Arizona republican., 1922-05-28


affiliated with the order. Several
others who had been subpoenaed were
not called to the stand
The eight men We're called to the
stand as defense witnesses in the trial
of j. n. Waller and his son. E. f.
Waller, charged with aggravated as
sault upon Rollin p Jones, principal
of the Lehi school, The case had been
officially closed on Friday night, but
upon motion of attorney for the de-
fense the case was reopened so that
Governor Thomas E. Campbell and
John O. Dunbar, editor of Dunbar's
Weekly, could be subpoenaed for the
purpose of obtaining, if possible. the
roster OF the Ku Klux Klan in Arizona
which each had publicly stated they
possessed.
Fred Barrows OF the Barrows Furni-
ture company testified he had taken
the oath of the Klan, and then in turn,
Fred r. Winship of the Peoples Loan
and Investment company. Wallace
Button of the Berryhili company and
Let's r.. Templin. locksmith. testified
they had taken the oath as a member
of the klan.
Mr. Barrows said he had ceased to
attend the meetings after going once
the klan at tho. same time Mr.. But
ton did Fred X. Winship declared on
the stand that he had attended one or
two meetings OF the klan. Mr.. Temp
lin stated he had ceased TO attend
meetings because it took up too much
of his time and because of the late
hour at night when the meetings US
ualiy broke up.
Court Forces Admission
When asked the question as to who
had administered the oath 10 him, AIR.
Button hesitated and then appealed
to Judge stanford. The court ruled
he must answer the question
"But | have taken an oath that /
would not reveal that" was the reply.
do YOU place that oath above the
court?r inquired the judge.
Answering that he did not Mr.. But
ton then gave the name of Tom Akers,
r. e. l.. Shepherd, county attorney.
who prosecuted the case against the
Walters. was the first witness, follow
| ing Governor Campbell and Mr.. Dun
| bar. TO take the stand. He emphatic
| ally declared he was not a member Of
the ku klux Klan and never had been.
Charles II. Bowers, undersheriff of
Maricopa county, also forcefully de-
| clared he was not member of the
| klan and never had been.
Lebbeus Chapman, credit man for
! the Vic Hanny company. also denied
! affiliation with the klan. as did Ed j.
| Warren, city marshal of Mesa.
| James W. Stewart, local bicycle
| dealer, testified that he had been a
| member of the klan in another state.
| but was not a member of the organi-
/ zation now and never was a member
! Of the Arizona Klan.
/ Ernest r. Hall, secretary of state,
| was subpoenaed as a witness, bur
| was served with the order only few
minutes before the case was given TO
! the jury and did not testify, although
| he requested he be permitted to do SO.
Governor On Witness Stand
Following the reoDening Of the case
4 yesterday morning, a subpoenae duces
| tecum was served on Governor Camp
! bell to produce in court all papers,
! lists and documents of whatever
| nature bearing on or in any way re-
1 lated to the roster of the members OF
| the personnel of the organization IN
| Arizona known as the ku Klux Kan
/ and whether the same be of the Cam
/ elback Klan No. 6, or other lodges or
| subdivisions of the order A similar
| subpoenAe was served on John o.
Dunbar. Both were requested by the
| defense attorneys. j. c. Niles and NJ.
| w. Shelley.
Governor Campbell testified that
he had letters giving the names oil