Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
Flip tonight and Tuesday.
Maximum yastarday 68
Minimum today 32
Weather Year Ago
Maximum
Minimum ..33
Precipitation . 01
Pally- Hevsntreiilh Year,
Weekly Hrty-Hwuml Venr.
MEDFOKD, OWIXION, MONDAV, APIUL 24, 1922
NO. 29
S-fRiJpHlTS yf BUCK,- TWO KILLED
WM. EADS AND W.
KILLED; I
ID
TRUCK PARTY
Party of Prospectors From Grants
n.. . n t-- i.
urossmy oy o. r. irmn w.
Unknown Eyewitnesses Declare Truck Going About 15
Miles An Hour, Not Trying to Beat Train to Crossing
Fear Joe Anderson Fatally Hurt, While Two Men Escape
With Serious Injuries, One Boy Is Unharmed.
& tit In il Pacific BHWiiKir train I o
No. 13. due hem al 9:17 a. m. struck
a Fowl trurk at the crossing north of
thn express offlr alinut t:l.' thin
morning. Elvn men were riding on
th truck T wito killed unci thrrii
wr tmdty Injured, whlln a akuh tut
horseback wan thrown against the
t ruin but wan not aeiluimly ln)ttr'l.
Thn dead rn: William Kada of
(runt I'aaa, who tlli'd i n rniito to the
HurrM Ili-art hospital.
W. J Hmlib of liranta I'aaa. who
died abort y after arrival at th hoit
pltal. Tbn Injured arc: J. C. KaiU. Jo. of
Crania Pass, father of William KaU
end John Kudu Severe hruiai and
ruta about thu head J. C. Kada wn
tb pwiwr and driver of tho truck.
Ji Anderson, 17, of (iranli I'm.
fracture of tho eltiow and aunpncted
frarturn of the nk nil. Suffering with
convulsion. Small but ponsibl
rhanr for recovery,
Frank Wttlmarth, of (Iruim Pas
Cuta and brulaea. Expected to re
cover. John Kada, 1 7, Coueusalon of the
bialn. Hlmht Injuries. Not serious
John I'ftilx la ant Ihi-r ami of J. C
Ead. owner of thn trurk. Iln wai
rld'ng a himn lo thn rear of thn trurk
and win thrown from It mutant thn
train but mlraeuhiuaty oacaped ac-
rl.ttid InlnrV I
Th rther'flvn men wora riding cl
Hi truck and thn party It la under-
atood waa txund for a propertlng
lour In northern California. They
wern carrying auppllei and beddina
with them and Itava thn apesranrn of
having Intentlona of pit ipartlng f i r
gold whlln en route, aa a gold pan
up (I aeverul plcka and ahovela were
In thn pqulpment.
Tbn men had enmn from Grants
Pun thla mnrnlnii and were wnat
bf.und on Third atrent. They wern
traveling at a arced of about 10 mile
per hour when they atarted lo croas.
Ibe track. It aeetued aa though thcyj
had do knowledga of tho preaenrn'
ft thn train and tlmy ran onto thn'
croaaing with no apparent rnalUatlon j
that the Iraln waa near. Thn report!
that tbn driver waa endeavoring to
beat tho train to thn rroasina la he-
Ilnved lo bo unfounded according to
eye witness. interviewed totlay.
The ongltia struck tho truck direct
ly In thn mlddln uVd carried It 2 7
yards south of tho croaalng whern It
was deposited facing In I tin opposite.
direction from which It hud beott
when on thn croaslng. Two f the In
Jttred men were lying on thn wet
V aldn of thn track and three on tho
st slilo when the train supped In
lidd'tiot) to John Kadi who hud been
riding the In rse and who waa walking
around In a dazed rendition on the
last Hide of thn track.
