The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-05-29
THOUSANDS SEE
KHAN WEDDING
First Khan Wedding in the
State Held Near Silver
Lake Saturday.
WILL BACK STATUTES
Thousands of KIansmen Cheer
C. B. Lewits; for obedience
to All Laws.

One of the strangest weddings IN
the history of Kenosha county took
place Saturday evening when by the
light from blazing Ku Klux Khan
fiery cross, two Kenoshans took the
nuptial vows at a great khan ceremon-
ial held on the hills along the east
side of Silverlake, seventeen miles
west of Kenosha. More than seven
teen thousand attended this wedding
as klansmen from four states journey
ed here to attend the ceremonial, of
which the marriage ceremony was a
part
Most impressive and picturesque
was the wedding ceremony. The brid-
al couple were led before a minister
down a long row of robed klansmen;
a band played the wedding march as
they approached the improvised hy-
meneal altar, where beneath the rays
of blazing cross, the two took their
wedding VOWS.
Only Klansmen See Ceremony.
There was some secrecy thrown
about the wedding. The meeting was
not open to the general public but on
" to klansmen and to friends who
were accompanied by bona fde menu
bers of the khan. 1t was said that the
bridegroom wore the khan robe as he
was a member of the khan in Kenosha
county but this report could not be
substantiated
The principals at this strange we'd
ding we're Russell H. Woolsey, 512 Ly-
man avenue, and Miss Leone Marian
Tboxy
are the first khan bridal couple in the
history of Wisconsin although it
is declared that khan weddings are not
unusual in states where the organiza-
ton has been we'll established for sew
eral years The name of the minister
who officiated at the wedding could
not be learned.
After the wedding ceremonial the
khan gathering was addressed by
Charles B, Lewis, the new state head
of the khan, who was enthusiastically
cheered when he came out flatfootedly
in favor of thorough obedience to all
law including the state, and federal
prohibition laws.
Mr.. Lewis, who took charge of the
state khan just week ago, made his
first public appearance at this cere-
mony and outlined the principles upon
which the khan will work in Wiscon-
sin.
For Intelligent Voting.
Referring to the eighteenth amend
ment, Mr. Lewis declared that klans-
men must obey every law, including
the prohibition law, regardless of
their personal feeling on the subject,
and said that it made no difference
where one was in favor of or against
prohibition, so long as the dry law is
the law of the nation it must be
obeyed.
Intelligent voting will also be one
of the klan's detectives, Mr.. Lewis de-
clared. He said that it is the klan's
object to make the voter think before
he casts his vote, and not only think,
but also vote. In this connection he
said that there are lot of politicians
in Wisconsin who will not let men
think because they have been in the
habit of leading the voters around by
the nose.
The gathering brought klansmen
from four states to Kenosha, there
being a steady stream of cars along
the flag marked highway on Saturday
evening, the automobiles bearing IL
cense plates from Wisconsin, Illinois,
Indiana and Michigan. 1t is one of
several meetings which the khan has
held in the county in the past few
weeks.
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