Tulsa Outrage
The Tulsa Outrage was an act of vigilante violence perpetrated by the Knights of Liberty against members of the Industrial Workers of the World on November 7, 1917 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1]
The incident occurred when 12 members of the IWW were convicted by Judge T. D. Evans of the crime of not owning a war bond. Judge Evans also convicted five men who, though they were not members of the IWW, were witnesses for the defense. After sentencing, the police rounded up the 17 men and delivered them into the custody of the black-robed Knights of Liberty, a short-lived faction of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Knights of Liberty abducted the men at gunpoint and drove them to a deserted location west of town. The men were then, one by one, bound to a tree, whipped, then tarred and feathered.[2]
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- Oklahoma stubs
- History of Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Industrial Workers of the World
- Kidnappings in the United States
- Ku Klux Klan crimes
- Political violence in the United States
- 1917 in Oklahoma
- Crimes in Oklahoma
- History of labor relations in the United States
- 1917 labor disputes and strikes
- United States home front during World War I
- Conflicts in 1917