Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 June 1923 — Page 2

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DPECTIVE IS SUED ft)R FALSE ARREST

-Judge Flays Lawcence J. O'Dea f or Raid Said to Be "Religious Persecution" -.IV if WAKlilXGTOX. D. C, May 28 rflUvpi Law re nor .T. O'Uea. fourth negi-ee Knight of Columbus, liearl of tho "Loyal Order of Americans," which was rounded here about Bix ntMilhdl ago for the sole purpose of "ptiUliii the Ku Klux Klan out of business, " has been sued for $25,000 on' charge of false arrest and deprivation of liberty. JflO-.'aintilTs are Clarence Rosen'fVWn f,nrt William C. Smelcer, of HaVjitiw,. Va., who were attendants atnk, jjyeetinK in the International TjJiayhical I'nion hall a few jj:

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nights ago that was raised by O'Dea, who charged it was a "radical" meeting. liesolutlon Only Offense It seems the only offense of this meeting was a resolution passed enthusiastically commending the Soviet government of Russia for the execution of the Catholic prelate who tried to place .the law of the I'ope above the law of Russia. Fifteen or twenty persons were arrested in the raid and were released the next morning in court when the Judge "roasted" O'Dea for the raid os religious persecution. Each of the men asks $25,000 of O'Dea, who is worth every cent he is sued for. Besides being on the metropolitan police detective force, he is the owner of a large private detective agency which receives a large number of government commissions. O'Dea has been very pernicious in his activities against the Klan, but so far has never accomplished anything.

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the speaker mentioned in his Thursday night open-air meeting, "We are here to co-operate with the authorities now in office and i we may be permitted to do so, cut the strings that bind them from doing their duty." But the officials did not see the handwriting on the wall. Perhaps they did not want to, and herein lay the joker which they fell for biting on the bait ancl swallowing the hook, sinker and all. The Klan machinery worked nicely. Attorney Clarence E. Benadum, spokesman, declared in an interview with the Herald-Star reporter that there had been gathered sufficient evidence against law violators hat the Klan stood ready to offer any and all assistance possible for the police to cope with the situation and bring about a strict enforcement of the laws. They had been reminded that an investigation was on to prove the frame-up against Cobb, press dispatches carried an interview given out by Clarence E. Benadum, Klan attornev. who dprlnrpH "stciiimn.

ville was one of the worst debauched

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Attorney Benadum and Nathaniel P. Willis, attorney at law at Columbus, and associate counsel, called upon ?.Iayor Hawkina. They sought his help to clean up Steubenville, and announced their intention of fighting any charge of illegal possession of liqiior or any other -'-'trumped up" charges-that may be filed against Cobb. Putting the issue of the city's lawlessness squarely up to the mayor, Mr. Hawkins, to his credit, came out Wednesday with the following published statement: "I gladly welcome and will appreciate tlie assistance of any organization, person or persons in order to make Steubenville a better and cleaner ciiy. Being short of policemen we certainly would be glad to have assistance in securing evidence against all kinds, of law violation. I will gladly -co-operate in every way possible." Then followed the request Wednesday that themayor approve search warrants for raids unon houses o! ill-fame. This act consumed more than an hour's time, during which Klan investigators! posted upon the line, saw a policeman begin his first patrol of the occupied ara for that day, women began their exodus, hieing to points of safety. "Why are the girls uptown today." was the common question of the streets. The movies were

patronized more than usual that Wednesday afternoon while the raiding squads were making their -tour of the underworld. - . Five women stayed behind to cover the trail of the others who had flown. These were sacrificed by the ring, for the sake of appearances. These five were brought before Mayor Hawkins and were ordered out of. town. The chief of police was verv well pleased with the play." . To his'interviewers. he scoffed and ranted. Steubenvilie was a clean town, had no need for the Ku Klux Klan. This talk abo-it the "line" being the worst of any city or town throughout the leagrh nd breadth of the land was the bosh, according to him. . Girts Back in Line A hundred girls were back on that line thut Wednesday night. The cribs, two by four shahtich. which have enntinued to house the nefarious business ruled out by laws in every state in the union, were closed ! for a brief afternoon. The evening air again heard the "come ons," the cries of "show you a good time" coming from hard-locking rouged masks 4 harlots peering out from curtains" and doorways. The policeman stood at the corner, but he re-i stored the original color of a river town tenderloin in its halcyon days of scarlet sheen. The gang of lawbreakers, the scheming politicians, the grafters, according to popular belief, were satisfied with the day's happenings. They were, better than all, satistted with themselves. The "game that succeeded so well with the moralists,the preachers, had worked again, they thought, ro the edification of the press and a bolster for themselves. - Tiiey were astounded at the "nerve" of the Klan speaker who thrilled his audience with the recital of the "doings" the - day before. Against such ranting, there, should be some law, etc., etc. But leave it to the chief of police to sum up the opinion of the gang, when he and Mayor Hawkins arrived back at their city hall offices, and recalled bis interviewers. "Just take it from me; we have heard that kind of stuff before," Ullve slid along with that kind of kicking for six years, and I guess I can stand it," the chief added further. The Worst Was Over? . The worst was over, thought the gang, and complacently guzzling, they passed a quiet Thursday night aad the dawn Friday portended nothing more than days of yore. The blow had come and had been met. The word was out that "things were again Jake" and "business" went on as usual. Did they, fall for the bait? They did. State prohibition agents under the direction ot T. S. Evans, deputy prohibition commissioner for Ohi. cailed to Steubenville Wednesday erening by th Ku Klux Klaa chieftaina, arrived aa per schedule Friday to conduct simultaneous raids. He came with fourteen of his operatives. Things had been arranged and everything set to begin at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Armed Trlth state "warrants, secured on evidence of sales, ' the j

