Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-05
KHAN SPEAKER ROUTED
DURING DEMONSTRATION
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| friends he had were Jews. He
continued by saying that the reas ) n
the Jews were excluded is because
thew are not Christians.
Isaac Alpern, who was standing in
the doorway having entered the
building after the mob and follow
ing the report from the police that
the affair had been turned into an
open meeting, at this point called
out:
"Then why do you exclude the
Catholics ?"
DR.. Haywood replied that he was
coming to that. Several IL the aud
! fence yelled to Dr. Haywood to cor
tinue.
He then compared the American
YaEkee and the Jew and declared
that the American Yankee is the
greater of the two. He also declared
that Henry Ford was right in what
he said concerning the Jew and tina
II had cost Ford largo sums 10 make
those statements.
At this point some one declared
that they came there to hear an adj
dress on Americanism and others
took up the cry. DIR. Haywood about
this time made his remarks concern
ing the press and the jew and Cath
ollcs and many of the unlimited Wis
itors at the meeting started towards
him.
Level headed ones in the hall saw
that trouble was brewing and as the
crowd surged about the speaker
Mr.. Alpern raj 10 the front of the
room and demanded that the aud
fence return TO their seats as he
wanted to speak and called out to
those about DR.. Haywood to leave
him alone.
Two police officers and Sergeant
George Kozusko who was in charge
81 the situation, gathered about DIR.
Haywood and attempted to escort
him from the hall. d.. Haywood.
however, declared that he did not
want to leaVe. Mr.. Alp rn realizing
that the crowd would 81 11 lcse all
control of itself. climbed 10 a chair
and urged order so that he might
speak. Some shouted for the crowd
to sit down so that Alpern might
have his say.
The police followed by the crowd
finally got DR.. Haywood out into the
hall and in a tAace where they
could form a protection for him.
A policeman then commanded
that everyone in the hall leave and
that the crowding cease. While
probably $500 people crowded about
the front of the building others
guarded the rear door so that DR.. |
Haywood could not be taken out.
Some one threw several stones at
the building and some windows
were broken.
1t was at this time that the Even |
ing News reporter was allowed to in
terview DIR. HAYWOOD, who prior to !
the meeting refused to see the news
paper men. He declared that he had
often spoken in this section of the
country and that he was a lecturer
for the Ku Klux Khan. Asked If the
meeting last night was a Ku Klux
Khan affair. DIR. Haywood said that
il was and had been held so that
some of the citizens could hear
the citizens could hear some facts
in reference to the work being done
by the Khan. He ventured the in
that this was the first time
he had yer been molested and that
in speeches heretofore he had not
even been heckled. He declared that
he was one of the speakers at the
Khan gathering held in Point Pleas
ant on Sunday night.
Following the interview with the
Evening News reporter, Sergeant
Kozusko issued orders that no one
else be allowed in the hall and then
he began to seek a way to get DIR.
out of the building and
from the city.
The plan decided upon was to
back the police patrol up to the
entrance and making it appear
as If DR.. Haywood was to be taken
the hall and placed in the pa
troll. The crowd moved up close to
the machine and many threatening
remarks were heard. Those guard
the rear of the hall, learning of
the appearance of the patrol in front
of the building, left their posts and
as the way was clear, DIR. Haywood
IA hurried out of the rear door and
into a waiting taxi.
For a time however, it appeared,
that the crowd might get DR.. Hay
wood in spite of the efforts Of the
police to get him from the city, as
the tax had not proceeded but a
short distance from the hall when
1t ran out of gasoline. A new sup
ply was obtained however, and the
taxi continued to Railway where DR..
obtained a train, without
further trouble.
As soon as it had been definitely
assured that DIR. Haywood had left
the crowd broke up and went home.
This was within a few minutes of
midnight.
The following letter was issued to
the press today by George +. Rey-
who owns the property occu-
pied by the Junior Club and known
as Junior hall:
Junior Club,
"15O-52 Smith St.
Perth Amboy, n. J.
Dear Sirs:
Il am informed that last evening
there was a meeting in the premises
owned by me, and of which o are
the tenants, known as Junior Hall,
1876 Smith Street, which had for its
purpose the organization of a branch
Of the Ku KluX Khan in the City of
Perth Amboy. Since your ~organiza-
ton is the tenant in possession, l
presume that the hall was rented by
you for the purpose of this meeting.
While it is not my desire to inter
with your enjoyment of the
premises, l feel it my duty to inform
you that l will not permit premises
Of which I am the owner to be used
by any organization so unAmerican
as the Ku Klux Khan.
please be advised that II the hall
IS again rented for the purpose of
holding a demonstration by the Ku
Klux Khan or any similar ~organiZa-
lion, a dispossess notice will be sery-
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