The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-11-14

Following the killing of Attorney
Coburn by Editor Fox, at Atlanta,
Georgia, recently, which appears to
be either a personal matter or the
work of whiskey or insanity, or both,
Colonel Simmons and his aides and
helpers have sworn out warrants fol
the arrest of Imperial Wizard Evans,
H. K. Ramsey, Brown Harwood and
T. ]. McKinnon, all high in Klan Of
fetal life, charging conspiracy to
murder Simmons, DR.. johnson and E.
Y. Clarke. Fox is in Jail and will
have hearing next week on the mur-
der charge. He does not talk and
keeps his mouth shut.
The matter evidently is the out
growth of recent litigation where
Simmons groups have lost in every
single instance HAVING NOTHING
UPON WHICH TO BASE ANY
FIGHT. It is all malice and planned
50 as to get control of the organiza-
tion, and their hands into the cash
box, from which they were separated
when DR.. Evans was unanimously
elected for the purpose of putting the
organization in the hands Of honest,
clean and American citizens and TAX
ing it out of the hands Of those who
had prostituted the organization and
conducted the affairs for their own
selfish purposes and enrichment. They
die hard and, after their great graft
was shut off, set up these bushwacker
and outlaw tactics FOR REVENGE,
and to give thunder to the enemy so
as to create discord in the ranks Of
the great American organization.
1t becomes more obvious daily that
the anti-Evans movement Is all
malice, spite-work and for the dollars.
It is needless to say that the Sim
mons forces will fail at every turn Of
the road. The Simmons gang are de-
termined, if possible, to rule or ruin,
and ARE WORKING HAND IN
HAND WITH THE ENEMIES OF
KLANISM to disrupt the organiza-
tion. So far all that has been attain
ed is one murder, and the outlaws are
largely to blame. The murder Of Co.
burn is a personal grudge, with a
possibility of insanity as a contribu-
tor.
Klansmen, Keep Cool
In the meantime, Klansmen and
others should keep cool and await full
particulars of the cause of the shoot
ing, which will come to light short
ly. The newspapers get nothing and
we have been told that the agent for
the Associated Press in Atlanta is a
lelative Of, or very close personal
friend of Simmons, so take nothing
without considerable salt that comes
from Atlanta from that source, as
WE DO KNOW THAT THE AS
SOCIATED PRESS AT ATLANTA
IS NOT FRIENDLY NOR FAIR TO
DIR. EVANS, NOR THE KHAN, and
about all the news we get from that
section is seasoned with the Simmons
davof.
Col. Simmons is still doing all ne
can to wreck, ruin, exploit ara d:s-
rupt the Knights of the Ku Klux
Khan. He has formed a corporation
in Oklahoma called the Knights Ksm-
ella, which is q colorado initiation
Of the Knights of the Ku Kux Klan
and, by the use Of our roster Of men,
bers, which no doubt came into his
hands through some Jesuit by mean,
of theft or otherwise, he is soliciting
his membership from our rank and
file into the Knights Kamellia, under
the Misrepresentation that they are
buying the second order, Knights Of
the Ku Klux Klan, or K Duo primary
Order Of Knighthood.) He has also
incorporated the Knights Kamellia
in Illinois and is seeking to do tht
like in that Realm.
Note the word "buy," the second
order. We use this word advisedly
Why "buy" something that you car
have free. It is purely and simply 8
commercial proposition with him ant
his co-workers for personal aggrand
izement, the Knights Of the Ku Klu1
Klan is giving this order free to al
charter members. Therefore, WHY
'buy" something that you are entities
to free. The propaganda which Il
\ going the rounds inside and outsid'
Of the Khan is misleading and erron
eous and tends to cause many limo
cent Klansmen to believe that Col