Biography
Ernest F. Elmhurst was a German-born antisemitic writer whose book The World Hoax appeared with an introduction by William Dudley Pelley. FBI records also identify him under variants of the name Ernest Klopfleisch. While attending the Washington trial he worked in the hotel and restaurant trade. His later privacy lawsuit against columnist Drew Pearson was dismissed. He was named in the January 3, 1944 Washington indictment alleging conspiracy to undermine military loyalty under the Smith Act. The mass trial ended in a mistrial on December 7, 1944. The indictment was dismissed in December 1946; no conviction resulted in this case.
