Show R cruses LEAD PIPE AND CLUBS ARE USED IN BATTLE BETWEEN KLANSMEN AND OTHERS police are am helpless and state troops are arc necessary to restore order many are injured out but none are killed clinton masa thirty two men uro are under arrest as the result of a riot after nn an outdoor meeting of tile tho ku klux klan scores apparently were injured in tho the fighting which was waa not quelled until twenty state police patrolmen had charged cli arged a battling crowd only throe three said they acre innocent victims being the target for mis sels while passing through tho the town in automobiles and trucks everett rice 19 was accused of ass assault with intent to kill and ot of carrying dangerous weapons the tha police said that some time after the rioting lie he throw threw tits hla neighborhood into excitement by firing three shots at three men near ills his home fifteen clubs twelve pieces of load lead pipe pieces pieced of rubber hose bose and a revolver used in the battlo battle were seized by the police tho the rioting started shortly before midnight when a procession of more than klans mens cars wore suddenly attacked As the first car hove in sight a crowd rushed it throwing bricks and swinging clubs lieutenant roy kimball and twenty state troopers who had patrol patro lIl nd the grounds surrounding Drewe field in berlin where a klan meeting had been held were escorting tho the klau machines through clinton when the riot started occupants of tho the klan machines jumped to the ground and within a short time numerous flat fist rights fights were wera in ili progress while the state troopers tried vainly to keep order clubs and rocks flow right and left windows were sli shatters atterol anti and shrill cries of women la in nearby houses contributed to tho the disorder flower pots porch chairs tind and other things movable were tal taken cn from the porches and lawns and us used ed in the battle tile the roadway was strewn with rocks clubs and broken glass state policemen Doll cemen were rushed brushed side aside and knocked down several men arrested wore were freed as tho the crowd descended on oil tile the arresting p patrolmen a tr state and local police finally gained control of the situation anti and escorted tile the klan idan cars out of town the selection of clinton appealed to governor fuller to have a state investigation of 0 the trouble |