In May of 1922, the Bakersfield Californian released the
names of Kern County members of the Ku Klux Klan after a raid by the Los Angeles County sheriff's department on the Los
Angeles headquarters of the Klan. Most of the local members were oilfield
workers, but a few held positions of power in government, business, and law
enforcement. Below is the list of the 398 names published by the Californian
over several days in May 1922.
Name
|
Occupation
|
|
?
|
?
|
cook
|
Joseph D.
|
?onzo
|
gas engineer, Fellows
|
A. E.
|
Abbott
|
plumber
|
Stanley
|
Abel
|
chairman board of supervisors (listed as publisher)
|
Edson
|
Abel
|
attorney
|
Arthur Russell
|
Adsit
|
oilworker
|
Walter T.
|
Aitken
|
druggist, Fellows
|
Henry James
|
Anderson
|
merchant
|
John
|
Anderson
|
machinist helper
|
Earl V.
|
Anderson
|
|
Walter Scott
|
Andre
|
|
O. C.
|
App
|
grocer
|
Charles A.
|
Aylmore
|
|
J. H.
|
Baldwin
|
public accountant
|
E. L.
|
Bales
|
oilworker
|
Alfred F.
|
Balfanz
|
oil worker
|
Leonard V.
|
Balfanz
|
boiler maker’s helper
|
Harold D.
|
Ball
|
assistant superintendent, Standard Oil company
|
C. H.
|
Ball
|
expressman
|
Charles C.
|
Baptie
|
student
|
Floyd
|
Barnett
|
brakeman
|
Clifford F.
|
Baughman
|
police judge
|
J. B.
|
Beatty
|
|
Harold C.
|
Beck
|
sheet metal worker
|
John E.
|
Beeth
|
railroad cashier
|
G. F.
|
Bell
|
truck and transfer
|
E. H.
|
Belyer
|
|
P. W.
|
Bendette
|
|
Ernest A.
|
Bertrand
|
publisher, truck salesman
|
R. H.
|
Bewick
|
baker
|
Frank L.
|
Bishop
|
pumper, Fellows
|
George Russell
|
Bishop
|
trucking contractor
|
H. J.
|
Blanford
|
|
Walter Alois
|
Boiz
|
gas engine repairer
|
Samuel
|
Borton
|
car inspector
|
Geo. Ross
|
Bostick
|
Fellows
|
Chas. B.
|
Bradley
|
newsstand manager
|
J. B.
|
Brady
|
railway watchman
|
C. W.
|
Brain
|
oil worker
|
Walter Brook
|
Brandt
|
oil worker
|
C. B.
|
Briscoe
|
contractor
|
Bruce J.
|
Bristow
|
locomotive engineer
|
Charles
|
Britt
|
deputy at courthouse
|
J. H.
|
Brown
|
merchant
|
Wesley D.
|
Brown
|
butcher
|
L. R.
|
Buchanan
|
poolhall manager
|
C. S.
|
Buck
|
accountant
|
Frank Wesley
|
Bunnell
|
justice of the peace
|
Durward
|
Bunnell
|
court reporter
|
Frank W.
|
Bunnell, Jr.
|
auto mechanic
|
R. E.
|
Cadiz
|
machinist
|
R. E.
|
Cady
|
|
Homer M.
|
Cale
|
driller, McKittrick
|
J. A.
|
Calhoun
|
Standard Oil company
|
P. L.
|
Cameron
|
|
Ruck E.
|
Campbell
|
vulcanizer
|
Sam C.
|
Campbell
|
tailor
|
J. D.
|
Campbell
|
city fireman
|
George Montgomery
|
Campbell
|
former secretary American Legion Post
|
A. B.
|
Carpenter
|
carpenter
|
G. W.
|
Carpenter
|
farmer
|
Joseph G.
|
Carter
|
clerk
|
James F.
|
Carver
|
car carpenter
|
G. H.
|
Chesley
|
operator of trucks
|
C. W.
|
Chetwood
|
|
Earl F.
|
Choate
|
oil worker
|
Sam F.
|
Chorn
|
transfer man
|
H. E.
|
Clark
|
clerk
|
Wallace Reynolds
|
Clark
|
oil worker
|
Josh
|
Clark
|
car inspector
|
O. -.
|
Clewett
|
plumber
|
W. D.
|
Colby
|
carpenter
|
R. H.
|
Cole
|
oil worker
|
Cecil
|
Collins
|
locomotive fireman
|
William J.
