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Show Negro Lodge Man Freed From Charge J. Clarence Jone, district secretary of the Auxiliary Independent Kenevo- lent Protective order of ESlkS of the World, negro society, charged with petit larceny, was ordered discharged by Judge D. K Roberta in I he city court yeHterdn afternoon. Considerable Indignation was shown .'iinong the women spectators at the trial. A number of them belonged to the woman's auxiliary of the club to Which Jones was a member, and they considered thai his appropriating of their charter, together with a quantity of paraphernalia used in their lodge, i merited punishment. It wils even suggested b some that jthcj take justice into their own hands. A stipulation wa.s agreed upon by Attorney A G Horn and t'ountv At-Itorney At-Itorney Joseph H. Bates whereby all property of the woman's auxiliary of the colored Elks" club will be return-led return-led today, with the exception of the charter. nn |