Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-07
TRIAL OF FOX
TOSTART NEXT
WEEK, REPORT.
San Antonio Man, Chief Of
Staff of Emperor Sim
mons, Issues Peace War
rants Against Wizard

ATLANTA. Ca. Nov. 7.-If the nee
essary arrangements can be completed.
Phillip ~. Fox. publicity chief for the
ku klux Klan. will be placed ON trial
next week for the murder of Captain
N. :. Cobnrn. attorney for the Simmons
faction of the organization. according
to an announcement made this after
noon by Solicitor General Boykin.
The outstanding developments cf the
klan feud this morning included the IS
suanfc " peace warrants against I'm
perial Wizard Evans and three NJ his
principal lieutenants ON complaint OF DIR.
Fred II. Johnston Of San Antonio.
chief of staff Of Emperor OF staff cf
chief of staff Of Emperor Simmons.
Efforts are being made 10 obtain
counsel for Fox. and efforts are also
being made this Afternoon TO serve the
warrants issued on the complaint of DR..
Johnston.
The peace warrants against H. II.
Ramsey. Brown HarwO0d and T I.
Mfkninon. klan officials, were dismissed
by Judge Hathcock this afternoon when
l,r Fred IL. Johnston 0f San Antonio.
who swore out the warrants failed 60
appear i'm court.
Dr. Linton Smith, the Fox family
physician. declared this afternoon that
he believed Fox ~ suffering from some
mental disorder.
Dr. Johnston was reported out OF
town today, as was also Simmons. Ev-
ans, III. k Ramsey, the imperial kligraf.
and Brown Harwood. the imperial klas-
ik- n. j. Mckinn0n, head OF the investi-
eating department of the khan. demand
"a trial when he appeared this after
noon before Judge Hathc0ck. who had
issued the warrants on the complaint on
Johnson. The officers who made the ar
rest were accompanied BY Ben Sullivan.
an attorney. who reported that John
ston had gone TO Birmingham Judge
Hathcock stated he would dismiss the
peace warrants III Johnston failed TO at-
tend the hearing set for noon today.
ATLANTA. ca. Nov. Indicted BY
the Fulton county grand jury on mur-
der charge for the killing yesterday of
Capt. W. G. Coburn. attorney for the So
called insurgent klan faction. as ne sat
~ his desk in his office, Philip NJ. T. Fox
publicity chief of the Ku Kluk Khan and
editor of the Night Hawk. khan publica-
ton. last night continued silent while
awaiting results Of his efforts 70 cb-
tain u counsel
Solicitor General NJ A. Boykin, who
presented the case to the grand jury
has not indicated when the case would
come To trial, but nc his office N was
said the trial would likely be called
soon.
Other than the statements that Co
burn planned to publish certain state
ments that would have attacked his
character. Fox declined 10 explain the
Staying. At tho jail he told newspaper
men that he might never make a state
ment.
1t was said at the jail that no klan
officials had been 10 sea Fox. and news
paper mems conversations with the pris-
oner were cut short by police officials
Mrs. Fox. the prisoners wife called nc
the jail twice. leaving the second time
without seeing her husband when she
learned newspapermen were seking
her. Other reports said she was III at
her home here and reporters who called
there ware turned away by mn uniden-
titled man.