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KLAN PERSECUTION COMES HIGH
$50,000 DEMANDED
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Squeak the Commercial Fife Beat the Civic Drum! For three years the "city of St. Louis" has "spoken" to the world of its advantages through an extensive advertising campaign running into thousands of dollars, the chief expression
of w hich has been devoted to "The new spirit of enterprise that inspires St. Louisians." St. Louis is now spending thousands to tell the cock-eyed world that this old city of new ideas on February 9, this year, went to the polls and passed a bond issue of eighty-seven million dollars for civic progress. "A whole river River des Peres will be covered over, reclaiming idle acres and creating new industrial sites. A parkway a vision of the real St. Louis will greet visitors as they emerge from Union Station, the terminal of 26 trunk-line rail
ways. A municipal center, a war memorial, a community auditorium, will form a civic building group on a plaza equal to any in the United States. A new courthouse, hospitals, playgrounds, wider streets, and an auxiliary water works looking to St. Louis's growing needs are among the improvements provided." This is all very well, Very commendable, but- we wonder what kind of Round Pegs in Square Holes it was who planned this remarkable and spectacular "development" and so completely forgot that it takes schools to make "St. Louis the -Home City." We ask St. Louisians if they are so fired by the spirit of com
mercial enterprise that they never gave a thought to their boys
and girls?
No one has heard them tell the world about their schools, and
no one ever will until they step up to bat and knock another ten
millions of bonds for some expression of the real spirit of St.
Louisians.
In the same paper recently we read of the millions taken into the coffers of "I will Chicago's Pageant of Progress side by side with the news of the condemning as unfit fourteen of its public
schools by public health and fire officials.
The activities of our own Chamber of Commerce could be
well directed to the task of helping secure adequate bond issues and tax-board aid to remedy terrible conditions in our city
schools in place of its petty pestering of the present school board
Let us have a little more quiet, naked common sense and less
dressed-up commercial Ballahoo Bunk.
organization, unlawfully, maliciously and forcibly, with the help and as
sistance of a large body Of men,
commanded and led by defendant, and whom defendant, and said other persons, had induced, Instigated and commanded to so help and assist de-
commanded to so help and assist de
fendant, broke and entered said
premises.
"At said time said defendant was chief of police of said city of Spring
field, and said malicious and unlawful trespass aforesaid was committed by him under pretense of the authority of his said office, pretending to so act under authority of a pretended search
warrant, commanding the search of
said premises for Immoral and ob
scene literature, books, papers and
pictures; but in truth and In fact, so
acting without any authority in law, by search warrant or otherwise; and in violation of his oat hof ofBce as such police ojcer, and in prostitution of the authority of his said oice. Said defendant, at said time and place, and the posse or body of men he led and commanded, with great disturbance, noise and threats, acting in the manner of a mob, forcibly- ejected plaintiff from his said premises, and
maliciously and unlawfully, and un
der the false pretense of searching
for, and poizing obscene and Immoral
iteralure, designed to corrupt the
norals of youth, maliciously and un
lawfully took and carried away the
charter sheets, membership lists, se
cret ritual, oath, regalia, books, pa
pers and other property of paid or
conization. For the malicious and un
lawful purpose aforesaid, defendant caused said list of names to be published in the newspapers of said city
and other cities in said state and to
be published in said newspapers a de
scription of said regalia and the text
of said rituals and oath. To have copies of said rituals, membership
lists, oath, books and papers made for the use of said defendant and said other conspirators. At said time said
defendant well knew that said books, charter sheets, rituals, oath and other property so taken and carried away by him were not immoral o robscene, but on the contrary thereof, contained nothing but the purest and most sublime Ideals of American citizenship, patriotism and manhood; with no word or suggestion of class antagonism, of race hatred or religious intolerance: all as a part of a fixed program on the part of defendant and said other conspirators to bring plaintiff and said organization into disrepute; to. the plaintiff's damage in at least the sum of ten thousand (10,ono) dollars, for which he prays Judg
ment.
went Tf their own Interests, and dedi
cated to the teaching of Americanism, and patriotism to the government of
the United States: loyalty to its con
stitution and laws and the general betterment of society. Recognizing
in- government s fairs ho higher au
thority than the lawfully constituted
authority T the federal and state gov
ernment. With no malice toward any cttbten or clans or group of citi
zens -fey reason of place ot birth, race,
religion, or otherwise, but with a broad charity and tolerance for the acts and Pellets of aU citizens so long
as the same are lawful and loyal.