|
Collison
|
plumber (indicted)
|
Elmer C.
|
Collison
|
carpenter – indicted
|
Allen
|
Combs
|
|
W. H.
|
Conner
|
carpenter
|
George M.
|
Cook
|
justice of the peace
|
H. B.
|
Countess
|
oil worker
|
T. R.
|
Coveney
|
drilling foreman
|
Elmer E.
|
Crane
|
carpenter
|
H. R.
|
Crayton
|
carpenter
|
O. C.
|
Crocker
|
driller
|
Edward
|
Cronk
|
blacksmith
|
B. E.
|
Cross
|
|
Eugene D.
|
Cross
|
wholesale produce
|
J. P.
|
Crowley
|
road foreman
|
Edward
|
Crumpley
|
|
John D.
|
Cummins
|
brakeman
|
J. E.
|
Cuthbert
|
car inspector
|
J. G.
|
Dale
|
shipping clerk
|
C. B.
|
Danielson
|
engineer
|
W. E.
|
Darlington
|
|
Silas Eugene
|
Davis
|
deputy sheriff
|
L. A.
|
Davis
|
|
A. P.
|
Davis, Jr.
|
|
Herbert E.
|
Dawe
|
locomotive engineer
|
Clyde
|
Dawson
|
carpenter
|
Thomas
|
de Graffenreid
|
oil worker
|
Charles A.
|
Decew
|
tailor
|
R. Le
|
Deeds
|
Luthy battery station
|
Robert C.
|
Deere
|
stage owner
|
Charles Richard
|
Dennen
|
bookkeeper
|
Robert S.
|
Dewin
|
electrician, Maricopa
|
W. H.
|
Dewitt
|
engineer
|
John C.
|
Dill
|
engine hostler
|
J. A.
|
Donaldson
|
|
H. B.
|
Douglas
|
railway conductor
|
Thomas D.
|
Downs
|
|
H. S.
|
Downs
|
|
John N.
|
Duckett
|
drayman
|
Harry
|
Duncan
|
oilworker
|
A.
|
Durham
|
|
Hugh
|
Ellett
|
carpenter
|
M. P.
|
Evans
|
|
Thomas J.
|
Evans
|
cook
|
A. J.
|
Ferguson
|
farmer
|
C. W.
|
Ferrill
|
agent, Pacific Fruit Express
|
Lee Douglas
|
Fesler
|
oilworker
|
Earl H.
|
Fife
|
|
Charles
|
Findlay
|
merchant
|
L. D.
|
Fisher
|
|
Boyce R.
|
Fitzgerald
|
searcher of records, attorney
|
F. B.
|
Fleenor
|
oilworker
|
E. F.
|
Foulke
|
|
Neil
|
Frasier
|
|
H. P.
|
Frazier
|
|
William A.
|
Fritz
|
driller
|
Joseph M.
|
Fry
|
lease foreman
|
Grover
|
Fugitt
|
|
Guy
|
Fulbright
|
oilfields worker
|
Ralph B.
|
Funk
|
warehouseman, Maricopa
|
S. A.
|
Garland
|
clerk
|
E. J.
|
Garley
|
electrician
|
Samuel Franklin
|
Garrison
|
|
Cal
|
Giffen
|
|
? Leroy
|
Gilbreath
|
engineer
|
Ray N.
|
Gingrich
|
merchant
|
John R.
|
Gist
|
stationary engineer
|
E. B.
|
Giuganious
|
oil driller
|
Floyd C.
|
Graham
|
oilworker
|
M. E.
|
Grant
|
oilworker
|
Frederick Lee
|
Graves
|
telegrapher
|
Haskell M.
|
Green
|
Hercules Shooting company (city trustee of Taft)
|
R. W.
|
Greenwood
|
office manager
|
James
|
Greeson
|
gasoline salesman
|
L. F.
|
Gribble
|
|
Erda Edmond
|
Griffith
|
telegrapher
|
W. F.
|
Gross
|
|
F. L.
|
Grove
|
|
John L.
|
Gully
|
police officer
|
R. W.
|
Habecker
|
manager, Credit Tire Co.
