Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1924 — Page 5
Friday, August 1, 1924
THE FIERY CRt)SS
Fanatic Who Branded Self Now in Ugly Predicament Roman Catholic, Who Burned Own Body to Cast Stigma on Klan, Goes in Hiding After Confession to Authorities Is Member of Knights of Columbus
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purposes. And they purposely seek to misrepresent the order, but the truth always comes out, sooner or later. In this particular case, the officers of the Klan at once issued a general denial of the story, and hired detectives to investigate the case, asserting that It it were proven one of their members were found to be Involved, they would not only drop him from membership but would furnish legal aid to prosecute him. When the story first reached Rochester, excitement ran high, many being loud in their denunciation of the Ku Klux Klan for Its alleged inhuman treatment of the man and many threats were made
against certain mmebers of the or
der. That was the object of Bur
rows, viz., to discredit the Klan,
but he did not succeed. Instead, he, himself, is now a thoroughly dis
credited man in that section of the country. He is caught in the trap he set for the Klan, and will not get loose without at least a scarred reputation.
By Grand Dracron of Oklahoma Nelson B. Burrows, a Roman Catholic, a member of the Knights of Columbus, former insurance agent of Rochester, New Hampshire, branded himself with the letter "K" on three parts of his body, then disappeared from his home for nearly three weeks, wrote a warning letter to a newspaper man to insure publicity for himself, tried to lay the affair upon the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and then remained in seclusion in Lawrence, Massachusetts, until the secular press made a sensation of the meager details of his alleged kidnapping, branding and release from captivity, has confessed his actions, has been repudiated by the Knights of Columbus and stands before
the world today as one of the biggest fakers of the year.
It was a wild yarn which I Burrows concocted and put over on the secular press ; if he had been press-agenting for an actress or a politician, the story would have been a big thing in the way of publicity, but now that he has confessed, people look upon him as a plumb fool or mentally unbalanced human being. It took an all-night grill by the attorney-general of the state, the county sheriff,, the county solicitor and a Boston detective to wring the truth from his lips. The confession
was obtained at 4:30 o'clock in the morning. He finally yielded and told them the story of how he made up the story and had it peddled out to the newspapers which played it good and big. Burrows suffered the tortures of the branding iron, burning himself on breast and forehead, but the brands will wear away within a nhort time. It is reported that the burn on the forehead is very light and will not even leave a scar. Detective who have recently examined him, declare that his phyHical condition is good and that all traces of the branding will disappear within a month. Those hunting for his motive in
staging kjc1i a hoax, declare it could only be an effort to discredit the Kian, which is gaining in membership rapidly in Rochester and other sections of the state, and lie, being a Roman Catholic convert and a member of the Knights of Columbus, imagined himself a religious martyr. Burrows went to Rochester,about twelve years ngo and became a convert to Catholicism. He was twice married, his last wife, whom he wedded last November, also being a convert. Should Serve As Lesson This strange case pught to serve as a lesson to notoriety seekers and
would-be martyrs that they can't do such things and get away with It forever. If the Klan did do such things as Burrows tried to make it appear it did, the public would be quick to find it out and punish accordingly. Klansmen, themselves, do not sanction such outrages and would bo the first ones to ferret out
and punish the guilty ones if such Large stone slabs which formed were done. People who try to blame the core of the Roman roads in
the Klan for such things do not un- England were in medieval times
Ui'rstand the organization and its frequently carried, off for building
purposes. The using of these an
cient roads as quarries accounts for their disappearance in many districts.
Kepudiated by Lodge The Boston Herald is authority
for the statement that Burrows "was repudiated by the Knights of Columbus, in which he held membership, as soon as the expose of his hoax became public. The Ku Klux Klan also publicly denounced him and proclaimed him a faker before the world. The state and local officials have dropped the case and Burrows finds himself in an ugly predicament,
branded in his reputation far worse than any hot irons could impress on his skin. The secular press having been also "burned" on the story, may be a little more particular hereafter about being taken in on such
rot as this has proven to be. It makes the press using the story
stand before the public as unreliable and an "easy mark" of an imaginative creature. And the Klan stands in complete vindication even with those who at first were prone to condemn. The truth is' a mighty thing when it does come out, and the truth makes
us free.
