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* VI « All 14 U V M I i• — - — w jm — ~ w m • - « ^ the ceremonial went on hWhile the ceremonial was progressing virtual silence reigned, exceptfor ilj* noises of motors as they stole silently up to the circle, switched off’heir headlights and stopped. Up and down in front of the parked machines the white robed figures strolled calmlyby. carefully scrutinizing the faces of those looking on.uiH(3tlciVFWhen the huge cross had burned itself out and observers believed the aftairs of the Klan had been concluded for the night, there was a sudden st ri'-s of bomb explo.'ions, followed bythe almost instantaneous lighting of ' thre-e large K’s which blazed out with j *• the initials of the organization, the * cK. K. K.When the ceremony ended, lights were extinguished and the robed members disappeared, while the hundreds i who had come for a closer view of theItproceedings left the field., many of them realizir/ that although they had 1 1 seen the Klan in official assembly, arather spectacular display, yet their| ideas of what had transpired in theimmediate vicinity of the burningcross was hazy to say the least. jMany watchers gathered along LawnRidge Avenue and on the hills on the west side of the. river where they had a splendid, though somewhat distant, view aof the proceedings. There was a steady line of cars traveling out to j thu scene of the intitiation for severalithours and the grounds around the. packing plant, as well as the highways were packed with cars.Three crosses, which could be plainly seen from town, were burned dur- * ing the evening, and the unverified ireport today was that 250 men had f joined the Klan last night. It is stated that there were somewhere 1 between 1,000 and 1,500 Klansmen in ! the semi-circle.
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Huron Evening Huronite
Huron, South Dakota, US
Tue, Jun 24, 1924
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