The Washington times., 1923-08-22
FEAR PREVENTS
FLOGG|NG
TRIALS
Georgia Officers Unable to Get
Evidence From Frightened
Victims.
BY GEO. T. TYSON.
international News eervIce.


battling mystery which for two
weeks has tied tongues Of the
victims OF countless floggings, to-
day confronted officers when they
attempted to secure information
from the Hudson trio Of brothers
who are held charged with whip
ping negro Sunday night. They
refuse to say q word.
The three prisoners were allowed
to retain q lawyer. Their cass Will
be brought before the grand jury
some time In November. 81
. Blame Organized Gang.
Officials for the past two days
have been working on the theory
that an organized band has en-
gagged notorious gangsters to psE-
petrate these flogging outrages.
Their efforts to obtain necessary
information to convict guilty parties
have been defeated by q mysterious
fear which has seized the entire
populace. Just what incites this
fear is not known unless 1t can
be found In assertion made by the
wife of one of the nogging victims.
In an interview with an Interna-
tional News Service correspondent,
she said: 'fWe can't divulge infor-
nation we have because we are
afraid we won't be protected by
the law
County officials hasten to deny
the charge that the Ku Klux Klan
is sponsoring these criminal parties.
II do not believe the f1ogging would
ever have occurred except for q
khan organization in Macon. said
Deputy Sheriff Mutually. 'but
do not believe klan officials are
directly responsible"
Members OF victimized families
want the guilty parties apprehended
and punished, yet they are afraid
to impart any knowledge as to
who has committed the crimes. In
was discovered, there have been
three cars of men, armed with
pistols and handouts.
Victim Confined to Bed.
Ollie Perry, the tuberculosis in
valid who was whipped about q
week ago, is in a serious condition
aad not expected to live long. 1t
was reported today. His wife. who
is supporting their adopted child
and caring for her invalid husband
while he is confined to the bed as
result of the whipping, said that
she would give all that she owned
to convict the guilty parties.
"I don't know who those men
were nor who was responsible. !"
but some one should write Presi-
the charter of the Ku Klux Kan.
believe 1t is responsible, directly
or indirectly. for "a great many
outrages committed in this sec
tion.''
Macon officials believe they have
the situation well IN hand and that
the interference OF martial law is
unnecessary.
The total amount of rewards Of
fered for the apprehension and con-
viction of the guilty parties now
totals $500.
Klan to Hold Rally.
STEUBENvILLE, Ohio, Aug. %.
"A monster State rally of the
Ku Klux Klan win be held on
leased farms west OF Steubenville
on August %, officials of the Steu-
benville khan stated today.
The Steubenville meeting will be
held despite the action of city coun-
Gil in prohibiting public meetings
or demonstrations that might lead
to violence, they stated.
mo action that council may take
will prevent our gathering at Steu-
benville on August 49," a high
khan official stated. He added that
many special trains will arrive here
on that date from all points of
Ohio and that the attendance viii
probably be $4,000 to $4,000. Three
farms about two miles west Of
Steubenyille have been leased. Klan
officials said and plans are being
made to park $4,000 automobiles
near the scene of the meeting.
I'VE intend holding our meeting
just the same as If nothing had
happened in Steubenville, khan Of.
ficials stated, today.
They added that there would
be parade in Steubenville on
August % and that permission
would be asked of Governor Dona-
heV