"Defendant, in order to disrupt, annoy and destroy said organisation
and plaintiff's said business, and to
hamper and annoy him In the con
duct of the same, wickedly, maliciously and wrongfully caused plaintiff's
arrest upon a criminal charge in the
police court of said city of Spring
field, and imprisoned him in the jail of said county so that, and by means of which, defendant, could wrongfully and unlawfully seize and carry away
the secret rituals, lists of members,
books, records, letters, regalia and other property of plaintiff, and of said organization then in plaintiff's lawful
care and custody, which said secret
rituals, membership lists, books, papers, letters, regalia and other property were then seized by defendant
and by him wrongfully and malicious
ly displayed, all to the wicked, malicious and unlawful purpose aforesaid, to plaintiff's damage in the sum of ten thousand (JiO.600) dollars, for
which he prays judgment.
"Wherefore, plaintiff prays judg
ment in all in the sum of fifty thou sand ( 50,866) dollars."
SECRET OF "THE
WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION" IS OUT
COLOXEL SIMMONS MAKES AN-
jretNCEMEXT OF ORGANIZATION THAT WOL WXCTIOX "ALONGSIDE THE Kf KXl KLAN."
A STRONG PLEA ' -FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
COL. STEWART URGES TEACHING OF LOYALTY AXD HISTORY
Keep the Water Smooth It is said that two swans, floating quietly, majestically on a perfectly smooth surface of the lake, gives the reflection of four swans. Let one swan strike the water with its bill and instantly the reflection is gone, destroyed by widening ripples of discord. An even, smooth surface reflects a perfect picture, but rough
ened water reflects an impression imperfectly. The surest way of giving the imperfect impression of the Klan is to "strike the water with your bill." Klansmen, by your every word, by your every act, you are commanding the respect of the world. Within and without the organization, keep the water smooth.
Klansmen, Be Thrifty
Klansmen, by their very act and deed, are pledged to better
citizenship.
The best expression of American citizenship comes from a contented mind, and just now those of good memory might do
well to recall the times of 1921. We are cautioned that another period of inflation is daily gaining ground, and even now there is talk of another buyers' strike if the present upward price movement keeps its pace. Klansmen, by thrifty and sar.e buying, can wield a powerful influence for good and be a powerful bulwark against unfavorable winds that not infrequently disturb the affairs of the country.
"Second cause ot action: On the
14t.h dav of FeLruary. 1923, defendant
falsely and maliciously and without
reasonable or probable cause, know
ing the same to be false and untrue
caused plaintiff to be charged before the police court of the city of Spring
field. State of Ohio, with the crime of
'conspiring to commit a misdemeanor
;o-wit. disorderly conduct and riot,' and maliciously and without reasonable or palpable cause, knowing such charge to be false, procured said court to issue a warrant for the arrest
of said plaintiff on said pretended charge.
"Thereupon said defendant at the
head of and in command of, a large
!ody of men, to-wit. at least 14, forcibly, unlawfully and riotously Invaded
the premises of plaintiff and caused his arrest under said warrant. The plaintiff was arrested in the presence of a iarg-e body of men. and was thereupon handcuffed and led through
a great crowd of people by the order of said defendant and imprisoned in
the jail of said county, for the space
of forty hours and for said length of
time denied his constitutional right
to ball, by said defendant. "On the 20th day ot March. 1923
at the trial of said cause, said court
found that there was no evidence tending to prove plaintiff guilty of said crime or any other crime; and
plaintiff was acquitted, and said
prosecullnn is wholly ended and de
termined. "By reason of the premises plain
tiff has been greatly injured in his business, his credit and reputation to
his damage in the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, for which he
asks judgment.
Third cause of action: On the
Offlridli Fait Completely
That the state, represented by
Chief of Police O'Brien and Prosecu
tor J. Patrick Malone, had failed in
their effort to have Courtner, Kleagle
of the Klan, held for the Clark county grand jury for "riotous conspiracy'
waa evidenced in a bulletin in the
last issue of The Fiery Cross.
Not only was the charge against Courtner ordered dismissed by Judge
Golden C. Davis in his decision handed
down last Tuesday, but in addition
the ruling of the court was that the police must return to Courtner the robes, hoods, application for char
ter, list of 681 names of local members and all other property of every
description seized by the chief of po- j lice on the night of February 14, in his
unwarranted and illegal raid of Klan headquarters, at No, 32 S. Fountain
avenue in this city.
