Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-04-28
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XII KLUX KHAN
ARE, RAlDED
District Attorney Thomas
Lee Woolwine Seizes All
Papers of Mysterious Or
der Found In Los Angeles

Los AnEeie5, RpEil - I - "a ihS't
with search warrant, a dozen dep
utes of the district attorneys and
the sheriff's officers yesterday raid
ed the headquarters of the Ku KluX
Khan and confiscated great piles of
papers and pamphlets.
They conducted the raid while
Grand Goblin w. s. Coburn stood by
and spat defiance. Deputy Dis
trict Attorney William G. Doran ar
rived in Coburn's office while the
deputies were still ransacking the
safe and the grand soblin's desk.
Il haven't got what you want, J"
Coburn told Doran. Il took it
away
At the same time the search war
rant was issued, warrants were
procured for the arrest of Walter
Mosher and Leonard Rugg, charging
them with assault with deadly
weapon with intent kill.
These two men were wounded
during the. raid made by a mob
of 200 masked and armed men on
the home of Mexican in Ingle-
wood early Sunday morning. At the
inquest into the death of Constable
Modford Mosher, father of Walter,
is was learned that the two men
are members of the khan The three
were shot by Marshal Frank Woer-
ner incidentally Mosher was buried
yesterday with Masonic rites.
Prosecutor Had Been Threatened
District Attorney Thomas Lee
Woolwines action to smash the
Ku Klux Klan, came after that prom
inent Jewish attorney received
through the mails postcard bear
ing this warning.
"Friend Tom; Better have your
force go slow in the lnglewood case.
(Signed) tx X. K"
"It would seem to me no right
thinking American could find the
slightest excuse for the existence
in this country of an organization
such as the Ku Klux Klan," the pros
ecutor said. "The name itself has
sinister and well known mean
ing. 1t breathes the spirit of the
nightrider and cowardly assassina-
tion and terrorism. It perpetrates it's
dastardly outrages in the dark hours
Of the night, caparisoned in robes of
terror and burglars masks. It's
membership generally is kept secret,
there being no insignia regularly
worn indicating membership in any
secret order as in organizations that
are lawful and above board and
walk in the daylight.
"It is regrettable there is not
some power in the United States
government or in the state authori-
ties, either to crush or disband this
un-American band of hooded cow
ards and outlaws.
81 am satisfied the Superior Court
will meet my request by the i'm
mediate impeachment of Grand
Jury for thorough and exhaus-
tive investigation of the Inglewood
outrage so that every guilty per-
son may be taught this is land
of law and order and not one of
mob rule"
1t is expected the Grand Jury
will be impaneled this week.
Mr.. Doran questioned George G..
Clarken foreman of the coroner's s
jury, and Fred U. S. Hughes, a
juror, and they are said to have
Informed him that klansmen were
numerous in and near Inglewood,
"The inquest room was packed
with them" said one of the two,
and they thought that the district
attorneys office had been influenced
so there would be a whitewash."
The district attorneys office, it is
said, intends to know the name of
every man who participated in the
Sunday raid and of every member
of the X. X. K. in southern Cali
fornia.
To Gust Klan Members
Following Woolwine's lead vari-
ous city and county authorities, in
Guiding the chief of police and the
lsheriff, are requesting all employees
who are members Of the Ku KluX
Klan to declare themselves and to
resign Two deputy sheriffs resigned
Yesterday and four more are ex-
pected to resign. No names were
made public. A grave situation
arises through the fact that more
than 200 members of the police
force, including some officers, it is
said, are klansmen. There ere not
more than lao members on the
force. The request to resign is ex
,ected to cause trouble. Some coun
officials are also said to have
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