Jolly Kleagle from Middle West Intimates There Are Over 9,000 Klansmen in Middlesex County

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Title

Jolly Kleagle from Middle West Intimates There Are Over 9,000 Klansmen in Middlesex County

Description

New Brunswick Sunday Times reporter interviews a Kleagle (high ranking officer) of the Ku Klux Klan. The Kleagle states that current Klan membership in Middlesex County stands at 9,000 as of August 1924, a 200 percent increase since December of 1923. The journalist describes the Kleagle as "a jolly chap."

Date

1924-08-10

Spatial Coverage

Middlesex County, New Jersey

Language

English

Publication

Sunday Times

Place of publication

New Brunswick, NJ

Page

3

Tags

Citation

“Jolly Kleagle from Middle West Intimates There Are Over 9,000 Klansmen in Middlesex County,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed April 19, 2024, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/403.