Prosecutor J. Patrick Malone, with
his usual bluff and gusto insisted that
the fight had Just begun, and that the
entire matter would be carried to the
grand jury regardless of Judge Davis's
decision. Actuated as he has been in
the past by prejudice, hatred and his
own personal Interests, no one ex
pected a sane statement from him. However, County Prosecutor O. L. McKinney, who is the county prosecutor for whom J. P. Malone has been acting merely as deputy prosecutor, has stated that he will take no action
in this direction on his own initiative.
shall not act in this direction. There are two courses left open for those who would prosecute the Klan, one is for the presiding judge, when the
grand jury convenes, to direct the
jury to enter upon an Investigation. The other is for some member of the jury to ask that an Investigation be made by that body. In either event, should such development occur, I will persoally take charge of the case
and present the facts to the grand
jury myself. It would seem, therefore,
that this is the end of the "Spanish Inquisition" in so far as that particu
lar phase of the Springfield hearing
is concerned.
The next move now is the trial of
Chief of Police O'Brien, the first step
of which was the filing of a petition here today.
Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin and Other
Xortfcer Ceevtral State Well Organised
(By Eyewitness) The much-discussed National Organization of Women, founded on the lines of the Ku Klux Klan, which has been organised in the northern cen
tral states, disguised 'under the name,! "The Women's Organisation," has be
come a public reality by the announce
ment by Col. William Joseph Simmons, Imperial Emperor of the Ku
Klux Klan, of the Organization of
KAMEL1A," the National Women's
Organization.
The organization will function
"alongside the Ku Klux Klan," and is
the result of a nation-wide appeal
from the women themselves. Native
born, white, Protestant women of America, above the age of II years,
Ul be admitted. The organization will be the de
velopment of a new consecration of
the American home, American schools
to the American government and to
the American creed of Christianity
as taught by the Protestant church.
For many weeks the Women's Organ
ization has been quietly functioning
and organizing throughout the north
ern central states, and already Indiana has 68 chapters, with a total of over BO, 000 rnerabersr Ohio, with its forty odd chapters, Iowa. Illinois and Minnesota, with thirty odd chapters each indicate a growth even more re
markable than that of the Ku Klux Klan. It Is generally understood that aajde from Col. Simmons as head of the organization it will be composed entirely of women executives and it is intimated that at this time a wellknown Indiana woman has been se
lected and designated as the head of the National Women's Organization.
EFFORT TO SOLVE MURDER AT ALLIANCE
FREE FOR ALL ACCUSATIONS COXCERXIXG MIHDER CHARGE TO BE SIFTED
Mope for Fixing Responsibility Expressed.
INSULTING AND
SENSELESS EDITOR
IAL DRAWS FIRE
JEWISH
ORGAN GETS TO FACTS
MIXED AS
Some System The laws of party politics are stronger than any civil service law, William Dudley Foulke to the contrary notwithstanding. Frank C. Ferguson, collector of the port at Newark, N. J., recently said : "I have no hesitancy in saying I let two hundred men go because my office is governed by politics." Who would deny we need some 100 Americanism ?
Here 's a Tip to the A. U. L. -
Will some one please tip the American Unity League that not a single state legislature has considered a bill prohibiting the
driving of an airplane, while wearing a mask.
Denial of the streets and highways will prove futile unless
the air is included. Give 'em the air.
The Creed of the Fiery Cross Edited, not to make up people's minds, but to shake up peo
ple'g minds; to help mold active public opinion which will make
America a proper place to live in.
News of truth kills more false news and shrivels up more
"bunk" than all the earnest arguments in the world. Truth
helps to clarify opinions on serious questions by serious people.
Columbus, Ohio, March SO. When
ever Protestant, American men enter a church as Knights of the Ku Klux
Klan, that church is defiled, is the
contradictory, insulting and senseless
statement made in the editorial col
umns of the current Issue of the Ohio
14 th day of Februan-y, 1923. at Spring- 1 Jewish Chronicle, a local publication.
field, in the State of Ohio, and County! The editorial, entitled, "Klan Meet
of Clark, defendant maliciously, un- ins: Places." Is written by Samuel S.
lawfully and with force, imprisoned I Mayerberg of Dayton, an editorial
plaintiff in the jail of said county, and contributor to the" Jewish organ. The
deprived him of his liberty, for the I article calls attention to the Klan
space of forty hours; during all of meeting held in the Church of the said time denying to plaintiff his con -Good Shepherd at Cleveland last week
stltatlonal right to ball, although the I which resulted in interesting corre-
same was demanded by plaintiff, on a Upon dene between Rabbi Louis Wol
laise ana pretended charge or 'con-Iter end Mayor Kohler, reported in
spiring to commit a misdemeanor,'
which at said time defendant knew
the last issue- of The Fiery Cross
ltavvk.. Tifln vlnai ava. tti an.
