The Houston Post. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 58, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1923 Page: 2 of 18
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U KLUX KIANIS
ASKED IN ATLANTA
' jJHCme from Tg. t)
mdls iR. Onto and B. '. Granada. f
i liilaoelphta- jonn jenrira 01 ixoew
Y ii k; J. H. Lewis a. a Norrls (John
lj McDonald of tattle Rock; F. C
I-UKCan George C Alley and George
PA rjf. Caattanoora; R. O. Dunnln of
OflumMa 8. C; M. O. Dunning San-
foM Kla.i Lea Hoora Charleston
3. & and T a 8mith. of Atlanta.
; yV Officers In . Washington
- rhose limned as defendants: ft W.
' ana W. 1. Simmons Fred L. 8av-
') a." s H. K. Rameey. H.'-C.- Montgom-
ci '. Bti Hanrood Tom Akera. T.
. i. Me:."lnnon M. N. Furney Gutnon
Hi rglum P 8. Etherldje. II H. 8ul-
Ui an. N. "B Forrest C. A. Ridley. T.
J. Shlrier of Ulrminffham; A. B.
- - B oth ot Ke'w Orleans: B. C. Sti
" pr rnaon of Columbus Ohio: Charles J.
Oi liiaon. Indianapolis; J. A. Comer
I.: tta Rock; Henry A. Grady. Clinton
' . X C - --- -
Ml of the Imperial officers of the
'. K i KIbx Klan are in Wasnlnirton. It
w s stated at the Imperial palace this
' jaf ernoon when efforts were made tt
1 " ! In touch with 4he officials for any
t itement they might eare to make on
tli eonrt action forMitfht today asking
i U eiwrehlp. for the Klan. The reti-
ln g for the receivership stated that
'" In nrrlal -Wirard Evans had called a
m etlra; of the Klnnclliuir the e-ovcrn-i
In r body of the K!an in Washington
'f. ti ikhtow and Saturday.
' - 1 -Set Salary Aside.
VttlnB aside of the agreement to
. i T '. Emperor Simmons a salary of
' 1IW per month for life was inked In
i tit petition. The court was roiuesled
. lojordera meeting of the Klonvokction
4der court stiperSielon "to select le-
cil officers of said order and to make
. pHper revision and determination of
lie- laws of the saii nrnVr."
. fir. Krsns is char-red by ihe p?tition-
. with hvlm ar-rr-inttyl tU-rtr-am CJ..
' Clrlrtlaa. heaii of the dcpattnir-nt of
:iIocKt!oii in 1'ie Slat- cf Illinois.
K''er an allopred a.-trcemcnt that he
a! CliTinii cuH enllt of their'
m initiation " cn a ;-i-J0 ha-K
' a!d For Information.
.-imperial Wliarit Evans the peti-!
I'n alleged mai.-itiir.ed a larsc es-
pihnaee r-stem end un one occasion.
tt detail cf nr'iirh ore not given.
t!ft petition all --'it. he authorised an
. rmndilttre of J8.000 to agents who
: -ivlro te' fftve him information which
t 4old tM him in retaining supreme
. r4vee over the. klan.
' ft was chanred futher that this and
ifei:l5r oft on the part of Dr. Evans
. aU his associates Is disintegrating
thjp4nTlsihle empire. The petition cit-
ej s an example of the a!Iegdrare-
lefs mannee in which the klan's funds
. caa handled that the imperial wizard
ht called a meeting of the imperial
ttiacOiant In Washington D. C for
1 Jne 1 and t and that between 1109.;
' end 11-SO.aW of the klan's money
r. Ill be spent for the expenses of those
a tit coding unless the courts forbid such
Organization Totters
petition reviewed alleged dis-
ask'sfttetlon among klansmen and as-
nted that session is being consM-
' vd la tnany quarters and bat plan
' sie on foot in a number of States to
vlthdraw from the order and establien
swrate organlxatlons. In the alle-
rjt'ora the plaintiff charKrs Imperial
ihaird Evens with using large sums
f tbe 'klaa'a money for hia personal
wis Jn addition to bis salary of 15.-
i a year. ' It is charged that Dr.
