In January 1921, he and a group of grand dragons expelled the publicist Clarke, who had been critical of Evans' efforts to involve the Klan in electoral politics.

Mr. Beam is a former grand dragon of a Texas Klan chapter.

He parked right in front of the K.K.K.'s grand dragon, and, in effect, drowned out the hate.

Upon his promotion he chose his new ring name of Chiyotairyū, literally meaning "grand dragon of a thousand years".

Mr. Sheeley, a grand dragon but nevertheless a relative neophyte in the world of the Klan, has a much more benign interpretation.

Then the grand dragon scampered back to his home among the largely white hamlets of northern Orange County.

Then there was the high school guidance counselor who was arrested for punching the Klan's grand dragon.

The grand dragon hovered above each one and chanted the sacred vows of klanhood.

Mr. Sheely, the grand dragon, had a kind of green cape with his white robes.

"I think he left town," Mayor Giuliani said of the grand dragon later.