- k . . "(tion taken by the Cincinnati Federa
damage in the sum of ten thousand
($10,000) dollars, for which he prays
judgment.
'Fourth cause of action: On the
J4 th day of February, 1S2S, defendant,
wun tne neip ana assistance or a great crowd of men, who at said time were under hia command, managein e n t and control, maliciously and unlawfully assaulted and beat the plain
t iff to his diiug In the sum of tea
tlon of Churches in which preachers
were urged not to lend their pulpits to Klan speakers or their churches
for Klan gatherings of any kind,
However, the editor is forced to admit
that this move is believed "appropri
ate at this time because of the cog
nlianrt taken of the Klan by many
preachers in this vicinity.
An with; the following- nnsupport-
(By Eyewitness.) Alliance. O., March 80. Since Dr,
IQ. C. Walker was found murderia
ILRU 1113 UVUJ 1UU1IU i.l A MW tt VI Vf at his home near Alliance on the night of September 28, 1921, Alliance Ohio, has had its murder mytsery.
with Its unusual and remarkable angles. Grand jury investigations have failed to prove anyone guilty, but motives there are aplenty. With the appointment this week of Sherman S. Deaton as special prosecutor, acting directly under the appoint
ment of the Attorney General Crabb, of the State of Ohio, tho whole matter is again in the limelight, and the
genera opinion is the the matter will
be sifted, to the end that the guilty person be brought to justice, as well as that the charges and counter charges, accusing different individ
uals of the murder, will be proven
or disproven.
Assistant Attorney General Deaton
of Urbana, O., was appointed by At
torney General Crabb, on the peti
tion of " a party of citizens of Alliance." Charges have been made here
even to the extent of broadcasting hand-bills throughout the city Implicating city officials, including the city
solicitor, the mayor, and chief of po
lice.
On the other hand there Is some
evidence to indicate that this is a
smoke screen" to cover up others
who might be involved in a series of
crimes, culminating in the murder of
Dr. Walker.
There are angles, and more angles,
leads and more leads, clues without
number, and about the only definite thing that is ascertainable at this
time. Is that Dr. Walker was murd
ered on September 28, 1921, and that
up to the present time the crime has
not been solved. There Is also evi
dence and charges that attempts are
being made to fasten the crime upon
certain individuals.
Public opinion in Alliance, O., while
it is divided as to its beliefs about the affair, is united in one thing, and
that is the hope that a fair and un
biased investigation win clear up the
situation.
Assistant Attorney General Deaton
opens his definite headquarters here Monday, March 8. and will continue a, complete, thorough, and impartial
investigation to assemble the facta from out the mass ot charges end implication, as well as threats that
are on every tongue.
(Special to The Fiery Cross) Washington, D. C, March 30. A strong plea for the public school and for the teaching of real Americanism
was made before the Bona of the American Revolution here by Colonel Stewart, D. S. M., of the general staff of the United States army. Colonel Stewart's address was largely on the subject of "Bolshevism" and other problems now confronting the country. He laid great stress on
the public schools aa the hope of the
nation and the place to which those
interested in the country' welfare
should turn if they would assure the future of the Cnited States.
He urged that great stress be laid
upon the teaching of the history of the country and upon the Idea that the
first loyalty of all is to the nation. He said that it the future were provided
for by a coming generation filled with the idea that the state came first, before religion, party or other Interests little cause for worry would remain for the present. This appreciation of the value of
the schools is felt in Catholic circles
a3 well, for in an editorial in the
Catholic News of New York City, a statement appears as follows: "There is no more fruitful field in
which to plant the mission spirit than
in the classroom of the Catholic school. A zealous teacher can do Very much to foster that spirit among
the pupils.''
It docs not take much reading be
tween the lines to substitute "publi-
schools" for "Catholic schools" and
"Catholic belief for "mission spirit.'
