The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-03-21

restraint.
Shortly after the appearance of
The Fiery Cross statesmen on Henri
pin avenue, at the corners of inter
sections, Fifth street and Hennipin
avenue, Sixth street and Hennipin
avenue, Seventh street and Hennipin
avenue and Eighth street and Henri
pin avenue, there seemed to be indi-
viduals, who were theoretically or
ganizing groups.
The first outbreak of the "antis''
took place at Fifth street and Hen
nipin avenue. A man, obviously a
Jew, stepped up to The Fiery Cross
salesman and said, what are you
selling?" The salesman replied, Min
nesota Fiery Cross, Ku Klux Khan
paper"
TRADE of Abuse
A TRADE of abuse now came from
the mouth of the pedestrian. The
Fiery Cross representative ignored
entirely the profane words of insult.
Finally the Jew said, "Give me pa
per-" The purchaser Immediately
went into a nearby confectionery
store, scrutinized the paper somewhat
carefully, and registered by means OF
characteristic motions and active
mouths that the Ku Klux Khan paper
was not to their liking.
After a time a group of "antis" in
the confectionery store betook them
selves to the street where the whole
gang made deliberate efforts to in
volve The Fiery Cross salesman in a
fistic battle.
As the rowdies continued their
acts of intimidation, they recruited
others of their race, who CHANGED to
pass by. However, failing to draw
the Klansman into an open fight, the
mob moved up Hennipin avenue to
Sixth street, where there was practi-
cally a repetition of what had taken
place on the intersection of Fifth
street and Hennipin avenue.
1t was noticed at this point, how
ever, that the would-be mobbers die
not approach the big husky fellows
combining their verbal attacks to the
smaller men. Whenever individuals
of the mob found an opening to grab
papers from The Fiery Cross sales
men, they did so, and tore the pa
pers into small pieces. The mob
wearied somewhat after a time, and
moved up Hennipin avenue again
stopping when it gained the inter.
section of Seventh street.
The Fiery Cross statesmen loo ated
on the four corners of this intersec-
ton were "showered" with threats
and profane denunciations, but fol
lowed instructions by entirely ignor-
ing the mobbers who were "spilling'
for a fight. After devoting Is or &c
minutes to the Klansman selling pa
pers on Seventh street and Hennipin
avenue, the mob once more sought q
new field in its efforts to locate trou-
BILE. Shortly, Eighth street and Hen
nipin avenue was selected by the
mob as the place for some real &C
tion.
A rowdy stepped up to a Fiery
Cross salesman at this intersection
and asked for paper. The first
thing The Fiery Cross salesman knew
fist came into contact with his
face. Several DULLES straightway
jumped on The Fiery Cross salesman,
and beat him severely.
A policeman standing not far away
rushed into the mob and forced back
many of the assailants, who were
filling the air with profanity and
threats. From every side people came
running and it wasn't long before
thousands of people were pressing
toward the center of action. Police
men shouted to the crowd, Get back,
get back" In his haste the officer
of the law, after taking custody of
The Fiery Cross salesman, reached
out and got his hands on a boy, who
is alleged to have been one of the
attackers. Holding the two with a
firm grip, the policeman forced his
way to the patrol box.
The patrol wagon came and the
newspaper salesman and the Jew boy
were ordered to step into the wag-
on. As The Fiery Cross statesmen en-
tered the wagon, loud shouts came
from every side.
stick to 1t boy. We're with you.
You can depend on US. Don't let any
one scare you. Wen soon find out