Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-24
XII KLUX OUTRACES
KEPT FROM PUBLIC.
Former Resident OF Florida
Says News Of Many Crimes
Never Gets Out
AN EX-KLANSMAN TALKS

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hu hluN Nion ana 'he "'''a'l"s pun
poses Of that secret order are confirmed
,;r,d1r f., lo,,ors received bv the EVE.
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presenting an cNnosur" ~ Nu NluNlS'"'
Among the many letters received ~
AVA .ror, q 'rrcotou man who formerly
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hen Wv, "S W "Ito.r,Ii !, bc withheld.
put SuIu w 'Ft,Vi,'', f,r,,or [ionS.
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man Nhost ,'Lio,rl shncss" nlso
feal meaillus T,.tors f,Ilov.
was r"''i''' "'N' ,.,,., ,,5o,,.
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W hile readlnS your m,''stua m','' - .To IN.
retriotlr series "I 'NP"',J' H.. L-ln,
iamous-or rlllr"'""SE NJ 49, ,,,,Io 90
II had occurred 10 me '"nt ,"s + w. hoIf
the North nav h"t Nt' even .i, i",' =, lc,,,.
conception "t me tr'T"'u'! '"'
tTrann%' the intr.,ar,r- y, Wv hv ,I"so
mitted ny 'AH' "Ekh,I
"ho u"' y as &" H"'''u ~ ,'"o ,.o,,,,,,, g.,
uEeI Tor '"uE Lno .n
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beginning ct 'Hst Mar'h'
Out.,pes Amer Parade
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tu!1uE NY '' 80 ;I,n .nmi,
nol-Ii%uu % La'" ,,L obor, tba
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I!C.,l ,,,,a .,,d y,.h, frn,r
q sor,oubo, haz- recollection, | holicvr
was Jew. wns captured Ivy masked
men. taken 70 the country in IN auto.
mobile tarred and fcnthsred. "th"rwis"
mistreatpd. then taken buck 70 the ri'y
and dumped off AZ one OF Jackson
. vills's busiest corners in his tarreu
and fcathprpd condition. He Announced
that hc had been ordered 10 leave ~"
civ im,npdiatelv on pain of death. ard
he did so, although i ncccssitated tho
selling out ~ his business He de-
c'ared he knew no reason for the out.
rore and no reason was assigned pub
IiC7y while was there although il he
Ind been guilty Of any fault surely
some inkllnr Of It would have leaked
out. His kidnaniug took place while
he was in the COMPANY Of CONNER
cial traveller. or drummer, with whom
he was doing business.
About the same tim" another man.
diSO IH~It'AF' NllLE''' N''N ''h'' ~
masked men in an automobil" in the
same manner. was similarly treated.
and was discovered beaten into uncon-
seriousness and nearly dead on the porch
of house In this case. also: no rNa'
son can be found. nj least Will" was
IN the city. for the outrage, ana 'he
victim denied mat he Nh'" OF any
cause
Example Of klan Ignorance
In the third case | remember the
victim bore a distinctly Irish name. He
was also kidnaDrd. tarred and feathered
and otherwise foullv treated lie as
serted that the OILY reason he could
assign for the act was that rs he was
born in Australia some of his neigh
hors regarded him as an Austrian,
through ignorance. It may seem in.
credible that people living in tht
United States couM display such ignor-
mbiro "naokiry "D If rho oven. 70 a wealthy
citizen of Jacksonville. ! found tnAt nv
also labOrcd under N" impression that
Australia and Austria were one country
ana ms only som" SIX m"h'"S oS"' 'o"S
ntt"r the war.
However, some Of the people began 10
protest against the outruges, ln"Iudng
one courageous ana rlenr thinking
bH'hsOHNillF lFN Nl'i'I'I' hII'A NV
"hcroes" and "patriotS adopted now
tactics. They begcn to whisper .accu-
sations about. Ia the case Of this
Irish Australian they SPOKE Of roo mnch
familiarity with Young girls bat 1t WIS
we'll known that this man |as hnppi'y
married.
Similar tactics we're emplovci in a
case which occurred in the SANE period
I'm a town outside Jacksonville. An at
tempt was made {" kidnaH man wa"
nau notuSe, ~ ie", Ioara o P'% ,ro ,aoSom
n,ro w. t,,, W ,ho ".rn.,;sibTa Er,,,r," vos
st s,t'i - .'j,a of''aoS =, rtwa. .,,, ,I,
aiot ,na, nv aos' ~. T.ionJS
W. V, ,oI Nv, n,ah onr,,o - Li,,ro,
+bo Ea,bor. a"G norEs,. ,bn JnY.gh. i.
ter, his son her brother made a gallant
attempt to save his unrrnt and he
was shot dead.
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No "he 'r'eu 'o' "u'ue'
Needless To say. no ruD was ever
brought to trial in any of rhc-' cases.
a. least while | was in JarhSonr".r.
During this snrrp ppriOd occurred an
other ev,nr in another town outside
Jacksonville. A Negro wa, refused per
mission ~ cast his vote According tr