5 October 1933 Greenville News Ku Klux Klan incident on 3 October 1933 · Greer Heritage Museum collection

Title: 5 October 1933 Greenville News Ku Klux Klan incident on 3 October 1933
Accession Number: 2024.13.1.2
Accession Date: 6 August 2024
Accession Creator: Robert Martinez
Depositor: Shiela Meadows
Description: Greenville News Thursday, October 5th, 1933
Title: "Ku Klux Klan is Instrumental in Returning Child"
"Baby, Six Weeks Old, Taken From Father and Turned Over to Mother"
A week before the publication of the newspaper a father beat his wife and kidnapped their 18-month-old escaping to a family member's home in Mills Mill. The Poinsett Klavern No. 26 decided to take the baby from the father and return it to its mother. The child was reported to be healthy after the incident. It was also reported that the father had stopped working and required the mother to support the family independently.
Format: Paper
Storage Location: Lillie Lindsey Plumley Folder #1 Box #15 Plumley Personal Papers 1933-??