Henry v. Cox

■ The evidence in this case shows that Summit County Klan No. 27 is a subordinate branch of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inc. of the state of Georgia, the charter to the local Klan having been granted on Nov. 29, 1923.

It further shows that at one time the local Klan was the largest in the world. This large membership brought about jealousies and dissension, so that on Sept. 16, 1926 at a meeting attended by 3500 members, all but 18 voted to return the charter to the state headquarters at Columbus. At the same meeting before it was voted to return the charter, a resolution was passed…