When tlm engine, camn In contact
with tho vehicle one. would havn sus
pected that It wus carrying dynamite,
at loaves of bread, rolls of blankets,
bodlnj and all thing contained by tho
truck wero catapulted In all direc
tions. Tho whist In of tlm train wrenched
a warning Just prior to and during
tho collision. Tho engine stopped be
fore It reached the express office.
In a remarkably short time a large
crowd gathered at tho acono or the
(incident, unit imsHmmers from thn
traljt endeavored to mako the Injured
men. comfortable, all of whom ex
cepting .lolm Eada were unconscious.
Thi coroner and several doclora
nrrlved In about five minutes and the
men were all taken to tho hospital.
ii inner annrrsseu to U. K. Kada of.
this city was found in tho wreck, but 1
tlio Lads brothers of. this city, who
aro engaged In tho transfer business
here siato that to tho hoHt of their
knowledge none of thn men Involved
In the accident wero thnlr relatives.
.1, ( ICndtt Is tha fathor of eight
children, two r f whom were with him
when thn' accident occurred, Mrs.
A Rads, and tlm other children, exenpt.-
iuk one wno ih mnrrKHi, live in liranta
Pnss. i
Kyo wltnesKcm of thd accident, aa
Tar as cun be ascertained at present,
attach no hlamo to tho onRlnenr nnd
fireman of tho locomotive,
Tho tlato ot the Invest Igutlon by
I. SMITH
OF
DEATH
Pass Struck at Third Street
ix i a i. -t
io uuuic ui hwiuuiu i
coroner's Jury hint been aol for to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Thn accident la tho worm of iti
kind that haa happened here In some
yenra. Many commeiila were heard
on tlm tr ') today deriarlnic the
tragedy to ho a warning to driver
who may h observed ony duy In the
week endeavoring to M-at Hi ut hern
I'uilfle train acriKa the truck ut' any
of thn thre crossings In thn city.
Many rltUoua alxo tinted action on
ptnumed oveiliead rroiuttiiKM. and the
pluclii of railroud Katea at all cronii
intta within thu city limiu.
PLEA IS DENIED
WAKIIINOTON. April 21-The an
prnin rourt today denlvd the applica
tion i.f Krwln It. lterioll of I'lilladul
phi for a writ of hnbna rorptia.
Krwln. a brother of (Jrover Cleveland
IlcrR.loll. now la aerviilg a Hrntcnce of
fnur y-ara In 1eavenworth for falluro
to inform military aervlcn durlna: the
war ami contended hn waa convlctctlj
llMKBlly.
WAttlllNOTON. April 24 -J.iHticp ,
Hulley In thn aupreme rourt of the lla. j
fi't of Columbia today ruled that thn j
alien nroperty ctiKtodlan rnumt Ih r-1
quired to aurrender proerty of finv ,
ver V. lierKdoll, valued at ITiii.noo If
thn government provea that ltcrKdll
haa been convicted of denortlon and la
now n fugltlv from luatlcn
i .. i i.i.
the allied reparations committee's in
vitation to become a member of the
committee which will consider flota
tion of an Ititornatlonal loan for tier
tunny. Ho Will sail for Europe about
the middle of May.
National League,
At Philadelphia: K. II. K.
New York ,3 H 3
Philadelphia ...2 10 5
Iiotig'.iiH, Causey and E. Smith:
llulibell and llenllne,
At HoHton: It. H. K.
Uronklyn 7 10 I
lloston , R 11 0
Mitchell, Mammaux and llunRllnn;
Watson, McQuillan, M.iniunrd and
O'Neill,
At Cincinnati: It. H. 13.
HI, Louis 6 7 2
t'lnclniiatl 4 12 4
Periled, Haifoot nnd Alnsnillh:
Iionohue. Markle, Bchnell nnd Wingo.
At tihlcago: It. It. K,
Pittsburg ...2" G 0
Chicago 4 11 1
Cooper and tlooch; Aldridgo and
O'Fairoll.
America u Ioaguo.
At 11... ...I.. ,1
H.