Col. Stewart called attention to the
teaching of Bolshevik principles in the
schools and said that the way to com
bat it was to teach patriotism. The teacher of Bolshevism should be
eliminated in his belief but the fight
should be kept up to rear real patri otic citizens.
Frederick Almy, former president of
the National Conference of Social
Work has given out some figures to
show the growth of the public school
system iu the country. He said that
the entire expenditure for the nine
teenth century was $5,125,000,000, while from 1911 to 1921 $6,375,000,060
was spent. He dealared that illiteracy
had practically disappeared among
the native born and told of the spread
of child-labor laws and compulsory
education. A big Tally is to be held
here in May at which time further
plans will be made for the extension
of public school work.
In a defense of the parochial school,
Dr. James H. Rysn, secretary of the
department of education of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Council, pre
-dieted iat vwrj denomination would
have itarish school within the next twenty-five years. Perhaps the Cath
olics think that by bringing the Protestants into sharp conflict by stressing
their own particular sect instead of Protestantism the Catholic church
may grow more powerful.
Dispatches from Rhode Island tell of a bill introduced In the legislature providing that English must b3 the
language of Instruction in ail ele
mentary schools. As a punishment of any teacher found to be using another language, a penalty of imprisonment lias been provided.
A report from Detroit. Mica., an-
ounces that an effort will be made
1924 to have a referendum for a
constitutional amendment barring the
parochial and private school similar
o the. bill that was put through in
Oregon.
A gift of $2,000 dollars was made
to the schools of Hammond. Ind., by
member of the Ku Klux Klan who
ntered the Pine Street Presbyterian
church and handed the money to the
pastor.
Bismarck, N. D.. dispatches tell of move to have all public school chil
dren given an opportunity to be ex
cused from school for a period of two
hours in every week to receive religious instruction, this time to be credited to the children in their atand-
ng. A similar proposal has .been
made in South Dakota.
LTOXS SHOULD QUIT. Ike action of Lawrence
Lyons hi getting In and oat of the In Klux Klan rains his
usefulness as chairman of tne Bepablican party in Indiana.
The fact that he joined at all
wSl offend many in the party . to whom the Klan Is anath
ema. His withdrawal and the statement he has issned make
him persona non grata to the thousands of Hoosiers and friends who are members of that organization. He has In-
eurred the disrespect of both
sides and shown a lack of discretion that disqualifies hhn from farther effective serriee
as Bepublkaa chairman. He should make way for some one with a better conception of party leadership.
It is not necessary to dis
cuss the arguments that hate
been made for and against the Klan as an organization. It should have been sufficient to the chairman of a great political party to knew that there is a very strongly marked divisleu of sentiment, fir. Lyons could not hare been ignorant of the fact that many Republicans in Indiana are bitterly
' opposed to the Klan and would
resent the leadership of a bub belonging to that body. Regardless of what Blight hare been his inclination, as a man, Mr. Lyons should not hare forgotten hhs position as chairman of the Republican party in the state. It Is a very different matter for Mr. Lyons, as an Individual and as state chairman, to join any organization he might see fit and to resign as he might take a notion. What any citizen does as an individual is his own affair, but it is a party matter when the state chairman affronts a large element ameny the voters, Mr. Lyons has offended two saeh elements. A man In his position should hae enough of poise to ayoid becoming identified with any organization concerning which there Is controversy. A
man who showed such a lack of understanding of the fitness of things as to get into the predicament ia which Chairman Lyons finds himself is not one whose judgment the party should be asked to trrjft
RAIDS AT KNOX OPEN CRIME DRILL
in
JUNIOR ORDER U. A. M.
thousand (W, 600) dollars, for wMck.abl thbish, the article concludes:
he prays judgment.
"Fifth cause of action: , On the J 4th day of February, 1923, at the eity of Springfield, County of Clark, State of Ohto, plaintiff was engaged ia the lawful and proper business of organic I r.g a local branch of the order known as the Ku Klux Klan, which at said time waa an all-A'mertcan "organisation, law-abiding and patriotic In its object, aims, purposes and acta; composed of native-born, white. Gen tile, Protestant cttisetm of the United States ot goo moral character; joined together in a fraternal orso isation for the protection and 4rance-
"It is most unfortunate that some
pastors ar o Ignorant of their du
tie as preachers that they will per
mit this intolerable organisation to
bold meeting! in their places of wor
ship. . ... It behooves every Chris
tian church to exelude the Klan of flcially, for. whenever that organlza
tlon enters the church, the church is
denied.'
