Arizona republican., 1921-10-03

NAAS St<oSs
 Following a meeting with the coun- ty attorney, a delegation of Lorena citizens drew up the following reso- lution. signed by 200 persons:
 We, the undersigned citizens of Lorena and vicinity deplore the trag- edy that was enacted in our little town last night. We grieve for the blood that was spilled. But in order that the world may know the facts we desire to make public the following statement:
 l. We do not believe the members of the Ku Klux Klan who staged the parade violated any law or that they had any intention of violating any law.
 2. We attempted to prevail upon the sheriff of this county and his deputies through the medium of dog ems of representative citizens to per init the parade to be held, guarantee ! ing it would be law abiding and or derly.
 8. We induced the leaders of the parade to accede to the sheriffs de- mand that two of the paraders should be unmasked.
 4. We implored the sheriff not to jeopardize the lives of our women and children
 5. We unequivocally place the blame for the shedding Of blood on ! the sheriff.
 | 6. We admire and we honor the spirit and the individual that kept the American flag from being tramp led to the earth.
 2. We concede by affairming oui belief fin the preservation of America for Americans and by offering tri- bute to the little band of men whe last night showed by their calm and determined action that their lives sup ported this principle.'
 Sheriffs Condition Serious.
 The third statement in the above resolution repudiates the assertion oi
 Sheriff Buchanan last night wher
 brought to hospital here to the cf- feet that the masked men would noi unmask.
 Asked if he had any statement tC
 make regarding the resolution, Coun-
 ty Attorney Tierey said he had moth.
 ing whatever to say
 Physicians attending Sheriff Buch.
 anan would not permit him 10 b, ] questioned, in view of his seriou.
 condition. He did not make lorna statement last night.
 No definite date, however. will b.
 set for calling the grand jury. unti
 the extent of the injuries of Sherif Buchanan and Louis Crow, an in jured spectator, has been ascertained
 The physician attending the two mel stated tonight that their respectiy' conditions are critical.
 The sheriffs right lung was pierce' by a pistol bullet, another lodged il his right knee Crow was stabbed in the right breast and his liver ~ir . tuaIly cut in two. The clash tool ) place when Sheriff Buchanan. witt Deputies Burton and Wool. attemp ted to disperse the marching Klans } men. who were masked and robed. af ter, according to the sheriff, they ha' , refused to divulge their indentity. II had agreed to permit them to parade he said, if they would allow him |
 indentify those participating. After a conference with two of tn : masked leaders at house on the out ! skirts of town where the klansmel [ were beginning to assemble, at wnicl ? he tried to persuade the klansmen L l desist from violating what he inter | preted as the law against unknowl I masked men marching in a publi demonstration, the sheriff returne
 to the crowded business district o Lorena, vowing that there would b E no parade, according to eyewitnesse: Immediately afterward the thron U of more than 5000 people who ha