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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1923)
1 f I.", r PAGE STX HfEDFORD fATL TTITBTTNT1, MKDFOTtD. OBFiOX, FBIPAY, JANUARY 12, 102.1 txi D! D All 00 oe bl Kf KIU ". KKUSO. Wash., Jan. 12. County officials today had foe-fore thorn a de mand mado at a nicotine of cltlzonn calli-il last night, by tho American Lesion thai tho grand jury Investi Salo tho collapEO of tho luidno across the Cowlitz river hero January 3, In which about a scorn of persona are believed to havo lost their lives. Sean h for bodies of victims has been resumed after havhiR beiyi halted by the rlso of the Cowlitz river lust week. SWEETHEART SUES lildiinplnn and final diaiui-uraneo of JtUlKird and Daniel V "Yes. sir. They curno through tho malU." Two letters were handed to the i-lt-ik for Identification, but not to he used as evidence. AHFlHtnnt Attorney General War ren read the letters becaun the wlt ncHH did not have his kIukh and could not Identify theni as tie ones be had rerHved. The letters were: ' "Itnyville, Sj'i'tember 7 or 8 (In pen and Ink). "To the mayor and Kood citizens of Iter Koukc: "Mer Koukc, LoulHtana. "Vou are wallowing in a cesspool of corruption and lawlcHsnoHs that has become a menaco to tho entire parish and surrounding yountry. You are shleUtfntf within your Kates, a number who live in open coneubin ae with nenro women, who. manu facture and sell whlNkcy, who for mulate plots to assassinate Kood citi zens In the niKht time, nnd who nre ili-hilTlng the Kood. law abiding- eiti- zeiis of your pnrlsb with written and oral threats attalnst their lives. This condition or affairs must be rectified at once or wo will swoop down upon your town nnd wipe out the organi zation that Is responsible for tho con ditions and which are pleased to rail themselves tho nnti-Ku Klux Klan. "W'e- know every one of the men who formulated and attempted to exeeuto the plot to assassinate Dr. MoKoln. Two of them have passed into obscurity and the balance will soon follow unless they read between these lines and leave your t-ommu-nity while the leaving Is good." The loiter was signed "Regula tors." Tho other letter, undated, read: "To tho Hon. Mayor of Mer Rouge: "Dear Sir: "Wc are reliably informed thero Is in your town a bunch of dlsroputublo characters who call themselves the anll-Ku Klux Klaus who openly violate tho laws by making whisky, living in concubinage with negro women, and who arc making a practico of writing sonio of tho best citizens of your par ish obsceno, Insulting and threatening letters and who actually titteuii ted to assassinate one of your leading citi zens and physicians recently, fnrrlsiir! lilm to leave tho community. This Is to notify you, as mayor of Mer Itoune, that we will giVe you amnio timo to clean up this lawless condition of af fairs and if you fall to do so we will bring a thousand men down there and do the job for you right. "Tho names of tho men who have sat at Uio round table and planned and submitted the planning of the assass ination of Dr. McKoln are known to us; we have had able men to get all the data up, so now we know all they have said and done and wo will at tend to them In duo timo." This lotter wag signed "100 per cent Americans." Kelly Harp was called and admitted ho was a former member of the klan and participated In the holdup of Daniel, Neclis and Andrews near Stampley. Askod If Dado's testimony was correct he-replied: "I am not In a position to Bay, because what ho said happenod was when I was a mem ber of tho klan and under oath of that order. On another raid, he said he wore a black mask furnished members of the klan. W. B. Norsworthy followed Harp on the stand, lio said he was a lrother of J. T. Norsworthy. "When did you last talk with Cap tain Sklpwith?" "In September at bis home in Vaughn, La." "What caused you to call on Captain Sklpwith?" "I was on a business trip and when I arrived in Spencer, La., I was told by Laurie Spencer that Carey Cal houn said for me 'not to go home until