VIRGINIA ATTORNEY TO SUMMON KKK MEMBERS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE GRAND JURY
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 14, 1922, the Evening Star reports Virginia's attorney Frank Ball announced that he will summon "all known members" of the Ku Klux Klan of Arlington County* "to appear before the grand jury...in hopes to obtain sufficient evidence...to indict the proprietors of...gambling dens."
The announcement follows the distribution of posters throughout Arlington County, Virginia last evening stating that three gambling houses are flourishing within the county.
The posters read, in part...
"Certain gambling and liquor interests in and around Washington D.C. have...selected this county as a safe territory in which to ply their trade."
*In Arlington, VA in the 1920s, the KKK was listed in the telephone directory, located in Ballston. Virginia Klaven No. 6 met Thursday nights at Junior Order Hall.
SOURCES
"Ku Klux On Trail Of Gambling Dens Over District Line," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"The KKK In Arlington In The 1920s," by Janet Wamsley, www.arlingtonhistoricalsociety.org/