|
Thomas Lewis
|
Hall
|
sheet metal worker
|
Jack
|
Halliday
|
oilworker
|
J. H.
|
Hamilton
|
confectioner
|
Thomas
|
Harbert
|
|
Robt. H.
|
Hardin
|
cook
|
J. S.
|
Harris
|
|
Willis George
|
Hart
|
equipment painter
|
Edward Walter
|
Harvey
|
machinist’s helper
|
Rheu Aclo
|
Hastin
|
cigar store
|
Jim
|
Hawkins
|
|
J. L.
|
Hawkins
|
chief clerk
|
Earl F.
|
Hawkins
|
clerk
|
Herbert V.
|
Hearle
|
city trustee of Taft
|
John Andrew
|
Heath
|
stationary engineer
|
L. M.
|
Hendach
|
|
G. E.
|
Henderson
|
salesman
|
D. R.
|
Hense
|
butcher
|
Howard J.
|
Hensley
|
butcher
|
W. J.
|
Hensley
|
butcher
|
Archie J.
|
Hicks
|
|
J. M.
|
Higgins
|
American Express company (city trustee of Taft)
|
C. M.
|
Hightower
|
|
William Martin
|
Hill
|
truck driver
|
J. F.
|
Hill
|
|
J. C.
|
Hoge
|
|
J. W.
|
Hoge
|
|
Joseph Randolph
|
Hohm
|
machinist
|
G. M.
|
Holsomback
|
carpenter
|
Robt. M.
|
Hood
|
oilworker
|
H. A.
|
Hopkins
|
ice, oil and lumber business
|
Lyman Roy
|
Hopkins
|
manager, grocerteria
|
G. L.
|
Hottie
|
butcher
|
S. E.
|
Houston
|
|
Earl G.
|
Howe
|
fireman
|
Fred Dever
|
Humiston
|
locomotive engineer
|
J. E.
|
Icard
|
rotary driller
|
C. Z.
|
Irvine
|
manager shoe store and city clerk
|
Ralph Head
|
Iseman
|
farmer
|
E. P.
|
Jeanes
|
|
Charles H.
|
Johnson
|
locomotive engineer
|
John
|
Johnson
|
car inspector
|
August M.
|
Johnston
|
Southern Pacific conductor
|
C. H.
|
Johston
|
|
F. T.
|
Jones
|
pumper
|
L. H.
|
Jones
|
oil man
|
George W.
|
Joyner
|
carpenter
|
L. J.
|
Kanstein
|
|
A. R.
|
Keeley
|
|
J. B.
|
Keith
|
city fireman
|
George W.
|
Keller
|
|
T. L.
|
Keller
|
oxy-acetylene welder
|
E. C.
|
Kellermeyer
|
merchant
|
H. C.
|
Kessler
|
|
Rollin C.
|
Kibbey
|
oilworker, Fellows
|
T. J.
|
Killingsworth
|
Western Water Co.
|
Marion Arno
|
Kite
|
brick contractor, Palace Hotel, Visalia
|
Walter Ernest
|
Knapp
|
coach carpenter
|
E. W.
|
Kofahl
|
driller
|
David E.
|
Kuehn
|
clerk
|
Thomas S.
|
Laird
|
deputy sheriff
|
W. E.
|
Lamb
|
|
T. E.
|
Lapin
|
|
Albert E.
|
Lee
|
pipe machinist
|
W. A.
|
Lester
|
|
W. A.
|
Lester
|
|
T. L.
|
Lewis
|
gauger
|
Sam
|
Lewis
|
|
Emmon W.
|
Little
|
|
Charles Victor
|
Livezey
|
electrician
|
B. A.
|
Logue
|
oilworker
|
H. H.
|
Long
|
car inspector
|
G. E.
|
Lott
|
blacksmith
|
L. C.
|
Lowery
|
waiter
|
R. R.
|
Lucas
|
sealer of weights and measures
|
Dan W.
|
Ludy
|
oilworker
|
H. J.
|
Lueder
|
electrician
|
James Bird
|
Lyttle
|
cigar clerk
|
Richard Graham
|
MacDonald
|
chef
|
H. B.
|
Marion
|
|
Ralph P.
|
Marritt
|
|
George C.
|
Martin
|
insurance salesman
|
Andrew H.
|
Martin
|
oil worker
|
Judge P.
