PATCHOGUE, N.Y. – A man was killed during a Masonic initiation ceremony when another member fired a gun loaded with real bullets instead of the expected blanks and shot him in the face, police said ...

John Goldsmith, DeMoulin Museum curator, demonstrates the museum’s latest collection piece, “The Sliding Stairs,” manufactured by DeMoulin Bros. & Co. during its fraternal period in the early 1900s.

PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — A man was shot in the face and killed during a Masonic initiation ceremony by a fellow member who mistakenly pulled out a real pistol instead of a blank gun, police said Tuesday ...

2004-03-10 04:00:00 PDT Patchogue, N.Y.-- The initiation rituals at the Masonic lodge here had been bathed in secrecy over the years. The climax of Monday night's ceremony was to be a simple prank. A ...