The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-03
County Attorney Refuses to File Com
plants.

piaints.
WACO. Tex, oct. 2.-Couny Attor-
ney r. B.. Tierey here late today re-
fused the demand Of a committee OF
100 prominent Iorena citizens that ne
file complaints against Sheriff Bob
Buchanan and Deputy Sheriff Burton,
in connection with last nights fight at
Lorena between parading knights OF
the Ru Klux Klap and q sheriff's
posse. ia which ten men were wound
ed. three perhaps fatally.
The county attorney declared that
tho grand jury here would be called TO
investigate the incident and that pend
ing It's action he uld take no steps
in the matter beyond an investigation
by his department for evidence for
submission to the grand jury.
j.. ID willis. local attorney, acting
AZ spokesman for the Lorena delega-
ZION, charged that the sheriff and his
deputies nrecipitated q ''promiscuous
shooting and cutting affray which en-
dangered the lives Of Lorena men,
women and children
Following the meeting with the
county attorney the Lorena citizens
drew up a resolution, signed by 200
additional Lorena citizens.
Resolution OF Ctrt&enas
IN order that the world may know
the facts. we desire to make public
the following statement" the resoiu-
tion said:
VI. we do not believe that the
mombors OF the Ku Klux Khan who
staged the parade violated any law
or that they had any intention OF
violating any law.
y. we attempted to prevail upon
the sheriff of this county and his
deputies through the medium of doz-
ems of representative citizens to per-
NIT the parade to be held guaranteeing
that It would be law abiding and or
deriy.
"s. we induced the leaders OF the
parade to accede to the sheriffs de-
mands that two OF the paraders should
be unmasked.
a. We impiored the sheriff not to
jeopardize the lives Of our women and
children.
eB. we uneauivocally place the
blame FOR the sksadlng OF blood on the
sheriff.
%. we admire and We honor the
spirit and the individual that kept
the American flag from being tram-
pied TO the eartn.
n. We conclude by affirming our
belief in tho preservation of America |
Tor Americans and By offering tribute
to the little band Of man who last night |
showed by their calm and determined
action that their lives supported this
principle"
The third statement in the above
resolution repudiates the assertion ot
Sheriff Buchanan last night, when
brought to q hospital here to the ef-
feet that tho masked men would not
,unmask
Asked Ii ho had any statement to
make regarding the resolution, County
Attorney Tierey said he had nothing
whatsoever to say"
No Statement by Sheriff.
. Physicians attending Sheriff Bu-
chanan would not permit him to be
questioned. in view OF his serious con-
dluon. He did not make formal
statement last night
The fight took place when Sheriff
buchanan, with Deputies Burton and
wood. attempted to disperse tile
marching klansmen, who were masked
and robed. after, according to the sher-
iff, they had refused to divulge their
Identity. He had agreed to permit
them to parade. ne said. II they would
allow him to identity those participat-
ing.
After q conference with two masked
leaders at Il house on the outskirts of
kown, where he tried to persuade the
tiansmen to desist from violating what
.he interpreted as against unknown
masked men marching In q public
demonstration, the sheriff declared
there would be no parade. according
to eyewitnesses.
Immediately after the threng Of more
than 5000 people gathered to witness
the parade, saw the column Of white \
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