Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-07-27
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other appearance. He told Of khan
meetings he attended, of members
present, of speeches, some OF them
fiery, and all the Intimate details
Of the workings OF the secret po-
litical organization.
.Reter in his testimony cor
roborated Edmiston, dt is reported.
and described the limitations OF
March 4. discussed at great length
by residents of the Rogue River
valley. Refer was accused OF yio-
lating oaths 1.-THE penalty Of which
Is DEATH" when he resented the
imputation made on the floor OF
the lodge. that a warm friend was
Catholic. Refer told the grand
jury Mayor Gates made a speech
in his behalf when his case was
under consideration for violation
Of vows" Refer also told Of the
sentence OF the officiating officer.
his own fervid reply, and leaving
the hall in huff. Later, with
his friend, he faced the latter's
accuser on the streets Of this city,
and the matter was adjusted at a
stormy session on the street, In
which denials were abjectly made.
Hale Affair Discussed.
Reters told the grand jury that
he had s.heard the Hale matter"
talked of after the regular sessions
Of the lodge. and gave the names
of those he had heard in these
conversations. deploring to one. ac-
quaintance the folIy Of such nc-
1 tion.
The testimony, OF both Edmis-
ton and Refer. it is said. both con-
firms the letters found in the Los
| Angeles raid on the office OF the
grand goblin, when valuable doc
umentary evidence was obtained.
/ Burr Is Located.
"Lil Arthur" Burr, the negro
bootblack OF heroic proportions
4 who has and will yet figure very
prominently in the Ku Klux in
vestigations now being conducted
by the Jackson county grand jury
here, Is scheduled to come back
across the Oregon border on Fri
: day next for the first time since
: that dark night in March when
. he was told by the hooded band OF
! linquisitors up In the foothills q
the Siskyou mountains to GS
: away and keep going"
. When the ultimatum was deliy
) cred to Burr on that eyentfu
evening, after he had been swung
: up by the neck and revolver bul
lets had kept his feet doing tn
: double shuttle while they were OF
: the ground, he sped away In tn
= darkness headed for the Califor
!, MIA line, and he has not been \
o Medford or Jackson county since
v When he stopped he was In Mo
= desto and so indelibly We're his ez
= periences imprinted on his mem
It ory, that 1t has required som
coaxing and definite promises Q
= safe conduct and protection Will
!; here to toll him back across tn
. border.
Il Following the Hale outrage In
!. quiry will come the Hank John
: son case. Johnson was taken ou
= and hanged after being accused {
IS stealing chickens.
g Tom Word Aiding.
= Tom Word, the special investl
% gator for the department OF Jul
u tice at Portland. who has bee
= collecting evidence Of the khan Dc
!. ings about Medford for some tim
70 and who is working in conjun'
y tlon with the attorney general
: office In the presentation of thes
Z matters before the grand jury,
! at Medford assisting LilieQvis
% The latter believes that it may b
ID possible to complete his inyestigs
!. tions late Saturday, though It ma
Z. be that the work will run over II
2. to the coming week.
= Argument In the effort to s.
n cure an injunction against the r.
. call election set ror Saturday.
= which the I6u Klux Klan force
q seek to secure the recall Of Sheri
K Terrill, and the election of D. \
r; Lowe. was heard before circu
q Judge F. NJ. Calkins at jackson
vile today.
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