February 5, 1921.--In Houston, Texas, B. I. Hobbs, a lawyer, was seized, had his hair clipped and was ordered to leave town, the charge against him being "too close fraternization" with negroes. Hobbs then went to Alvin, Texas, a short distance away, and on February 8, 1921, was run out of that town by eight masked men. March 3, 1921.--At Houston, Texas, J. La Fayette Cockrell, a negro dentist, was mutilated by masked men for alleged association with white women. A race riot nearly resulted from this attack. March 7, 1921.--A. V. Hopkins, a merchant of Houston, Texas, was mutilated, tarred, and feathered for annoying high school girls. April 1, 1921.--Alexander Johnson, a negro bell boy, of Dallas, Texas, was taken out by masked men, whipped, and the letters "K. K. K." burned on his forehead with acid. He was said to have associated with white women. April 10, 1921.--Gus Beck, stock man, of Webster, Texas, was tied to a telegraph pole by masked men, beaten and left there all night. April 10, 1921.--At Houston, Texas, J. S. Allen, prominent attorney, was seized in a crowded downtown street by masked men, and conveyed to the country in an automobile. He was there tarred and feathered. He was then returned to the city, and was dumped from a car into the middle of a street in the most prominent business section, in a nude condition except for the coating of tar and feathers. In the reports of the case there is no record of police interference. April 15, 1921.--Bill Harris, negro bell boy, at Dallas, Texas, was beaten by masked men for alleged insult of white women. April 26, 1921.--At Houston, Texas, J. W. McGee, an automobile salesman, was whipped by masked men for annoying high school girls. May 1, 1921.--"Red" Kemp, a jitney driver, was whipped, tarred and feathered by twelve masked men at Goose Creek, Texas. May 4, 1921.--Sam King, Marshal at Brenham, Texas, was tarred and feathered. He then resigned his office. May 7, 1921.--At Beaumont, Texas, Dr. J. S. Paul was seized by fifteen masked men, whipped, tarred, and feathered and given forty-eight hours in which to leave the city. At the same time R. F. Scott, a Marine Corps veteran of Deweyville was given the same treatment. These two acts were publicly admitted by the Beaumont Klan, and their charter was revoked by "Emperor" Simmons.