KLU KLUX KLAN RAID
Miami Night Club Wrecked ENTERTAINERS MANHANDLED (Received 17, 11.5 a.m.) MIAMI (FJorida), Nor, 16. Oue hundred masked and whiterohed men and women broke into a night club early this morning, routed 40 patrons, overturned and broke chairg and tables and dragged two waiters into the street, where they were beaten severely. The raiders searched in vain for the absent proprietor. A huge cross was burned in front of the place. Hours earlier the Ku EHux Klan had held initiation ceremonies in a public park. The investigation into the incident has been spurred by the revelation that the raiders roughly handled three girl entertainers, choking one into unconsciousness. '» The club owner announced that he would re-open the premises to-night despite a warning from the raiders that more serious uction could be expected. I
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 46, 17 November 1937, Page 5
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