The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-15
THREAT IN
DIVORCE
CASE
Recipient Spurns Letters and
Will Protect Himself, His
Attorneys Declare.

Justice in the District Of Co.
lumbia is not administered in
keeping with the ideas Of the
Knoble Knights Of the Ku KIux
Khan, il q number Of letters
signed tx. Z. K" and written on
the official stationery Of the I'm
perial Palace, Invisible Empire.
Department Of Propagation, and
mailed to clients Of the law firm
Of Bell, Marshall & Rice, S1s John
Marshall place northwest, are any
indication Of the mood in which
this letter-writing organization
finds itself with regard to every
thing under the sun from soup
to cigarettes.
Gets Notice to Quit.
The three letters in question were
recently received by q client OF the
law firm, whose divorce case ID
pending In the District Supreme
Court. The first Of the rnissives,
hand printed in ink on q scrap OF
paper. reads: y
you are to leave Washington N
twenty-four hours after you receive
this notice. Do not tell any one
where you are going or why, but go
or we viii take you out.
"K. k"
The recipient Of the threatening
letter paid no attention to it, but
entrusted Il to his lawyers. The
twenty four.hour time limit has long
expired and the K. K. KS have
failed to act.
A second letter typed on stationary
Of the order and addressed 10 the
man, whose name must be withheld
for the time being. goes into de-
tails. 1t enumerates as follows:
After receiving at different times
for the past year complaints from
several quarters that yoy<have been
and still are breaking all the laws
OF God and man as to decency AMI
proper living, in defiance Of the au-
thority Of the District.
AS We are informed you were
sometime since taken from bed by
the District pelice together with the
wife Of and fined only,
and further. that you are at this
time living with Mrs.
causing shame and disgrace to her
husband and the separation OF her
child from its mother we further
know that your actions have caused
your wife to sue for and get a divorce
from you; we further know OF your
Alexandria, Va, record, which con-
stitutes white slavery, IL pushed
Our brothers there should have done
their duty at the time and saved
US the trouble.
1T is q wonder to US that =.
has not SQUARED accounts with you
before this, it may sc, you have
the child you have disgraced to
thank for your present healthy
condition.
I'VE have taken our time in this
matter, our Investigators have your
every movement reported to head.
quarters for the past year; we need
not enumerate them here, as you
well know them.
Their Blood Boils.
"You have defied your Cod, II YOU
have any. your fellow man, the vir.
ginia and District authorities and
decent society. We note the law
failed to reach your case; here is
where we step in. Defy US and
Mrs. will not recognize your
carcass after we have dealt with
you according to your degree OF
guilt. We will not tolerate the
breaking up of homes and the deg.
radiation Of wona nhood by any one,
ana you a big, burly, arrogant
taking an American woman of gen
tie birth from her loved ones and
live in shame. in defiance Of law
and decency. Our American blood
boiled as we glanced over the re-
port OF your actions in the past
year. Remember that such con.
temptible actions as you did for
your country recently; well, the
same people who were behind that
are behind this and IL would seem
you should know what to DO before
1t IL too late.
We demand and mean It, that
Mrs. is free to marry and
81 willing to risk her existence with
a brute like you. that you cause
the union to be made within ten
days from July 10. 1923, otherwise
you will leave the apartment you
now occupy with her at once and
have no further affair with her
whatever.
"If this 10 not done you have the
choice OF leaving the D. G. at once
not to return, or take the punish.
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