Evening star., 1922-10-15
Klan Charges Will Be Sifted
Monday-BalI Denies
Poster Statements.
STAR REPORTERS FIND
.DAUGHERTY'S' WIDE OPEN
. Den Was in Full Blast Last
Night-Dollars We're
Chips"

Light B:,.Iston, Va. men. seven of
whom are believed 10y the county au-
,horitieS to be members OF the h u
kluX klan, were served with sum-
mons last night to appear before the
grand jury at Clarendon tomorrow
morning to answer charges contain
ed In the placards, which were nailed
on telegraph poles throughout the
county. that three gambling dens
are fourishing within its borders.
The summons were served on the
following men at the instruction of
Commonwealth Attorney Frank Ball:
James F. Thompson. John Wise, J..
=, Fisk. Ii. y. Smoot, Tudy Payne.
John Bouton, DIR. f. Il. Appleton and
-. A. T.itch. Fisk is Il justice of the
ueace, while Snoot is a special county
officer.
Grand Jury Panel.
The grand jury will meet at 10
o'clock and will be chosen from q
panel of sixteen men who also were
subpoenaed last night at the instruc-
tion of the county officials. They
are: L. C. Adams, H. II. Butler. A. D.
Davis, j. y. Nevin, l.. L. Ball. w. r.
Boyer, l. Z. Cavanaugh, w. Metzgar,
" Kimball. ]. \. Steed. Z. ~ Wilson,
~ d. Trammell. T. c. Hudson. Henry
Parker. T W. Fohrhack and \. f.
Margam.
nounced that if the men who have
beer summoned to appear as wit
1esses before the grand jury Will
furnish sufficient evidence he will
order an indictment of the gambling
house proprietors and prosecute them
TO the full extent of the law. At the
same time, Mr.. Ball sent a letter to
the Arlington county klan. answering
the charges made in the posteEssana
gambling houses had been furnished
tH previous to the expose OF the
Sxan.
while the summons were being
sfsed last night the Arlington
SC6unty K1an held a special conclave
Fin fits 'eklarern" at Baliston and map
fsd out plans for furtherIng it's CAM
k3aagn against the alleged dens of
5laafquity in the county.
Khan Holds Meeting.
Approximately 800 klansmsn at
tended the meeting and virtually all
OF them manifested deep concern over
1.-THE outcome of the grand jury ses-
zion.
Seventy-five meri in Arlington coun-
: ~ were perceptibYy nervous last night
! when they Received summons to ap-
! pear before shA grand jury. Only
!, eight of them. however, Mr.. Ball said,
.Are wanted in connection with the
grand jury's Investigation of the khan
charges, while the others are to ap-
pear as witnesses in other cases. But
the remaining sixty-seven men do not
know why they were requested to ap-
pear before the grand jury and conse-
quently believe that they are consid-
cred members of the khan,
First-hand evidence that the
gambling den. known as 'Daugh-
erty's," described in the posters of
the Ku klux Klan. in Arlington coun-
~. was running at full blast late
was obtained by reporters OF The
Star. They brought back thirty sill
yer dollars illustrating the kind Of
chips used.
The reporters garnered their infor-
nation concerning the whereabouts
of the gambling house from John
Wise of Arlington, one of the men
summoned by Commonwealth Attor-
new Frank l.. Ball for the grand jury
hearing tomorrow.
He stated that although he was
not a member of the Ku klux Klan.
he had in some way been connected
up with them and had received a
summons from Mr.. Ball.
In an automobile with the report
e1s he directed the driver across
the Highway bridge, down the old
road running into Alexandria, Cross
ing the railroad tracks a short dis
,ance from Alexandria the machine
was directed to a narrow dirt road
turning to the left toward the Po-
tomac river. A short turn again, this
time to the right, brought the auto
mobile in front OF a small frame
house fronting within a few feet Of
the road and surrounded by fence
in which about twenty automobiles
were parked without lighta
200 Men Play Game.
Entering the house the newspaper
men were ushered into a medium
sized room which contained two
large pool tables, each one covered
with various legends indicating the
numberson a pair of dice In various
combinations Crowded around each
table were some 200 men, all eagerly
playing the game.
The chips used and the methods Of
gambling were similar to tho one
used at other gambling places across
the District line in Maryland. do.
scribed In The Star sometime ago. All
chips" were silver dollars, and great
piles of them were stacked on one
side Of the table in front of the at
tendant. who In a methodical voice
announced every few minutes Next
shoot.Ah." Money changed hands
frequently, with little or no comment.
every how and then one of the at
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