The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-14
FULL. STATE AID
FOR CENTRALIA
Lewis County Presents Solid
Front Against |. w. w.

Wv sfeAtsAAs NOV i-FtNprclnll D.
--isewla county presented solid
fighting front To the l. W. W. Fri.
day.
With full state aid guaranteed BY
Frank II. Christsnaen. chief assist.
ant attorney general. IN obtaining
conviction OF the rods held rcspon.
sihls for the shooting Of the -four
American Legion men In Tuesdays
Armissioe day parade. political quar-.
rels were dropped and every office
and official has patched up differ.
ences
Hints ~ trouble for city officials
for permitting the 7. w. ". 20 get
q fcothold here. and for the county
shsrifrs office for reported differ.
encea with other law enforcing
agencies. were squeiched
The American Legion. now
thorosy organized into units all
ready for any emergency. has essab.
lsshed permanent offices with an
executive COMMITTEES In charge. Capt.
Lloyd Dwarf. cxmartne officer.
heads this committee. Tho legion
Offices. constantly In contact with
nearby legion posts. and working IN
cooperation with tho. caty and
county authorities and Deputy 4. q
Marshal 10, Knlzek % chehails. has
Its regular squads Of volunteer OF.
fieers ready TO answer all calls.
s~nd Out Pafro,s
Patrols and posses are atm being
sent out and more I. W. WIS are
being rounded up every hour.
Capture Of Donald Boyle, Bcr,
bland. and J. y. Knowles. all badly
wanted as suspects. In hourly ex,
pected.
Bearing the word from Acting
Gov. Louis y. Hart that the entire
resources Of the state will back the
hun; for and prosecution OF the men
~ho murdered tho four American
Legion members here Tuesday. AZ
sistani Attorney General Chrlsten.
sen returned 10 Cen,rnlia late
Thursday He was accompanied by
Assistant Attorney General Glenn
Fairbrook and John Dunbar. OF
Olympia. who will help him.
Newspaper mcn and leaders OF the
American Legion were called 20 n
meeting in the Eiks' club Thursday
niEht by Herman Allen, prosecuting
attorney.
To Proceed Orderly
TT is our intention to proceed In
an orderly and legal way and 10
avoid confusion" Allen declared.
I'VE will arrest all the |. w. w. In
this vicinity and hold them for In
vestigatlon. We will connect them,
II possible, with the crime com.
mitted Tuesday.
THE l. w. w. we cannot con.
meet with the tragedy viii be turned
over TO the federal government.
I'VE don't want any outside In.
tercst Injected into this. We want
10 catch all the men responsible for
the death OF our four boys and con.
Wet them"
Judge George Dysnrt urged the
American Legion men 20 continue
their cooperation In bringing the
murdercrs to Justice. This was
pledged by the veterans.
win Help Allen
Lewis county presents a solid
front" he declared.
we have come down hero TO help
Prosecuting Attorney Allen. and we
are going TO do this work just as
we think II should be done In com.
pliance with the law" announced
Assistant Attorney General Chris.
Jensen.
"The state is In this thing with
hands and feet and win see II thru
20 finish. The entire office OF
the attorney general Is at the dis.
posal OF the prosecutor"
Prosecutor Allen stated II would
take some time to get all the evi.
dence arranged and for that reason
no informations have been filed
against any of the men arrested. He
said the state Is satisfied who are
guilty OF the murders.