Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-10-03
RIOT
CASE WILL GO
TO GRAND JURY
Quiz Ordered Following Clash
in Which Ten Are
Wounded.
200 SIGN STATEMENT

WACO, Texas, Oct S.-A searching
grand jury Investigation OF. the riot in
which ten persons were wounded that
followed q parade Of the Ku-Klux Khan
at LOrena Saturday night was or
dered today by District Judge R. /.
Munroe. after a conference with Frank
B. TREY, county attorney, and q COM
mittee Of Lorena citizens. Three Of
those wounded are in a critical condi-
ton today.
Those most seriously wounded are
Sheriff Robert Buchanan of McLennon
County, Edward Howard a Waco police
man; Louis Croz, a laundrymau, and Carl
West.
County Attorney TREY has refused the
request of a committee of Lorena citizens
to file charges against Sheriff Buchanan
and Deputy Sheriff Burton. pending the
outcome of the grand jury investigation.
LORENA CITIZENS
ISSUE STATEMENT.
A statement signed by more than two
hundred citizens of Lorena has been Is
sued and declares the Ku-Klan Khan
had no intent TO violate the law in hold
ing its parade. The statement said in
part:
I'VE grieve for the blood that wa.
spilled. But in order that the world
may know the facts we desire to make
public the following statement:
1--WE do not believe the members OF
the KuKlux Khan who staged the parade
violated any law or that they had any
intention of violating the law"
Sheriff Buchanan Is said to be In :
serious condition in local hospital. shot
under the right arm, the bullet probably
having penetrated the lung, Louis Crow
was stabbed in tse~right chest, and his
liver and lungs were pierced. Howard
has q knife wound in the right side
which may have entered the abdomen
West was shot In the neck, the bullet
passing through his wind pipe and Iodg-
ing In his body Others less seriously
wounded are: VIII Lawsons, VIII Austin
Charles Westbrook, all of Lorena, who re-
ceived knife wounds; Ed johnson and L
S. Dumas of Waco. johnson was wounded
with knife and Dumas received a bullet
wound.
DEPUTY SHERIFF
TELLS HIS STORY.
According to the story of the affair
told by Deputy Sheriff Burton Of Waco,
who brought Sheriff Buchanan back to
this city after the battle, he did not FIRE
a shot until after ne saw his chief fall
struggling mass piled on top Of the
sheriff
Burton's statement follows:
AS I recall it. Sheriff Buchanan
grabbed about the third masked man who
passed him and pulled OF bis mask ]
saw several men take hold of Mr.. Buch.
anan and six men caught me. heard
several men in the crowd cry out, We've
got him. referring to Mr. Buchanan.
II had my automatic pistol In my hand
and had 1t there when II seemed to me
trouble would occur. did not fire q
shot until after Mr.. Buchanan had beer
shot. heard Mr.. Buchanan say he wa:
shot, then began firing into the crowd
that was piled on top of the sheriff.
do not know how many shots fred, but
six men had hold OF me when I began
diseharging my pistol. think it was
almost twenty steps from where the
sheriff had STOPPED Klansman to the
place where he was shot. II recognized
only one Of the six men who had hold
OF me and he was a prominent citizen OF
Lorena. I will not be positive about It
but I am of the opinion Sheriff Buchanan
was shot. by asmasked man"