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with the Khan. threats were HlauS
against his life after he protested
against the killing of Tom Austin,
a, Khan agent, because Austin had
refused to help IN a plot against
him-Stephenson.
Plot On Fess
The affidavit continues:
Attempts were made to involve
the name OF Senator Simeon D.
Tess of Ohio in compromising way
with a woman.
The reason for doing that was
that because Senator Tess then
Senator.elect. but q member of the
House of representatives,. while a
member Of the House, had voted
against and had opposed on the
floor a bill known as the Sterling
Towner law, or, rather, Sterling
Towner bill. The bill had to 90
with the abolition OF parochial
schools, and had for its objective
some other purposes.
recall very distinctly naVlhs
investigated the bill at the time
and came to the conclusion that II
was not only an unjust, unWnoie-
some thing. but that II was IN
iuuitous and absolutely un-Amerlcan
in that it sought to- delegate 10 the
Federal Government powers tnat
were not primarily INTENDED 10 pc
vested in the Federal Government.
Thereafter endeavored TO enilst
the active opposition OF all members
in the States over when ! hao
control against the Sterling ToWner
law, and succeeded stirring up soh1s
sentiment against 1t.
Magazine Attacked Fess
A khan magazine published .
series Of articles violently attacking
the character Of Senator Tess. /
received 4 letter, which stiIl have,
over the seal Of the khan, telling
ma that some men had been sent
into the State of Ohio with the view
az having them besmirch the name
az Senator Fess, who was then
member Of the House OF Repre-
sentatiVes.
Immediately called the leaders
~ the khan in the State Of Ohio
ana informed them of the attack
against the then Senator-elect Tess.
They called their organizations To-
pether, and protest meetings were
held. Az q result OF this ! suppose
between 500 and 1000, or POSSIBLY
. 900 kilograms were sent to me In
a protest against the unholy CAM
naign Of character assassination
being conducted against Senator
elect Tess. Senator Fess was never
q member Of the khan.
Another instance in which q
woman was used for the purpose
of helping out the rlefarious
schemes was this same woman,
called for the purpose OF identified.
ton big Nettie,' who had left her
trail throughout the country.
Was Sent to Muncie
she was sent to Muncie. Ind. to
a man to whom she told a sob
story to the effect that her daughter
had been kidnapped and, against her
will, placed in a Catholic convent
in California and had been there
held against her viii until she,
"Big Nettie," the alleged mother,
had learned of her transfer to a
convent in Ohio, just east OF
Muncfe.
The "Big Nettie'' woman was
sent with this story of the alleged
tragedy because the man was known
to be a red-eyed, flanne1-mouthed
hate-prophet against the Catholic
people. He came to my office and
told me that this woman was a poor
mother who had been shamefully
mistreated by the Catholic Church
and especially by the converts that
had the custody Of her daughter.
I asked him for the name of the
woman complaining and of the
daughter whom she said was con-
fined and for what other data he
had available. He very readily pro-
Vided me with this material and /
told him to return in a short time
and I would give him an answer
as to our course.
Got Catholic to Check Story
Thereafter got in communica'
ton with a friend OF mine, who is
a prominent Roman Catholic, and
after first informing him of my
khan connections, gave him all the
data that had been given to me by
the man and asked him to verify
the story, or, rather to check it,
and inform me as to the true facts.
/ told him at the time that IL the
story proved to be true 1 would
place the entire research of my Or
ganization at the disposal of the I'M
fortunate woman and would either
recover her daughter or would make
1t extremely embarrassing for those
who held her unjustly.
Within a very short time, per-
haps ten days or two weeks. my
Catholic friend sent me a very vol.
luminous report in which it traced
the young lady about whom com.
plant WAS made and STRANGE az
1t may seem, the name was abso-
lutely correct.
Interviewed Girl
It was true she had been placed
in the convent in California. 1t
was true she had been transferred
TO the convent in Ohio. 1t was true
that the mother of the girl had
been of the same name as the
name given by the woman. 1t
was true that the girl wanted to
be returned to her mother, and
that the mother wanted to remove
the girl from the convent. But it
was also true that the mother had
a court record, and was proved to
be wholly unworthy of the custody
Of her daughter; and it was also
true that the woman who was the
mother of the girl was not the
woman that called on the man,
but an entirely different woman.
/ then went to the convent where
the young lady was confined, and
took with me three responsible
citizens.
We asked permission to interview
the young lady at the convent, and
were readily given that permission.
We infarvieWed her nrjvafeIv aOd