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On the evening of [[July 8]], [[1921]], three cars loaded with Klansmen drove up to the establishment of [[Greek]] restaurateur [[Chris Lochas]]. Three members, dressed in white ceremonial robes and helmets, entered the café and handed Lochas an envelope with a letter that read: "You are an undesirable citizen. You violate the Federal [[prohibition]] laws, the laws of decency, and you are a running sore on society. Several trains are leaving Pensacola daily. Take your choice, but don't take too much time."<ref>Henry P. Fry. ''The Modern Ku Klux Klan''. Small, Maynard & Company, 1922.</ref> | On the evening of [[July 8]], [[1921]], three cars loaded with Klansmen drove up to the establishment of [[Greek]] restaurateur [[Chris Lochas]]. Three members, dressed in white ceremonial robes and helmets, entered the café and handed Lochas an envelope with a letter that read: "You are an undesirable citizen. You violate the Federal [[prohibition]] laws, the laws of decency, and you are a running sore on society. Several trains are leaving Pensacola daily. Take your choice, but don't take too much time."<ref>Henry P. Fry. ''The Modern Ku Klux Klan''. Small, Maynard & Company, 1922.</ref> | ||
− | [[Pensacola Police]] Captain | + | [[Pensacola Police]] Captain Harper was inside the café at the time, and several uniformed police officers and a crowd of witnesses stood outside, yet no one took note of the vehicles' license numbers nor made any attempt to interfere with them. The act was condemned in the next day's ''[[Pensacola News]]'' and by many prominent citizens. As a result, the Pensacola Klan's charter was suspended by [[Wikipedia:William J. Simmons|William J. Simmons]], Imperial Wizard of the national organization, who also published a statement in the ''News'' defending the Klan's support of "pure Americanism" and offering to help find those who threatened Lochas. The newspaper responded by challenging Simmons to give the names of all local Klan members, so that they might be called before a grand jury, but Simmons did not comply. |
The Klan's charter was soon reinstated by Simmons "on assurance by the local officers that they would keep up a relentless fight to find the offenders."<ref>"Wizard in vigorous defense of Ku Klux." ''New York Times'', October 13, 1921.</ref> | The Klan's charter was soon reinstated by Simmons "on assurance by the local officers that they would keep up a relentless fight to find the offenders."<ref>"Wizard in vigorous defense of Ku Klux." ''New York Times'', October 13, 1921.</ref> |