Klan Attorney Shot Dead in Atlanta Office
Coburn, attorney for the Simmons faction of the Ku Klux Klan, was fatally shot five times in his Flatiron Building office by Phillip Fox, editor of the Imperial Night Hawk. Fox was arrested after the slaying as Coburn’s stenographer and client witnessed the attack. Fox had recently moved to Atlanta from Dallas, Texas.
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Atlanta
Navy
Coburn
Emperor Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
Phillip Fox
Imperial Night Hawk
Imperial Palace
Fox
Flatiron
Spence
Beavers
Station House
Dallas
Texas
Evans
Edward M. Rittenhouse
Philadelphia
W. J. Simmons
Fulton County
Patrolman
O. Cochran
W. A. Hoilbrook
Four Found Guilty in Morehouse Case
Bastrop Louisiana November 5 Four members of the Morehouse Parish Ku Klux Klan were found guilty of carrying firearms on another's premises in connection with hooded activities last year. Capt J K Skipwith exalted cyclops and three others Benton Pratt Melvin Pickett W G McIntosh were convicted. Three allied klansmen were found not guilty. Sentences to be pronounced later. Captain Skipwith testified he organized the raid with verbal sheriff authority.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Ku Klux Klan
J. K. Skipwith
Cyclops
Benton Pratt
Melvin Pickett
W. G. McIntosh
Alloged
Sam Eldridge
Sam Cox
Cad Pickett
Fred ©. Odem
Sixth District
Alonzo
Skipwith
Braddock
Pred Carpenter
Taylor High Defeats Rockdale Tigers 20 to 3
In Rockdale Texas on Nov 5 Taylor High School overwhelmed the Rockdale Tigers 20 to 3. Rockdale led 3-0 at halftime before Blackburn left with an injury and Taylor capitalized, scoring in the third period after a punt from behind the goal line. The upcoming Armistice Day showdown vs Cameron drew a crowd of 45,000.
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Rockdale
Texas
Rockdale Tigers
Drake
Taylor High
Tigers
Blackburn
Tiger
Taylor
Johnson
Cameron
Suit Against Klan Wizard Dismissed
Houston Texas November 5 Dismissal on motion of the plaintiff George B Kimbro ends a $100 000 damage suit against Hiram W Evans imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan in a Houston court as the feature of the day.
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Houston
Texas
George B. Kimbro
Hiram W. Evans
Ku Klux Klan
Ford For Sale Ordered Brand New Car
For sale a brand new Ford ordered and due now from Felix Matula and Company. A. K. Gurec ky represents the sale and arranging party at the dealership.
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FORD
A. K. Gurecky
Felix Matula and Company
Oil fraud cases set for December trials in Federal Court
Opening of the fall term of Federal Court is planned for Monday. A related suit by Kimbro against Dr. Evans was set for December. Indictments from the spring term grand jury include a December 5 trial for James H. West and nineteen others. Defendants have until November 14 to file motions.
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Kimbro
Dr. Evans
Fifty-Fifth District Court
Fallas
James H. West
Pleas and motions set for November seventeenth
Pleas and motions will be heard on Nov. 17. The other four cases will be set down for trial. The Mann Act case against Edward Young Clarke, former Ku Klux Klan head, is set for trial on Nov. 19. S. FE. J. Cox, named in oil fraud cases, appeared in Federal Court in oil field garb.
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Hhe
Edward Young Clarke
Ku Klux Klan
Clarke
S. FE
J. Cox
Blue Star Remedy for Eczema and Skin Ailments
Stop itching with Blue Star Remedy for eczema, itch, tetter, cracked hands, ring worm, chapped face, poison oak, sunburns, old sores, or sores on children. Relieves all forms of sore feet. For sale by all druggists.
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Littell
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St. Leois
Federal Court
W.esslinger
Cameron, Texas
S. E. Brogdon
Herald Office
Singer Sewing Machines
C. Mayfield
Joint Stock
K. Freeman
THE
Peter Company
Krasch’s
Cameron, Thorn
Dale and Rosebud
A. N. Green
Mr. Green
Milam and
Falls Counties
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San Marcos, Texas
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