KU KLUX KLAN TYRANNY
■ '.-'■'■ i ' --''" .- . -■ - ■ ■> members turn informers. ■ : RULE OF TERRORISMA. andN.Z. '• "' NEW YORK, Jan. 12. ,/; Giving evidence at / the : inquiry at Bastrop into murders alleged /to / have betinr;.committed by the 'Ku Klux Klari> Robert Hade;/Mayor of Mer Rouge, admitted that pe; was; formerly a member of the./ Klan, and was one/of the masked party that seized ". the man named Daniel and/two others a few days before Daniel wai! to death. . He /said that the/pther men; after being threatened with / the lash, were released; Dade named Dr. . McKoin and Skipwith as ' being/ in the band. He also, said, that the Ku Klux Klan completely ruled ; Mer Rfftige, and over-rode . the civil officials. . -Witness after witness,' including members 1 of' the testified thatthe Klah ■. controlled" .the .parish'; and/ ruthlessly, en-' forced, codes .of /its own. > Protests from . outraged citizens were followed with • punishment. The head of the parish Klan openly boasted that; anyone who was unable to keep .his mouth shut would be whipped within an inch of his life. |'.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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169KU KLUX KLAN TYRANNY New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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