The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-15
CHAPTER II
P0sToFFIcE INSPECTOR TEST
FiES


Continued from Yesterday
o. X. Williamson was the next
witness. lie is postoflice inspector
who had made an investigation Of the
Khan. Mr.. Wiiliamson's testimony
dealt largely with the purchase OF the
property owned by the Khan in At
lanta. and home costing $4,000 in
that city which had been purchased
by members Of the Khan and present
ed to Colonel Simmons.
Mr.. Williamson also went thorough
" into the distribution of the funds
donated by the Khan membership and
largely covered the same ground as
c. Anderson Wright.
Representative Galiiyan. during the
testimony by Mr. Williamson. asked
the Rules Committee to fayoraDiy re
port his resolution to discover what
members of Congress belonged to the
ku klux Khan IL may authoritativelv
be stated that a large number of con
gressmen are members OF the invis-
ible Empire. just as many Of them
| be long to the Masons. Elks. Odd Eel
News. Knights of Psthias, Knights oi
/ Columbus. and other large fratesiaI
| organizations.
During the whole hearing William
~. Burns, Chief OF the Bureau Of the
| Investigation, Department oi Justice
ard Assistant United States Attorney
| General Grimm. with their assistants
occupied seats near the witness stand
ard closely observed everything. MI
| Grimm had ben delegated by the De
partment OF Justice to investigate
| the Invisible Empire. aud Mr.. iiGrus
had been for some time actively en-
gagged in investigating the organiza
tion.
Mr. Burns made d brief statement
70 the effect that his bureau Wa max
| ing an Investigation.
| William II Potter. nj Boston. ne
$40. spoke in behalf Of the katinna
Equal Rights League OF toioses
Americans He asked the comnitte,
to have the congress; ionai investiaa
tiun.
aev S j Watson, of Chicago. a NJ
gro, also asked the committee IT, pro
vide a congressional Investigation.
] number of other Witnesses OF ths
coiored race were heard along III,
same lines
Paul 5 lstheridge. Of Atlanta
Georgia, the Supreme Attorney 70
the Ku Kin Khan. was An iinpoitan
witness He made out strong cas-,
for the Khan and al It's act. ities.
Representative william -. Up.ha y
OF Georgia. was also on the stand ana
paid a glowing tribute To the chart
tof and personal record Of ruione
Simmons. he declared. bat rs
sturdy and nsDiring personality. 4
an heroic veteran of the Spanish
American War, and i Knight Tom
plar, as eons.crated Christian; Il
a member oil dozen wellknoan frs
tcrnal organizations and a God lc:s,
ing citizen. Colonel simmons is j
Incapable OF an unworthy or unpatrit
tic motive. word or deed. as the ciiaii
man of the committe. the Speaker {
the House OF Representatives, or ia
President of the United states
Mr. lpshaw then introduced CO
onel Simmons To the committee ca
onel Simmons testimony require
several sessions and he eNpiai ns.
everything about he ku K,ux kla
from the time that he had conceive
the organization until the pfeSen
! Nothing in his testimony and b. vi
thoroughly cross questioned By men
t~rs Of the committee, brought Oh
arv fact concerning The Khan Viii.
could be construed ~ damaging /
II that organization The urT,.Biz1fiu
and operation OF the "IDyi-ibl" III
pre- We're gone into hy Colonel .~is
mons in the m.nute~t detail. and. y
filed with the cDmnit'.e q eDu4plet
finan, iai statel<"nt 81 the khan. IN
cr2ie5 Of al It's rituals. document.
records, and papers
Colonel Simmons asked chairm1
Campbell that his testimony be Ia
. en- under oath. but TINS WIS decline,
The Imperial Wizard declared ths
III" fight conducted against the k.t
was similar TO the attacks 80 scaf
ago on the NasOns as the sam
charges We're made against them an
the same effort 70 aesirpy them va
Made az has been made TO-DAY again
the Knights oi the ku kl9x Khan. TIM
nsht on the Masons rcsuiting II ia
, formation Of 4 political ant Masoni
party II that time
He denounced the Word and il