11
14
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rhlcngo ..S
Cleveland
Fuller nnd S.halk; Malls, Morton
! "od O'Neill,. Nunnnmkcr
At Washington: ,It.
II.
U
14
K,
Post on 3
Washington 11
Wulmi, Fullertnn, Meyers,
Podge
nnd Wnltara; Mogrldgo nnd flharrlty.
At St. Louis: It. II. K
Detroit 2 2
Ut. Louis .0 It 1
Oldham, Johnson, Dauss nnd Pass-
ler, Mntilnn: Kliocker and Severeld.
; At Now York: (11 lnninKS.
It. 111. K.
Philadelphia .4 12
New York A I) 1
Perkins, Fehnmm; Maya and Schaiig.
MEMBER
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GROVER
BERGDOLL S
MORGAN ACCEPTS
PLACE ON BOARD
BASEBALL SCORES
I
CI1ICAOO, Ani-il 24. Though
, Mury li:inl n announced nothing
iiorinito concerning her future,
following hr resignation last
night fin gctiorul director of the
4- Chlruco OpiTii tiMftoci.il in it Id
xHutfd lm will Icavn for New
York today ostensibly for a eon-
tereucn with her concert manager
trbui
lea WuKimr, who la rorted
to hnvo offered her 250,fK'l for a
conceit tur next aenaon. Ltiter 4
nho may (5o to Kitro for a ao-
Joutn.
MImm Hnrdcn'a lennro of otfin
wuh uiarkril with ronalderable
turiimtl. It li'Ran Jitnunry 13, 4
'.C1 when at the miKKetttlon of 4
lluridd V. MeCorlllli k thn jMiHltlon 4
wim oflered her, IKirlnu the year 4
the oriittnlziitlnn' louden have 4
been nllliuHt ft.000.UO0, till! lar- 4
Ki-at In Ita history. v 4
Medford Woman Receives a
Letter From Geo. B. Chris
tian, Secretary to President
Harding, Declaring Chief
Executive Disapproves.
Arontwd by a declaration made by
the official a'peaker of the Ku Klux
Klal ' ,h a lhnalrrt n thl rlty-
In which aim declarea it waa stated
that President Harding waa friendly
to tho organization. Mra. Frank L.
Applefrntn of Medford. recently wrote
to thn rvBidcnt conrornlng the truth
of thla atatement. Today ahc rece ived
tho following reply which Hpeaka for
itaelf and in rather emphatic lan
gunge :
Thn Whito Ilouao
Wuahlngton, April, 1, 1922.
My dear Mra. Applegate:
Yotir letter of April twelfth, to the
president, la received.
You may lie very aure that any stale-
ment of tha prealdent'a Intereat In or
approval of the Ku Klux Klan ia a
complnto and egregious niiarepresen
tation of tho 1'rcaidont'H attitude. In
Home quartera It haa even been repre
miii iiw.i iiw, nr.ui,i.n iu n u.r
of thla orgnnUatlou. Not only is that
untrue, but the fart is that tho presi
dent heartily disapproves of the organ
ization and ha repeatedly expressed
hiuiMelf to this effect.
Very sincerely,
GEO. It. CHRISTIAN. JR.
Roeretnry to the president.
Mrs. Frank U 'Applogate. C1G 8. Oak-
dale Avenue, Medford, Oregon.
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SALE.M, Ore.. April 24. Ttoseoe
P. mirst. acting in the name of the
Law arid Order league of Portland to
day served notice upon Secretary of
Slate Koxer that ho and tho peoplo
he represents would object to tho
addition of any further names to the
petition for tho recull ' of Fred O.
