"I believe yet the Klan did it."
"Yet you have no evidence on which to make arrests."
"No."
"Governor, did your detectives report to you that they could not secure any evidence or did they report that the whole affair was a frame-up?"
"I'm not on the witness stand," said the governor, coloring. The court room roared with laughter.
The attorney again pounded the table and announced, "If there is any more laughter or applause I will have the sheriff clear the room."
"What is the necessity for the members of the Klan concealing their identity?" the governor asked, now becoming the questioner again.
"In order that they may secure evidence to furnish the officers and thus assist in the enforcement of law. They have the same reason for concealing their identity that the secret service men of the United States have."
"Who asked the Klansmen to become secret service men?"
"It's the duty of every citizen to help enforce the laws. And he should use the method that will make him most efficient."