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Politial Kin Klux Slip the High Chief Slicker on a Jury in Court Asher CaseStrange things are happening in Muncie these clays, Hundreds of citizens here, many of them being- men of higjii character, are joining the Klu Klux Klan, but; we quef^.io:jf very much whether or not a very large percentage of these are really aware of the things pulled off by an inner circle of Kluckers, who, most likely, refrain from informing the rank' and file of the flan of their maneuvers.For instance, the organizer of the Klan is a man named Cahill. He resides, with his wife in the Alpha Holoday hoiise on West Charles street,* having leased the house of Mrs. Holo-! ^:Not long since he was appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff Harry Hoffman, for what particular reason the sheriff Has hoi seen fit to disclose.Not withstanding the fact that Cahill, the local organizer of Muncie i plan No. 4. is a deputy sheriff; under j Sheriff Hoffman, he was “picked up | as a juryman this week by Sheriff Hoffman to sit in the case against . Court Asher.Prosecutor Benadum is an exceed- 1 ingly active, member of the local Kluxers', yet-, in examining’ Cahill before qualifying him as a juryman, the prosecutor pretended to be a total stranger to him. He even asked tw-o police .officers, in the hearing! of the jury, they knew the man and when the policemen declared they were not acquainted with Cahill, the jurymen say that Benadum also said that he did not know him.Benadum docs know Cahill, for less than two weeks ago Benadum, Cahill and Wilbur Ryman. the latter being a deputy United States District attorney, attended a Klan meeting, together in the Young block and each made speeches in which they demanded of the city administration the removal cf Captain John Moles and netectives Jerry Curran and Albert Bees.Moles has been more active than any other police officer in Muncie for many years in attempting to rid the .city, of . the law I esshesa .Lwfa kh , ptffr J {vaded every nook arid comer during 1 the joint reign of day or Bunch and. Prosecutor Benadum, and it is known that Benadum bears undying enmity toward Moles because the latter, he believes, had something to do with calling attention of the federal grand jury to unbelievable crimes in which the name of Benadum and others figured prominently.The crowd that was, in' danger of federal prosecution also fears Court Asher, who, though a convicted^ violator of the state and national liquor laws, knows many things which might sound bad, if related in Judge Anderson’s court.Up to date the activities of members of the Klan, outside of a few outsider harmless demonstrations of white robed Klansmen, have consisted *\ t destroy men who havedefied,, tire mprudent u i-pariiseu-ng that Judge Anderson scored in the ledpr.nl trials of last December.The fact that this man Cahill, of whom little or nothing is known, was placed on the jury to try Asher, the pretense being ma.de by officers that he was a stranger to the.mf the concealment of the fact that while sit-ling as juryman he was actually a deputy sheriff within the jurisdiction of the court, and that it was further concealed from the judge that he is not only a Klansman, but. the organizer of the local organization, ought to give respectable members cf the Klan something to think about.If such business is allowed to continue what would hinder unscrupulous Klansmen entering the court room some day and taking possession of the bench, throwing out the judge and- seating on the -bench a worthybrother attired in a shimmy shirt, peaked cao and white mask._ The corts are .the final resort of citizens seeking fair play* If unscrupulous members of the Ku Klux clan make any further attempts to put over funny business in the court room there is bound to be a reaction. The attempt on the part of the highest officers of the local Klan to cause the removal of officers who have been especially active against law breakers, ought to make the honest members of the Klan sit up and wonder why an order which claims to stand for law and order should attempt to destroy officials who stand for law and order, at the command of men who were elected to office by the solid vote of the law breaking element of Muncie.WESTOVEK WINNER OF BALLOON RACEHoneywell Second With Lieutenant Reed Third, Aero Club Announces.New York, June 8—-Major Oscar Westover and his aid, Lieutenant Carlon F. Bond, are the winners of the Milwaukee balloon race which started May 31, it was officially announced by the Aero Club of America. Major Westover's craft landed in the’ Province of Quebec, covering an estimated distance of 850 miles in seventeen hours and fifteen } minutes in the air.Second place in the balloon rac ■ I was captured by Captain S. E. Hoi ! eywell, with J. H. Wade, Jr. as aiT civiilian entrants, who flew a d;~ tanee estimated at 530 miles. Lien -tenant Reed, the naval flier, wa-; third, with an estimated flight i; 440 miles.Prizes are $1,000, $800 and $500 for first, second and third places.SUGGESTS CABINET QUITiffrenuer Thkahashi in Japan . .,**■r Ty._-TOKIO, June, 8.—Premier Takaha-shi again suggested rO his colleagues the advisability of joint resignation of the cabinet.On May 2 several cabinet ministers tendered their resignations at the premier’s request, the reason being that reorganization of the ministry was contemplated.Several executive sessions of the cabinet followed this action and on May 6 Premier Takahashi announced that he had withdrawn his request for the resignations and that there would be no changes until several items ofFOUR GIRLS IN A BOATDurham, Eng.—Four girl students of Durham College went for a boat ride. One rocked the boat. All spent tnree hours clinging to the overturned boat before being rescued.COWS DERAIL TRAINEdinburgh—Dashing 5(j miles an hour in a herd of cows, the Edin-burgh-London express was derailed near Goswiek. Several coaches left the track.ROBBED TWICE SAME DAYChicago—Luther Vernon was robbed of his watch on an elevated train. Continuing to his office after reporting the theft at a police'station, he was robbed of his pocketbook.CROW STEALS $10Chicago—A crow flew into the open window of Charles Snyder’s home at Riverside, stole a $10 bill laying on a dresser, and flew away with it.
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Muncie Post Democrat
Muncie, Indiana, US
Fri, Jun 09, 1922
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