Yoymg Lawyers Under Klan Fire
NEW YORK, Fri. (1 p.m.).—Four shots were fired into a house occupied by two young lawyers who had filed an injunction suit against the Ku Klux Klan at Atlanta, Georgia. Neither was hit.
A cross was burned in the y^rd. One of the attorneys, Hal Irvin, 25, said he had received a telephone call earlier warning him: “You will sorry you filed that suit.” Only a few hours previously Irvin and his partner, Samuel Johnson, 21, had sought a court injunction against the Klan Dragon leader, Dr Samuel Green and his hooded followers to restrain them from molesting an exserviceman, Hugh Gilliland, 29. The petition said Gilliland had been threatened: “The Night-riders'will ride against you if you don’t, straighten up.” . “Night-riders? is the term commonly used for Klan members.
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Northern Advocate, 16 July 1949, Page 5
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