Show EXPOSURE OF TRE THE WRITE WHITE CAPS ATTORNEY MICHENER Ml CHENEn of indiana has reported that the outrages by the white caps in crawford Craw tord and perry counties where he has been to investigate them at the request of governor gray are in some localities much worse than was represented many of them had not been made pub lie because of the fears of th tin 1 people w who ho were threatened with thu tho ven vea geande of the maraud marauders erg the press of that section too toe was awed into si lence or published the notices of the white caps when required A detective who was waa bj h some harrlson Harrison County to boin t o investigate vesti gate at all ah hazards aas has given to tile the chicago mail particulars particular of his hip discoveries he joined the organic xi a tion last june taking a blood caid ling oath and dep depositing positing IM as an earnest of good faith tile the bunth contains a confession of criminality which is held by the head of the order to he used in case of secession several ordeals were passed through tb rouga by the detective as tests of his fidelity and these being successfully ully undergone the purposes of the order were explained to him these consist in the enumeration of a long list of mock morality tv precepts concerning the defense 0 of virtue the sanctity of the domestic circle and the disapproval of drunkenness and licentiousness in all forms these were really a cover to tile the chief desieno which was the prompt avenging of any wrong real or imaginary inar to any member of the organization tio no feature was more marked than the strict injunction that loyalty to the order demanded obedience to every e order issued by a superior officer offic c e vi whose word really was law absolute aud and supreme unon any pretext which he deemed sufficient he could order the flogging of any man or woman even though they were unknown to the bala balance noe of the clan this identical thing often happened the members of the organization do not believe in the use of firearms except as a last resort the chief headquarters ead quarters are near english ng though each county and even baca township towns has a separate lodge the membership embraces a most moat start 4 ling roll rail of prominent names include include 1 ing leading farmers iner merchants chants and even many officials there are men belonging to the order whom the general public would never dream of having any such affiliations it Is this fact which makes the conviction of members alanos almost impossible being unknown they can polor color a jury to their liking thus rendering their sion a difficult matter their mode of operating is as follows the head of a dist district rietA lodge is informed that a certain party shall be warned whipped or ordered to leave the country ile he calls a meeting mee tini and without even evea putting the matter to a vote delegates tertian certain parties to perform the work which they are compelled to do without hesitation usually six men but sometimes more are required to carry tile the in mandate and tile the degree decree of severity of punishment is also nominated by the presiding whenever a case resulted in the white caps being toiled by the object of their intended punishment or through tb other causes a v second decou attempt was never advised iid until such time limu as af the lue victim would be off his guard and taken unawares un wares 11 Th tha elliad mud puw ibes tile the fIlow fal lowing irle as olle ot tile itie orders of the atie white waite caps when it became kiowa that governor gray ip intended tended to brinig tile the marauders to JU justice SLICe ON TUB THE onto OHIO aug 8 boull to all whitt 1471 uri caps it has been announced in the press thit th it governor governor gray nas seen fit to interfere with our organization in an arter to clamorous lies which have been circulated con concerning concertin cernin our organization As ai our own counties pre are tile the beba judsen jud zes of 0 f the cause 0 ot t aliu I 1 white caps and they have bave not interposed their authority to molest us this thia interference upon the part of the state aai authorities hori ties is unwarranted aud and uncalled tor for we are willing tobe to be judged by our acts and by our own neighbors citizens but leclare declare our unalterable opposition to the ja invasion of our oar counties by the minions of gov gray in order to persecute tile the white caps it has therefore wen been decided to resist the interference if necessary with blood the first one of our members who wao I 1 Is 8 S subjected to injustice shall either be released retti ibid or revenged ii it appears that some depredations have beert committed by lawless persons and cunningly charged to the waite caps to avoid detection but governor gray has obtained sufficient information to mariant wan ant extensive measures against the organization and he is expected to push pugh the matter t to tile the utmost the full official report of 0 attorney general Mich Mi choner lener is looked for wit with i interest he has stated stared without reserve hat the order is little better thau a transfer of the ku klux practices to a northern state and should by all ail means be dealt with in a mantler manner that will insure an aa early suppression |