San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-11
) GE0RG|ANS
CD To TRIAL
F0RFL0CG|NG
Alleged whipping Boss
Pleads Not Guilty
of Riot.
TURMOIL IN COURT
Twelve Jurymen Finally
Picked-Not Klansmen,
They Swear.
TURMOIL in COURT


of DIR. {. A. Yarbrough, J. L. Blood
worth and ]. ID. Patrick, charged with
rioting. were called for trial by Sollci-
tor Roy w. Moore when city cour'
convened at 10 o'clock this morning
Former Governor Thomas w. Hard
wick was among the witnesses whose
names were called.
DR.. Yarbrough, who has been ac-
oused of being the whipping boss OF
Macon, Bloodworth and Patrick. the
latter former deputy shefiff n Mum
icipal court. are charged WITH partiei-
pating in the whipping of j. +. Mills,
a chiropidist. who. since he was fog
ged twice during the year 1922. has
moved away from Macon. Mills was in
court. however, when his name was
called.
Victims Wife There.
Mrs Linwood Bright. 81 Atlant:.
WAS among the witnesses called. Mrs.
i;righl's husbdcd was among the men
allt ged 10 have been victims OF the
floggings.
The names of &c state witnesses
were announced by Solicitor Moore.
including dozen or more women, re-
ported TO he relatives OF flogged per.
sons The defense then began calling
long list of names of witnesses.
many said to be character witnesses.
among them many ministers and bust
ness men.
Solicitor Moore announced that DIR
c. A. Yarhrough would be tried first.
DIR. Yarbrough. on being arraigned.
pleaded not guilty The charge. as read
in court. was that DR.. YarbrOugh.
il. ID. Patrick and j. Z. Bloodworth
assaulted J. +. Mills. The specific
charge against DR.. Yarbrough in this
particular case is rioting.
Jury List Challenged.
John p. Ross. former solicitor gen.
cral Of Bib county. leading counsel
for DR. Yarbroush. challenged the
jury list presented for duty in thr
ease. 1t developed that an error had
been made in the list and second
| list was called.
Solicitor Moore sought to ask tho
mrors If they were or had been mem
bers of the Ku Klux Khan. Attorney
Ross objected to this question:
Judge Gum overruled the objection
and the solicitor proceeded to question
The talesmcn.
Selection of the jury proceeded
slowly. each talesman being asked the
usual list of questions regarding rela-
tionshin 70 the defendant and knowl-
edge Of the case and in addition the
question rs 10 whether or not he had
any connection with the Ku KluS
Khan. The defense objected each time
to the question.
The jury finally selected was com
nosed of twelve men who sworc under
toath IN court that they were not mem
bprs Of the HI Klux Khan and that
they never had made application for
membership. The question was pro
bounded to each talesman over the oh
| lection Of defense attorneys. A tota
/ OF % talesmcn were examined.
Khan Organizer Arrested.
With the arrest last night of J. l.
Durkce. organizer of the Ku Klus
Klan in Macon, the khan was directly
connected with the whippings for tn
first time.
Durkee at the. time of his arrest
was sitting in the office of Sheriff
J. Il. Hicks Jr., where he had spent
much of his time since the effort al
cleaning up the situation in Bibt
! county was started.
He was released under $4,000 bon
on two charges Of rioting and assault
and battery.
Solicitor Roy w. Moore of the city
court. who is charged with the prose
cution of the cases. in commenting o;
the arrest Of Durkee, said that thu
was the big arrest" of the ROUNDUP
of floggcrs. Durkee has office space
with DIR. Yarbrough.
Letters Held Up.
/ Charges that a personal report on
the second flogging of II. +. Mills, who
was whipped on January Is and No
vember 4. 1922. was made to imperial
HEADQUARTERS Of the Ku kluX Khan by
n representative Of the Macon khan. ar,
made in statements issued by Rhode
McPhail. said formerly to have beer
connected with the khan as a publicity
writer. in an article published by tn
Macon Telegraph today 1t also Il
charged BY the former klansman tina
letters written by Mills TO GovernO
Hardwick. asking for protection, neyel
reached the governor.
Mr.. McPhail is quoted as chargin,
that NJ. o. Dunning. chief of stat
for the realm of Georgia, who is he:'
with two khan detectives openly work
ing with county officials in runnini
down the floggers SIS in Macon mere
IL as chief spokesman for III. w
Evans. present imperial wizard o
the khan" and to save the khan
hide"
Il don't know anything about sey
cral of the more recent floggirgs j
Macon. but ! do know that r. F. Mill
deserves every assistance for obtainin
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