Arizona republican., 1922-06-25
SCHOOL HEAD.
R. ?. JONES IS.
INDICTED BY
GRAND JURY
Serious Offense Against
Pupil IsCharged In Two
Counts; Father Of Girl
Accused AS Mob Mem
Der

Accused AS Mob Mem
Der
Rollin p. Jones, principal of the
Lehi school who was indicted ycster-
day by the special grand jury on two
counts. gave bond late yesterday af-
ternoon in the sum of $4,000 and
was released. The indictments
against Jones were returned at l.S0
o'clock in the afternoon and a bench
warrant was issued for his arrest.
When informed by officials of the
sheriffs office of the warrant. Jones
went to the county Jail and gave
himself up.
One of the indictments against
Jones charges him with aggravated
assault upon Lois Waller, 16-year- old
Lehi girl and pupil at the Lehi
school. The second indictment
charges Jones with attempting TO
commit statutory offense against
the same girl. Both offenses are all
legged to have been committed by
Jones on February p. 1922.
The witnesses examined and
named on the true bills were Lois
Waller, Cleo Birchfield, Mrs. Robert
d. Neal, Sadie Simkins, Julia Swab,
w. II. Brandenberg George D.
Halves, A. L. Powers and ]. n. Wal
ler father of Lois Waller
Tried on Whipping Charge
J. n. Waller and B. r. Waller, his
son, were tried recently in the super
ior court on a charge of having par
ticipated in the whipping of Jones
on the night of March 80 by a band
of masked men who lured Jones from
his home and carried him to Sc
cluded spot where they applied the
lash to his back. The case ended
in a mistrial the jury being dismissed
when they failed to agree. The case
has been set for retrial on Septem-
ber IS.
Jones was principal of the Lehi
school last year and is the father of
five children. He is the son of Rep
resentatiye ID. p. Jones of Mesa. At
the trial of the Walters, Jones de-
clared he was positive in his identi-
fication of j. n. Waller as one OF the
masked men who gave him the whip
ping.
May Start Bank Probe
Following the return OF the indict-
ments against Jones the special
grand jury spent more than an hour
yesterday afternoon inspecting the
county jail and at 4 o'clock the jury
recessed until 80 o'clock Monday
morning. 1t Is understood that on
Monday the jury will begin an inyes-
tigation of the affairs of the Peoria
Exchange bank which closed its doors
last February. 1t also was stated that
the jury would investigate the at
fairs of the Bank of Phoenix, for
@f~n ax1ly ~
which closed it's doors on March !.
These investigations are TO be
made, il was stated, during an inter
val in which the grand jury is wait
ing for certain Ku Klux klan exi-
dence and records. Attorney Her
man Leukowitz who has been con-
ducting the Investigate by the
jury, declared yesterday that the
jury had not completed its probe of
the activities of the klan in Mari
copa county and would resume its in
quiry Of the Invisible Empire" with
in few days.
1t is expected that the special grand
jury will return another Indictment
Monday, but it could not be learned
yesterday whether this indictment
is in connection with the activities
of the KuKlux Klan in the valley.
The grand jury after two weeks ses-
sion has returned five indictments,
three of which alleged participation
in whippings which have occurred in
the valley.
Rancher Accused
II. E. Sanderson, Glendale rancher,
indicted by the grand jury on Friday
on a charge of kidnapping IN connec-
ton with the activities of the Ku
Klux Klan in the valley. voluntarily
went to the sheriffs office yesterday
morning and surrendered. He was
released under a bond of $4,000 which
he furnished for his appearance in
court to answer to the charge.
The indictment charges Sanderson
with unlawfully taking Bert Mathews
on April 16 from one part of Mari
copa county to another against his
will. Witnesses examined and given
in the indictment were Constable j..
A. Rudd of Glendale. Clint Nafsinger,
d. o. Edwards, d. H. Bonsall and +.
7. Patterson Glendale justice of the
peace.
Sanderson Yesterday morning in
the sheriffs office denied the charge
of kidnapping and declared the in
dictment was a frame up" against
him. He admitted he had been a
member of Glendale klan No. ? OF
the Ku klux Klan, but asserted the
Glendale division was not now func-
tioning He said he had attended
only a few meetings of the Klan. the
last being a gathering of more than
1000 members of the organization
about two months ago at "Hole-in-
the Rock" near Tempe.
The members of the grand jury
yesterday posed for moving pictures
which We're taken by Capt. Harry K.
thinner of the K Photo Service. An
individual motion picture of Attor-
ney Lewkowitz also was made in ad-
ditinn to several "Stills" of the Jury.