squads of dry agents started out. Those caught in th mtria

1 Mele Melonevick, 460 WTells street,

leceuuy paroiea trom the Ohio penitentiary, where he was serving a sentence for murder, it is understood. He was brought in at the point of a gun. Minnie Kernish, 659 Wells street. George Mandich, 448 Wells street. Dorothy Ralich, 452 S. Third street Mary Melko, S. Third street. - Mike Barrach, 553 Wells street. Joe D. Aurora, Sixth and Adams streets. Patsy Dellapena, 328 S. Sixth St. Louie Milkovich, 431 Well street. Annie Milkovich, 460 Well street. One of the prisoners brought in wa3 Cecilia Melonovich, 460 Wells street. She is only 14 years of age She was ordered locked up. Others were : Louis Tobasso, 312 Marsh alley. Alex Di Carlo, 225 N. Seventh street. Ducher Oregch, 408 ST Third street. Frank Zorpiti, 301 N. Seventh street. Nick Fiore, 229 N. Seventh street. Stanley Zowaski, 213 N. Seventh street. Angelina Tohnssn oooh ie

v01 N. Seventh street, was arrested, charged with possession, being alleged she dumped a Quantity of liquor when officers rushed the place. "Ku Klux Klan Day" Thursday the Steubenville Gazette stated that their dear nlH tn-r,

passed through a Ku Klux Klan dav. Friday's "doin's" left 'em stunned But the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, rejoicing for work well done, might call it a "red letter" day for themselves and the beginning -of a new era for the city where they make their home. For the gang who could pull the strings so that they could fatten upon lawlessness: for the Jew landladies who kept from two to nine girls in the shackles of vice; for the bootleggers who were oiling their hides with illicit liquor sales; for the gamblers who "raked" the last dime of an imprudent sucker's money, it was "lights out." Steubenville, let it be known, was rotten. And here was the citv the Federated Women's Clubs met in convention the same week the Ku Klux Klan was exposing its rottenness. The good citizens had reason to hang their heads at the disgrace, but they knew their city deserved it! For tolerating such conditions, not only were the oaicials, sworn bv

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their oaths of office, to blame, but also were the citizens who continued them in office Trithout seeking grand jury investigations into their conduct Citizens Tolerant The citizens had become tolerant They were loathe to complain, their neighbors would not. And so it-was there grew a spirit of indifference, the thing that provokes and breeds lawlessness and the fateful but sure graK. The "string-pullers" got busy The going was easy. For months and years Steubenvilli has had its brothels and blind tigers and gambling dives. City and county officials have chosen the "lines of least resistance," it appears to many. "Why doesn't the sheriff do something?" is asked; "He never has, so why should he now," is a pet answer. "Why doesn't the prosecutor do something?" "Has he filed Suits in ahntomont

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ui yrostuuuon wnere Mayor Hawkins has secured convictions?" is countered. "What's the matter with'the chief of police?" This is one of the rejoinders: "The mayor went into office on (Continued on Page 5, Column 3)

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CEDAR RAPIDS, la., May 27. "The Ku Klux Klan of Cedar Rapids is the fastest growing Klan in the state of Iowa," said an organizer of the -Invisible Empire who was in the City yesterday on important business pertaining to the future operations

of the local branch.

"Harmcmy and efficiency in the Cedar Rapids Klavern make it sur

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the officer who is responsible for tie activities and phenomenal growth of the local branch of the Invisible Empire ts well worthy of his position, and his efforts to perfect' a great Klan in this city have met with the greatest of success." To Celebrate Growth ,vTr,cel6brate the raPid growth of the Ku Klux Klan here, an elaborate banquet will be given to all citizens of the Invisible Empire of Cedar Rapids. It Is planned to have some of the best speakers obtainable at this banquet. The drill team of the Cedar Rapids Klan is In great demand in smaller cities of Iowa which are at present forming branches of the Ku Klux Klan. The work of the drill team ia considered excellent hv tin fipcrjti.

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