Evening star., 1923-09-12
.HARDW|CK WITNESS
IN FLOGGING CASE
Georgia Ex-Governor to Tell
of Letter of Alleged Victim
F.. of Dr.. Yarbrough.
BIZ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MACON. Ga, September -l2.-Con-
1inued efforts to connect DR.. c. A.
,Yarbrough, prominent dentist, with
general fiogging conspiracy, are eX-
pected with resumption in city court
here today Of his trial on charges of
rioting in conpection with the double
fiogging of R. F. Mills former Macon
chiropodist. Testimony yesterday was
designed to show that he had knowl-
edge of letters written by persons
seeking to have others punished for
various offenses.
, Employees of the Ku K1ux Klan tes-
tified regarding the actions of DR..
Yarbrough since Klan investigators
came here with the announced in
tention of helping to run down the
Macon floggers, who have been oper-
ating for about. two years. The or
ganizer of the ku Klux Klan here, ],
+. Durkee, who also is charged with
being implicated in one fogging of
letters from DR.. Yarbrough and
burned them over to Sheriff j. r.
Hicks, jr.
Access to Letters.
Durkee stated on the witness stand
that many of the letters DR.. Var
brough had access to were addressed
to the Ku klux Khan and were placed
in his personal mail hox at the post
Office.
Mrs Lynwod Bright, whose hus-
band was whipped. has been called as
q prosecution witness and may testi-
fy during the day. Mrs. Bright lives
in Atlanta, and it was testified during
the trial yesterday that she spent an
afternoon in Dr.. Yarbr0ugh's office
shortly before Mr. Bright was whip
e. L. L.
some personal property from her
through court action. 1t was stated by
Miss Elizabeth Culpepper, an employe
of Dr. Yarbrough, who told of Mrs.
BTight's visit that she had heard that
DR., Yarbrough signed a bail troyer
bond for Mrs. Bright and that the ex-
planation of her visit was that she
had come to the office to thank the doc
tor.
Governor SubpOenaed.
Former Gov Hardwick has been
subpoenaed as a witness in the case
1T is expected that he will testify re-
garding a letter said to have peen
written to him by Mills asking for
protection, and which, it is charged,
was intercepted before it reached the
governor. He also is expected to tes-
tffy regarding a telephone conversa-
tion with Mills.
Durkee- followed Mills, who testi-
the gang which fiogged him.
Mills testified that Durkee had rep
resented himself to be a detective
after he (Mills) had written a letter
to the governor following his 1ogging.
This letter, the state contends, never
reached Gov. Hardwick, since retired.
H. r. Perryman, Ku Klux Klan
detective, testified his business in
Macon was investigation Of whip
pings. He came here three weeks ago.
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nothing about the whippings. The
second time he saw DR.. Yarbrough
was on August 80 last, when the dem
fist came to his roo1r}. He said, DR..
Yarbrough asked what headway had
been made, and that he (Perryman)
told him at looks pretty bad for some
of the boys" s
'tHe then asked me IL it wasn't pos
sible for ms to find some reasonable
excuse TO drop the investigation and
leave town. / told him I could not do
Mills told how. on the night of the
whipping. he was taken to point on
the Columbus road, forced to. lie on
his face and was fogged while two
men held him.
Khan Letters Identified.
Two letters addressed to the Ku
Klux Klan were identified by wit
Tesses. Mrs. Lizzie Stuckey, when
shown a letter addressed tx. X. K.''
and mailed last May said she wrote
fhe letter. On cross-exAmination she
said she did not know Dr. Yarbrough
ana did not know whether he ever re-
cetved the letter.
Miss Ora Goddin Identified a let
ter she said she wrote and addressed
10 the "Ku Klux Khan, Macon, Ga"
on August II, 1928
on cross-examination Miss Godcfn
was asked IL the facts in the letter
which was not read, We're true and
she said. YES"
@Do you know DR.. Yarbrough?"
mo"
HAS your father ever been whip
ped?"
aAnd you 90 not know whether this
latter ever reached DR.. Yarbrough?' p
"No."
sheriff ]. r. Hicks, jr., testified that
the two letters just Identified had
heen turned over to him by J. p. Dur
lrae Ku KIux Klan organizer and
fhat he gave them to the solicitors.
Tho sheriff said he never obtained
any information from DR.. Yarhfeugh
~ connection with liquor raids in the
Helyue seotion Of the city.
william G. Quarterbaum said that
lin a conversation with DR.. Yarbrough
fhe doctor said conditions were due
10 officers not doing their duty. He
said the talk had turned to conditions
IN the neighborheod, where, he de-
,aiareG. much liquor was reported to
eAass .seen sold. ---.-s --