It Is strange how deeply interested
a Jewish editor can become ia the
welfare of the Christian church, when ' it upholds an American order that
speiie-rut ft for tne- Jewish money
power of the Uaited State
SEIZE EVIDENCE IX SOFT-DRIXhi PARLOR GRAND JtRT TO INVESTIGATE
Two Women aad Six Mem F Imrt Justice t omrt
ia
ANOTHER QUESTION
MARK IN PUBLIC MINDS
XOBI.ES VILE OBSERVES THE PRO
CESS OF JUSTICE.
Springfield, Ohio, March it. The
annual home-coming meeting of the
Springfield Ceunoll No. 240, Junior
Order V. A. M. was held here re
cently.
This' was followed by a minstrel
given by the K. of V. Lodge. March
23, at which "W. J. Courtner, Kleagle of the local Klan, war introduced, and
gave an inspiring address on the alms
of the organisation.
Recently aa enthusiasts meeting
Of the Order was held by Bushnell
Council. V. A. of M. aad resolutions
were adopted and. approved statin f
the prlBclples of tho Klan and sup
porting W. If. Courtner In his local light for better forerameai- -
Noblesville, Ind., March SO. Re
cently there appeared in The Fiery
Cross under the caption, "Supreme Court Justices Give Timely Tips to Judges," an article, one paragraph of
which stated, "That a judge should
be prompt in disposing ot all matters
submitted to him, remembering that juetico delayed ia often Justice de
nied."
Through tho activities of the Klan
in Hamilton county numerous cases of gambling and bootlegging, with adequate evidence to convict, have
been brought before the bar of justice. Klansmen are willing and anxious to give their loyal support in
the apprehenalon of offenders, and
the collection of evidence, but convic
tions can only be obtained through
the co-operation of the duly con
stituted aad elected authorities.
It Is pointed out here that when a
man ts arrested and evidence submit'
ted there, has undoubtedly heea delay
in handing down of a decision, or complete Investigation of the situa
tion. The people of the community
feel that if th evidence tm not auffl
clent to convict, th accused should
be Immediately turned loos, and
where the evidence is sufficient to
permit a decision, a trial should he
given offender, and a prompt decision
lrendresV
KXO&. Tnd Eight persons, three of whom- are said to be from LaCrosse, were arrested at a bawdy house In It-Inn- Cn.Jq,, 1
oleers, through the alleged influence
of the Ku Klux Klan, began a move
ment to "clean up Knox."
Otis German, sheriff of Starke county, accompanied by the three members of the town board, and a number of citizens said to be members ot the Ku Klux Klan, entered the house ot ill-repute, operated by Ella Hall, formerly of Laporte, about 4 p. m. The following men were found in the house: "Win. Johnson of LaCrosse, Shannon Ross of Knox, Otto Joerndt of Knox: John Davis of LaCrosse, Alfred "Ness of Hamlet, and Charles E. Koomlar of Hamlet. Mrs. Hall and one inmate, who gave her nam aa Mary Doe, were also arrested.
Find XooBskfme An automobile standing in front of
the house was searched and a quantity of moonshine found. Th car was
confiscated by Sheriff German. The sheriff was unable to say who the
owner of the machine was.
The eight persons were arraigned
in Justice Henry Rogers' court la
Knox Immediately after the raid. The
men entered pteaa of gu ilty and each waa fined f 10 and costs, totaling- 19.80 in each case. Mrs. Hall and th girl were each fined th aaaae amount.
The house had ba In operation in
Knox for nfbre than a year, it was
said. Mrs. Hall and "Utter Do- were
formerly inmates of "the Switch." in tbia city, according to Kaox police
ofceers. They went to Knox from La-
porte, it Is yeported.
Mrc KMs Expected For the last few moatha members
of th Ka Klux Ktaa hav be con
ducting a secret Investigation Into vie conditions ther, according to Knox police, and;, hav placed the results of the investigation before the
peace officers. Mora attack on th
Knox vie Interest are expected to follow Sunday's ratd.
The "clean-up" started Saturday
night when the Knox official raided
Horner's poolroom uadar th Fits hotel. A quantity ot liquid purporting to be moonshine was found and samples were takes for analysis and
Kaox vie eonanioa iter investigated by Ot Starke aaty arrand
jui j uv t. m K.aiuu, Ik im rumor -