Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-29
COLUMBUS EDITOR
ASKS INQUIRY INTO
THREATENING NOTE

district attorney, has been asked by
Thomas w. Loyless, editor of the
columbus (Ga) EnquirerSun, to in
Ivestigate a threatening letter receiv-
led last Saturday by Mr.. Loyless in
connection with his editorial attacks
on the Ku Klux Khan.
Last Friday afternoon, according
Ito Mr.. Loyless' report of the matter
to M. Alexander and to John w.
Hammond, Atlanta correspondent Of
the Enquirer Sun, the New York
for a fifteen-hundred word statement
regarding the Ku klux Khan and its
activities AMI the steps being taken
if any, to suppress it. This tele-
gram was relayed through Atlanta.
Mr.. Loyless replied to the request
with a lengthy statement excoriating
the Ku Klux Khan.
On Saturday, it is said, Mr.. Loy-
less received by special delivery
from Atlanta the following letter,
dated on Friday, the day the tele-
grams were lchanged between him
and the New York Herald:
Atlanta, Ga, March %, 1921.
Mr.. Thomas Loyless,
columbus, Ga.
Dear Sir:
Leave New York newspaper trou-
bles with K. K. X. alone. Dead men
| tell no tales.
(Signed) 80. o. o."
Mr.. Loyless printed on his edito
rial page Sunday his statement wir d
to the Herald. There was added to
it,, as postscript, the threatening
letter from Atlanta, which letter Mr..
Loyless denounced as cowardly at
cisms of the order.
Commenting on the letter, Mr..
Loyless expressed the opinion that
nobody in Atlanta knew of what pass
ed between him and the Herald ex
cept those who handled the tele-
grams in the Western Union Tele-
graph company's relay room. He
stated that the letter was written on
a Typewriter using all capital letters,
similar 20 the typeWriterS in use by
the Western Union. He suggested
that it oughc to be comparatively
easy matter to trace down by this
the letter. Mr.. Hammond on Mon
Cay reported the matter to the Wes-
tern Union authorities, and they
were investigating.
The Fulton county grand jury
either this week or next will make
a full and thorough probe into the
Lakewood cutting mystery, not only
to get all the facts concerning the
killing of Fred G. Thompson by j.
C. Thomas, but with View to clear
ing up the greater mystery 1nvolV-
ing a secret order Thomas claims
1t was stated on good authority
| Saturday at the courthouse that re-
quests have come from several
quarters to the grand jury to unc
1000 Men" and the Eyes of the
Unknown" to find out what this
order is, who it's members are, what
it stands for, how it operates, and
whether, as attorneys for Thomas
claim, it was not only responsible
| for threatening letters sent to Thorn
as, but has tried to terrorize other
| Atlanta men and was at the bot
| tom of the mysterious killing of
negro bellboy of the Cecil Hotel last
fall.
It was stated that. in addition t.,
grand jury will have before it
Eyes of the Unknown" letters re-
|
including j.. c. Leavitt, attorney for
Thomas, who got a letter only a.
| few days ago warning him to keep
out of this Thomas affair.
1t was further stated that the
grand jury may. summon witnesses
who will name the men they suspect
! nave sent threatening letters to
them, and that these men may also
be subpoenaed and asked to tell
what they know of the alleged secret
| e.
In this connection it became
known Saturday that the eyes of
the Unknown" threatened city of
ficial last summer. Another inter-
esting development came from
man who exhibited copies of letters
signed Tim bo-Tim." which he de-
clared he believed came from the
Eyes of the Unknown"
Disaster is Knitted
The latter individual was j. y
Jones, proprietor of the Aragon Dry
Cleaning and Pressing company in
! the Aragon hotel.
II don't care if you use my name
said Mr.. Jones, because if this bunch
is going 20 hide behind an annoy
NOUS letter, they are not going to
come at me like the real men they
say they are--in the open. And 1t
they come at me my other way
we'll I can't stop them till they
reach me, can II"
! az
to name in print the, secret order he
believes was responsible for his let
tiers, but he wouldn't mind going b1-
fore the grand jury and giving what
! informa ion he had. :
"Last year some time [ was asked
to Join this order by an acqualnt-
ance," declared Mr.. Jones He
gave me a lot of literature about !,
and he told me it was good tnlng
that the members stuck togetner
! 7
her and had it in for some guy the
order would protect NE. Of curse
| know what that means-thdt the
members would fix some guy had a
grudge against. But 1 don't belleVe
in stuff like that. and L told Nam SO.
| told hin. 1 didn't want to JOIN any
such order. Well. a few days later
| got one OF these letters. Some OF
nv folks made a copy of it, and here
il is"
This was the copy:
Low hangs the cloud of Impending
disturbance which threatens to snake
the very foundation of the peace ana
security of our country, OH Aolle
land cur social system. Prepare your
self for the crisis, Ilmroo od IN this his
warning and therefore be re tdy When
tine call comes for real men.
Goblin on Way.
Mr.. Jones pointed out the words
real men, ,,,
Same as in those letters Thomas
got" he said, "but L cant make neaq
or tail of that stuff. can you? l
couldn't make head or tail of it when
| got the letter. Then. few days
| later. here came another. This is
r copy of it my folks saved
The copy follows:
Sir: You have been weighed in
the balance and found not wanting
1, A goblin of the invisible empire will
call upon you within 10 days. Give
him audience. We will impart to
, you facts that will be a revelation.
Be discreet, preserve silence and bide