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members by the cult in this area.
Colburn indicated another round
up of cultists was in prospect as
a result of the evidence.
One Youth Beaten
One youth, who had taken the
crazy pledge of the society, was
beaten into inconsistencies be-
cause he tried to quit the cult,
which boasts no ex-members. Col
burn said he expected to an
nounce further .rreStS and details
of the floggings later today.
Colburn described followers OF
the cult in this State as the
most dang erous mob" ever
formed in America. He said:
'POlice actually are jittery in
staging raids. We are not deal
ing with the modern gangster.
These fellows are fanatics who
are fighting for a cause, and
they are as cruel and shrewd as
the mountaineers that have
eluded the revenue agents for
years."
Colburn declined to say in
which of the four Ecorse homes
raided yesterday he found the
deadly explosive" bullets along
with a small arsenal of seven re-
volvers, a rifle and a shotgun, but
he indicated they belonged to a
recognized major" of the cult.
Probe Speeded
Meanwhile, reports that Con-
gress would be asked to appropri-
ate 100000 for an investigation
of the Black Legion today spurred
the probes into activities Of the
night riders in Michigan.
Dispatches revealed here that
Representative Samuel Dickstein
CDO of New York would introduce
a resolution in the House either
late today or tomorrow calling for
appointment of a Seven-man COM
mittee to investigate the terrorist
band.
He said activities charged
against the group were worse
than kidnapping" and that the
committee, if appointed, would be
asked to draw up recommends
tions for laws providing for execu-
ton by hanging of men convicted
of terrorist activities.
Michigan Probe Pushed o
Meanwhile, in Michigan, State
Attorney General David Crowley
announced he would take over the
probe into activities Of the black
hooded secret organization with
his assistants directing the calling
of grand juries in several counties
to help police in their reopened
investigation into seven unSolved
murders, suicides" and a drown
ing.
Authorities also were Investigate
ing possibility that bands of the
nightriders, whose activities ad-
mitted leaders of the Black Legion
have denounced, used torch and
bombs as we'll as bullets and brass
studded whips in their reign OF
terrorism.
Ultimately, too, Assistant Prose
cutor John Ricca said, a probe
will be launched into a reported
woman's auxiliary of the Black
Legion. Ricca stated he had
names of 300 women found in
Black Legion files. The women.
he said, did not take active part in
purported whipping parties, as far
as he could learn, but he suspected
some of them had gathered infor-
nation and "neighborhood gossip"
for the Black Legion.
Court Hearing Today
Ricca said the investigation of
the women would have to await
the completion of the States case
against 13 men under arrest and
IL John Does" sought for the
murder of Charles A. Poole here
May 13. Poole, a Catholic who
married relative of a Black
Legionnaire, was taken for a ride
and shot five times. The 13 &C
cused men were to be given court
examination today.
AS his assistants prosecuted the
13 men charged with the death
of Poole, Chief County Prosecutor
Duncan C. McRea threatened to
sue a newspaper here for 100000
libel for publishing a story reveal
ing a membership application
blank found in seized Black
Legion files bore the name Dun