Iluchtel, public service rommlsatoner
Mr. Hurst contends that aeoeplunco
of tho rocall petitions by tho secre
tary of state's office Inst Tuesday con
stltuted u formal filing of tho docu
ments,
Secretary Kozrr this morning stat
ed .that he stood ready to accept hd
ditioiiH to tho petitions now in his
hands, prior to tho actual filing of
petitions which is scheduled for Tuea
duy. Ho says tho petitions were nc
cepted merely for tho accommoda
tion of tho petitioners and wero not
actual fUings,
Tho nuchtul petitions aro deposited
lust week aro luoro than 1,000 tiamos
short, according to the secretary of
Uv
Mdry Garden Quits
Losses Near Million,
Largest in History
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PRESIDENT IS
NO ERIEND OE
KU KLUX KIAN
BUCHTELS EGA
PETITION
of signatures
HREATEN
LEY
French Premier for Third Time;
Throws Scare Into Genoa
Conference If Agree
ments Not Observed France
Will Go It Alone Enforce-
i
ment of Treaty Demanded.
ItAIt I.E IifC. April !4. (By the
Amiorluti'd l'reiui) 1'rcmler J'oln
enre nijinuuncf'd in a upeech here to
duy .thnt If tho Frt-m h delegation at
l i)(.u could not Kii bheud with Im
work under the .agreed conditlonM,
l-'ruiu'e would rricreifiiiiy havn to
ci'ime piirtlclimtlon In the conference.
ISA It M: VVC, Krance. April 14.
Fmnce will. If necnMnry, undertake
nluno to a that the treaty of Vej
Miilh'a la executed If the Oermana de
fault In their repurutlona puymenta.
TreinU-r l'olncar intimated In a
apeech tx'fore the general council of
the department of the Mruae today.
Tlic SlHt of May when tho Oer
mnna niuxt cither aewpt tho con
dltlona laid down by the reparation
roinniiwdon or default in their pay
ment la an important date for France
aaid thu premier. It l Krame'a duty.
ho nililed. In tu!l Independence to
maintain the integrity vt the treaty.
.k Trent? K.nfonvnieiit.
"All we ier have asked and nil we
nnlc today 1 the e-cutlon of the
treaty." aald M. I'oincnro. "and that
w muRt have and nhall have. The
pence of Kuropc dcpend.i upon It.
Your future and national prosperity
depend upon It. It la not by precipl-i
tate actlun or by dcclNinna which re
flect that wo will obtain It. It la bv
pemevering and methodical action
ltut It muni he done."
The premier declared he ardently
honed for tho co-otteration of tho
allien In caw riermany defaulted.
"but according to tho terms of the
treaty.!" he added, "each may in coao ,
of need, respectively take auch ;
tiinnures as are necessary and wc
shall not suffer it that our unfortu
nate country succumb under the bur
den of repnatlons alongside of a Ger
many that doi-g not consent to make
tho ueceenary effort to discharge her
ilehtx.
We shall defend, in full Indepen
dence, the Kicnrh cause, and. we
fdiu'.l not abandon any arms the
treaty gives us."
TIEN A. April II (Ily the Asso
ciated Press) The French delega
tion announced today that it was
willing ta subscrllx) to the proposed
part under which the various na
tions would agree to abstain from ag
gression, considered especially necos
sary In favor of tho Kusao-Qcrman
treaty.
(ortunns Abandon Reply,
OENOA. April It. (By the Asso
ciated I'resn) Once more today the
gyrating Genoa conference which has
been alternating between fears and
hopes nnd punctuated by political
crises' which threatened to destroy it
nltoKetlter. set itsetr grimly to the
task of readjusting the economic life
of Europe.
The decision of Herman delegates
late last night that they would not
reply to the allies' second note, be
cause they did not wish to endanger
tho success of the conference, was
received everywhere with frankly
uttered . words of relief for almost
everybody was beginning to despair
secretly that the conference would
end In economic achievement.
In all quarters today were heard
words of pralsefor tho valient efforts
of tho Italians to re-establish har
mony so thnt the conference might
concentrate construtcive problems
for which It was organized.
