The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-19
n. N. kLUxERs FREED
Romanized Sheriff Failed to Make
Good On Charges

Sheriff Felipe Zamora failed to
make his case against the seven
hlansmcn arrested near Albuquerque
last week while they were preparing
for a lecture on Americanism, Pat
riotism and Law and Order. Zamora
set up that these Klansmen We're on
the highway, dressed in robe and he'll
met, in violation of the New Mexico
anti-mask law. The Klansmen were
on their own leased property and the
court found that they were more than
one hundred yards from any road and
dismissed the cases. Sheriff Zamora
knew there was no violation of the
law. He no doubt was carrying out
the orders of Rome to disclose the
identity of as many Klansmen as pos
sible in order that the boycott might
be applied to those in business as
that is their favorite method of fight
ing. 1t has. been done everywhere a
member Of the Khan has been exposed
to their viciousness. To cover up
their tracks however they accuse the
Klansmen of boycott and the subsi-
died daily press carry out their in
structions and play their game work
ing diligently to impress this false
condition on their readers. The law
abiding, liberty loving people of Al
buquerque and surrounding country
should feel personal obligation in
assisting those Klansmen in business
who have been uncovered. The anti
mask law was passed by the last
legislature, an interpreter being ne
cessary as the bill was written in
English. Zamora put on a grand
stand out on the prairie when he
and Salazar and Lujan made the ar
rest. He drove inside the gate onto
the leased property, leaped from his
car with 5000 rifle in one hand
and As six-shooter in the other and
cried: "You are under arrest. I'll
show you how to wear hoods; move
two feet and I'll shoot; I am going to
walk you back to town."
The Klansmen were them ordered
in line for the march back to town.
They refused to form the line inform
ing Zamora that they were willing to
submit to arrest but insisted they be
allowed to take care Of their families
and return to town in their own cars.
The sheriff finally agreed to this ar
rangement. His ruse to get the
Klansmen on public property failed
to work. With an officer in each car
they drove to the county Jail and
found four press reporters waiting.
The Morning Journal gloated over the
arrest and said the robes worn by the
Klansmen apparently were home
made and Of sheeting material. The
robes were homemade in these old
United States, where the white man
was supreme, and by the grace of
God, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
will make him supreme again. For
the further information Of the Journ-
al, the robes were made in the large
robe factory of the Knights Of the Ku
Klux Khan, it's wheels running twen-
ty-four hours every day so that the
needs of the newly made Klansmen
throughout the United States may be
supplied. These robes are made of
the best sheeting material, from the
cotton, and those who are in position
to know say the demand has been an
important factor in raising the price
of cotton to thirty-five cents per
pound. Public sentiment is highly
aroused in Albuquerque, in favor Of
the Khan and applications for men,
bership are being fled so fast that it
is almost impossible to handle them
The fight is on in New Mexico and
the native-born white, gentle, Amer
lean citizens will win against heavy
odds.