There is no wobble in a Klansman's gait. Emigration is the true solution of the negro problem. The Klan believes in the election of patriots, not partisans. It is better to break a political record than a Klan promise. The Madison Square gathering was palpably a fixed show for Al Smith and a big one, but most of the free acts were tiresome. It is a grand thing to preach Klan principles, but it is a grander thing to live them. Klansmen do not lay up treasures
in heaven at the rate of a nickel a
week in the church collection plate
When they give, they give whole
heartedly as becomes men of altru istic purpose.
There can be no retreat from the position taken by Congress in its handling of the exclusion law and
nobody wants to retreat except the
ciass or people afflicted with a tor
rent of words and a drouth of honest
thoughts.
A boy has recovered from his loss
or memory. If witnesses at court could be persuaded to do the same, Justice might be able to take the bandage off one of her sore eyes at
least.
It is no use "to live in a house by
me side ot the road unless you can
oe a triend to Klansmen.
The Jewish drive for a million dollars to be used for the mainte
nance of Jewish schools and semi
naries in eastern Europe is not a bad idea so long as the schools remain in eastern Europe.
Expect all politicians to renew their oracular shrieks for economy. The cry rises insistently once every four years and is forgotten the moment the election is over. Everybody just now is for economy. Tom, Dick and Harry, Mary Ann, Matilda and Henrietta all want economy, and are howling their heads off without expecting to get a single thing accomplished. It is the great pose of a free people a people that would be utterly aghast in these mad, money-spending days if anybody made a real effort to save the peo
ple's money. Now, as always, the Klan points out the need of sincerity
in tne disposal of the nation's surplus. And the work should be done without yammer and backbiting. There is a difference between economy for political purposes and real economy for the good of the tax-
that the church itself not often ex
cels. One lodge in Buffalo provides that new members' shall be thus ad
dressed:
" 'My brother, this evening while i
you were Kneeling yonaer at the altar, you were shown the Great' Light in Masonry, and were taught in a simple and beautiful explanation the Mason's attitude toward the Book of Books. You were told that
Freemasonry commands each of its votaries to seek therein the way to everlasting life and urges upon each faithfully to direct his steps through life by the light he there shall find and as he there shall find it.
In this book are laid down the principles of successful living. Its great, men loom large upon the background of the world's history. And they have left behind them
here the tetsimony that the keeping of God's laws and the doing of God's will are the things worth living for And, my brothers, that your feet may not stumble, that
your path may be well lighted, your lodge places in your hands tonight
your 'own copy of the Great Light with the prayer that it may indeed
be a lamp unto your ieet and a light
unto your path, and in hope that
each of you may be able to exult with the psalmist when he Cries:
"Oh, how love I Thy law.' " "Surely the church must be thankful for such an ally in bringing
God's word to men."
Of course Klansmen who are Masons know just how close to the actual ritual are these quotations
from the Continent, but it is no breach of confidence to state that' the position taken in all its points is a thoroughly Masonic one, to say the least. The Klan ritual, too, breathes the same fidelity to the Book of Books, and every Klansman of the true type can honestly echo the thought: "Surely the church must be thankful for such an ally in bringing God's word to men." The Klan also will forever be a similar ally, just as it has been
since its inception. Part of the Klan teaching has been the bringing of God's word to .America in a sweet and sacred way.
JUNIOR KLAN TO HAVE BIG CELEBRATION
(Continued from Page 1) on the grounds and this will be ready the day before the celebration
opens. Juniors have been urged to invite their parents to the celebration. The grand finale will come in the way of a surprise and it is being kept a "dark secret" as to just what it will be. If one is to take Mr. Trisler's word for It, however, it will be well worth viewing. In a hat contest for the ladies, the hats will be given those contestants on whom the hats are the most becoming. An Ideal Spot Hiawatha Gardens, which is located at East Thirty-eighth street and the Pendleton Pike, affords an ideal spot for the Junior celebration and is reached by good roads, bus
line, and traction line. One may motor out Massachusetts avenue, which joins Pendleton Pike, or drive out Thirty-eighth street. The Fort Harrison bus line passes the gardens as does the FortvUle traction line.
All Juniors have been requested to get in touch with their office at
the earliest possible time, in connec tion with the coming event.
There will be band concerts, ath
letic contests, races, Junior shows, moving pictures and a myriad of events to keep one busy from the
first.
