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 ...