NEGROES BURNED ALIVE
MORE ABOUT THE KLAN A RENEGADE’S EVIDENCE (United P. A.—By Telegraph — Copyright.. (Australian Press Association) Reed. 9.5 a.m. PITTSBURG, Thurs. The deposition of D. Stephenson, a former “Grand Dragon” and head of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, who is now serving a life sentence for the murder of a girl in the rear of the Court during a Klan trial, declares that, the “Imperial Wizard” and Emperor of the Klan, Dr. Hiram W. Evans, told him that negroes had been burned at the stake in Texas. Also, he told witness that one negro had his ears cut off, and that another was branded with the letters KKK. Stephenson also alleged that Evans authorised the black mask and robe for use on killing and whipping expeditions.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 328, 13 April 1928, Page 11
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128NEGROES BURNED ALIVE Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 328, 13 April 1928, Page 11
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