COASTGUARD PROBE ALIEN SMUGGLING
(Continued from page 1) hand in hand. The greatest violators of the narcotic laws are known to
be foreigners. Statistics show that an overwhelmingly large percentage of dope smuggling and peddling is
Deing done by foreigners, few of whom are naturalized. This state
ment was borne out several months ago, by a questionnaire sent out by
the American Legion to prison wardens In the different states.
Drastic Steps Contemplated Drastic steps, it is understood, are
already under way to push a bill through congress, which it is hoped
will help m curbing the bootlegging of aliens into America. Laws "with teeth in them" are being advocated against the men who are now making hundreds of thousands of dollars in slipping into America the worst class of foreigners. Every
plan conceivable is now in operation and reports from Mexico indicate that airplanes are being used to get Chinese and Japanese into this country illegally. Nothing definite can 'be learned about the evident probe which is to
come, following the return of Van'
Dome from the Canadian border. That the most drastic steps are contemplated, however, is believed by those familiar with the situation.
PALMER COX, WRITER FOR CHILDREN, DEAD
NEW YORK, July 24. Palmer Cox, ,, author of the "Brownie" series of stories for children, died today at his home in Granby, Quebec, at the age of 84, after a short illness. News of his death was received by friends here. He illustrated his own works with humorous drawings. The "Brownie" series included more than dozen
books published from 1893 to 1918.
Born et Granby, where he wa3
graduated from the Granby academy, Mr. Cox went to San Francisco in 1863, and, for twelve years, engaged
in literary work there. His first book
was published in 1875. He was
single. i
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The custom of taking dogs to church has only recently been discontinued in Europe. In many Welsh and Scottish churches dog tongs, used to eject the canines when they disturbed the services, are still to be found.
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The new revenue bill may cut off some of the nuisance taxes, but it will not be able to cut off the nuisances.
Some of the crew of a Scottish fishing boat thought they had caught a sea serpent when they hauled aboard an eel which weighed eightyeight pounds and measured seven feet in length and twenty-six inches in girth. It was caught in the North Sea about twenty miles from land.
In Latvia motion pictures may not be viewed by children under eighteen years of age unless there is a special picture show for children.
The month of May, 1924, was the coldest east of the Rocky mountains during the last thirty years, while on the Pacifhrcoast the month was the hottest in twenty-seven years.
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The Good Woman A good woman is the ally of good morals. That is why the Klansman
protects and believes in our superb American wifehood and motherhood.' The good woman is neither a conservative nor a radical. She may bob her hair, but she will not open her heathand heart to low and coarse trends of thought and culture in national life. "My country is my coun
try," says one, "and I shall not spare myself to bring sons and daughters into it, well taught and well armed for the fierce battle for race and national supremacy. All I am, all I have, I owe to my flag. In life and in death I shall have its folds floating over me. To my nation and to
my race I consecrate my energies that I may be faithful to the trust of the Fathers. Give me a grave in America after I have given her my life's best blood and the final throb of my faithful heart." For such women the fiery sacred symbol of the Klan glows upon a thousand hills. The sons of women like this
one respond from every state. They will keep the holy fire burning at tens of thousands of altars, at home, in lodge, in churches, in the whirling chaos of busy streets. Those who give utterly have their priceless
reward. The Kleagles have told you that all progress is slow. It required countless cycles of world history to produce a Declaration of Independence. After the declaration it will take centuries to make its noble endeavor a part of race consciousness. Progress is slower in the human skull than anywhere else. The tight brain-box of the inferior races is shut against the throbs of free thought.
The American occupation of Haiti brought out a blazing discussion at Geneva. And, although the thing was a mere bagatelle, it gave the so-called intellectualists another opportunity to sob on each other's shoulders. Samuel Guy Inman sobbed so loudly in the Atlantic Monthly for July, that -a few eastern editorial writers noticed the ashes-on-the-head business.
The following excerpt shows Mr.
