The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-07
signs, Secrets, symbols aud scimitars


It will be recollected that den OF
the Ku-Klux Khan was recently broken
up in Memphis by the police, and that
the rebel papers OF that city tried hard
| to make il appear that the organization
was not connected with the Ku.Klux,
but was an innocent assemblage. Jack
Campbell, formerly city editor of the
Avalanche, and "Grand Cyclops" OF the
den, however, came out in a card in
which he denied the truth of the apollo
gists' version of the case, and declared
plainly that the object of the Associa-
| lion was assassination. Since the APP
pearance of the card the Mempis Ap-
penL-Albert Pixies organ-published
manifesto signed by sixteen of the
men arrested, in which they professed
entire innocence of the designs attribu-
ted 10 them by Campbell; said that they
were ''religiously educated" &c. TIC
establish his veracity, Campbell furn-
ished the following detailed account OF
the organization and projects OF the
fiendish conspiracy to the Memphis
Bulletin, of Friday last. We bespeak
for 1t a careful reading:
The Appeal has, from time to time,
since the unfortunate publication OF
The card of the religl0usly tratnedi but
living "Sixteen," taken occasion to
deny the truth of my statement, and to
cast personal reflections upon me. For
the latter / have no concern, knowing
that II every asserted fact was true, that
even then my character would bear IA
vorable contrast with that of more than
one attdche Of that INSCRIPTIONS sheet
So much for the PERSONAL now for the
facts never charged that the organi'
cation with which 1 was arrested was q
Ku.Klux one, but did charge that II
was a band of men, all the way from
nineteen years to beyond the middle
age, banded together for the purpose Of
assassinating men who had rendered
themselves Objectionable to them.
True, the fact Is undeniable that most
of the men arrested were young, and
all the indiscreet signers of the "card''
were such, but behind these are other
men who haye not as yet Joined In the
assault upon me, and whose names j
do not consider would be honorable to
bring into the matter. 1t is unneceS-
sary for me TO go over the ground al
ready covered in my first communities
ton, except to reiterate that every as
sertion made then is strictly true. The
association at the time of the arrest
consisted of about thirty five members;
nearly.all OF whom had numbers, and
give them as follows. numbers and all
with the exception OF the gentlemen
who did not join inthe attack upon me,
No. 1, A. s.. Wallace; No. 2, g. r
Price: No. 8, Arthur w. Hart: No. 4
Gergeo s. Foute; No. 6,@----; No. O.
L. NJ. LittleJohn; No: 2, J. NJ. Camp
bell; No. 8, 81. G. Hall; No. 9, A. Du-
vail; No. 10, a. NJ. Haley, No. II.
Thomas s. Risk; No. IL. J. L. Tor s. }
Ayant; No. Is, d. c. Irwin; No. IA, n.
8. Reeves; No. 10, A. @. Ferguson; No.
16,. w. Littlejohn; No. II, George STRAIT
ton; No. IL, f. Skipwith; No. 10
-; No. 20, ]. w. Dashiel. No. 2l,-
-; No. %, w. g: Newsom: No: %
ter: No. 25,%-; No. 26.This was
the last number drawn from the hat o.
which a record was kept, and the
others are withheld. These numbers
were all placed in a hat, and each in
dividual drew his numeral, by which
he was afterwards known under any
and all circumstances.
AT the time the oath and rules were
adopted land, as I said before, II wal
the joint work of A. G. Ferguson ant
MYSELF, cipher was reported o
which the following Is literal copy
except so far as signs standing fol
words, signals, etc., cannot be given
because the type can not be made with
out had type foundry at my com
mand. ~
rive omit the explanation.l 80
These are all the combinations the
printer can make, but they are enough
to show the principle in its simplicity
and therefore in its strength. Thi
cipher was handed round, was mucl
commended, was adopted, and 10a
used. a. .aiIt
After the adoption of the cipher ant
the accompanying documents. Mr.. A
G.. Ferguson moved that I should b
elected Supreme Cyclops. The honor
declined, but 1t was unanimously
forced on me, and on vote being takel
for Vice Grand Cyclops, Thomas L
/ Risk was placed in nomination, ant
elected by majority of one, runnin
against the following: