Evening star., 1922-05-23
WAR ON TERR0R|STS
IN GEORGIA NEARS
Columbus Citizens Raise
Funds to Hunt BomberS
of Mayors Home.
" the Associated Press


COLUMBUS. Ga. May 23.-Action
night, according to the committee in
charge, at the biggest mass meeting
ever held in the history of Columbus.
following the bombing of the home
of Mayor j. Homer Dimon early Sun
day morning.
The meeting was called by.a steer
ing committee appointed by Presi-
dent McClatchey of the chamber of
commerce late yesterday afternoon.
A committee was named by the head
of the trade body from the city and
county commission and the local pa
pers to handle the affair, and plans
had practically all been completed
at an early hour today
Since Sunday the only topic of con-
versation on the streets has been the
explosion, the newspapers have taken
a strong hand in the matter and
language possible have appeared
daily.
Condemned BY Climbs. ~
During Monday the chamber of
commerce. American Legion and the
Benevolent and Protective, Order of
Elks passed resolutions condemning
the bombing. The employees of the
National Show Case Company, of
which Mayor Dimon is president, went
further than any of the others. with
the exception Of the Ku Klux Klan,
who offered a reward of $1,000, and
made up $500 to add to the rewards
already announced.
TWO more missives warning the
mayor and city manager that their
!lNes were still in danger, and this
is our last warning" were received
late yesterday by the mayor. The
first i saN warning was issued on April "a.
a 1eW days after an attack on City
Manager H. Gordon Hinkle, which
he managed to escape with a slight
cut on the head, from which he soon
recovered.
One of the missives was a post
card, which was signed K. K. K,
while the other, letter, was un-
signed. They were mailed in Colum-
bus Monday morning.
Called Last Warning.
The text of the communications
are as follows, the first being the
postcard:
This was only warning. We will
get you next time. Damn your $50, 900.
You may offer a million dollars and
still not get US. You and Hinkle
must go and go at once. This is
your last warning.
"(Signed) X. K. K"
The text of the letter:
Mr.. Homer Dimon:
I'VE asked, you to fire that blue
bellied Yankee and you did not do
it. You see what we are going to
do to you. We will get you both II
you don't fire him at once.
This is our last warning. 1t will
be too late for you when you find
out who we are. Act at once"
Klansmen Join Hunt.
Asserting that the "Ku Klux Klan
of Columbus did not send the post
card signed K. X. X" DR.. w. F.
Whitehead. reputed local leader of the
order, said:
THE Ku Klux Klan stand ready to
aid the authorities in any way pos
sible to run down the lawless ele-
ment.
"We are ready to do anything we
can toward the apprehension of the
bombers and assailants Of the city
manager. Our organization does not
stand for any acts of lawIessness, and
we would be glad for the city and
county police and sheriff officials to
call on us for any assistance we may
be able to render in bringing these
acts of lawlessness to a head in CO.
lumbus."
In addition to the rewards offered
for the person or persons responsible
for the placing of the bomb on the
porch of the mayors home, the city
commission has announced that 1t will
give $1,000 for the assailants of the
city manager. and other civic and
business Institutions have offered ad-
ditiona1 rewards that will run the
aggregate near $4,000.