Inman at his wailing worst: "The
fiercest isolationists appear auite
amenable to a twist in the use of the Monroe doctrine which shuts Europe out of Latin America, but lets the United States be as dictatorial as we choose. We practically control six small republics, using military force when necessary, and American run the fiscal policies of five other countries of Latin America. Disputes between Latin American members of the league of nations have been arbitrarily settled by the United States, although the disputants wanted them settled in Geneva. We are piling up hatreds, suspicions, records for exploitation
ana destruction or sovereignty in
Latin America such as have never failed in all history to react in war, suffering, and defeat ot high moral and spiritual ideals." Naturally Mr. Inman is "throwing a scare" into patriotic Americans about a bugaboo which can not exist. America's relations with all Latin American countries are protective, and there need be no fear of the final feeling of the American people toward weaker countries. At all events, men of Mr. Inman's supposed caliber should busy themselves about
the nation's internal affairs, helping the Klan, for example, to make America safe for Americans, a much bigger thing, in the long run, than
making the world safe for democ racy.
JUDGE DEMANDS USE
OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Continued from Page 1) ter citizenship for posterity, Judge Cliffe asserted. The words of Judge Cliffe stand out in splendor and give renewed
courage to those valiant souls who
are battling so hard against the foreign influences which are tearing at the foundations of our public school system.
Sentiment Is Reflected America is now filled "with aliens
who refuse to become Americanized. It is hoped that the stand taken by J udge Cliffe will serve as a precedent
wnicn win govern the admittance to citizenship of the foreigners who make request for citizenship papers The attitude of Judge Cliffe reflects the feeling throughout America at this time, namely, that those who would partake of American advantages should become Americans in spirit, as well as otherwise.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
MAN'S DISAPPEARANCE
BOWLING GREEN, Ky., July 27. Mystery surrounds the disappearance
of Eugene Jones, 35 years old, merchant, this city, whose parked motor car was found on State street Wed
nesday night and whoseclothing was
round early Thursday, a block away.
on the bank of Barren river by a
policeman.
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It was reported Monday afternoon
that the condition of Rev. Charles
Gunsolus, who was operated on Sat
urday for appendicitis at a local hos
pital, was serious. Rev. Gunsolus had been in poor health for somemonths before going to the hospital for the operation. It was believed, however, Monday morning that his condition would show an improvement during the day. Rev. Gunsolus is well known in Indianapolis in the field of music as well as in church circles, and is the leader of an orchestra. He has delivered a large, number of lectures on Americanism.
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All Klansmen should read the following remarkable editorial from the Continent and think about it: "A spreading custom among Masonic lodges invites the approving interest of all church men, whether Masons or not. It is the
practice of presenting a copy of the Holy Bible to every initiate on the night when he first assumes the vows of the order. This idea, it is said, was adopted by certain lodges thirty years ago, but only in the last year or two has it begun to grow common. It will be observed that although Masonry admits Jews to its fellowship even theists who profess no formal religion at all it
constantly uses in all its ceremonial rites the Bible entire. New Testament as well as Old. The ritual speaks of the Scriptures as a library of slxty-ix books. And the forms which have been dratted in numerous lodges for this - presentation to the new Mason emphasize the . re
ligions value ot the BookCalled by Masonry the 'Great Light' in terms
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A KLANSMAN'S CREED
believe in God and in the tenets
of the Christian religion and that a
godless nation can not long prosper.
I believe that a church that is not
grounded on the principles of moral'
tty and justice is a mockery to God
and to man.
I believe that a church that does
not have the welfare of the common
people at heart is unworthy.
I believe in the eternal separation
of Church and Hate.
I hold no allegiance to any foreign
government, emperor, king, pope or any other foreign, political or religious tower.
I hold my allegiance to the Start
and Stripes next to my allegiance to
God alone. I believe in iust lavis and liberty.
. believe in the upholding of the ... t .1 f A . -
constitution oj inese unnea states. I believe that our Free Public
School is ihe corner stone of aooi
government and that those who are seeking to destroy it 'art enemies of our Republic and are unworthy of
citizenship. . . I believe in freedom of speech.
I believe in a free frets uncon-
trolled by political forties or ey re
ligious sects. I believe in law and order.
I believe in the protection of our ture womanhood.
. I do not believe in mob violence, but I do believe that laws should be
enacted to prevent the causes of mob
violence.
I believe in a closer relationship of
capital and labor.
I believe in the prevention of unwarranted strikes by foreign labor
agitators. I believe injhe limitation of ft eian immigration.
- am a native-born American citi
zen and I believe my rights in this
country are superior to those of for- i
eifnert.
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