Secret Sect Plans Invasion Of Mexico

The commander-in-chief of the Knights of the Golden Circle announced from his San Antonio headquarters on Oct. 31, 1860, that another 11 companies of volunteers were armed and ready for the invasion of Mexico.

But most Texans knew by then that George Bickley was blowing smoke. All, in fact, was not going according to plan. Even though the conspiracy had every indispensable ingredient