KJrs authorised the expenditure of
f .eoo in a rf rent political campaign
' lif Chicazo and that other money spent
.1a attempting to influence the press
That city.
frtie petition states that prior to
Irl the klan ' had. annuaf. total r-
tm of tlfrH.M and in 1M r
rd twm.
P"he titthkm alleges that the elec-
of t)r. Er.-ns to the position of
1-ftperTe! wirard and Coltinel Simmons
us erap.ror oi tr.e tnvisiiiie empir
t'S Illegal la that ser-ret ballots as
in the examination was not
id. -
Funds Dwindle.
Erar.s the.itiUon continumt
hid placed In his hands 1400.000 be-
. fctiing t the organisation when h-
kiunx-d office and it is charged that
'hi deposited this fund In a number".
! hooka subject to the checks of hlm-
' F. L Savare. H. K. Ramsay.
I'.fowa Hnrwood T. J. McKinnoa. Tom J
A ters and JI. N. Fumey. The charge
alto waa made that -Dr. Evans In A:s
t'iure of office has since collect eri
na. it was stated the fund baa
dwindled to $12S.0M.
sjThe petitioners also said that .set-
tlement of the suit brought by Col-
eniel Eltnmoas agntnst Dr.
cllium pomposed of lS4ersons.of wblch
nine or tea are said to be hia personal
adherents. The petitioners alleged
when they attempted to ttrlog charges
ot mismanaiteineat to tbe attention of
the aear kloaclllupj they vera denied
proper hearing. ..
STATE ATTACKS
; DEFENSE PLEA IN "
M'KASKLE TRIAL
' (Cont'd from Tg. Y '
Robertson fell to the walk according
to McCracken's story-'
McKeskle then raked at Robertson's
foot but did not kick htm. Then an
officer caught McKaskla by the .arm
and said "sly God man what are you
doing T" to which McKaskle replied
1 did what I intended to do. fin
through. 1 I'm ready to . go to jail.'
Mccracken testified. . '. . '.
On cross ' examination Mccracken
denied he had discussed his testimony
with Hamil. .
Telia of -Hearlnej SNbt. -O.
D. Socia eye-witness to the shoot'
Ing. said he' was wkUflng up Con
gress from Travis and passed a man
in an automobile when he heard a shot
fired. A man who was standing near
the corner looking down Main street
slid: "Oh my Goo you have killed
me!" when the shot was fired. th
witners testified and fell against the
rail of the stairway leading to the!
basement of the bank building. Social
turned and saw McKaskle . advancing
with a shot gun; McKaskle fired again.
and Robertson fell to the sidewalk:
according to Socia.
"McKaskle attempted to fire again
but the gun failed to explode. He
then put his hand in his pocket re
loaded the gun and fired another shot
into the victim s body.
Socia said he saw no weapons on
the deceased.
Introduction of a - letter identified
by Mr. and Mrs. McKaskle aa writ-
ten In Robertson's handwriting
threatening McKaskle If he did not go
to' work and support hia family and
signed by "a hundred per cent Amer-
ican." was the defense's second sen-
sational move McKaskle'a testimony
being the first. - Mrs. McKaskle testi-
fied she found the letter on the dresser
.shortly after aha bad met Robertson
leaving t henhouse.
Handwriting experts. Including J. A.
Fit of tba Second Rational hank am
.Joha Haaard of the Flrat National
were .Introduced by the tstate In -re
buttaj after seyeraj. witnesses Identl-
Iiea tellers as navingy oren -written
to them y Robertson.. Dot Ir the-ex
perts .stated the latter and the not
threatening McKaskle were written
by different people In their opinion.
Two witnesses foe the defease were
examined during the morning session.
1. W. Harrington' the flrat to take
the staAd told the court he oommunW
rated to McKaskla a threat alleged tat
have been made by Robertson the day
before the snooting. ' :-
I Harrington said he met Robertson
near the Union National bank . and
Robertson asked him If he had aeon
"Sam." Harrington sotd - Robertson
tnreateneo to Tlx Jict(asJtlo;' when
he found bint..1 ".1. r-.
