Imperial Valley press., 1922-06-08
Accused Raiders Given Till
Tomorrow to Raise
Bail Bond
NEW OFFICIALS NAMED
C0burn and Price Will Be
Extradited if They Do
Not Return

LOS ANGELES, June s.-Arraign-
ment of indicted members Of the ku
Klux Klan was postponed today until
/ a. m. tomorrow to allow the men 10
raise funds for bail.
At that time "a of the 81 persons
indicted last night will be ready to
give $1,000 bond each, Attorney Paul
B. d Orr, defending the klansmen, de-
clared.
Unless VIM. 81 Coburn, and G. w.
Price, khan officials named in indict-
ments return voluntarily, steps for
their extradition from Atlanta will be
taken, it was stated.
Kleagle Nathan A. Baker is held at
the county hospital under bond OF
| $4,000.
The indictments bring to n close
nearly five weeks of investigation by
the grand jury. of the raid in Ingle-
wood by masked men.
| In response to riot call, Frank
Woerner, night marshal Of Inglewood.
singleh:fhded attempted to break up
| the raid in a gun battle in which Con-
stable Mariner B. Mosher, one of the
raiders, was killed and his son, Walter
Mosher, and Leonard Ruegg, another
| raider, were wounded.
Young Mosher and Ruegg are among
those indicted by the grand jury.
Leading Officials Accused
Leading officials of the Pacific
! Coast realm of the Invisible Empire'
were among those indicted, including
VIM. S. Coburn, former grand goblin,
G. W. Price, former king kleagle, and
| Nathan A. Baller, kleagle, who is said
to have organized the -InglewoOd raid.
Bench warrants for others have been
made out but will not be served unless
d Orr fails to appear with the required
bond.
be in Atlanta, Ca, in secret confer
ence with the imperial officers of the
order. Before leaving they gave au-
thorities here assurance they would
voluntarily return to face any charges
resulting from the investigation.
Close surveillance however, is being
kept over Kleagle Baker, who, on the
district attorneys order, was recently
confined in the county hospital for OBJ
servatiOn.
Baker, whose actions are said to
have been unusually erratic since the
grand jury session, had planned to es-
cape from the Good Samaritan hospital
where he had gone to recover from an
alleged nervous breakdown, Officers
claim.
Indictments against the klansmen are
the same in each instance, charging two
counts for false imprisonment, one
count of assault with deadly weapon
with intent to commit murder, and
two counts of kidnapping.
Imperial Wizard Denies Everything
ATLANTA, Ga, June S.--The ku
Klux Klan is being held responsible for
the Inglewood night ridings in Califor
MIA "without just cause,' Edward
Young Clarke, imperial wizard protein
of the khan declared here today, fol
lowing receipt of dispatches from Los
Angeles that three high officials and "a
alleged members of the order had been
| indicted.
"Our investigation of the Inglewood
affair up to the present time gives no
| just reason why the affair should be
charged to the klan,'' Clarke said.
"William s. Coburn, former grand
| goblin of the Pacific domain OF the
klan mentioned among those indicted,
has severed entire relations with the
| klan and has returned to Atlanta, his
former home, where he plans to renew
his law practice.
The former grand goblin was recent
ly called to Atlanta, where he was in
formed the position of "grand goblin -
had been abolished. He is then said
to have been offered the "king
kleagleship' of the Pacific coast,
which he is reported to have refused.
RELGRADE, June S.--With oil the
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