Evening star., 1919-11-13
MAN LYNCHED AT
| CEN1RALA, WASH,
| |. v. v. ORGANIZER
26, One Woman, Held in Con-
nection With Killing of Four
Legion Members.

!
| CENTRALIA, Wash. November 13.
The man who was lynched here
Tuesday night after four members of
| the American Legion had been shot
and killed during an Armistice day
| celebration was identified early today
| as Ernest Everetts by woman who
| conducted the rooming house where
Everetts lived He was working here
as an /. w. w. organizer, the woman
said.
| This identification was partly borne
out when the police went through eff
/ fects found in the room occupied by
the man. These effects included re-
ceipts for Industrial Workers of the
| World literature and blank receipts
| for membership dues in the ]. w w,
according to the police. The body
had been previously identified as that
! of Brick Smith, secretary of the
| local branch of the l. W. w.
Prepare to Prosecute.
Criminal informations against twen-
ty-SiX alleged members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World have been
prepared for filing with the county
clerk at Chehalis, county seat of
Louis county, today by County Attor-
ney Herman Allen.
All informations, it is understood,
will allege either participation in or
criminal knowledge of the killing of
four members of the American Le-
gion.
Allen said he had information
which he believed would result in
convictions in all cases. This infor-
nation. he asserted. came to him
through alleged confessions of two
young men who admitted membership
in the Industrial Workers of the
World
OF the twenty-six alleged members
of the Industrial Workers of the !
World in Jail here and at Chehalis one |
lodging house from which the fatal |
shots are alleged to have been fired |
at the marching legioners.
Officials Are Investigating.
Several stale and federal officials |
have investigated the situation here |
since the shooting Tuesday and have |
conferred with Allen. They included |
Brig. Gen. Harvey j. Moss. adjutant |
general of Washington; Henry NJ |
White. United States immigration |
commissioner. and several agents of |
the United States Department of Jus
tice.
Further indication that federal |
prosecution awaited those accused of !
completely in the shooting was con-
tanned in the statement made by Rob- |
ert Il. Saunders, United States district |
attorney. |
In my judgment the ]. w. w. have |
gone far enough with their acts to |
emphasize the truth that their prin- I!
ciple is the overturnfng of the gov
ernment, including the federal gov
ernment," Saunders was quoted as
saying. IF that is so and can be es-
tablishel by evidence every individual
I. w. w. is guilty of that crime.
81 shall place charges against every |
one of the men arrested. The COM
plaint will be placed before the
United States commissioner at Ia
will be conclusive enough to hold
all of them for the federal grand
jury.
one of them wicked1y and feloniously
confederated, conspired and agreed to
overturn the federal government by
force and resist the execution of it's
laws"
Will Be Given Military Funeral.
The local post of the American
Legion has made plans for a military
| funeral tomorrow of the four former
service men killed during the parade.
| Resolutions demanding drastic ac-
| tion by state and federal authorities
| against radical organization have
been adopted by American Legion
posts and other organizations in many
Pacific coast cities.
Through its commander, the Va
/ kima (Wash.) post sent kilograms to
United States Senators Wesley Jones
| and Miles Poindexter demanding that
steps be taken imm ediately to "enact
| proper legislation to exterminate the
1 Industrial Workers of the World and
| other radical organizations inimica1
| to the government"