The Reverend Earl Benton had just finished reading of Stover's arrest when his door bell rang. Mrs. Benton went to the door and admitted a young lady who asked to see Rev. Benton. Mrs. Benton showed the young lady into the pastor's study.
"Rev. Benton, I am Pearl Gardner," she said by way of introduction.
"Have a chair, Miss Gardner. What can I do for you?"
"I wanted to talk to you about a certain matter. I came to you because you are the only person I know whom I was sure belongs to the Ku Klux Klan. I wanted to talk to a Klansman."
"I have stated in a number of public lectures that I belong to the Klan."
"I had heard that you said that you belong to the Klan and as I wanted to get the help of the Klan, I came to you."
"I will be pleased to carry your message to the Klan if it appears that that organization can be of any service to you."
"I think it can. I have been keeping company with a young man by the name of Chester Golter. We are engaged to be married but he refuses to keep the engagement."
"What did you want the Klan to do in the matter?"
"I thought if a letter were written to him telling him that if he didn't keep his promise to me he would be visited by Ku Kluxers that he would marry me."