The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-10-02
XII K[UX KLAE
BATTLE TEXAS
SHER|FF;F0UR
MEN WOUNDED
Firing Starts After Off
cial Attempts to Stop
Parade and invisible
Empire Forces Swing
Into Main Street of
Town.

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WACO, Tex, Oct. 2.--lsitfle
hope was held for the recovery OF
Sheriff Bob Buchanan, who was
shot in the clash with the ku KIux
Klan paraders at Lorcna, Satur-
day night, according 70 report
from the local sanitarium where
he was taken.
LORE<A. Tex. Oct. THE "iu-
vlaibl. empire" met the regular con-
Htituted forces OF the .aw In Run
battle here tonight and the casualties
numbered four wounded.
sheriff Bob Buchanan. who at
tempted to stop the scheduled ku
Kiux Kisn parade. and three of his
deputies were seriously wounded.
Three OF the men were shot and the
fourth was stabbed In the brcas.
This was the first contact between
the Khan and the law and order forces
which have threatened to stop thetr
activities
The battle broke out when sheriff
Buchanan'a orders TO the kiansmen
not to parade were ignored. after a
conference lasting an hour and a half.
The Kiansmen formed n line and
swung into tho mnin street
More than so robed fisures were In
the column. As II swung into sight
shot was fired.
Immediately confusion rcisned. =
fusilade Of shots was fired. IL was
some time before order could be re-
stored sufficiently 70 determine tho
casualties.
The four men wounded were:
sheriff Buchsnan.orho right arm.
Louis Grove. waco shot in right
breast.
Carl wes, Isorens. shot In the neck.
Unidentified man stabbed In breast
Ambulances were rushed from waco
and three Of the wounded men were
taken there. sheriff Buchanan was
reported to have left In his own car for
Waco after discovering that h.s wound
was not serious enough 10 prevent hts
travelling.
sheriff buchanan. with deputies
Mackwood and M- Burton went TO
Waco for the express purpose OF
stopping the parade Of Kiansmen
which was scheduled for o'clock.
When his intentions became known a
long parley resulted between the sher-
lff and Klan leaders. The leaders
FINALLY decided to ignore the sherifts
orders and the battle followed.
Texas. which has eccn sprt into
two parties-a<lan and anti Khan
from the agitation against the orgnni-
zRtion recently. had long looked tor n
clash between the two ciementH lnc
clash IL believed 30 have resulted from
kthc recent demonstration given By the
'IIlan In many towns.
Tonight had been designated by
kKlansmen as another demonstration
night. Parades were held In several
Texas towns last night No arrests
hnavc becE made. II ~ understood that
| the leader OF the klsnsmen got away.
One Parade Abandoned.
In one Instance at least within the
last two weeks scheduled kiah pa :
rnde was abandoned because the op-
position OF the authorities In the t1wn
| IN which the parade WIS 10 be held
was 50 well organized that a clash
seemed certain should the attempt be
made
shortly after the clash tonight !,
| was impossible 90 find any member OF
the masked Klan. II was believed
possible that some klansinan mas
have been injured during the short
battle These could have been car
rled off by their companions durine
the confusion which followed the
first shot, u az said
Whether the masked paraders were
members OF a local or visiting kiar
could not 5e determined. The shoot
ing occurred after fifty klansmer
had passed the point where the shet'
m was standing. No estimate wa,
made OF the total number OF Kians
men In the parade.