Amazing serendipity. I never saw the name "Blind Tiger" until I saw it on a sign today on a bar in Shreveport, Louisiana. I just figured out it was some LSU pandering name for a bar. And then I see this post....
Woah! His first term as mayor ended in resignation after he refused to order police to support a union bust. In his later term as mayor (at the time of the article in this post), he was under pressure to resign due to his opposition to the KKK. He lost that fight and the KKK held a victory march through black neighborhoods. It isn't hard to imagine the KKK and their supporters cheering that they no longer had to apologize for being white. Nothing new under the sun.
The article in the same newspaper page that mentions Governor Jackson? I am pretty certain he was the Republican Governor hand picked by D.C. Stephenson who was the big cheese of the KKK in Indiana. Jackson finally turned his back on Stephenson when Stephenson got convicted of kidnapping, mutilating, raping, and the murder of Madge Oberholtzer in the 1920s. Up until then, Governor Jackson did the Klan's bidding
"Blind tiger" is such a cool phrase.
Amazing serendipity. I never saw the name "Blind Tiger" until I saw it on a sign today on a bar in Shreveport, Louisiana. I just figured out it was some LSU pandering name for a bar. And then I see this post....
If you check the address it's around where Raymond crosses the White River. Doesn't sound like much has changed in 100 years.
I think this might be the island he was operating on!
https://preview.redd.it/oz7sakry1z8g1.jpeg?width=1439&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d87fe5fbef3b018a9655cdd445308996d21c11c2
Sweet digs. Imagine a nice little prohibition era distillery shack planted right there!
Wild—shot at him as he was running away. Then a 1.5 mile foot-chase.
I wonder which good ol boy Mayor Lew Shank pissed off so he was under pressure to resign.
Woah! His first term as mayor ended in resignation after he refused to order police to support a union bust. In his later term as mayor (at the time of the article in this post), he was under pressure to resign due to his opposition to the KKK. He lost that fight and the KKK held a victory march through black neighborhoods. It isn't hard to imagine the KKK and their supporters cheering that they no longer had to apologize for being white. Nothing new under the sun.
https://indyencyclopedia.org/samuel-lewis-lew-shank/
The article in the same newspaper page that mentions Governor Jackson? I am pretty certain he was the Republican Governor hand picked by D.C. Stephenson who was the big cheese of the KKK in Indiana. Jackson finally turned his back on Stephenson when Stephenson got convicted of kidnapping, mutilating, raping, and the murder of Madge Oberholtzer in the 1920s. Up until then, Governor Jackson did the Klan's bidding
As he swam away no less.
Really love seeing things like this. Very cool please post more if you got em
This is really cool. Where do you find stuff like this now?
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015313/1925-12-24/ed-1/?sp=1&st=image&r=0.214,0.641,0.718,0.354,0
Civil War veterans were still around at the time.
They were around a bit longer even. The last Civil War veteran died in 1956.
Absolutely love posts like this one. Thanks, op.
Joe Zein Indianapolis legend
It’s funny how protocol back then was to include the person’s name, age, and address. They used to do that for everyone.
INSANE their first move for a guy who sells alcohol that tries swimming away is to try and shoot him xD