Charged with Being Ku-Klux (1871)
John BODEN, Levi SMALLEY, Ira RED and James CHAPMAN, citizens of Hardeman county charged with being Ku-Klux; were tried before U.S. Commissioner GARRETT at Memphis last week, and after the examination of over 100 witnesses, the prisoners were discharged.
Source: Whig & Tribune. 12 August 1871. Available online at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.