you havo seen him at his ranch. Ho snld you were in trouble.' I went to Calhoun's ranch. John Spencer went wiUi me. Calhoun told me he had been In Bastrop nnd ho heard tho Kit Klux was hunting ma Ho said ho found Dr. McKoln, John Keller and Hoy Norrls while In Spencer with guns looking for me. They said thut 1 was hired to kill 'llnnny McKoin.' I told Calhoun I wanted to see Sklpwith. We caino to Hastrop and told Sheriff Car penter about what we had heard. He said ho also heard I had uttompted to kill Dr. McKoin. Ho told where we could find Sklpwith. We went to Vaughn, and that's when I met Skip wlth. "Sklpwith said it was lucky for me that I had two friends in the country. I nsked him about the killing report. Ho said that he had a letter that I had been hired by citizens of Mer Rouge to kill him and Dr. .McKoin.. Captain Sklpwith said ho had investigated and found out the reixirt was true. The captain said he had six men in Arkan sas spotting me." "How much did he say was reported paid you to take the job to kill Dr. .McKoln by tuo citizens oi ir uoiiKur- f tt "Pirinnn hundred dollars, Mr. Whin- M pie heading the list with JMO. The re. port said, ho said, that I was paid 15o In advance." . i "Did you discuss anything about the klan?" ' . j "Yes, wo discussed about the dis appearance of Danlol and Hichardl Ho told mo Daniel and Richard kno too much and hud talkod too much for their own good." . "Did he say tho boys had killed' Ihotnselves?" "No." Norsworthy said he had planned to move to Texas because conditions were so bad here that when a man loft home in the morning he ('Id not kuow.' If he would ever return. "Things wore ; pretty bad." ' . "When did you change; your mind about going to Texas?" he was asked. "After 1 talkod it over with Cap tain Sklpwith and he had assured tne of protection." TACOMA, Jan. 12. Mary Shapel today fllod a 10,000 suit against Alexander Pctro, who tho complaint charges refused to marry her aftor ho had promised to- The woman re cites that sho was the mother of two children nnd that she and Pctro conspired for her to bo divorced so they might inarry. CYCLOPS TO HAVE TALK (Continued from pago one.) "What color were thoso masks?" ., ,. 1. 1.,, lf nnp" .-.., tin. unv other black ones?" ; "I believe I had tho only one. "Vou aro certain of this?" "Yes." "Who else joined you?" II,.-.. II.. TI , JVV1IJ HillJI. - "What did they call thoniselves the band ns a whole ' , "Members of the Kn Klux Klan. "Who wns the leader?" . n,...tiiin ukliiu-nrth." "Who was it took tne piaioi irum. Wntt Daniel ; "llcpcat as nearly as you can as ... n-ht wns said to Daniel, Andrew and Neells about giving them a V IlipjMllh- - "To tho best of my knowledge. they accused them of following them; somenno said they should glvo them .. ,i ui.t.. t Gii,i thut would not il Thnv were niv friends. I told Ca plain Kklpworth that, too." '."Who suggested tho thrashing?" "Did tlio three boys havo anything III Hil.1 . . ''Yes. Watt did some talking about making whiskey. Ho said no una unit and had not mnilo any In n cer tain length of time." . i.n ....... militliiir nf fin nltlM'ea lion between the three boys und the klannmeu " "No." . "Did Vou quit tho klan?" "Yes sir. 1 wns only In It two .months. My friends accused mo of being an Informant, which resulted lii raids on a negro grocer. Hooded men In daylight enme Into Mer ltouge und ulaaed this raid. They told the negro to null letting white men gamble In his store." "How were they dressed?" "In white." "Was that before the attempt .on Dr. McKnln's life?" "Yen. sir." "How soon was It after holding up Dnnlel. Neells and And rows wns the attempt on lr. MrKoln's llle?" "fib, sovoral months." "Yon received two h-tlers after the ONLY 2 DAYS MORE! "The Face in The Fog" ".I Nick Cartel- story In n Tif fany setting," one pniier raited It. It's the most vital, en crossing, mystifying, ins anil I'liM'iiiiillnit photo-play ever filmed. It's lo the soreeii wlmt "Tho lint" Is to Uio stnjre. 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