From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, December 7, 1924: Cool temperatures and damp streets did not keep Ku Klux Klan members from parading through downtown streets last night. Observers estimated 1,660 (Klan leaders claim 4,000) persons clad in robes and hoods tramped three abreast from the Pennsylvania Railroad Park at Hamilton and Southeastern Avenues to Washington St and west into the business district. The parade, which stretched twelve blocks, was led by a police detail, an automobile carrying Klan leaders including grand marshal Olie C. Mathias and followed by a mounted troop of robed Klansmen. Numerous floats and several trucks loaded with robed women were among the marchers. Several groups carried large flags. Music was provided by a Klan band and a Klan drum and bugle corps, all robed. Automobiles carrying mostly unrobed persons brought up the rear of the parade.