|
Massey
|
oilworker, Maricopa
|
Harry M.
|
Massey
|
rig builder
|
Alford Julian
|
Matthews
|
cook
|
George
|
McCall
|
roundhouse foreman
|
C. M.
|
McCallum
|
druggist
|
Henry Clay
|
McClain
|
barber and city trustee
|
Reed
|
McClure
|
furniture man
|
S. A.
|
McCormack
|
garage proprietor
|
W. E.
|
McFadden
|
city treasurer
|
Grant
|
McFerren
|
cook’s helper
|
W. G.
|
McMillan
|
|
Ernest A.
|
McMilllian
|
railway clerk
|
P. B.
|
McQuiddy
|
oil salesman
|
J. L.
|
Merideth
|
|
H. E.
|
Metzner
|
service station
|
Dean P.
|
Middleton
|
merchant
|
T. C.
|
Miller
|
|
F. I.
|
Milligan
|
contractor
|
E. E.
|
Milliran
|
oil driller
|
Alfred D.
|
Mitchell
|
driller
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
Mobley
|
oilworker
|
William Hildreth
|
Montigel
|
|
William E.
|
Moodey
|
lawyer
|
W. H.
|
Mooney
|
machinist
|
George
|
Morrill
|
switchman
|
Alden G.
|
Munn
|
|
E. Porter
|
Munsey
|
ex-city marshal of Taft
|
W. L.
|
Munster
|
driller
|
William H.
|
Murray
|
city fireman
|
J. R.
|
Musser
|
superintendent, Fellows
|
H. Z.
|
Myers
|
|
M. I.
|
Nelson
|
Bakersfield city councilman, Third Ward
|
A. W.
|
Neville
|
|
Leslie
|
Newcon
|
oil worker, Fellows
|
Harry
|
Newman
|
|
Dr. Ora B.
|
Newton
|
|
W. H.
|
Nicholson
|
machinist
|
Gene
|
Noble
|
|
W. H.
|
Noonen
|
|
Rhodie George
|
Oldham
|
oil worker
|
Claude Smith
|
Oldham
|
boiler maker
|
S. N.
|
Oldham
|
butcher
|
O. D.
|
Oler
|
engineer
|
George F.
|
Oliver
|
switchman
|
W. M.
|
Osburn
|
repairer, Southern Pacific
|
Albert
|
Osterholf
|
oil worker, driller
|
C. H.
|
Ostrander
|
oil worker
|
R. M.
|
Padrick
|
vulcanizer, assistant chief fire department
|
James R.
|
Page
|
clerk Pacific Oil company, Maricopa
|
Chester A.
|
Page
|
oil worker
|
F. M.
|
Page
|
foreman, Midway Oil company, Taft
|
W. D.
|
Palmer
|
clerk
|
A. C.
|
Parsons
|
postmaster
|
Glenn
|
Patton
|
dentist
|
J. E.
|
Phillips
|
carpenter, Fellows
|
W. M.
|
Pickens
|
taxi driver
|
W. O.
|
Pilgrim
|
carpenter
|
D. W.
|
Pitts
|
|
George P.
|
Poehmer
|
machinist
|
J. P.
|
Porter
|
oil worker
|
Marion J.
|
Powell
|
gas engine man
|
T. C.
|
Preston
|
telegrapher
|
W. M.
|
Proctor
|
druggist
|
L. M.
|
Pruitt
|
oil worker
|
John R.
|
Quinn
|
Richgrove
|
? G.
|
Raas
|
meat market
|
J. W.
|
Ragsdale
|
real estate oil
|
R. E.
|
Ranous
|
|
Coker F.
|
Rathbone, Jr.
|
rig-builder
|
W. F.
|
Rawlings
|
machinist
|
J. C.
|
Reasner
|
carpenter
|
Fred
|
Reed
|
city fireman
|
L. H.
|
Reynolds
|
|
Clyde
|
Reynolds
|
oil worker
|
Harry Dolphus
|
Reynolds
|
clerk (indicted)
|
L. B.
|
Richardson
|
salesman
|
J. J.
|
Richart
|
oilworker
|
Joseph C.
|
Rickels
|
railway clerk
|
Russell Waldo
|
Ries
|
railway clerk
|
George H.
|
Ripley
|
|
H. L.
|
Rivers
|
|
Thomas M.
