000 under the Mann Act— They got licked at South Bend— They have got licked numerous other places, and the poor little suckers have got dimmed ,rimmed and jimmed out of their ten spots'—Oh, yes, they are real long on guts. So let’s have another explosion from the Gas Organ and, WE WILL CLOSE
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