Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-12
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. hf'o uhNA'NihhiN dSFhuNus hoN ~
ter, coming from well Uniformed in
slider, is one OF the most complete ant
severe indictments of ku KluXism which
could well be drawn.
W. War Veteran In Protest
This fiery rebel was Henry 2. Fry
. Southerner of many generations de
scent. born and reared In East Ten
nessee and making his home In Chat
tanooga He ~ forty years old. H'
is graduate Of that old Southern
Institution. the Virginia Military In
stitute. was once commandant of ca
diets at Sewanee, the University OF
the South. and was for n long time q
captain in the Tennessee National
Guard.
At the outbreak of the war he en-
listed as private in the regular army
at Camp Meade. Md, was sent to
Company A, 3l6th Infantry, made ser .
geant and transferred to the enlisted
mems training school at Camp Gordon,
Ga. There he was commissioned a
second lieutenant. sent to Camp Perry,
o., made a first lieutenant there, sent
10 Camp Funston. Kan. aud there,
under General Leonard Wood, served
through the rest of the war as
rife specialist and instructor in in
fantry rife practice. He was recon-
mended for commission as major whCr
the war ended and he was ordered home
with commission as captain of In
fantry Reserve Corps.
Not Afraid Of Emperor"
Captain Fry's experiences with the
order are best set forth in his own
letter Of withdrawal from the Klun.
1t is addressed to Simmons a.
Imperial Wizard md Emperor. In
visible Empire. Knights of the ku klux
Klan, Inc. Atlanta. Georgia :"
'Iou are hereby notified that | have
this day voluntarily withdrawn aS a
citizen of the Invisible Empire. Knights
of the Ku KuX Klan. Inc, and shall
no longer consider myself in any way
connected with the organization.
After five months of citizenship in
the Invisible Empire. three months OF
which were spent as n kleaglc, | have
reached the conclusion that your prOpo-
sition is an historical fraud that it is
q money making scheme run for the
benefit of few insiders; that it is
engaged in an evil propaganda in pro-
noting unwarrantcd religious and racial
hatred against Jews, Roman Catholics,
Negroes and foreign born American cit
izens that your entire scheme iq
puUllt ItilUtc tlUI Will IN
evitnbly lead to bloodshcd and. If sue
cessful, must result in revolution. and
that. in the interest of decent American.
ism. 1t should be suppressed by the
Federal and State authorities.
Refuses 10 Be Bound
81 further notify you that | utterly
repudiate and refuse to be bound in
any way by any and all portions Of
the oath of allegiance to the Invisible
Empire formerly taken by me, except
ing that portion pledging allegiance
to the Constitution Of the United
States and of my State, with whicn
portion you have camoutlaged the real
purport and meaning of the oath.
The remainder of the oath conflicts
with a higher obligation I have pre-
viousIy assumed as an officer of the
Reserve Corps of the United States
Army.
Il, therefore. denOunCP the remain
ing portions of said oath MS illegal
and detrimental TO the fundamental
principles which underlie the entire
legal structure Of this country. fur
ther decline, any longer, to keep So
cret any part or parts of your scheme
to establish in free America an In
visible Empire, fraudulent in it's con-
ception, vicious in its nature, political
IN its objects. and subject to the will
OF self Reconstructed Emperor who
seeks to exploit the American people
Braves Threat Of Death
SIN defiance of your threats Of dis.
honor, disgrace and death as con-
tanned in your ritual-written and
copyrighted by y0urself-I denounce
your ritualistiC work as an insult to
all Christian people in America, as an
attempt TO hypocritically obtain |
money from the public under ths
cloak OF sanctimonious piety. and !
charge that the principal feature OF
your ceremony Of naturalization into
the Invisible Empire is blasphe-
nous and sacri,egious moCkery Of the
holy rite of baptism, wherein for po-
litical and financial purposes you
have polluted with your infamous
regardless OF creed or dogma, hold
most sacred.
II further charge that when in your
printed literature you claim that your
organization is the genuine original
klan. this statemen, IS fraud his
torically and fraud in principle.
While you have-without any right
whatever-appropriat TO yourself
the name. regalia and certain nomen-
clature of the original klan. your
scheme is radically different in concep-
tion, in organization and in purpose,
"A careful study, which I have made .
of the prescript of the original Khan
and all available history and literature
on the subject. reveals the fact that
there is little, If anything. in common
bat, hn ,i,nt
false pretenses Of "genuineness" are
therefore, an insult to the history. the
traditions and the entire record of the
South.
Blamed for Crime Wave
Ever since your scheme has been
actively propngated, there has been a
wave of crime in the Southern States. .
consisting to a large extent Of private
regulations Of the public peace com.
mitted by men who have gone about .
their respective communities wearing
disguises and taking into their own
hands the functions Of prosecuting at. ,
torney, witnesses. judge. jury and exc
eutioner. in direct Contravcntion 10 the /
Bill OF Rights Of the Federal and State
Constitutions. Men have been dragged
from their beds at night forcibly alb
Quoted on the streets and in their homes. .
arrested without warrant on the public
streets, conveyed to secluded places. /
there to be floggrd. tarred and fcath.
cred. In two instances. helpless wom-
On, after being stripped of their cloth I
ing, have been similarly maltreated.
Outrages Are Cited
'ln nearly every reported case the
pr-catrators Of these acts Of Iawless.
ness have worn DISCUSSES, described
as mask and white robes. which