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the Negroes had sought service-at-a gasoline statiog in Bogalusa.’ On that seme day, Corkern and other persons gathered at Landry's —. = ate! . ‘ Fine Poods, a restaurant in Bogalusa, to observe Negroes seeking service at the restaurant. Corkern ana one other entered the FYestaurant brandishing clubs, ordered the Negroes to leave and threatened to kill Sam Barnes, a menber of the Bogalusa Voters ‘ League, who had come to the restaurant with six Negro women. (5) March 29, 1965, defendancs Hardie Adrian Goings, Jx., 0 “27 Kilansman, and Franklin Harris, Klansmen, shortly after meetings had ' ‘been held at the Bogalusa Labor Temple, threw an ignited tear gas eanister at a group of Negroes standing near the Labor Temple. : Goings, Jx. then tried to disguise his car by repainting it and ‘eat removing the air scoop from the top to prevent detection of this erime. Goings or other Klansmen used this same car in May of 1964 to Purn a ¢rcess at the home of Lou Major, editor of the Bogalusa news- paper. ; ‘. (6) April.7, 1965, defendants Lattimore McNeese and - E. J. (Jack) Dixon, Klansman, threatenec Negro citizens during the . course of a mesting at the Labor Temple by brandishing and exhibiting a gun at Negroes standing outside the Labor Temple. © (7?) april 9, 1965, defendants Billy Alford, Klansman, Randie ¢. Pounds, Klansman, Lattimore McNeese, Charles McClendon, and James Burke, Klansman, with other persens, went to the downtown area of Bogalusa where Negro citizens were narticipating in a march to the Bogalusa City Hall to protest denial of equal rights. Pounds, McClendon, and Burke, in a group, moved out.to attack, the marchers. —e Pounds asfaulted the leader of the march, James Farmer, with "a-~—_ blackjack; McClendon and Burke were temporarily deterred from the threatene: assault, put immediately thereafter assaulted a newsman - is -