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and seizure Of such liquor by the police
IN the Pryor street resort at the fine
OF the raid. stood against both Clarke
ana Mrs. Tyler, but were dismissed
when j. @. Jett, of Atlanta, the SON
IN law OF the Mrs. Tyler who is fem
mine chief of the Ku Klux Khan. came
into the Recorders Court, claimed
ownership of the seized whisky and was
fined $25 by the court.
Fifth. Clarke, Imperial Kleagle n,
the hu klux Klan in its drive for $40
100 per cent" Americans consecrated
and baptized to uphold and enforce the
law and protect the sanctity of Amer
ican homes and the chastity Of Amer
lean 'womanhood, at this moment stands
on the public records of the Fulton
county IGa.) courts and the Atlanta
Gity uodlce courts as a man who has
deserted and abandoned his wife and
child and has not to this day denied
these charges.
Testimony Given by Police
imperial Kleagle Clarke and Mrs.
iyier were arrested at midnight in
their bedclothes in the resort, accord.
ing to the testimony of the witnesses
Ioiiceman Jameson, since dead. and
Policewomen Davis and Voss. still on
active duty. The resort was at 1S5
south Pryor street, corner of Fair
street, and 1t was operated BY Mrs.
Tyler. The raid occurred a few days
prior to October 81, 1919, which is the
GATE of the hearing before Recorder
Johnson, at which the verdicts of guilty
were were rendered and sentences imposed.
tne t.,s numbers OF the cases Of the city Of
atianta versus E. Y. Clarke and the
Gity OF Atlanta versus Mrs. Elizabeth
iyier on the Recorders docket are
ii,ooo and II, ,000, and the page mum
are listed ia 305. '''
Most surprising, in view of Clarks,s
efforts. then In progress. TO make
America dry by collecting funds to he'll,
the Anti-Saloon League, is the fact
mat the police found whisky in the
house, and seized It.
but next morning, as stated, the
super -Prohibitionist and the Ku Klux
feminist were absolved from the legal
responsibility involved In the discovery
OF lquor on the premises, when Jett
of $25. ' 'lo l''
The arrest Of Clarke and Mrs. TYLER
came as the result Of long vigil by
an abandoned wife. Mrs. May Cart
ledge Clarke, who, between her work as
q nurse and the hours spent caring for
her little son, Samuel Clarke, trailed
her husband until she managed to win
the hel p OF the police at an opportune
On October 1s, 1919. she fled suit in
the Superior Court of Fulton COUNTY
asking divorce. For three years, she
charged, she had been deserted and
abandoned by her husband. When 1t
came time to file a petition and bill
or particulars, subsequent to the arrest
IN Pryor street, there was a conference
OF lawyers, an appeal by Clarke against
trying him In court on an adultery
charge, and an agreement TO pay his
wife 80 month until his child reached
maturity, and az result the petition
and bill OF particulars filed by Mrs.
Clarke's attorneys simply stated:
Petitioner shows that she brings
this suit on the ground Of desertion
and alleges that on or about January,
1913, more than three years prior to
the filing Of this suit, the said defend
ant willfully and without cause de-
serted and abandoned your petitioner,
and petitioner has not lived with said
defendant as his wife since said date"
Divorce Suit Untried
This divorce suit stands untried on
tho docket Of the Fulton County Su-
perior Court. 1t 10 what Is known as
an undefended case, which means that
Clarke has made no denial of the charge
Of desertion and abandonment and thai
Mrs. Clarke may have her divorce ali.
most automatically any time she asks
the court for It. But Mrs. Clarke. for
reasons best known to herself and her
lawyers. Clarence Bell and Frampton
Ellis, has 30 far chosen not 10 gain n
divorce, and Clarke Is by court order
making monthly payments Tor bis fam
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