Musgrave v. Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

Hatcher, Judge :

This case is1 here on error from a judgment of the circuit court of Marion county, awarding the plaintiff $4500.00.

In September of 1924, several members of the Kn Klux Klan were arrested nnder a charge of conspiracy and assault. One of those arrested was E. 0. Jones, who was the official head of the Klan in that county. Jones sent the plaintiff, L. C. Musgrave, to Washington for the purpose of obtaining assistance from the national organization. Plaintiff was accompanied by T. 0. Meredith, the local secretary of the order. In Washington the two conferred with Paul Etheridge,…