New Britain herald., 1925-08-11
One Alleged Anti .Klansman, Shot in Head, Is in Crit
 iCal Condition
LATEST OUTBREAK IS AT
 TOWN OF EAST SUDBURY

Differ-State Police Find 45 Men Sheltered in Farmhouse, Others Hidden in Barn and Shrubbery.
 Birmingham, Mass, Aug. il Hl- Sixty of the 75 men taken into cus- tody last night after ku klux Klan meeting had been broken up in shooting affrsy in which five men were wounded were released today, The other 15' were held in $200 bail for appearance August 9 on charges of assault with dangerous weapons.
 24 Arraigned.
 Twenty-four of the pen were ar raigned in first district court before Judge L. w. Blodgett after the oth- CTS had been dismissed without hear ing. On recommendation of Lieuten- Kenneth T. Beaupre of the state po- lice nine others were dismissed Tor lack of evidence.
 One of those held was Perley w.. Libby, upon whose farm the klan meeting was held. It was in Libby's house that the klansmen took shell ter when, they declared, stones were thrown at them by watchers along the road. State troopers rounded up 45 men in the Libby house. 22 more in the barn and eight others Tn the bushes surrounding the buildings.
 Others Being Held.
 The other men held were Robert F. Diamond, Northeaston; Andrew Terbo, Calvin Whitney and Matte svronen, Maynard; Robert Atkinson Ralph r. Chamberlain, Harry E. Rice. Sudbury; Everett Brown James R. Knowles, Warren M. Par ker, Ralph E. Ambrose, Needham; Stanley stenenson, Stow; Fred w. Hough, Wellesley, and Herbert Nel- son, Newton.
 State police believe all of these men attended the klan meeting.
 One Seriously Wounded.
 Two of the wounded, Alonzo Foley and Thomas Sliney, both of Saxon vile, are at the Birmingham hos pital. Foley, shot through the lett temple with buckshot, Is in serious condition. Sliney has two facial wounds, The others, William Brad lev and Edmund Purcell of Framing ham, and Francis Mcguire of Sax onvile, were able to go home after thoir wounds were dressed.
 The riot, one of the most serious klen disorders ever staged Tn New England, started last night when a crowd of hostile spectators gathered outside of 8 field on the farm of Pearley w. Libbey where 100 klans- men intended to hold their fifth meeting in as many weeks
 Shots Answer Taunts
 A few taunts and rocks hurled at the klansmen by the outsiders were followed by six charges of buckshot fired from the darkness near a hen house beside the Libbey house. As the five men fell the outsiders dis persed. pausing long enough to pick up the wounded and carry them to the nearby office of Dr. C. T, Carr who dressed their wounds and then notified the state police.
 Police Rush to Scene
 Lieutenant Charles T. Beaupre and four other state troopers rushed to the scene. He immediately called for additional aid and troopers from the Concord, Holden and Reading stations were rushed over the roads by motorcycle and automobile. Dc, tails of town police led by Chiel William F. Hobrook of Framing, ham, and Chief Senaca Hall of Sud. bury were also on the scene.
 The police then surrounded the Libbey farmhouse and arrested 4 men who were hiding inside. A search of the barn revealed 22 more and eight others were found hidina in the bushes. State troopers alst found, they said. .wo shotguns, z rifle and two belts of ammunition on the klan meeting place. 4 jammed rife, it was said, was founc In an automobile by Chief Holbrook
 Then Visit Doctor
 The D men were loaded on statt police trucks and removed 10 tho Birmingham police station. Ter men, said to have been members O the anti-klan crowd, had minor in Juries dressed by Dr. c. J. Paul, alsC of East Sudbury. As many more injured by rocks and clubs, did no require medical treatment.
 Early today hundreds of mel from surrounding towns came her, and joined the throngs of townsfoll which milled about the streets in th, vicinity of the police station wher, the 75 alleged klansmen were locked up. A large detail of state and tow1 police vas on hand 10 prevent fur ther disorders.
 To Question All
 Afto. police had cleaned UT tn, scene of the riot Captain Parker head of the state constabulary, cam, here from Boston to take charge O the investigation. He ordered ever, one of the prisoners held until h, had questioned them.
 Shortly after the shooting. the Of fee of Dr. Carr was turned into hospital As he dressed the wound of the five men, he sent out th alarm 10 police and summoned Rev John A. McCauley of St. George church. who administered the las rites Of, the Roman Catholic churel to Foley as he lay on the physician operating table.