2 More Ex-Klansmen Charged in Church Fire
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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two more former Ku Klux Klan members were indicted Friday on charges of helping burn a South Carolina church attended mainly by blacks after two co-conspirators pleaded guilty to the same crime.
A federal grand jury issued a 20-count indictment against Arthur Haley, 51, and Hubert Rowell, 50, for the arson last year. The indictment followed guilty pleas by two other former Ku Klux Klan members, Gary Cox and Timothy Welch, for setting fire to the Macedonia Baptist Church in Bloomville, S.C.
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