Six sub-ctimmlssions were sched
uled to meet today and the com
mittee of experts on the Russian
question nindo plans to tako up se
riatim the report on construction In
Russin prcpurod by the nllled experts
who met In London. This report
concerns not only the question of the
handling of Russia's debts but also
matters vital to foreigners In their
relations with Russia bearing on tho
legal protection they are to have in
their dealings In Russia.
Tho soviet delegates have over
thrown for tho moment its noted
memorandum issued ns an answer to
tho experts, because It Is In contra
diction Willi tlio later Russian noto
accepting tho nllics terms as a basis
for discussion.
dllll Will to Stand.
ST. PAl'U April 34. Petitions of
contending heirs of Mrs. James J.
Hill for appointment of either the
Northwest Trust company of Louis
W. 11111 ns administrator of her 112.
000,000 estate, were denied by Vro
bate Judge Howard Wheeler, in n de
cision filed today.
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4 NASfifA. N. II., April II. 4
4 VlrKlnia riron, motion picture 4
4 actreaa who wuh to have apokeo 4
4 at tho Klrtit ltaptlttt rhurch lat
4 nlKht waa prpvenu-d at thn last
4 mlnnt by the deneona. They In
4 Htructed thn piuitor to annoiineo
4 that tlm action wan for "the Kood
4 of tho church." -
4 A crowd that tilled the auditor- 4
'"m m iu hia- 4
4 tory had appeared to near Mlaa 4
4 I'earaon u-11 of "efforta to ralm 4
4 thn moral standard of th atago." 4
4 Klin anid aftnrwarda that ahe was 4i
4 Invited to apeak by the pan tor, 4
4 adding that tbn action of tb (lea- 4
4 cona "waa ai(urrnt!y tbn work of 4
4 peofdn who think thut uctora and 4
4 actrease aro damned fiirever." 4
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Boats Formerly in U. S.
Service, Manned By Men In
U- S. Uniforms Ply Liquor
Smuggling Traffic Chaser
101 Caught.
NEW TOttK. April 24 A bootleg
glng scheme whereby liquor was
ainuggh d into thin country from EW-
muda and Cuba on former submarine
chaaers by officers wearing the unt
form of the t'nlted States navy, haa
been unearthed, It waa announced
' todny at the '"atoms house. The for- I
Movie Actress Is
Barred From Church
By Baptist Deacons
U-BOAT CHASER
USED TO BRING
IN CUBA LIQUOR
tner cnaser mi. renamed naua. nasiwnicn tnree peace officers participate
been captured with her commander
and crew of seven the announcement
mated.
Customs officinls claimed to have
received from the crew a story to
the effect that pirates held up the
chaser yesterday, 10 miles off Mon
tauk Point. Long Island, boarded the
craft with drawn revolvers, bound
tho commander to thn mast and
Seized the chaser's cargo Of liquor.
BAN FRANCISCO, April 25. -Because
the waiters at LMnle'a cafe in
what is known ns the Bohemian
quarter, marked down wine pn the
checks along with other items order
ed with the libation, the cafe lost
liquors valued at $20,000 In a federal
prohibition raid today. H. Morgen
tln. proprietor, and one waiter were
arrested.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 24. The
arrest of one policeman and the sus
pension of another on bribery
charges in connection with tho nl
leged operations of a "protected"
whiskey selling ring here will be fol
lowed by the bringing of bribery
charges against "higher Ups." in the
pollen department. It was announced
today by Samuel F. Rutter, federal
prohibition director for California.
James M. Rawlings, the arrested
policeman, Is said by Chief of Police
hanicl J. O'Brien to have mado a
statement implicating F. S.. Joyce, a
former policeman, who was also ar
rested.
Decisions of U. S.
