Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-03
DEPOSED COLLINS ATTACK
E. Y.CLARKE, NANKLALlFF

grand COLLINS of Ku Klux Khan
against Edward Young Clarke, I'M
perial kleagle, and accompanied by
demand for his removal "for the good
of the ORDER" have been carefully
Investigated by the imperial kloncll-
ium and found to be unwarranted.
Colonel William Joseph Simmons,
imperial wizard, declared Friday.
1.-THE four COLLINS have been ban-
ished from the khan for insubordina-
tion,' said the wizard, land no fur
Their action will be taken on their
charges at this time. Kleagle Clarke
and his associate, Mrs. Elizabeth
Tyler, will remain with the order.
1 have the utmost confidence in both
of them"
The four deposed COLLINS declared
Friday through their spokesman,
Harry B. Terrell. that there would be
additional developments in few
hours which might throw "still more
light on the. operations of Kleagle
Clarke" Terrell said the imperial
kleagle "knows why 1 am in Atlanta
and is very uneasy-so much so that
he started a bail trover suit against
me Thursday in the hope that
it would make me skip out of town.
The former goblin said he was in
Atlanta for an indefinite period ana
that he would have a settlement in
full with Clarke before he departed.
* Kleagle Clarke's bail trover suit
against Terrell was filed in superior
court Thursday morning. 1t seeks
to gain possession of khan records
of the alleged value of $4,000, claim
ed to be illegally held by Terrell since
his dismissal. Sheriff Lowry said
the papers had not been served on
Terrell Friday morning.
COLLINS Contention
'This suit" declared Mr.. Terrell,
is merely an effort by Clarke to drive
me away from Atlanta. He knows
possess a mass of information that
will be quite damaging when 1t is
published. Then, too, he wants to
get the books of records away from
me, because they. too, contain data
that does not show up favorably
for him"
Goblin Terrell, who was in charge
of the capitol domain, was supported
in his formal charges against Klea-
gle Clarke by the three other grand
COLLINS of the eastern territory,
Lloyd P. Hooper, New York domain;
f. w. Atkin, Atlantic domain, and
A. J. Padon, New England domain.
They charged, in petition presented
to Colonel Simmons, November "a,
that Mr.. Clarke and Mrs. Tyler were
proving a serious hindrance to the
khan, in view Of the fact that they
allowed the character charges made
against them in the New York.
Worlds recent expose" to stand un.
answered and unchallenged. They
urged Colonel Simmons to remove
them Immediately.
In a supporting affidavit, Goblin
Hooper said he recently brought w.
S. Thompson, a prominent New YORK
attorney, to Atlanta, and introduced
him to the imperial officers; that Mr..
Thompson offered to file libel suits
on behalf of Mr.. Clarke and Mrs.
Tyler against the New York World
and press them to an early trial,
but that the two asSailed officials de-
clined to grant him authority to do
SO.
All four of the COLLINS set forth
that the affairs of the khan are tot
tering," that no new members are
has been reached, that the order is
now insolvent, and that there is a
countrywide demand for the remov.
al of Clarke and Mrs. Tyler.
The COLLINS petition declared the
continuance in the klan's service Of
Mr.. Clarke and Mrs. Tyler was prov.
ing so detrimental that it had be-
come impossible to recruit high-class
men, and that old members were
Withdrawing IN veritable droves.
They charged that Mr.. Clarke had
openly and fiagrantly usurped the
AUTHORITY of Colonel Simmons, that
he had made "seditious and treason
able statements against the wizard"
that he had made a "get-rich-quick
scheme" out of the khan, and that
respect for the order was decreasing
throughout the country. They told
Colonel Simmons that "the order is
bigger than any one or two persons"
and urged him to discharge Mr..
Clarke and Mrs. Tyler.
According to Terrell and Hooper,
Colonel Simmons told them he was
not surprised at the information they
had brought to him, as he had learn
ed of other instances when Mr..
Clarke had been "stabbing him in
the back" The deposed COLLINS de-
clare Colonel Simmons told them
that either he or Mr.. Clarke would
be out Of the order in seventy-two
hours if their charges were correct.
"This took place November "a"
said Mr.. Terrell. "The next day we
went before the kloncilium and pre-
scented all the facts. Now we are
fired, and Colonel Simmons says we
are disgruntled. 1 am sorry he took
this view, but knowing what I do,
I prefer to be out Of any organiza-
ton which is being led and DOM
mated by a man like E. Y. Clarke"
Colonel Simmons said Friday he
had received resolutions and re.
quests from various klans asking for
the removal of Mr.. Clarke and Mrs.
Taylor, but that investigation had
shown these requests, in most in
stances, to be the work of disgrun-
tied minorities in local organizations.
He said the charges of insolvency
were untrue, that Mr.. Clarke and
Mrs. Taylor were a help and not a
hindrance to the order, that he had
found the charges against them to
be untrue, and that they were still
officials in good standing.
Untrue, Says Clarke
Mr.. Clarke said the charges Of the
COLLINS was merely continuance
of the original attack on the order"
He said he was being made the
storm center because he was on the
orders firing line at all times. The
khan is not tottering, he said, but
is taking on new members at the
rate of 800 to 1000 a day.
1.-THE charges the COLLINS made
were false said the imperial kleagle.
Having failed in the recent at
tempt to destroy the Ku Klux itl&x,
the same gang of enemies now have
succeeded in winning over few dis