Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-11-06

ated, according to the report Of the
er apartment. A seven-year-old boy
who came to the door said he was
Phillip Fox, Jr., SON Of the man
held for Coburn's murder.
Solicitor Boykin announced that
he would present the murder indict-
ment to the grand jury immediate
ly after they assembled this morn
ing. Investigators from his office
and city detectives questioned the
prisoner last night at the Jail.
"Coburn was about to publish af-
fidavits against my character and
reputation, made by other people.
which were untrue Fox asserted.
Fox added that he had gone to
Coburn to reason with him, but it
was no use." He said that the
shooting was over a purely person.
al matter and had nothing to do
with the khan.
ATLANTA. Ca. Nov. G.-P. ". Fox,
publicity man for the Ku Klux Klan.
late today shot and killed w. =. Coburn.
Atlantic attorney. counsel for the faction
fighting Imperial Wizard ii. w. Evans
and other officials of the order Fox
is held at police headquarters without
bond under a charge of murder.
Coburn. former official of the klan
and later legal representative WI what fs
called the insurgrnt faction. was shot
five times a. he ~ in hiS office 0n the
ninth floor OK the Atlanta Trust Gem
pany building. lie toppled over dead.
Al police headquarters Fox denied any
connection with the ku Klux Klan. Civ
ing his occupation as n clerk. He was
Identified by newspaper men as the pub
licity agent for The Ku KIux Klan aud
police said nv H. editor of the Night
Hawk. official organ of the imperial
palace of the Ku Klnx KIan.
DIR. Fred II. Johnson. of San Antonio.
Texas. who was visiting at the home
If W. j. Simmons. emperor OF the klan.
told the police that Fox came to Sim
mons home last night. DIR. Johnson
said that Morris a. Moore. member of
the Texas rangers. also visiting Colonel
SimcmnS. was present nt the time.
Colonel simmons being I'M Alabama.
Johnson declared Fox told him that he
had severed connection with The faction
Of Imperial Wizard Evans aud thar he
had ccme 10 Johnson for the purpose Of
revealing some information. DIR. John
son said he noticed Fox kept his right
hand In his orercoat pocket. and he.
johnson. backed Fox into corner and
took pistol away FROM him.
lie then told me-. said Dr. Johnson.
he left he told me he was going hack
didn't say IN whom lie said s3w-
ever. had talked him out OF II. When
he left he told me eh was going ba (
to Texas on Monday night, and appeared
TO be Disguised with the whole situa-
ton
Dr. Johnson said Fox came I'D AZ
lanta IN March last. from Dallas. Texas.
where hr was city editor 0f nn afternoon
paper. Fox was connected with this
paper for fifteen years. Dr. Johnson
said. lie claimed according 10 Dr. John
son 10 have written recent speeches de-
livcred by DIR. Evans.
The dead attorney was leading counsel
last week in a court battle prccipitated
'f AfANAh AAlAtFhHphNN AMWU ONuHFH nk
PENNSYLVANIA. when they filed petition
asking for a receiver for the klan. The
~ eiver~hip was denied by Judge I'D
Humphries after hearing lasting sew
eral DAYS As attorney for Emperor
Simmons Coburn this morning filed a
petition asking for an injunction against
DIR. Evans and the klan TO prevent the
formation of a woman's order OF the
ku klux Klan. alleging they were being
given the secrets 0f the male OrEanixa-
tiOn.
Caburn was said ~ have been one nf
the first attorneys VII the klnn after The
order got under way. While counsel
for the khan he i said TO have defended
several men who were accused of fl0g-
ging another man.
They were acquitted. Coburn was
among the number indicted In eonnec-
tion with aR alleged raid it Inglew00d.
Calf. and was acquitted. He returned
ta Atlanta after this trial COburn rep
resented the Simmons faction when the
proceedings began against the faction
headed hy Evans.