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From an attic in Chappell: Ku Klux Klan robes, bits of Nebraska history, and a mystery
DAVID HENDEE/THE WORLD-HERALD
Dozens of Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods were found in the attic of the Chappell, Nebraska, building where Deuel County Attorney Joel Jay houses his law offices.
http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/from-an-attic-in-chappell-ku-klux-klan-robes-bits/article_f1567a65-2edc-5974-940b-703ac307639d.html
POSTED: MONDAY, MAY 16, 2016 12:15 AM | UPDATED: 2:34 PM, MON MAY 16, 2016.
By David Hendee / World-Herald staff writer
CHAPPELL, Neb. — Bad debts and street drugs. Vandalism and burglaries. Assaults and underage drinking.
These are some of the crimes 44-year-old Deuel County Attorney Joel Jay investigates and prosecutes in one of western Nebraska’s smallest rural counties.
The biggest mystery of his law career, however, is why a few dozen vintage Ku Klux Klan robes were boxed up decades ago and stashed in the attic of the old building where he houses his law offices.
It’s a cold case that Jay says he is unlikely to solve, but he has learned a lot about the Klan’s Nebraska history in trying.
FULL story at link.
DAVID HENDEE/THE WORLD-HERALD
Ku Klux Klan pamphlets were found with the robes and hoods above the offices of Deuel County Attorney Joel Jay in Chappell, Nebraska.
