A special grand jury today indicted Homer Loomis Jr., and Emory Burke, leaders of the anti-Jewish, anti-Negro Columbians, on charges of “usurping police authority.” Upon conviction, they would face a year’s imprisonment. A third member was charged with inciting a riot.
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