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(Grand Rapids file 100-160) bre baying been received rp: 9 Crs \ | 01 ene, smmmabiiihibialiibiiniia af AEM oc 0c wa ED THis iMiViGual naving likewise soved cago in eg ; Bessie ers of this group as be very radi- cal in their views that he recalled some members saying teat they could drink and do whatever they wished because the police could not arrest them. He said also that he believed that when a member of the group died, some high official of the order would come to Benton Harbor, from Chicago, Cc) to be present at the th or belief in the Chris- : b4 tian religion according thet in hia discussions | with members of this organisation o information as to the | ~ organirationtsa attitude toward Salactiwa Sarvise sar hed he heard ass ec. “| ch wuol4 indicate that the organization was pro-Japanese. hat he had nevi that members of this refer emselLyes with the desi gnati.n, "Bey" and "El", t he believed that sent organi zara... eg presen r the | Bo men th amttew se wall « ny we wey. olored, é made dis $s ons e to secure inf | the part ofS. Moorish group at the present ne ee there bad been a few colored persons who had eir g at his establish~ | their name with the organizations designation "Bey* er went "El" i ::: it was his opinion that since our entrance into the war thia organization was no longer active. . CEE ::--: f the Benton Harbor City Hall, furnish on t the Moor colored society held meetings in the hall which the Masons had rented. He said that the group wag pedicel in its Siews and ve t said that the gro shy in their costume and resesbled “three Arabians in deers RI the organisation had been in exietence in that section for ly nine years and he believed tast the or ganisers of auch movement had come to Benton Harbor from Chicago or Detroit. co10re fie thet he bad and said that they were very pe ar in their : that this group was a religious organisation and caused consicen coment at such times es the funerel of an organization vonber. C= he did not believe the group was active at the pre- sent t ard of no comments made by colored people which would indicate that the purpose ef the group were subversive in s#ture. a a | that he nad near bye considerable comment a a tenes a ln oe aives "Moors", pe des- eribed the group as a fanatical religious organisation and eaid that their ‘