; " Wamaa Tastlflea.' ;
TU oinar WItneaa to teetlrv : m
Mrs. iouisa i-rise.- She aald she eras
an employe of "Jack's club" f lzres-
lon avenuej wnere one nignt aha over-
beard a - telephone con verse tlon be-
tween MoKaakle and Robertson. Rob.
ertson was talking from the club she.
said and he asked McKaskle. who was
on me ojner end of the wire when
he (MeKaakle) was going 'to -pay' him
(Koaenaoni.iorvsom carpenter work
Be had dona. -
Mrs.. Crise declared McKaskle. aald
he would pay Robertson when the
houaa.Uio work had been done on was'
finished and Robertson replied "I am
going to kill you .first .time I sea you
a you oon t pay me.-
Tha Btate used three witnesses In
the morning session. The first was
L. Hamil. an eye witnesse to the
shootln. 'He told of hearing shots
and running with a poUce officer to
tho corner where McKaskle was ar-
rested. : '! -. . - - .
He said the officer grabbed Mc
Kaskle by the left arm and cried. "My
ond man what are you doing? and
McKaskla replied . "! did what I In
tended Xo do. 1 m through now. I n
ready to go to' Jail." -c
Hamil said McKaskla fired fbur
shots.
Tha second witness waa R. H. Ar
cher; who told of McKaskla purchasing
shells- for a. ahotgun from him or.
tha afternoon preceding the shooting.
Archer said XcKaakls had ahotgun
with him In the atore. .
S Tells of Wound.
O. A. Speares embalmer for . the
Westhetmer Undertaking company.
testified to the wounds in Robert
son's body. He said there were seven
wounds In the left leg a large wound
nthe left side of the breast and
the lower part of tba chin was shot
off. .
large number of character wit-
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m-.isea were' Introduced 1 t tit ..
In an taterupt to .prove 'iwutrwt
"daureroua m(i." v ' 1
J. W. Ay res 4irlcktnasea was called
to the stand' after Mrs. Crises j Ha
saw be bad known Roebrtaon seven
or eight eara and .knew his reputa-
tion. Thof witness aald he bed heard
Kobertsoa Mf aboa i vbat bad
dona. '- . ; -
On crW-iexamlnatlon be admitted
no waa uunenqiy ea rtooerteo and
had had tronbks with him.'" '
Stuart Wade llM Capttol '.'avenue.
knew Robcrtsoa at Brooks hire he
testified! oa the staad and understood
bin to be a maa eaoabla of carrvina
out a threat -j
Mrs. Llsala Newton teaUfled. she
mv. jMwnwn rnm Mu aeajn v .nin
fight as many ks alx men- atf one
time." She worked at! JaeTt's'; she
said. i . ... -
Mm. Newton aald on cross-examine
4km sen had spent two months at th
pea larm.- .eae else said aha-Had
been "hired at "Jack's' to dance With
men wno ireoaented tho club and . to
drink wtth them; be and llobertson
were xrwiMuy at on xinw and he had
given her a dress seh aald. Later ha
toia unr- ir arte wore tba dreaat hai
would cut It off.' and attempted to -do
ao. btu was prevented by ' "members"
in the "club at the time of the fight
she stated on cross-examinatloo. -
ma nor. onicers arrest you at the
time the clob was raided?" aha waa
asked by Karl Adams assistant dis
trict attorney. She replied In the. af
firmative. ' '. 'i - '
F. W. Meneke carpenter. testified
he had worked with' Robertson .and
had known his reputation. J. M. Bul
lock said he met Robertson at ."Jack's"
place. .... v v . '.. . i
Robert Birmingham. Patnter. waa the
last witness before court -adjourned
for noon. He kaew RoeDrtaon-ln Vic-
toria and Brookshlra Ha -had had
".- s" v uh I.u.vt U ed
-The last thre1 jurors were selected
shottly before lo a. m. McKaskle en
tared a plea of not "guilty. Ha la rep
reseated by .Attoiiieya Hepry Kuhn
John W. Mathia and Arthur. Iieidings
felder. k r-i
J. -Dtalo -Smitkr Karl -Adams and
W. M. Johnson are- prosecuting the
eaaa M '" ' ' '' ' . ' "';' i
iff mm BACK f
i UOHEY; BILLS TO
-SOLOHSVITHYETO
luonta rrom rm. i.i
faetet la Vha aanata when an inh
vorabfe minority committee report was
Lavdopted without a recora vote. ' .
