The Washington times., 1922-10-15


40 per cent, and equipment
of passenger street cars to
carry commodities at night.
| ridicuie, and intimated that some.
one connected with that office had
clipped" the gambling houses that
they were under suspicion. They
are said to have closed their doors
three days before the issuance Of
the klan's anonymous poster.
Mr.. Ball says in his letter to the
klan, that q member OF that Or
ganization said that forty members
He asks II the khan members are
closed. or do you want them al
Clean Own House. He Advises.
:. when they. run you keep quiet -
says Mr.. Ball; "when they close you
publish abroad what they have been
doing. What is your positionf"
"Clean your own house." advises
Mr.. Bah. 'Tf you are afraid tho
gamblers win hurt you, will try
and furnish you q guard.
"Do not send crap shooters to me
to aid In gambling investigations,
I want to deal with people who are
honest and reliable.
"In other words. come across" .
Mr.. Balls letter to the khan fol
lows: L,. -s
Gentlen,en: +sr.a
There appeared at many public
places In this. county this morn.
Ing q placard AZ 20 alleged CON
ditions In regard to law enforce
ment in which certain statements
are made about ms and certain
men working under my Office who
cannot be trusted. ] beg to call
your attention to some Of these
statements which are % grossly
false that I hardly think they
could have, been issued with the
full knowledge Of your order.
In the first place there are no
men working under my office.
have no assistants or deputies. ]
am not over any officials. I have
stenoSrapher in my office who
Ia as honorable q boy N ever
lived. He is now on q vacation
and could not possibly have known
OF anything to tip off to sny
gamblers Your statement there
fore begins on false premise.
, Attacks Author Of Poster.
This stataemens also contained
the aIlesatioh that you have col.
lected evidence from time to time
and tried to get action. but could
not. Whoever wrote this knows in
his heart that It Is maliciously
false, and do not wonder that he
was not man enough to sign his
maine. I might add. he 10 also too
big a coward to meet me anywhere
and make the statement verbally.
Your organization has never at
any time. on any subject. present.
ed any evidence to me or even Of
-fered to help me in the slightest
degree in any prosecution. You
have public statements that you
believe In aiding the officers Of
the law to enforce the same, but
you have totally failed to live up
to this principle. You not only
have failed to aid me, but you
have totally failed to fulfil your
duty as citizens In not presenting
your evidence to an officer of this
county, who In within your order.
You well know that you have had
a. special officer Of this county
and justice Of the peace as mem.
bers practically since your organi-
| -zation.
"I call upon them to state
whether they have ever brought TO
my office any information which
was not promptly acted upon or
have ever initiated any prosecution
that was not vigorously pushed by
me in person. These officers well
know that I have issued search
warrants on the flimsiest sort of
evidence in order that everything
should be done to catch bootleg
gers. In many cases nothing was
found and I have been forced to
take all kinds Of abuse and ridi.
cule in such cases without ever
mentioning the name Of an infor-
mant.
The record Of convictions In the
| courts Of this count on gambling
\ and prohibition cases Is second to
none In the State of Virginia and
| challenge any member Of your
order to produce the record Of any
court in this state THAT will match
| iS Abh ally JuToT WHO mas beTNeu
here II have ever laid down a
case. Ask the Judge II have ever
failed to urge conviction IL there
was any evidence at all to support
| II. Ascertain the facts and publish
your findings.
Time to Produce Facts.
You state that for some months
you have been. investigating the
operations Of q gambling ring and
that forty members Of your order
have attended certain gambling
houses for the purpose Of obtaining
| information and evidence. II such
is the case, you certainly must
| have amassed q great deal OF valu-
able evidence which would doubt
| less convict someone. The time
has come to produce II. The grand
jury Of this cbunty win meet Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock at the
courthouse have already sum-
moned all of your members whom
| know. Some Of them may be
among the forty investigators.
now call upon you to show your
| interest In law and order by an
| pearing with all Of the forty who
4 have found out 80 many facts and
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