OCR Text |
Show OFFICIALS ACT TO DISCOURAGE JljfJG Armed Undertaker Held in Connection With Killing Kill-ing of Klansman in Pittsburg Pitts-burg Suburb Saturday PITTSBUAO, Pa, Aug. IT-Re-warda taUIIng 7S00 hava been offered of-fered by th Ku Klua klan far In-farmatlan In-farmatlan aa ta thee fsapswelbte far tha rlet Saturday at Carmgia, In which Thamee R. Abbett, a Manaman, waa killed and aeveral war weu tided, ana ariuly. PlTTSBURO, Pa, Aug IT (By V. p.) Dlstrlot Attorney Samuel N. Gardner moved today to prevent further disturbance Ilka th riot In Carnegie late Saturday night which resulted In tha shooting to death ot Thomas A. Abbot, of Alls Al-ls shurg. Washington county, a Ku Kltix Klansman. Gardner conferred with chief of the klan hero and officiate of Carnegie Car-negie In on effort to learn what rauaed the mob ot eltlxena ot Carnegie Car-negie to attack tha klanamea with cluba and revolver. Chief Burgee Con ley declared the mob attacked tha klansman when the latter insisted on holding a parade, without a permit. Scores of arreata were made but tha majority were releaaed after a email fine on a charge of carrying carry-ing revolver. UNDERTAKER JAILED. ' One man, Patrick McDermott, an andertaker - ed 'Carnegie wb waa eow-br - minum Howimt a revolver at the time Abbott tell, police say, waa held In Jail. Dr. W. H. Evans. Imperial wl-ard wl-ard af tha klan who attended the Initiation of a elaaa of candldatee on the Porayth farm preeeuina tha rioting, announced a reward ot I2M0 for arrest and Tponvicttea f Abbott's slayers, . Sam D. Rich, king kleagle ot the klan, announced a almllar reward. Twenty klanaman had aatnered at tha Poraytha farm near Carnegie early Saturday evening tor tha Initiation. Ini-tiation. A number of the klanaman aam Into th borough limit earner In the evening and minor dleturbaneea followed but It waa not until the chlefa of the klanemen decided to bold a parade that the riot ataxted. KLANSMEN WARNED. Th mob ot Carnegl eltlxena brandishing cluba and firearm met th marching klansman au the Glendale bridge and warned them not to cross Into tha town. The marchers proceeded with tha parade. pa-rade. Aa automobile leading the parade waa wrecked aa the Carnegie mob flung themaelvea upon the hooded marc here and ruraea and threata of "ynch thara" aad "get ropes" filled the air. Tha battle lasted tor an hour over an area covering four Ca resile res-ile city blocka until Plttaburg police po-lice finally arrived with riot guna and clubs and restored order. Hundreds of lanamen were unmasked un-masked and their Uttered rob littered the etreeta. Over M pieces of flrearme from cheap pletola to shotguns were found In the streets when the mob waa finally dlsperead. |