San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-21

the governors legal advisors have
urged him 10 permit the session, as
| they declare il would be illegal and
without effect. However, the final
word remains TO be spoken and the
! threat has not vet been withdrawn.
Appeals For Funds.
Admitting the fight is weighing
heavily upon him. the governor sent
out for an appeal for funds. asking
those who believe in representa-
tive form of government" TO send CON
tributions TO Mrs. Aldrick Blake,
Oklahoma City. wife of the executive
counsellor. Blake is absent from the
state on n mission for the governor.
Il have crossed the Rubicon. 1t
is a fight 10 the finish he declar-
cd.
He said that, If ii proves necessary,
he will arm every man in the state
opposed 10 the Invisible Empire. "
y. c. Jewett. grand dragon Of the
Oklahoma realm of the khan. and his
associates "have turned the fight over
TO the khan newspapers and the khan
members of the legislature Walton
asserted.
4 brOadside was turned on the khan
by the governor last night when he
released a portion OF the testimony
taken before military court here
showing that County Attorney j. h.
Wright, Sheriff Tom CAVIAR and Dis
trict Judge g. W. Clark had been
obligated in the khan; and detailing
charges made by DR.. A. A. Maupin.
a dentist and former member Of the
organization. as 10 the connection Of
the Invisible Empire with mob
violence.
Judge Paid No Khan Dues.
1t was Judge Clark who issued the
call for special grand jury to in
vestigate charges that Governor Wal
ton illegally had used state employees
TO check names on an initiative petit
ton TO which he was opposed.
The grand ry was dismissed when
the military authorities trained ma
chine guns on the court room at the
orders of the governor. Walton
charges that "klan judge" and a
khan grand jury" were attempting
to interfere with his war on the an
visible Empire"
Judge Clark summoned the grand
jury when a petition for the conven-
ing of the body was submitted 10
him. According to the record of the
military court, Judge Clark testified
that. although he had been initiated
in the klan a year and a half ago,
lie had paid no dues and for nearly
year had not considered himself
member of the organization.
Sheriff CAVIAR admitted he is now
a member of the khan and the por-
ton of County Attorney Wright's
testimony made public revealed that
he had stated that he paid the fee for
membership.
DR.. Maupin's testimony was of a
sensational nature exposing the alleg-
ed Vaccinations of the Oklahoma
City khan in dealing punishment 10
persons, falling under the proscrip-
ton of the "klansmen's jury"
Tells Early Khan History.
DR.. Maupin detailed the early his
toryof the khan in Oklahoma CITY. tes-
tifying that within a few months the
membership grew to more than 1000.
A man named McCarron came here
from Houston. Texas, to take charge
early in the movement, the witness
said.
HE came TO teach anti-Catholic.
anti-Jew and anti-foreign, and whip.
ping parties for fellows who disobeyed
the orders Of the khan, and others
known to be breaking the laws of the
land. and tar and feather parties. and
mutilation for negro porters and other
fellows who were deemed to be Justly
entitled to have such penalties fixed
upon them" DR.. Maupiu testified.
They began TO spread that, and
pretty soon the klan was filled with
men Of all stripes"
The early meetings were held in a
local hotel. in Judge Clarke's court
room. the Congregational Church and
the old Epworth University, the wit
ness said.
He declared that y. c. Jewett had
been the outside organizer" and
told the boys what do do"
Accuses Texas Goblin.
DR.. Maupin said the !. criminal
ity he had heard of on the part of the
khan came from the lips of the grand
goblin of the state of Texas. who told
the local organization OF having
watched a negro dentist whipped and
mutilated in Galveston.
Galveston, Tex. Sept. 2f.-Although
it is well known that a Ku Klux Khan
chapter exists in Galvesto... no report
Of whipping laid at the klan's door
has ever been spr,ld here. II is be.
lieved that the whipping Of negro
dentist referred to in De. A. A. Maui
pins testimony given out last evening
in Oklahoma City must have occurred
elsewhere.
He added that then denials from
khan officials that the organization had
any connection with mob violence be-
gan to appear in t. newspapers.
DR.. Maupin related that attempts
were made to enlist Governor Walton
into the khan, the latter then being
mayor of Oklahoma City. Walton re-
fused to join. he said. and then Jewett
and four other men decided that, 'if
anything ever happened. they would
say that Jack (Walton) tried 10 get in
and couldn't
Walton as mayor refused 10 issue a
permit for khan parade and tho was
one reason the klansmen sought his
membership. the witness said.