FATAL HOTEL FIGHT.
THREE PERSONS KILLED. K.U KLUX KLAN RAIDERS. A. and N.Z. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Glenn Young, a Ku Klux Klan liquor raider, arid his assistant, George Forbes, were killed to-night in a hotel lobby at Herrin, Illinois, in a revolver fight with the deputy-sheriff, Mr. Ora Thomas, who was also killed. Several others were wounded during tho melee, in which the action was so fast and furious that spectators cannot agree as to what happened. Ivlansmen are patrolling the streets and troops are on the way to prevent furthei outbreaks.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18927, 27 January 1925, Page 9
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93FATAL HOTEL FIGHT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18927, 27 January 1925, Page 9
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