|
Roberts
|
oil worker
|
Murl
|
Roberts
|
merchant
|
J. F.
|
Roberts
|
|
C. R.
|
Robinson
|
oil worker
|
H. J.
|
Rogers
|
student
|
Clarence D.
|
Rowe
|
revising clerk
|
Benjamin Albert
|
Rudy
|
truck driver, Fellows
|
James J.
|
Ryan
|
clerk
|
James
|
Ryan
|
engineer
|
R. S.
|
Saffell
|
|
A. B.
|
Safford
|
railroader
|
F. W.
|
Sawyer
|
switchman
|
Eugene
|
Schimoff, Jr
|
|
Samuel Thomas
|
Scofield
|
office manager
|
M. J.
|
Scott
|
superintendent
|
William Douglas
|
Semple
|
cook
|
George W.
|
Servance
|
pumper
|
Frederick C.
|
Shaw
|
hotel man
|
? Allen
|
Shaw
|
butcher
|
Robert Lee
|
Sheehan
|
superintendent court house
|
Leon E.
|
Simmons
|
Standard Oil company dispatcher
|
Alfred E.
|
Skinner
|
barber
|
B. W.
|
Smith
|
waiter
|
Henry W.
|
Snider
|
engineer
|
Clifford L.
|
Sorrows
|
clerk
|
W. W.
|
Speakman
|
|
J. B.
|
Spear
|
|
David K.
|
Stacey
|
oil worker
|
Jacob
|
Steigh
|
driller
|
J. M.
|
Stinson
|
|
Jesse Dewitt
|
Stockton
|
clerk
|
Charles H.
|
Stone
|
chief of police
|
Malcomb Graham
|
Stratford
|
water clerk, Kern County Land Company
|
Lionel
|
Thomas
|
auto dealer
|
Harril C.
|
Thompson
|
yard man
|
W. W.
|
Thompson
|
|
W. N.
|
Thompson
|
|
J. K.
|
Thresher
|
sales manager
|
J. H.
|
Tiker
|
|
Arthur W.
|
Titus
|
oilworker
|
J. R.
|
Titus
|
hog rancher
|
Vandyke
|
Todd
|
pastor, Fellows
|
L. L.
|
Topper
|
druggist
|
T. F.
|
Turner
|
telegraph operator
|
Ernest
|
Tyler
|
railway conductor
|
Cadwell J.
|
Tyner
|
mechanic
|
C. J.
|
Tyner
|
|
C. Z.
|
Vanderhorck
|
banker
|
Lewis O.
|
Vandeventer
|
transfer
|
Leonard
|
Vaneter
|
cleaner
|
S. S.
|
Varner
|
gas worker
|
John H.
|
Vitelle
|
contractor
|
Peter V.
|
Vitelle
|
contractor
|
Robt. Clayton
|
Wagner
|
well puller
|
John Case
|
Wagner
|
engineer repair helper
|
G. W.
|
Walker
|
|
Elmer Gifford
|
Ware
|
electrician
|
Ernest Worth
|
Warner
|
plumber
|
C. J.
|
Webber
|
vulcanizer
|
Cleo F.
|
Weimer
|
clerk
|
F. P.
|
Wells
|
oil superintendent
|
B. F.
|
West
|
oilwell driller
|
E. J.
|
West
|
|
Henry October
|
Westby
|
storeroom clerk
|
L. A.
|
Westerfield
|
locomotive engineer
|
J. F.
|
White
|
chiropractor
|
Samuel A.
|
White
|
contractor
|
H. C.
|
Whitskin
|
civil engineer
|
Earl
|
Wible
|
machinist
|
F. C.
|
Wilber
|
|
Lindsey B.
|
Williams
|
oil station
|
Joy Martin
|
Wilson
|
cement worker
|
Harry J.
|
Wilson
|
locomotive fireman
|
J. M.
|
Wilson
|
|
George T.
|
Wolfe
|
electrician
|
David A.
|
Woodruff
|
locomotive engineer
|
Harold J.
|
Woodruff
|
locomotive engineer
|
W. A.
|
Worthington
|
|
C. C.
|
Wright
|
salesman
|
J. E.
|
Yancey
|
deputy sheriff
|
Howard
|
Zelkers
|
oilwell superintendent
|
Mack Raymond
|
Zimmerman
|
oil worker
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