Show HIGH KLANSMEN SEEM V I Louisiana Hearing May Lead to Disorganization of Secret Order By B BARRY TUR TURNER ER Special Dispatch to Tho The Standard Ex Copyright 1 1922 22 by The Standard Standard- ATLANTA Oa Go Jan Is 13 13 3 Is Is the open hearing at Mer Mr Rouge Ruge La the tb opening wedge In the th ultimate disorganization ot of o the th Knights of the th Ku Klux Klan 7 1 As A testimony more moro and ana more mar tends to Implicate the hi klan an In thE th brutal tor- tor torture torture tur tor-tur ture and murder of ot Watt Wall Daniel and Thomas Richard last ast August supreme officials of ot th the order her here are openlY worried and while statements given out by their anda a department declare th the klan I Is con confident con con- confident confident the Mer Rouge had no no- no nothIng nothing thIng to do Ith the caw case high hith oft oft- to discuss pointed ques- ques questions questions and by their attitude show how they are aro Increasingly worried as a the Inc hear hear- hearIng lag Ing progresses For one thing thine Dr It H W Evan E Imperial Im- Im who early last week Is- Is Issued issued Izard official statement declaring sued an the supreme council of ot tJi tho Ih klan felt that Mer chapter vindicated of any con con- connection connection connection be fully nith the I to the testimony of the Mer Mr comment on i Rouge Mayor that L h he ji ii sore f fA ore A a black lc mask at more than one named other tion of the order and klansmen who wor wore black masks APPEARS MORE In his statement Wizard Evan Eva ds d's delt elt elton elton of the on the tho tact fact that the tho accounts acco declares declare the n embr v w ore re murders the hood masks while the official black Another high hith klan was white of the th to official In the order who declined let his nome name be used toda todaY admitted circles of the klan inner that headquarters the was wonted over the theMer theMer theMer Mer Rouge case thing i the whole While we belle bellee e by certain disgruntled e e scheme a n It klansmen to gh e ct e us R a Mack Nack eye be dented denied that t the o testimony is cannot It looks like and growing some ery ery serious at any rat rate lad had of ot what was going on edir edge klan does docs not tolerate lawless lawless- lawlessness The The Is found mob violence It If It ness flee or horrible affair at Mer Rouge this that perpetrated by a klansman or orI was and andI they will bo be s klansmen I dismissed from th the order publiclY Leaders In the movement nt In Atlan- Atlan Atlanta I break up the th lee eec In the theMer ta to to I Mer Rouge RougO case car the th op welge we wd igo er toward the th ultimate d of the tho th order pr au RIDICULED Particularly all mom mem members bers bels of o the tho Ku iCu Klux Klan John Mangel Mangei millionaire colton coton factor to- to today today to today day declared that until Atlanta and the south rid tt Of th the ac men men- menace menace ace of the tho Ku civilization would go so backward rather than tor- tor foward tos ward Weve Wv got rot to have hav laws to make them tak take tho those dirty rags from around their heads said eald Mr Mangel and until we w do crime crimo and lawless lawless- lawlessness ness nose are aro ar going to talk about thu th mouth This Mer Rouge Rouco case h i but one ot of hundreds similar that hav have been boon hap hap- happening happening pening In th the south couth In one I be- be believe believe lieve they har hae got ot the on the klansmen and It Is to ba bs hoped that other states succeed In ceiling to the bottom of ot these thes ate hooded mob parties It It Is going to take talce tak men with rea real courage to break up an order as pow pow- powerful powerful powerful erful as It Is but we w ars ara to do doIt doit doIt It SHUTS Ul UP TIGHTLY Wizard Evan Ean In his official state state- statement statement ment ment defending the Louisiana klan laid stress on th the fact members ot of th the mob supposed to be bo responsible for th the murder of th the two to men mn wore Ifor black masks mask Ku Klux Klansmen reser r e eer er wear block black masks h he said fife Tite officIal hood 1 Is white and from that testimony I alone It is sufficient to ne He ta that the klan had nothing to do with the mat mat- matter matter I ter at all and It Is a ft fanatical attempt of ot enemies of ot the ih klan to discredit our organization Later Latr however when testimony gh- gh ghen given en elv-en en by the mayor of Mer Rouge Rouco to the effect that he ha had worn a n Hack black mask masl more than one time tim anil att hid d given names of ot other klansmen who wore black masks In Investigations investigation lions Wiz Wizard Iz ard Evan was silent I I v ye ve nothing more to say say y was his position It Is la understood here that a meeting ot of th the Imperial Imperia has hM been called for early neAt week welk for th the purpose of ot especially considering theMer the theMer Mor Mer Rouge Roue situation and decide upon whether the Imperial will defend the Louisiana chapter or leae ea e It entirely alone |