San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-24
80 Per Cent of Troops Be-
long to Masked Order, They viii
Remain Loyal to Governor, Kluxel
Says-Forced Wedding, With Bridel
groom Tied to Engine and Pistol>
Levelled at Head, Described by lns
vestigator. a
By the Associated Press.

Tulsa, Okla, Sept. 24.-Testimony
describing the burning of three houses
in Tulsa in one night by a party of
masked men was heard by Governor
j. &. Walton's military commission
this morning as investigation into
hooded band activities was resumed,
a high officer of the commission de-
clared in an interview with newspa-
permen.
A wedding ceremony performed in
the center of a field in Greek county,
adjoining Tulsa, while the bride
groom was chained 10 gas engine
with pistols leveled at his head. was
another case heard by the military
commission this morning.
Victims Are Witnesses.
Persons whose dwellings we're put
to the torch were in the examination
chambers, the officer said in an
nouncing that the full testimony
would be made public when all par
ties who participated have been
named in our official record"
The principals in the wedding were
Chester eagle, 20 years old, OF Tulsa
and local woman who made her
home with her father.
Rev. Ii. q. Cooke of Tulsa, read
the services uniting the couple, he tes-
titled, after he had been rushed into
Creek county by men he had never
seen before. He defended his action
by declaring that the ceremony was
necessary TO give the expected Guild Of
the woman Il name.
KIDNAPPED From Streets.
eagle was kidnapped from the streets
of Tulsa of which he is driver and
told him he was under arrest fol
speeding, h testified.
They threw him into a closed car,
tied a black bag over his head, and
drove off from, the city.
His captors told him, he declared,
that, they belonged TO the invisible
empire"
He denied he was guilty Of the
charge against him and a few days
after the impromptu ceremony, his
mother sued to have. the action an
nulled.
He told the military he had been
warned not to take such alton. The
suit still is pending.
When the commission adjourned on
Saturday the number of cases barred
since Tulsa county was put under
martial law on August ii stood at
III.
Sheriff r. ID. Sanford of Tulsa
county and City Police Commissioner
Kissaddon of Tulsa, are members O.
the Ku klux Khan, the military com
mission announced, land we have posi-
tive evidence that their forces never
have Investigated a single case of
these outrages which has been brought
to our attention."
Asked what course the military
probably will pursue in the quo war
ranto proceedings which will be filed
in the supreme court at Oklahoma
City on Thursday, the officer said.
we will stand on the evidence which
we have in our record"
Want Civil Power Restored.
The supreme court action. formal
notice of which was served Saturday
on Brig. Gen. Charles f. McPherren.
here. seeks TO have the military re-
moved from the offices of the sheriff
and police commissioner and the police
powers Of the city and county re-
stored to the civil officers.
a new case which came before the
investigation today" the spokesman
for the commission said. "is one in
which three houses in Tulsa were
burned by masked klansmen. We have
a number of names in this case al
ready in the record but have not vet
completed our investigation. When all
the participants have been named, the
testimony will be made public