Evening star., 1921-10-12
Attorney Tells Committee Of
Orders Simmons to
Testify Later.
WRIGHT ADMITS HE GOT
$1,000 FOR HIS EXPOSURES
$75, 900 Palace Dwindles to $10,'
600 in Testimony of Post
Office Inspector.

committee called today for testimony
by ofacers of the order. but was re-
quested to defer until this afternoon
the examination of William ]. Sim
mons. imperial wizard. because OF "a
temporary indisposition."
Paul ]. Etheredge Of Atlanta, who
. described himself as supreme attor-
ney. stated that Col. Simmons. who
was present. was suffering with
nausea. but hoped to TESTIFY later In
Mr.. Etheredge declared that Mrs
Elizabeth Tyler of Atlanta had no
relation with the imperial body, and
according to his information. was
with the propagating department
No KIansmen on Board.
IF Mrs. Tyler has had any control
over the organization 1t has been out
side Of my knowledge" the witness
referring to published reports that
several teachers in Atlanta were de-
Seated for reelection by the school
board because they were Catholics,
Mr.. Etheredge declared there was no
truth in it.
"There was not a klansman on the
board he testified.
He also Asserted tudI 4%ohCWoo>.
murder" In Atlanta was not the work OF
klapsmen, and that certain alleged par
| ticipants had been prosecuted by john
Boykin, district attorney. whom he de-
scribcd as IAN acknowledged klansnian.
Charges Coercion By Threats.
William Monroe Trotter of Boston,
speaking for the National Equal
Rights League. declared the klan
was "a private. unofaciai organization
which interferes with personal liber-
ties of people, most Of whom are out
side its membership" Such inter-
ference. he charged. was an attempt
TO prevent the proper exercise OF
EsouylsaAS6snf.s ss, -. ~
'.The method q coercion" n:.s!ga Tsettef ef
threatening letters to persons to
.SssSs doing certain things. a9a by
tUSt Of tiIsa hooded gown .sl1s
acterized the khan as q real MenAce
to the sense of personal security OF
pnrine the investigation Mr.. 'Trot;
ter said he believed the klan iliegai
and should DE suppressed.
when our President IL attempting
to lead the world through disarma.
ment,, he said. this country canno.
n its domain. when 1t is based on
the suppression of one religion or one
race OF people"
Rev. S. e. J. Watson. negro preacher
Of Chicago, told the committee the ku
Klux was proving a htndrance to the
nrorress of the negro by breaking down
his morale through fear and terror;
"Nany negroes have been driven
from humble homes held since slav-
ery," Mr.. Watson declared. he h;nn cam,
BY the khan that the negro Is seeking
social equality is unwarranted."
Describing himself as a southerner,
Rev, David Simpson Klugh Of Boston.
a negro. declared. the khan should be in
vestieated to ascertain whether whole
sale charges against 1t were true.
'It is physically Impossible LOT tne
negro to attempt to dominate the coun-
try," Mr.. Klugh said. +It is our pur.
nose to live in peace with the whites"
Necessary to Show Guilt.
Mr., Klugh declared the negroes be-
lieved that the Rev. Philip s. Erwin OF
Florida had been tarred and feathered
near. Miami "only because he gave
negroes good information as a preacher"
citing the case of the alleged forehead
branding of a negro bell boy in Texas.
Wr. Klush said it was necessary to
show BY an Investigation whether the
klan was guilty Of the act.
IN m n National ri nal EQUAL Rights League
declared that H. A. Taden. grand
goblin in charge Of New England ter.
rftory, has stated that IL Jews and
Catholics understand the real purport
Of the khan they would not oppose It,
because the negro problem was the
'aTaden declared that union OF all
whites. Catholics and Jews. was nee:
essary to maintain white supremacy,
Mr. Shaw testified. - .-1
1--WE are sure that all negroes are
not klansmen, but we don't know
what white men are he added.
$4,000 Palace Dwindles.
1.-THE $4,000 palace Of Mrs. Eliza
beth Tyler at Atlanta, described yes
terday by c. Anderson Wright, for
merly a klansman, dwindled to $10,-
900 structure today on testimony OF
O. B. Williamson. post office in
spector. Mr.. Williamson said inyesti-
CATION showed the house was pur-
nection with the khan and that no
part Of the Ku Klux money was used
in the deal.
was a. fine structure and that Edward
Young Clarke. imperial kleagle. who
lives lhcISS - AASSs S@ eSNS~.
motor cars.
Paid $4,000 for Articles.
Wright, who wrote q series Of ar
ticles for the Hearst newspapers pur-
porting to expose the rKu Klux, told
the committee that already he had
received $4,000 from the Hearst or
ganization, and that he expected his
total receipts from the series to reach
about $1,000. Replying to questions
from Representative Pou. democrat,
North Carolina, the witness again
explained that he had violated the
oath taken in Joining the. klan by
publishing articles about its secrets.
Digs Into Activities.
Digging. into the activities Of the
Ku Kiux Klan, the House rules COM
mittee developed by testimony yes
terday that the organization had
ttaken in $1,488,710 since its founda-
| ffon, that the Department, of Justice
was still conducting an Investigation
OF its own and that. according to the
klan's confidential Information . to
6eid agents, the chief of police OF
Norfolk, Va, was a member.
Through news letters said to have
been sent from khan headquarters and
not intended for general publication
the statement also was made that the
Norfolk chief had promised $50 riflee
TO the local order ''in time Of trouble a
and that Representative Upshaw
ISar,nrrat. of GeorRia in whose home