The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-20
A GREWS0AE MYSTIC ORDER
Secret Organization Banded
together as Capitalists.
The Members Will Their Skulls to the
Order. They Have Catacombs for
Heads and Mysterious Rites
in a Cavern. Story of
-tI Strange Order.

hlm being co collect them after the orig
inal OWNERS have no further use for
them.
The Capitalists. since they were Or
Eanized, have used all cndeavors to keep
the peculiar nature Of their organization
p dead secret, and it is only after a
great deal of hard work that we arc en-
pbled to tell some of their doines. There
Rre still many mysteries aud strange
rites, which will never be known except
10 members
The society is not composed of craul1s,
bat Of level headed citizens, nearly all
Of them we'll known in business circles
In New York and Brooklyn Their meet
hngs are held il u cavern somewhere
hear BnS Ridge, n. Y The emblem of
ehe society is n skull and crossbones and
She object of the society is to keep in
srust the skulls Of mon of their kind.
The society thinks it shame to bury u
zeal nice, finely shaped skull in the
ground or to h0vc 1t cremated and think
the proper thing is to preserve it in their
Fave, where it can DO admired for all
time.
Tho members mect twice month in
tho cavern, generally ON Sundays, and
when all are assembled the Skull
Song" is sung.
The members Of the society claim
that they are philosophers They say
that skulls have been promised them
from all over the world, and while
their collection is very small at present.
they expect to havo fino collection Us
the years roll by and skulls roll in.
Every member who joins must sign
blank, tho following being q copy:
New Yorl; ......ls0
I hereby rodeoni my promise and ccdo my
skull to the above fraternity and their e;aiu,
prior 70 any other arrangement.
signature.
Witness.
A reporter met Diogenes Kruoder ut
his residence in Eighty-fir street and
asked him if he would throw some light
on the Capitalists
What - he exclaimed "How did
Eou find out anything ublat it,"
The reporter did not ist,,,l linn, hut
said, SIS it trra tia, r',l.a. the
skulls of members a:ic.;..., ;..el..uuph
with thcm?''
sit is true
"How do You get ,,nu:"
well, when = mc:..,.I .vs, we have
his head cut OIL -
This must lo ru.cv ;ryiHg on the
nerves Of tho mcubols q tito lc,cascd's
family, is it not:'
Oh, yes, but we try not to let them
know it. You see each skull is willcd
to Us. a man has right to leave his
skull to whom he pleases "
Who cuts of the hcads;"
THAT cannot tell you.
"Whan the head has been cut Off.
who prepares it for the showcase in the
cavernl'
That must decline to answer also.
III you want to learn all our secrets, ioin
the society and will us your skull"
how many members have you?"
"About 45. p"
Are you trying to get Up q corner on
skulls or form small trust?''
No. We think it shame to have
the skulls of our friends DESTROYED. and
so preserve them to remember the de-
parted -
is it true that you drink out of
them?"
Yea"
low are the skull collections now"
well, there are not many coming in,
but l am not going TO tell you any
more have sworn not to reveal any of
the great secrets, and will not You
must join us if you want to learn more.
1t is said that the society is anxious to
get member Of the name OF Skully, go
rs TO make him high official No mi.
tlatlon fee is required everything being
sun on the deadheed principle, and in
spite OF the grewsome surroundings the
meetings Of the society are said to be
very cheerful affairs
"Brahma" Max Schroff, the secretary
OF the society, sent the following com
municatim, which speaks for itself:
To the Editor Of The Recorder:
find an article in your PAPER today unaar
The heading. "They Deal In Skulls, which
misrepresents our society in several vital
points. Whoever your informant may have
been, II enc Of our members nc will be sum.
martly dealt with. hereby ask yon publicly "a
fetract those points that give a wrong impres.
sion, which are: Tint we are net q secret so
ciety; that we do not meet Sundsys; that wo
need not claim being philosophers as NE aro
philosophers and l60oO strong; that we are
looking for no man named SkuIly since we
only accept full grown skulls mot skuilies)
that possessed sound brains in life and finally
shat we do not Ideal In skulls"
II you are not willing to correct these win.
ful miAstatements, hereby, in the name q,
our nigh tribunal publicly challenge Won 70
mortal combat, in which event the society
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