Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-15

Tense counsel stated to the Judge
that he wanted to prove Barnett had
been cruel to his children.
]. D. Kinett, an ice manufacturer,
called as a character witness for
DR.. Yarbrough, testified that he had
never heard the dentists character
questioned. The defense sought to
question him further and a wrangle
enSued over whether or not certain
questions were proper. Asked if he
had heard DR.. Yarbrough was
whipping boss of Macon" he an
swered "only newspaper talk,
adding that he might have heard
some gossip, but couldn't say.
The Rev. j. c. Mays, a Macon
Baptist minister; Rev. c. G. Broome,
Jeffersonville, Ca; c.. w. Smith,
book dealer, and DR.. James T. Ross,
testified that DR. YarbrOugh's char
acter was good and that they were
not members of the ku kluX Khan.
A. M. Petty. a furniture dealer,
and character witness for the de-
Tense. asked "are YOU Nansman?"
replied, Il don't care to answer
that
Crowd Gets Laugh
Ala Mack, a druggist of distinctly
Hebraic type, created laughter in
court with his positive reply Il am
not" to the question whether he
was a klansman.
DR.. s. S. Gosten, a physician, de-
MED that he was member of the
Ku KIux Khan, but admitted that he
had made application for member
ship.
DR.. E. w. Green. a physician,
after testifying that DIR. Var
brough's character was good was
asked: Are you a klansman?''
81 am"
-"Didnt you treat one of the men
who was whipped?'
eyes"
Did you report it to the sheriff's
Officer"
ono"
The state then excused DR.. Green,
but he asked that lie be allowed to
explain why he did not make a re-
port, and being given PERMISSION
said:
ct was because he asked ne not
to. He didn't want anybody TO
know anything about it"
Court then recessed until 3 p. m.
Tells of Early Struggles
Dr. Yarbrough, in opening his
statement, sal dhe was born and
raised in Randolph county, Alabama.
He told of the hardships on the farm
during his early life. He said he was
one of nine children.
He said he was taught to be hon
est, to leave cards, liquor and bad
companions alone. He told of at
tending country school. He told how
he and his brothers had procured
Quotations; how he married at the
age of twenty-three. and farmed and
carried mail. He went to Oklahoma,
where he farmed for one year, when
his wife's health failed and he sold
his farm and went to dental college.
He came to Macon in 1912, he said,
"broke and in debt" He told of his
work here, and how he had built up
a big practice.
81 am a member. of the Ku KluX
Khan" he said, and went on to eX-
plain what he said were the tenentS
of the khan.
He said that among the members
Of the local khan were teachers, doe
tors and lawyers.
Explaining the letter alleged to
have been intercepted between r. f.
Mills and Governor HardWick, he
said that the letter was given to him
with the explanation that it was a
copy of a letter Mills had written the
governor He did not remember who
gave it to him.
He said Mrs. Lynwood Bright
came to his office to get his aid in
securing an attorney and to thank
him for going on a bond.
He said he had never seen Mills
until the day he came into court. He
said he knew w. w. Arnold, and
they always were friendly.
The dentist said he did not know
w. o. Barnett or r. A. Hartley, and
that he had never seen either until
they came into court.
He declared he always had stood
for law and order, and knew nothing
of any whippings.