The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-05-30
ANT|-KLAN PLOT
IS UNEARTHED At
CONVICTION, La
Spurious "Terror Notices" Are
Issued BY Foes of
Organization.
scHEMER ADMITS GUILT
Prominent New Orleans Sur.
geon Is Indicted On
Conspiracy Charge.

CONVICTION, LA, May 20.-With
the latest attempted "frame-up" on the
Khan having fallen fat in this town,
an ex-Mason "a man who was
reared a Catholic, left the church and
returned to it) indicted by special
grand jury, more or less excitement
has prevailed. The indictment followed
the circulation of vicious circulars
purporting to have been issued by the
Khan and which threatened certain cit
liens of Covington. The grand jury
after investigation, returned an indict.
ment charging conspiracy against DR..
Armand Mary, who after leaving the
Catholic church and joining the Ma
sons, later gave up the latter and went
back to the Catholic church.
1t is alleged that DR.. Mar and GER
tain friends went into consultation
when a Khan was formed here, and
decided that a Khan and a lodge or
Knights of Columbus could not survive
in the same town. Following the
meeting a committee notified the Ex-
allied Cyclops that he must either move
his Khan out of town or disband. AS
is quite natural, the Khan exercised its
constitutional rights and remained in
the city.
Spurious Circular Appears
Shortly after this the following cir
cular appeared in Covington:
whoever receives this notice (blank
space left for name) must leave st.
Tammany Parish at once or suffer the
consequences.
Signed, Chief Kleagle,
"St. Tammany Khan"
The circular on the face Of 1t was
spurious as there Is no st. Tammany
Khan, No. %, nor Is there such an
Office in the Khan as "Chief Kleagle."
The circular was captioned, Official
Headquarters of The st. Tammany
Khan, No. g."
1t is claimed by persons here, who
are believed to be members OF the
Khan that behind the facts already
brought to light, there will be shown
deep and sinister plot to malign
the Khan and an attempt to work great
injury to it, The facts already I'M
earthed of the alleged plot to throw
discredit on the Khan organization has
done much to change the trend Of
thought in favor Of the organization.
When confronted with aff1davits and
irrefutable evidence, it is understood
that DR.. Mary admitted his guilt in
the framing of the spurious circulars,
but refuses to name any others in the
alleged plot.
The fake terror notices" are not
in the hands of the Hearst magazine,
to print as proof of the outrages
of the Khan, but are being held by the
Khan and every effort Is being made
to apprehend the others in the plot
to lay terrorism at the door Of the
Khan. The deplorable incident here
is merely one Of hundreds like II
wherein such methods were used to
discredit the Khan organization. The
unearthing Of the plot, however, shows
the length to which the enemies OF
the Khan will go and throws much
light on just how the threats Of VOL.
ence and violence by the Khan" get
into the newspapers.
Doctor Out On Bond
DR.. Mary, who is out on bond OF
$1,000, is a dental surgeon and Is now
practicing in New Orleans. His fam
lily is Catholic and he was reared a
Catholic. Several years ago, he ap
parently threw of the yoke Of Rome
and afterward became q Mason. His
vows, however, in that organization
seemed to have become irksome and he
once again embraced the Roman faith
and gave up Masonry,