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Four Ku Klux Klan Members Convicted in Beating Case
Four all white jurors convicted four Ku Klux Klan members for conspiring to assault and batter a sickly African American family. Rochester, Howard Crispwell Jr., Jack Bentley, and Robert J. Wade Henry were sentenced to ranges from one year to twelve years in prison. The case stemmed from a violent beating at a home in Greenville County after intruders restrained a deacon who had rented a room to the Turners. The sentencing followed a 15 month jury deliberation and involved the Reserve Board discount rate context tied to broader economic concerns.
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Howard
Asos
Turner
Crucel
Claud
Crucell
Pt Yries
Washington
Federali Gate
Greenville
Rochester
Wade Henry Totter
South Carolina
KKK
Ward
James M. Brailsford Jr
Jack Bentley
Robert J
Howard Criswell JR
Waldrap
Orwenville
S.C
Columbia
Greenville County
Pennyleess
Uici
Nehag Rale Vy
Sen
Cruell
Banks
New York
Iberian Peninsula
Cleveland
Richmond
Brailsford
Turners
Esrceptor
St. Louis
Kansas City
J. Wiley Brown
Marietta
Tennessee
Andrew Marshall Rochester
Pania