Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-04-25
At
INQUEST BARES
KLAN'S GUILT
Members of Order Admit
Raid Planned Last Fri
day at Regular Meeting
Of Klan

Los Angeles, Cai., April za.--
The night riders raid resulting In
The killing of Constable M. b.
late Saturday night was
arranged in meeting Friday
night In which Blake II. Sham
beau. traffic officer in Inglewood,
was initiated into the Ku Klux
lxlan, Shambeau testified at the
inquest here today Of the death OF
Mosher.
The meeting secretly arranging
the raid was held in the undertake
ing parlors in which the inquest
Is being conducted, Shambeau tes-
Titled.
Officers Interrupt.
An altercatlon in the inquest
developed between William 9.
Doran. chief deputy district attor-
ney, and William S. Coburn, SUI
preme attorney and grand goblin
OF the Pacific domain Of the ku
Klux Klan, when the latter at
tempted to interfere with the in
vestigator's questions.
After q spirited interchange,
the deputy ordered the Khan offi-
Ger to sit down, amid cheers from
the throng attending the inquest.
Shambeau, who is . deputy
and deputy sheriff. testi-
fled that two undertakers and a
doctor were among those who at
tended the meeting last Friday.
He named a number Of persons
present.
Reporter q Member Also.
Another sensational develop
ment OF the inquest was the tesli-
mony OF Donald Parker. newspa-
per photographer. who received
the exclusive tip" OF the raid. He
SAID the information OF the raid
was telephoned to him, he being
that there was going to
De a raid upon a moonshine still
which was operating in violation
of the law.
Shambeau's testimony was
drawn out bit by bit by Deputy
Doran. He admitted the meeting
in which the raid was planned was
an official meeting OF the Ku Kiux
Klan and officiated ut by Khan
He completely broke
down under the grilling OF Doran.
The tense moment OF the in
quest occurred at the beginning
Of Shambeau's testimony when he
he was at meeting Fri
day night of about 80 people.
Grand Goblin Interrupts.
What was the name of the or
Doran demanded.
Grand Goblin Coburn of the Klan
half rose from his chair and ap-
parently planned to start toward
the witness. Doran saw him from
the corner Of his eye, and whirling
around, snapped out: Now. you
get back in that chair and sit
there" pointing his finger at CO.
burn.
Coburn dropped back into the
chair and the crowd applauded
with hand clapping.
A moment later Doran was de-
manding names OF those present
at the meeting, when stranger
arose in the auditorium and said
he thought the witness "constitu-
tional rights were being violated. =
Doran arose, glaring at the
stranger, and shouted: you sit
down and shut up"
Il merely spoke in the interests
Of justice" the stranger rejoined.
I'm here In the interests of
justice, as opposed to mobs and
and l propose to run
this meeting" was Doran's reply.
Again the crowded inquest room
was filled with cheers for the dep-
uty district attorney.
Tells Names c. Members.
Shambeau, reluctant and hesi-
tant at first, became extremely
voluble. HIS supplied the names
of a number Of prominent resi-
dents of Inglewood as having at
tended the meeting. After ais tes-
timony he was taken to the office
of District Attorney Thomas Lee
wolwine, who planned to obtain q
complete statement from him, in
Guiding the names Of as many per-
sons as possible who were in
volved in the raid
Adjournment was taken for
lunch and Shambeau left for
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