The New York herald., 1922-08-27
SAYS KLAN FOUGHT
HYLAN IN ELECTION
LAWYER Tells of Circulars Urg-
/, ing Votes Against Jews
u and Catholics.
EX-RULER MAKES DENIAL
Facts Made Known Following
Loss IF Brief Case by
Lodge officer.

The ku Klux Klan not only is active
! IN politics in New York, but In the last
Nayoralty campaign sent out circulars
to its members naming specifically can
didates for whom they should and should
not vote, according TO a statement yes
terday by Abraham Yarcbover. a lawyer.
OF 15i Nassau street. One Of the candi-
dates against whom the Klan is alleged
10 have instructed its members TO vote
was Mayor Hvlsn, who piled UP ma
! Jority OF 400. 900.
Yarchover is attorney for william
Sass. IS, a jobber 1882 Rostrand ave-
nue.. Brooklyn, and BENJAMIN Steinberg.
81. a restauranteur. 900 Union avenue,
the Bronx. who are charged by Lloyd
p. Hooper, formerly Grand Goblin of
the Klan, with attempted extortion, de-
manding of him s25 as reward for the
return of brief case lost by Hooper.
Yarchover said he based his statement
upon documents contained in the brief
case and which, he said. he read. The
property was in possession of the police
yesterday.
Sass and Steinberg were arrested Fri
day night by Detectives Van Valken-
| burg. Kelly and Brown Of the Bomb
Squad. They obtained an adjournment
OF tuSlT case ycSlcTudy before MdElS-
trate II. Stanley Renaud, over the OBJ
jections of Hooper. Hooper said ne
needed the documents in the brief case
for evidence in a civil suit soon to be
heard
The Magistrate informed Hooper that
when the documents are needed he may
obtain them by subpoena, and he turned
the brief case over to the police.
Hooper Tells OF Meeting.
Hooper said that the first intimation
that his brief case was missing from
his automobile, where he usually kept
It. was about week ago, when he
received an anonymous letter asking
him to call a telephone number at an
, address in the lower East Side. Calling
the number, he said. he was apprised
OF the fact that his brief case was in
the possession of others than himself
and after rather mysterious negotia-
tons by telephone he made an engage
pnent to meet Steinberg. but was so
suspicious that he called upon head
quarters TO send detectives with him.
He said he met Steinberg at Seventh
street and Second avenue. and Stein
berg declared that the brief case
ought to be worth a wad of money
to somebody. After an argument,
Hooper said, he made an engagement
to meet Steinberg an hour later and
that meeting resulted in the arrests.
Sass and Steinberg declared they
asked for SIS reward. which. they said.
Hooper had agreed TO give them. They
said, however. that Hooper refused to
give them $25 on the excuse that he had
only SIS with him.
According to Yarchover the alleged
political instructions to Ku Klux voters
were based upon racial and religious
prejudice. orders being to vote against
Catholics and Jews. It was pointed out
specifically. Yarchover said. that Mayor
Hylan was a Catholic and Henry H.
Curran. formerly President of Manhat-
tan. who ran against the Mayor. was a
Protestant At least TWO judges he
said. also were mentioned.
The documents showed also. Yarchover
continued, that a project was afoot to
purchase property on Long Island. at
cost of 1875 900. for New York district
headquarters for the Klan. Another
document he said, was an attack on
Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler OF Atlanta, who
last week was married TO stephen Grow.
an Atlanta motion picture man. Mrs
Grow formerly was head of the publicity
department Of the klan and recently
had been at odds with some of the Klan
officials.
Hooper Denies Mention of Hylan.
Hooper said that the report that his
brief case contained any documents OF
a political nature was untrue and so
far as he was aware the name of Mayor
Hylan was not mentioned in any of the
papers. He said that the name OF Mrs.
Tyler was mentioned in a paper to be
used in evidence in court action ask
ing the appointment of a receiver for
the Klan.
He explained that the plan for the
purchase Of property on Long Island
was not connected with the ku klux
Khan but was an outline OF a .Toposi,
ton presented to him for the promotion
of country club.
Hooper was compelled to remove his
headquarters as Grand Goblin Of the
Northeast from the Hotel Embassy
last September, when the management
declared It became aware for the first
time that Hooper's business was re-
cruiting for the Klan. Hooper now re-
sides at the Hotel Endicott. He said
yesterday that he no longer Is Goblin
OF the Klan. but that he is an organizer