. . . . . . . . . "63986258"^^ . "Frank Eugene Farnsworth (1868-1926) was an American political organizer who was best known for being King Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Maine. Based in Portland, Maine, Farnsworth recruited thousands of men and women to the Ku Klux Klan during the group's peak from 1923-1924. Farnsworth was born in 1868 in Columbia Falls, Maine and grew up in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. He resided in St. Stephen until 1892 when he returned to the United States and moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts where he worked as a barber. In 1901, while performing as a magician in Rhode Island, Farnsworth accidentally killed his assistant with a boulder and was charged with manslaughter, but was released after paying court fees. In 1920, Farnsworth was President of the Loyal Coalition, a Boston-based organization dedicated to \"good government\" and keeping \u201Cthe hyphenates from controlling America.\u201D In particular, it opposed Irish independence. However, by January 1923, Farnsworth turned his full attention to organizing the Ku Klux Klan in Maine."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "F. Eugene Farnsworth"@en . . "Frank Eugene Farnsworth (1868-1926) was an American political organizer who was best known for being King Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Maine. Based in Portland, Maine, Farnsworth recruited thousands of men and women to the Ku Klux Klan during the group's peak from 1923-1924. In 1920, Farnsworth was President of the Loyal Coalition, a Boston-based organization dedicated to \"good government\" and keeping \u201Cthe hyphenates from controlling America.\u201D In particular, it opposed Irish independence. However, by January 1923, Farnsworth turned his full attention to organizing the Ku Klux Klan in Maine."@en . . "1115838667"^^ . . . . . . "3325"^^ .