The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-24
KHAN AGENT IS VICTIM OF GUNMEN A. Glenn Young And Wife Wounded By Uniden-
 tified Assailants
 COUPLE ATTACKED
 ON MAIN HIGHWAY Woman Take-l To Hos- pital In Serious Con- dition After Onslaught VICTIM CONNECTED WITH HEREIN RIOTS Had Been On Lecture Tour Through Illinois.
 Made Many Raids
COUPLE ATTACKED
 ON MAIN HIGHWAY
VICTIM CONNECTED
 WITH HEREIN RIOTS

GRANVILLE, H., May 23.-S. Glenn Young, East St. Louis, H., Ku Klux Klan dry raider and his wife, were wounded this afternoon by unidentified automobile gunmen, who tried to assassinate them on the Atlantic Pacific highway at the Okaw river bottoms near here as they were riding toward St. Louis.
 Mrs. Young was struck under the left eye and seriously wounded in the volley of shots, one of which struck Young in the right leg below the knee. Passing automobilists took Mrs. Young to St. Vincent's hospital in East St. Louis. Young followed, with another automobilist at the wheel of his automobile.
 Young said about % shots were fired at his automobile from automatic pis- tols of large caliber by four men in a sedan who sped by his car and escaped down the road before he could return the fire. Two of the men he believes he can identify.
 The bone in Young's right leg was shattered by the bullet, which stFuck him
 Had Been ElectuFing 2 Young had been conducting a series of talks on '.Klantaguas" in cities in southern Illinois and was returning to St. Louis from Harrisburg, where he delivered talk last night when he and his wife were attacked
 Young said: s'My wife and I were driving to St. Louis on the A. P. highway when I observed sedan fol lowing us. think there were four men in it. When I arrived at the em- bankment near the Okaw river bottom the driver of the sedan speeded up his car and passed my machine on the left. Just as they were abreast three of the men in the sedan poured volley of shots at us. My wife and I both ducked and escaped being killed, bull lets passing through coach work of the automobile right over our heads.
 No Chance To Return Fire
 T had no chance to get my two .45- calibre automatics or my sub-machine gun, which l had in the automobile. In swerving my machine to the right nearly drove down the embankment into the river.
 Authorities have notified all towns between Okawville and St. Louis in an endeavor to intercept the gunmen
 Young. who for many months was the paid dry leader of the klan in Marion, H., in spectacular raids in Marion county, was sent to East St Louis recently to take oyer the affairs of the East St. Louis klan and attempt a reorganization. He has been active in raiding activities throughout south ern Illinois for many years and it ii thought the gunmen were among those who have been arrested by Young.
 On March l3, 1928, Young was in dicted on 55 charges by the grand jury of Herrin, Investigating the shooting there by Deputy Sheriff John Lay man and the killing of Copstabls Caesar Cagle on February &, during q near riot between klan and anti-klan forces.
 Hundreds of saloons and other re- sorts have been raided during the last six months by Young and his associates or by government agents on the strength of information supplied bS Young and his associates.