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Supreme Court — Part 3
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x-Cop Here Quizzed
n Klan Murder Plot
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BY JOHN O'BRIEN
’ Donald Heath, a former
Chicago policeman who was
fired for membership in the
,Klu Klux Klan, was identified
, yesterday ag one of five men
under investigation in Ohio in
_an alleged plot to murder all
‘nine justices of the Supreme
court.
fnformed sncrces told Tax
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key figure in the probe, ‘which
is being conducted amid tight
secrecy by federal authorities
in Cleveland.
Plat te Thwarted
wy
It was learned that Heath
and the others have each
appeared under subpena be-
fore a federal grand jury in
Cleveland. Their eroint appear-
mas Tian Tt nares ain,
aners Sh act. lf caie one
month after the date the plot
reportedly was to have taken
place" Nov. 18, a Monday when
the court was in session in
Washington.
allasnd mtab ta kit
The ee pi Ww
justices by detonating e: explo
sives in the courtroom was
thwarted, the sources said, by
Federal Bureau of Investi-
(ns tion. Both the FBI and
fers States aity. Bernard J.
feopins in Cleveland have
ma.
we
Dig
case.
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Reportedly, Stuplinski and his
first assistant, Carl H. Miller,
will resume ‘the grand jury
investigation early next months,
It was one year ago tamor.
row that Heath, then a patrol.
man in he predominantly !
Negro Fillmore district, and i
five other patrolmen were
named by Police Supt. James
RB, Contick as members of ¢ gal?
of the Ku Khrx Klan. .
Conlisk said guns, hand grer-
ades, and 200,000 rounds of
aromunition had been seized in
Heath's north side apartment,
in addition ta kine
ee oe eT
and sets of ‘white 1 sheets and ~~
hoods.
Confers with Leaders
Heath and two other police-
men named as klansmen were
fien TD Fen st
Miss Gandy
re er i
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subsequently fired from dhe
department. The three others
resigned.
‘Investigators said they had
been aware of Heath’s presence \
in Ohio for several months and
tbat he fas bee known io to
confer with klan leaders there
often. Of the four otherd. under
investigation in the allegiid plot,
one Was identified as , klan
leader in Milwaukee, ° where ;
Heaih is now reported living. toot.
CHICAGO TRI»
CHICAGO, ILLI
12-27-68
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The three others were said to h as 3. STAR FIN NA’
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