The governors vetoes' throws tot
entire matter of appropriations before
the legislature ' again. - When-.' -the
mesasae "waa 1 read in -the house.
Speaker. Tpeagler' warned members not
to ''get panicky." aad urged that the
lower branch get down -to work In an
effort to meet the situation. Ha also
advised against plans for adjourning.
Members suggested that the pres
ent session adjourn thla week and the
governor call anotner to permit con
eidesation ot the income tax and other
revenue measures - which- have been
killed. " .
The .measures vetoed -.with the
amount they carry 'follow; .
Departmental. M.tTO.MO ; ; ..
Eleemoeynary T.Mtoa.' - -
Educational - Wl.sM.tW. -x
Rural -aid tt.0es.00a. t-
Emergency school aid. It 00000.
Thnfte-.
-s"v is essential to success
and happiness and the bank is essential to
thrift. " --: r ' ' . . . -
Invest your surplus funds in an interest-bearing
Savings account at this bank. ' . . " .
Money deposited on or before the; .
5th of June will draw interest from
the 1st of the month.
4
ON SAVINGS
Houston Land
& Trust Company
Capital -One Million Dollars
:'B. -L3
119 Mala -Cor.
FrankMn."
pu.iiiomuiite1 .at
uis's;aooO
roprtatluns.
4325
House concurrent resolutleaj 43000
ror eleemosynary Institution etinhieer.
Two bill were passed by the house
toddy the Darwin bill re-aberom-lat-
ing 70ft for plak "soil .wnrm "eea-
trot and the Downs bill proscribing.
memoos ror collecting taxes.
imrriiTmrrnnfi RtriT
ujincoanaiiiibu
OF IHVESTIKG IN
: . v LEE .OIL" SCHEME
(Cont'd from" Pg y ' v. '
foljed py witnesses yesterday of how
ttvf-V' t-uliU oa tui-ui and atild the
stock Htis- goln to bit worth four for
one'Io a mouth and a certain amount
had tieen allotted thaih. They identi
fied Phillip Ooldrtela ihd Hirech who
I have pleaded guilty the men who
l . . i . . i n 1 v tf l . ' . . i. . :'
Qiuieu flB''inwu..'y. aiiv .wifc vi uivae
"represantstlves'' was preceded by- a
letter from tha "GcniKi" saying they
wore cpmlng .tha wltoeasea testified
N-' Trjraa Companies. 'r- '-.
1 Tha3dechtratlon l tniit'ln tha for.
hiaUon of the three- tea Interests
cohipanieawtho No. t the Jo .1 and
tha development eompnnywers read
Into the evidence by government : at-
torneys They reveald that Bherwln
Bohwart'i and Lee were to have abso-
lute control of tho conipanlea and the
act of either two of thtrn waa to. be'
held valid despite the action of the
third trustee. . Ieaioi In the first;
two companies were to b bought from
Miss K. A. Kaln alsteMn-w ot Mr. I
Jn tiio clovl.i'ii)' t . i y ' -
tees were to drill l wells. '1 t lV"
ernment witnesses eo far have t ti-
fled that only one well was drilled.
New aesigninjnts pf fwieral Judges
In the trial of oil fraud cases were
announced here' today as follows:-
Robert T. tfriwln of Mobile Ala-
will preside starting June tS. He will
take' tha place- of v Judge. Whitfield
Jack of Bhreveport. La. who will be
unable to sit In the cases. - - ' ;
Judge W. I. Qrubb ot Birmingham
Ala. will conduct trials suiting -the
first Monday In October. - rf ) r'-f i '
Judge Benjamin F. Bledsoe of ten
Angalel will remain Until June While
Judge J. G Wilson wMl alt almost con-
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one thousandth - of i tha . amount -of
oxygea present in tba earth's atraos-
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