The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-11
RAN A BOGUS ORDER.
MASONS FINALLY CATCH 4 MAN
WHO HAS BEEN ORGANIZING
LODGES
With a. High a. sixty DeGrees-A
Thriving Business interrupted by
the Chicago POlice-CharEe of
Grand Larceny Entered.

Grand Larceny Entered.
From the Pttsburg Dispatch.
New YORK. Jan. 4-Jacques Ochs. the
boss OF AL that portion Of the Oriental
ute OF Ibena o. Free and Accepted Ma
sens in the United States. ana head OF the
Ancient and Primitive Rite OF Memphis
and Magrain. has been captured in Chica-
20 and put into a cell. He is accused OF
operating a bogus Masonic organization
and swinding hundreds OF persons out Of
various sums on the pretense that he was
initiating them as regular Masons. great
many lodges Of the order have been formed
in different parts OF the country. and from
an Of them Ochs is said 10 have collected
revenue
The prisoner. who IS described as about
- years OF age, is a native Of Roumania-
He can talk smoothly in six languages,
bat when he meets man Of whose inten-
tions he is not sure. he cannot converse
in any tongue that the man knows. When
Ochs landed in New York he made mis- way
to the Masonic temple IN Twenty -tnlrdl
street and announced himself as Mason
| asked for relief. Cole N. Ehlers. the grand
secretary looked over his credentials and
found them defective, but nevertheless
| the board Of relief gave him some assist
ance. Later Herman CanLer, OF Murray
street. denounced him as fraud ana KICK
Ochs then went to Coney Island ana
got a place as waiter. His friends say
I that one day a delegation OF memDers
/ Of some secret society, wearing swords
/ and plumes, went 10 the island 70
/ clam bake. Ochs was very much i'm
rreEgad with the marching men and their
/ reealias and IL occurred TO him That their
was business 20 be done in this direction
He soon put his ideas into shape. Ac-
/ cordingIy he abandoned the waiting pro-
/ fession and bought lot OF badges and
| scarlet trousers and set himself up a.
/ grand delegate ana general present allEe
/ In North America and Canada OF the
/ Oriental Rite OF lbena Of Free and Ac-
/ cepted Masons.
/ Of the grand lodge OF Spain ana 10 have
/ a monopoly of the pass words, signs,
I grips, uniforms, badges and other art les
/ dealt in ~ the organization. This bydy
/ has real existence, but II is not looked
upon with friendly eyes by Masons- They
| say il Is a fraud. Whether Ochs really
| has any connection with II remains 10 be
Those who, joined the Oriental Lodge
| and were initiated into the mysteries OF
| the Ancient and Primitive Rite OF Mem
| phis and Migrain, say that Ochs told
| them he was making real Masons OF them,
| and that if they had not believed il they
| would never have Joined. Secretary Ehler
| Of the genuine MasOns appeared before
| the grand jury. and testified that Ochs
was a fraud. and had no authority 10 con-
| fer degrees of the order. Upon this he was
/ indicted, the specific charge being grand
larceny, in obtaining from Marcus Pasch-
| kesa. a butcher of TuckahOe. y. Y. the
| sum OF SIS, for the title Of grand worship
| full master Of lodge, and the right TO
/ organize a Masonic lodge.
/ Paschkesa also has a lot of uniforms
/ and flags which he bought from Ochs
/ al fancy prices and some Masonic man
| uels, for which he paid s. each. He com
plains. further, that believing that he
| was really a Grand WOrshipful Master
I OF a lodge he Initiated most of his Gus
toners into Masonry, collecting dues and
/ turning them over TO Ochs The custom
/ ers have discovered that they are not Ma
| sons and are greatly incensed and re-
fuse to buy any more meat from him.
| He wants redress and a vindication.
1t is known that in Masonry there are
/ 80 degrees. Ochs announced, however,
/ that he had the privilege Of comforting
| 80, n more than any one else in the coun-
| try. This struck the members as great
They say he assured them that they
| could enter any Masonic lodge in the
land. either to sell goods or for social
/ in a specified way and muttering glib
berish which he had taught them.
Several days ago the police learned that
Ochs had room at No; 80 Allen street
! but they could not find him. Then Mr.
/ Paschkesa Of Tuckaho, who had found
| out. somehow or other. that he WASH
| a Mason at all, wandered into the dis
! trict attorneys Office. feeling exceedingly
! sore Assistant District Attorney Nc
/ Manus put Detective Gun on the case
and laid the matter before the grand Kry.
! and on Friday an indictment was fo6nd
/ Mr. McManus learned that Ochs had at
/ least three lodges in Philadelphia. Prog
| ress No. 102, Americas No. 1913 and Chris
TOPPER Columbus No. 10e The first named
4 met at the corner of Eighth and Spring
/ Garden streets, and the other perform ed
/ at Market and Thirty-seVenth streets.
All the members thought they were Ma
sons and went through grOtesque gyra-
/ lions with child-like faith and delight
| They had all paid their dues and for the
/ things they wore.
The great organizer of the Ancient
/ and Primitive Rite Of Memphis and Nuz-
| rani also did business in Chicago He
| had five lodges there-"Memphfs III ,,
| Isis 49," Hiram 40, Delta 121" and
"Oseris ,l22.' All of them met in Cur