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". 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?"
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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
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