New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-05
E Texas Judges
DenounceKlan:
Orderlnquiries
Austin Court Says State Has
Had so Night Outrages in
Last f Months and Calls
on Grand Jurors to Act
Lorena Riot Victim DYING
San Antonio and Cameron
Officials Put Ban on All
Parades of Masked Men

DALLAS, Tex, Oct. Six district
Judges in Texas to-day were on record
Is having denounced the ku- klux Khan.
Most of the judges included all other
kindred orders in Texas in their de-
runcation.
TIE Judges who attacked the Khan
rere Judge Ben Fl. Denton. Paris;
Judge James r. Hamilton. Travis Coun-
II District Court. Austin; c. A. Nc
powelI. Beaumont; Silas Hare. Sher-
man. n T. Leslie, Sweetwater, and
]. F. Warren. Tyler.
The Judges called upon grand juries
70 investigate activities Of masked
bands. Officials OF two cities San
Antonio and Cameron-also gave warn
ing that psrades Of masked men would
not be permitted
The most scathing criticism from the
bench probably was by District Judge
James r. Hamilton at Austin. Chap
ters of the ku~Klux Khan have been
established throughout Texas, he said,
in white robes, bearing the American
flag. with the sign of the cross, and
dying banners, giving warning and
threats of violence to citizens who
break the law, have marched in the
night time up and down the streets Of
the cities, towns and villages of Texas"
Cites Fifty Assaults
Declaring that more than fifty per-
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fea.hered in the state in the last six
months and that numerous persons
had received warnings, Judge Hamilton
read to the grand jury an article Of
the Texas penal code which. he said,
spilled TO these activities.
Rumors that preparations were being
made for d Khan parade in San Antonio
were met with statements by Chief OF
Police Mussey and Sheriff Tobin that
ANY necessary force" would be used
TO prevent it.
Mayor Horrall of Cameron, in s
proclaim alton, called upon citizens &c
act as special police to prevent march
ing Of any masked, disguised or hooded
bands Of clans"
At San Antonio District Judge s. G
Taylor charged the grand jury Of The
45th District Court 20 make complete
investigation OF the Ku-Klux Khan tc
determine whether its purposes ane
activities in this country are lawful
He cited the laws on white-capping, as
sauit and rioting, instructing the jury
to return indictments il any violations
we're found.
Ordinance to Curb Parades
The City Council Of Smithvills, Tex,
to-day passed an ordinance sfixing q
penalty against "sny person who re-
fuses to assist an officer when duly
sworn by that officer to help enforce
the snti-parade law"
W. A. Keeling, Assistant Attorney
General, at Austin said the Attorney
Generals department would not give
snsopirion as TO whether a parade by
the Ku Klux Khan In full regaHa or
any other masked body of men is q
violation Of the laws Of Texas unless
such an opinion was sought through
the proper channels.
WACO, Tex Oct. 4.-The death Of
Louis Crow. local laundry proprietor.
one Of ten men injured last Saturday
night during fight at Lorena. when
halt q parade Of Ku-Klux Klansmen.
vas expected momentariiy tonight
Action Is Deferred
There has been no move on the part
OF local authorities to act in the mat
ter, and they were described es con-
tinuing their policy Of awaiting the
outcome OF the injuries received by
those most seriously hurt before TAX
ing action.
Crow, spectator at the parade, re-