The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-02
OFFICIAL OF KHAN IS
 INDICTED BY TEXAS FEDERAL GRAND JURY

HOUSTON, Tex, March l.-An in dietment charging violation of the white slave act has been returned by the federal grand jury here against Edward Young Clark of Atlanta, for mer acting imperial wizard of the ku KluX klan, 1t was revealed this afternoon. Orders have been issued for the arrest of Clark, it is under stood
 The specific charge is that Clarke transpC rted woman from Houston to New Orleans on February Il. 1921, for immoral purposes.
 The indictment does not show the names of the witnesses who appeared before the grand jury.
 On receipt of informaeion that Clarke was al his office in the Flat Iron building in Atlanta, Ga, F. B. White of the department of justice telephoned Atlanta and gave instruc- tions fer the arrest of the defendant d telegraph warrant having also been sent.
 Louis F. Schweikert, Houston fire insurance agent. is foreman of the grand jury which returned the indict-
 
 not of an extensive nature, simply setting the charge tha: the woman named was transported for immoral purposes from one state to another, in violation of the Mann act.
 Clark was elected imperial giant of the organization at the last conclave and during the absence of Imperial Wizard Simmons in Europe, he was acting imperial wizard. He visited Houston twice in company with Sim mons, once during the Confederate reunion here, and again when the charter of the Houston chapter was delivered.
 One of the witnesses who is thought to have appeared before the grand jury in this case was George B. kimbro. former grand goblin of the ku kluX klan for the district composed of Texas and several Mis- sissippi valley states. kimbro re- fused to discuss his appearance be- fore the grand jury, saying that all witnesses were still under process.
 Persons who heard Federal Judge Hutcheson making inquiries Monday as the klan members on the prospec- tive grand jury list, think they now see the reason for these inquiries. He told the prospective grand jurors that the department of justice had made an investigation to determine how many men on the panel are members tf the organization.
 Six of the grand jurors admitted membership in the klan. However, they told the judge that their mem- bership would not prevent them from returning an Indictment in the event it became necessary.
 CLAIMS FRAME-Ip
 ATLANTA, Ga, March Tt is simply another effort to attempt to discredit me and through discrediting me damage the knights of the Ku Klux klan," said Edward Young Clarke, former acting imperial wiz ard of the klan, when told this aft ernCon of his reported indictm in Houston, Tex.
 MT. Clarke this afternoon issued a statement as follows:
 "I have not yet received any de- tailed information in regard to the matter, but am not guilty of the charge supposed to have been made against me and upon which the in dictment is reported to have been Cb- tained.
 Tt Is simply another effort to at tempt to discredit me and through discrediting me damage the knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
 T have won every case that has gone to trial which has been brought against me, and 1 am sure that if in dictment has been obtained as indi- cated that when the matter goes to trial l will be fully and entirely vim dicated"