Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-13
WOMAN
HAS MADE
AFFIDAVIT
L. A. District Attorney in
Klan Case, Causes
Turmoil
$4,000 BRIBE PRICE
Political Opponents Named
Investigators Of Attack
On Character

LOS ANGELES, May 13.-Charges
that an attempt to ruin the reputation
Of District Attorney Thomas Lee Wool
wine had been made by his political
opponents" today threw the Hail Of
Records into q turmoil Of excitement.
According to q letter Woolwine sent
to the county civil service commission,
a woman employe Of Woolwine Is office,
has made an affidavit to the effect
that Woolwine had been intimate with
her.
Woolwine' letter charged the girl
political enemies for $4,000. He said
attorneys, Paul Schenck and Richard
Kittrelle, defense counsel in the Ken
nedy murder case, before whom the
affidavit was sworn, had notified him
they would take no action, considering
the charges "a disreputable affair. -
Woolwine's letter announced his ac-
tion in dismissing the woman from his
employ. It was learned that she was
A years old and had been in the en-
ploy Of the district attorneys office
for seven years.
Miss Ada Wright Jones, dismissed as
juvenile investigator by District Attqy-
ney Woolwine, in a statement today de-
clared she herself was victim Of pSs
litical enemies.
She said she, had sought legal aid
when she had received info1matioA
that an effort would be made to
"ruin" her and to oust her from the
office that she held creditably for sev.
eral years.
Woolwine in his note to the ciyI
service commission announcing her dis
missal had said that he learned she
had made certain affidavits.
These charges Miss Jones, handsome
brunette, would neither affirm. or de&f.
"Every bit Of evidence have ism
the hands Of my lawyers, she said.
ST am sure that no one could haze
obtained letters and other evidence tbat
l entrusted to them
Kan Watches Moves
Los ANGELES; May 13.-Camps ,of
the Ku Klux Klan and the district Ct
torney's office played cat and notse
while the grand jury session nvestigat.
ing activities Of the klan recessed ua.
til Monday. Snp
The mass Of evidence concerning the
masked raid on Inglewood April 90
having been disposed Of, inquisitoss
were said to be branching off into
various other activities Of the secret
order in and outside the county.
Reported destruction Of National
Guard records by alleged memhess OF
the klan who had resigned from the
guard was under investigation.
Coupled with Governor Stephens,
order demanding that guardsmen wAo
hpIOnUnd tn
ing allegiance superior to those Of the
nation and state resign from svch Or
ganization, this angle Of the probe was
attracting spotlighted interest
klan officials who outwsrdly were
merely awaiting Developments were
said to be in consultation over npnAr-
Gus plans for defending their order
from impending charges. ~
Governor Attacls Kan
SALEM, Ore, May 1a-0ev. Hen
Olcott in proclamation issued kere
today, six days before the Republican
primaries in which he is o csndidate
for denomination, denounced tho Hh
klux Klan as an X" ihsideous farce
which is seeking to usurp the seiens Of
government in Oregon, stirring up race
fanatieism, and religious prejudice, anu
STIMULATING other evil in which teot0
toward factional strife and civil ter
ror''
Assaults have been, committed in
various counties Of the state BY M
known outlaws, the odium Of which
has reflected on the X X X, the psse-
lamation continues, whether or not
these outlaws were conected with tSs
organization is immaterial; their via
acts demonstrate that the name pf tAs
organization may DO used for evl tar-
purposes, and that from the pattru Of
its activities it has the usortale ek The
unthinkiug person to conspirscy and
unlawful deeds"
The govNst6r made drsct ys6ayauees
to the night tider tpalpAN in Gall1AaI3a.
'In . nisttr state this naas Siaspi
za6on is under inquiry ~ y fAsnJ5 pf
unspeskahls actions, bs beid.
Rumor in the 0jcott easdp ms 1e.nneA
one Of the rival candidatea ~ Idng.a