The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-21
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
KHAN
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EFFORT was being made 20 hamper
his fight against the Khan financial.
Is He said
WITNESS CALLED
AGAINST KHAN
Il call upon an good people who
believe In a representative form OF
government Immediately 10 assist us
financially. and 10 make an remit.
innocs 20 Mrs, AldFieh Blake, Okla,
homa city"
nr. Meupln said the first orsanlEa,
ton meetings OF the Khan In this city
were held Ia Judge Clark's court.
room.
Telling OF the start Of the Khan In
Oklahoma, Or, Maupln testified.
"A man named McCarron came
here from Houston to teach anti.
Catholic, anti-Iew and antifnrelrn
theories. and whipping parties for
men who disobeycd orders OF the Khan
and tar and feather parties aud mu.
tilation for negro porters and others
deemed 20 be Justly entitled 10 have
such penalties inflicted upon them.
Pretty soon the khan was filled
with men Of all stripes.
The first criminal acts I heard
about was when the grand goblin OF
the state OF Texas told US how they
had whipped a negro dentist in Gal.
weston"
Efforts 70 induce Gov. Walton
then mayor OF Oklahoma city. 10 Join
the khan were related by tho witness
He said that Jcwett and other khan
leaders then decided that II Walton
ever caused any trouble" they
would say he had tried to get into
the Khan. but was turned down for
membership Alone Maupln said.
Jewett called for 100 volunteers FOR
a little matter that he wanted 10
attend to-" Altho Il was not ex.
planned what the men were wanted
for. Jewett said Il was Understood
that tho purpose was 10 whip the
governor. The 100 failed 20 yolun.
teer.
Alaupln said tina, later a small body
Of tried and trusted klansmen was
organized to take care OF these lt.
tie affairs"
SAYS AMERIC.ANISsI
SHOULD ASSERT ITSELF
Gov. Walton declared the civil
courts were stin func,ionlnw az usual
and that the right Of writ OF hAbeas
corpus was not being denied and
had not been denied exccp, in Tulsa
county. where Il was ABSOLUTELY
necessary TO allow the military TO OBJ
tain evidence.
III there ever was a time since
1875 that red-bloodcd Amer,eanlsp,
should assert itself. thIs is the time.
oklahoma's Patrick Henry" de.
clarsd today.
Patrick Henry Is the name his
fellow legislators have applied 10 w.
u. McBee. obscure country lawyer
who has become the leader OF the
revolution" against Gov. j. C. Wal.
tons drastic military rule In Okla.
homa.
Here Ia the state capital. who're
machine guns frown down upon tlrs
streets and martial law prevails.
McBse has defisd Gov. Walton by
caliins q special session OF tho lex.
islaturs 10 inpeach him.
we have called tho legislature
together" McBee continued, 'for an
impartial Investigation Of charges OF
tho existence or conditions In this
state that are IN direct opposition
to the principles for which our fore
fathers fought. me legislature win
try tho issfre As n court
we Intend To be impartial. fair
and honest. We shall be governed
BY the facts that TIM inquiry dis.
closes. We shall be just as ready
70 exoncrate as 10 condemn.
The men who have issued this
call represent no particular class.
faction. religion or party. We stand
united and determined to uphold
principles Of government for and
by the people.
Tho Eoyvrnor has threatened 10
throw ust in jail. Very well.
would lie Ii jail untfi I rot,ed rather
than part with our ideals OF Amer
lean liberty.
LEGISLATURE WILL
MEET. McBEE SAYS
The legislature viii meet. The
investigation win be made. Our con-
sciences viii be our guide and the
preservation Of American liberties
our object"
McBee looks and acts Ike a man
who means what Ire says, Just
under 50. Of medium but muscular
build. with handshake Ike a
lemon squeezer and eyes that look
unfIinchingiy into yours. he seems
like a human dynamo Of energy.
He runs things at rebellion head.
quarters" at a hotel where the anti
waltonites are gathering. Only two
blocks away Is the hotel where the
military has general headquarters.
The call for the legislature to as
semble, which McBee wrote, Is al.
Ivady coming to be looked on by
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