Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-28
ONE KILLED, MANY
HURT WHEN CROWD
HALTS KHAN PARADE

PITTSBURG, Aug. 26.-One man
was killed, another probably fatally
wounded and an unknown number
of others were injured last midnight
when citizens of Carnegie, a suburb
and robed members of the Ku KluX
Khan FLASHED at the Glendale bridge
over CHARTERS creek.
Quiet had not been restored two
hours later, but all available deputy
sheriffs, policemen and Allegheny
county detectives were patrolling
the streets. A motorcycle squad
was stationed at the edge of the
borough to prevent any further at
tempt by the klansmen to enter the
town.
The man killed was wearing a
white robe. At the morgue it was
stated that there was nothing on
his body to indicate his identity.
Two men were arrested early this
morning in connection with the kill
ing. In their automobile when ar
rested was found shot gun and
were withheld.
The most seriously injured man
was Steve Zarzolbeck, who, his
friends say, was discharged a few
months ago from the regular army
after six years service. He was
member of the party opposing the
parade and was shot through the
abdomen. William Williams, an
other ex-soldier and member of the
opposing force, was picked up and
hurled into CHARTERS creek.
! Burgess John Conley stated that
no permit had been issued for the
parade.
State Meeting
The klansmen had been gathering
all afternoon. and evening for what
is understood to have been a state
meeting on hillside overlooking
Carnegie. Early in the evening their
leaders were told, police said, that
a parade through Carnegie would not
be permitted.
About II o'clock, however, the pa
rade vase seen to appear over the
hill and start toward the town. In
order to enter it, the klansmen had
to cross the Glendale bridge, which
spanned q small creek. A crowd
gathered at once at that bridge, and
automobiles were run on it and stop
ped, effectively blocking the struc-
ture. When the automobile leading
the parade reached the bridge, it
stopped. The klansmen Immediately
made no attempt to proceed, and
paid no attention to the cries to low
er the American flag which headed
the parade. Neither did they make
any move to turn back.
After the impasse had existed for
perhaps a half hour, the leaders Of
the marchers seized an opportune
moment and made a wild dash for
ward. The automobiles were rolled
off the bridge and the crowd station
ed at the one end swept backwards.
The parade continued for two
blocks, with only isolated instances
of bricks and stones being hurled at
the marchers, when the opposing
crowd, seeming to have collected
their forces, rushed forward, bedlam
at once broke loose. All kinds of
missiles were hurled through the air
and firing began.
Ten klansmen are being held in
the Carnegie Jail. having been ar
rested yesterday afternoon when
they appeared in the streets of Car
negie with pistols showing from
holsters, according to the police, and
began directing automobiles carry
ing klansmen to the scene of the
meeting. David Cabel, who claims
to be the exalted cyclops of the East
Liberty khan, one of those arrest
ed, said he together with nine other
klansmen was assigned to direct
traffic for the meeting and said he
had secured permission to that end
from S. H. Gardner, district attor-
ney of Allegheny county
Cabel and two others of those ar
rested wore army uniforms, being
veterans Of the World war, they said,
while the other seven wore civilian
clothes. Cabel in his cell this morn
ing said that Sam Rich, who, he
said, was the acting grand dragon
Of Pennsylvania, had arranged for
the meeting and had assigned him
as traffic director.
The offices of physicians in Car
negie were crowded early this morn
ing with people obtaining treatment
for cuts and bruises. The list of
those wounded in the shooting was
increased one more when it became
known that John Carrick, a bystand-
er. had been shot in the leg.