Supreme Court
WASHINGTON. April 2L Manufac
turcrs aro required to use trade names
and labels which will convey to the
purchasing public an accurate descrip
tion of the materials or ingredients
composing their products, the supreme
court today decided In a case brought
by the federal trado commission
against the Wlnsted Hosiery company
Justice Brandcis' in delivering the
opinion of the court upheld the author
Ity of the trado commission to issue an
order to the company to desist from
certain practices, typical of the trade,
particularly It's lubel "merino," as used
In connection with knit goods, on the
ground that they constituted unfair
competition. Justice Mclleynolds dis
sented. WASHINGTON, April 24. A case
involving certain land in Portland,
Ore., held by the Oregon-Washington
Railroad and Navigation company
nnd others nnd claimed by Virginia
Bailey nnd other hers of Henry Ploch
was today dismissed by tho supremo
court on authorities -cited.
PEACE OFFICERS SHOT,
ONE DEAD, AS RESULT OF
L. A. NIGHT RIDERS RAID
Night Marshal of Los Angeles Suburb Shoots When Told to ,
Hold Up Hands By Masked Men Furious Battle Follows .
Wounded Man Member of Secret Organization Ku Klux
Goblin Denies Responsibility Rigid Investigation Ordered
Two Men Near Death Entire District Thrown Into Dis
order By Tragedy Refuse to Name Organization Involved.
IX)S ANC2EL.ES, April 21. An In-!
quest over the body of M. D. Mosher
of Inglewood, who wag shot and killed
by a policeman late Saturday night
when the policeman attempted to halt
a raid by maaked men on an Inglewood
home, will be held at Inglewood at
9:30 tomorrow morning. The district
attorney announced that William S.
Cobnrn, grand goblin of the Ku Klux
Klan and W. K. Price, king gleagle,
would be summoned to testify.
The district attorney announced
that In his judgment investigation bad
shown the shooting of Moeher and the
wounding of two other men to have
been Justified. He aaid the wounded
men would likewise be summoned to
testify at the Inquest although their
evidence probably would have to be
taken at hospitals.
Negroes Arming
A further development was the
statement by a leader or the negro
colony of 45.000 persons here that
members of hia race had designated
groups for defense and were arming
to prerent any mob aggression. The
spokesmen said that the negroes fear
ed that the next move of the masked
raiders might be directed against
them.
LOS ANGELES. April 24
While
county officials were shaping plans for
an exhaustive investigation today into
the raid by masked men at Inglewood,
a suburb, early Sunday morning in
ing in the raid were shot, one dvlnz
shortly after, Leonard Ruegg. deputy
sheriff and one of the raiders, today
was passing through a critical stage
at the Inglewood hospital, following
an operation In which a bullet was ex
tracted from his abdomen. Constable
M. B. Mosher of Inglewood is dead and
his son Walter, a deputy constable.
was slightly wounded. .
The two Moshers and Ruegg were
outpost guards of upwards of a hun
dred men who raided, in masks, a resi
dence at Inglewood early Sunday mor
ning. Frank. Woerner, night marshal
of Inglewood summoned by a tele
phone message from tho neighborhood
reporting a big holdup, was stopped
by the masked trio, and being ordered
to throw up his hands with threats of
death after exhibiting his official
badge, opened fire, killing the con
stable and wounding the deputies. j
The investigation today centers
around the statements that the raid
was the work of a well organized band
members of which frequently men
tioned their "organization."
Girls Are Abused
The residence of Mathias and Fidel
Elduayen was the scene, and the
brothers were kidnaped after the for
mer's wife waa treated roughly and
their two daughters subjected to Indig
nities.
The ostensible purpose of the raid,
according to information furnished to
a newspaper man summoned in ad
vance to attend it and to admissions
made subsequently by participants,
was to obtain information against the
Elduayen family for alleged illicit sale
of liquors.
Arrests are expected today. Prelim
inary investigation indicated, accord
ing to investigators of county offices,
that the shooting by Woerner was in
tho course of duty and that tho raid
was an "unlawful escapade" of "picked
men," and staged entirely for unlawful
purposes in the words of William C.
