"Scott left Beaumont on Monday, July 18, and spent the major portion of the day in Orange parading the streets and proclaimed the diabolical lie that he had been subjected to the tortures of the inquisition. He posed to the gullible public and sensational newspapers as a patriot and a hero. All these things the eyes of the unknown have seen and their ears have heard. We can not be deceived and JUSTICE will no longer be mocked." The seal of the Beaumont Klan was attached to the end of the statement. Rev. Caleb Ridley, known as the imperial chaplain of the order, acknowledged that the Klan's purpose was to set itself up as prosecutor, jury, judge and sheriff. PASTOR GIVES WARNING On Aug. 26, 1921, he issued to the citizens of Dallas county, Texas, the following warning: "To the Citizens of Dallas County, Greetings: This organization has caused to be posted the following proclamation: "Be it known and hereby proclaimed "That this organization is composed of native-born Americans and none other. "That its purpose is to uphold the dignity and the authority of the law. * * * "That this organization * * * recognizes * * * that situations frequently arise where no existing law offers a remedy. "That this organization does * * * not countenance and will not stand for social parasites remaining in this city. It is equally opposed to the gambler, the trickster, the moral degenerate and the man who lives by his wits and is without visible means of support. "The eye of the unknown hath seen and doth constantly observe all, white or black, who disregard this warning. 'Whatsoever thou sowest that shall you also reap.' Regardless of official, social or financial position, this warning applies to all living within the jurisdiction of this Klan. "This warning will not be repeated. "'Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.' "Hereafter all communications from us will bear the official seal of the Klan. "KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN." KU KLUX KLAN SHOOTS SHERIFF The attitude of members of the Ku Klux Klan toward officers of the law was demonstrated on October 1, 1921, in Lorena, Tex., when the Ku Klux Klan shot Sheriff Bob Buchanan of McLennan county, when he attempted to stop a parade of Masked Knights. Without getting an official permit to hold the parade, the Ku Klux Klan announced that it would be held at 8:30 p.m. The sheriff notified the community that the parade was against the law and that he would not allow it. The word was carried to the Ku Klux Klan leaders. Messages were sent back and forth, and the Ku Kluxers tried to scare the sheriff into a retreat. He refused to back down, however, and ended the negotiations by telling the Klansmen that they had to obey the law as well as other citizens. The sheriff said there was a law against uncertain masked men who refused to divulge their identity. He would agree to the parade if the names of the masked men were furnished to him. This the Klan leaders refused to do.