The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-07-07
C0FFMAN BRANDS
K. K. K. LETTER
As ENEMY's WORK
Mayor Invites Person Responsible
For Anonymous Note 10 Show
Conditions Really Exist
CHIEF PHILLIPS GETS
SIMILAR WARNING NOTE
Political Enemy Hoping TO Bring
olsfavor on Administration 10
Explanation Given Out


Inviting the person responsible
for the letter TO furnish evidence o
any law violation. whether II b.
prostitution or any other offense
In order that he may proceed will
proper prosecution. Mayor o. Coff
man today branded the letter re
ceiyed by him and signed knight,
OF the Kn Klux Khan" as the work
OF some individual political enemy
The letVr charges that a great mum
ber Of common prostitutes are llv.
ing here and are increasing in mum
Der daily That The mayor and po
lice department know Of 'such con.
ditions, is also alleged.
AS citizens of chickasha we call
your attention to some facts regard.
ing conditions in our city" the let.
ter states. adding:
For some time there have been
a great number of common prosti-
tutes here and they are increasing
daily. They. with tho men who fol
low them around, have been visit
ing the negro section and there
caronsng around In drunken dc.
bauchery.
Have Positive knowledge
I'VE have positive knowledge that
you and your police force know of
these conditions and have known of
them for some time. yet nothing
has been done to stop ii. We know
further that your force can lay
hands on thirty or forty prostitutes
in forty minutes If they were OF
the mind to do so.
"These things must stop and they
must be stopped at once.
These prostitutes must be clean
ed out of town. Moving them from
one section of the city to the other
will not be tolerated.
AS citizens of Chickasha we have
right to demand that this town
be cleaned up. AS mayor, it is your
duty to see that II is done, done al
once and kept clean If this Is not
done at once we will take steps to
: see that, il is done"
The letter was typewriter. II
bore no imprint of an official seal
The signature, knights of the Ku
Klux Klan," also was typewriter.
Police Chief Gets One.
A similar letter. duplication of
the one received by the mayor, has
been received by Ben Phillips, chief
of police. Chief Ben Phillips today
expressed thea same attitude toward
the letter as was expressed by the
mayor-that it was written by some
individual political enemy
81 do not believe that any organ
ization Of local citizens is respon-
sible for the communication, but
believe it to be the work Of some
individual political enemy Mayor
Coffman declared in written state
ment today
Such Condition Don't Exist.
conditions such as are outlined
in the letter positively do not exist
in Chickasha," the statement con-
tinues ''If the person responsible
for the letter will furnish either
myself or the police department
with evidence of any law violation,
whether it be for prostitution or any
other offense, proper prosecution will
follow. Such evidence cannot be fur
nished by means Of anonymous LETT
ters.. -
sT stand for bigger and bet
ter Chickasha1 and for Tie enforce
ment of all iasiWEs.o iFor these causes
i am devoting every hour of my
time. Every man, woman or child
in this city is invited to make sug-
gestions looking to these purposes
bue no help or assistance can be
expected from anonymous letters.
They are poor advertising for the
town and its citizenship.
Lets forget past differences and
pull together for better, bigger
and greater Chickasha'