Doran. chief deputy district attorney,
O. Fred Mortimer, Btatc's attorney
of Sanga'mon county, in whose juris
diction tho indictment was found, filed
a list of more than 2S0 witnesses with
the court.
Marshal Telia Story
Night Marshal Woerner's story of
the shooting was as follows:
"I received a call that there were
stickup men there. We started toward
tho place," referring to the start on
motorcycle with Clyde Bannatta, a
youth whose motorcycle he comman-
doered. "When about 200 yards away
from tho cross roads whom thn pmwd'vi.-
was. a man stepped out into the road
and ordered mo to halt.
no carried
revolver In his hand
' 'Throw up your hands, be said to
' Throw np your hands yourself. I
am an officer," I replied, and placed
the rays of my flashlight on my badge
o that he would see It I waited a
little. The roan continued to point hia
gun at me and made a threatening mo
tion. Then I fired.
Two more men came running
toward me, firing -aa they came. I
think other shots came from the
bushes. I fired at the two men and
they fell. Then a whole crowd came
forward and started down the road. I
ran into the field, jumped on the
motorcycle and got back to the road
and went to town."
William E. Mosher, son of the slain
constable and who was shot in the
arm by Night Marshal Woerner la a
statement to officers exonerated Woer
ner of all blame for slaying his father
and declared if he had not been wound- '
ed he would have killed Woerner. He
also admitted that the crowd had gath
ered to talk over a matter of law en
forcement, which, according to him.
had not been handled by the author,
ltles In the proper manner.
Won't Name Organization
. "An organization made up of picked
I men, with ever? man a real man. made
up the band. Young Mosher said. "We
went out there to get a couple of boot
leggers who had been operating la
this city for a long time. With ffiff
went my father and Leonard Ruegg
and many others. I will not name the
others and will not give you the name
of the organization to which we be
long. "Everything was planned in advance
and we were all at the house where
the bootlegger suspects lived when
Deputy Marshal Woerner arrived on
the rear of a motorcycle. We did not
know that he was a police officer and
Ruegg stopped him with an order to
throw up his hands. The shooting
started almost at once and Ruegg fell.
I don't know who shot first; maybe we
did. I can't say.
Shot to Kill
"Alter Ruegg fell I was still shoot
ing and then a bullet from Woerner's
revolver plowed through my arm. The
shock knocked me down but I held my
revolver in both hands and kept on
shooting. Then my father felt and X
guess that if I had been able to shoot
straight I would have killed the offi
cer. Lots of others were shooting at
the same time I was and then some
body yelled to stop and it was all oyer.
We were rushed to a hospital in one
of the automobiles parked near the
house we raided.
"I will not implicate anyone in this
matter excepting those already known
to the authorities. I do not blame Offi
cer Woerner for killing my father. Any
peace officer would have done the
same thing. The shooting was all a
mistake."
One phase of the affair that was en
gaging the early attention of officials
hero was the connection with the raid,
it any connection existed, ot the
Ku Klux Klan. William S. Coburn, the
grand goblin, arrived 6a the scene
within a half hour of the shooting
although it was near midnight when It
occurred. He explained his prompt
ness by saying that he had tseen told
of the affair by W. O. Price, king
kleagle of the Klan here, who In turn
had heard of it from the - sheriff's
office. .
At the sheriff's office it was stated
that the first word ot the affray
reached there at 11:10 and other calls
followed until midnight. But that none
of them referred in any way to a pos
sible connection with the Kn Klux
Klan. -The deputy in charge said no
word was sent to any person other
than the officials directly involved and
that ho did not know how Mr. Trice
got his Information.
K. K. K. Suspected ,
Mr. Coburn said it was possible sev
eral members of the Klan might have
taken part but if they did so their acts
were personal and not inspired by the
I Th"e arg0 numb(ir n attendance, tho
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