The Brunswick news., 1922-12-24


placed in the pariss
with murder in conha
death of two men presuiS
hands of hooded men who IN
five persons on the Mer RougeSnSa
trop road last August The arrest
is believed to be the forerunner OF
many more.
An inquest was conducted over the
bodies found in lake LaFouhche
today behind closed doors and the
finding was not announced Those
arrested viii face an opening hearing
ordered by the attorney gener-
al to begin at the parish courthouse
on January 9Th and under guard OF
the state troops. Machine guns were
mounted this afternoon
Those investigating the death Of
the mean declare that they met death
By betting iiogged and that some bones
were broken before death Statement
as to wheather the men died before
heing consigned to the lake was re-
fused
Attorney General Coco today set
January 5 as the date for the More
house parish opening hearing in con
nection with the Morehouse kidnap-
ing case.
The attorney general and a special
train with two oanlpanies ct I4eaisis.
ana National Guard arrived in Bas-
trop this morning and the military
men pitched camp on the court house
square.
The wire-bound, mutilated bodies
Of two men recovered yesterday in
Lake LaEourche by state troops, be
lieved to be those of Watt Daniels
and Thomas Richards, who disap
peared after being kidnapped by mask
ed men last August, We're further
identified this morning whcn viewed
By Richards widow; j. /. Daniels
aged father of Watt, and score o.
other relatives and friends
Identification Of at least Watt Dan
iels is complete, according to authorl-
ties because Of the initials, r, w
D found a belt buckle and which
buckle Daniels is said to have worn
at the time ne was spirited away.
The bodies are lying in tho Masonic
Temple. where they are guarded by
a detachment oil Monroe National
Guards. The Guards are armed and
were instructed by Capt. Cooper to
shoot persons who may try to spirit
away the bodies
The inquest will probably be held
late tomorrow, according to a
message received here this morning
from Dr. Fred Patterson, Morehouse
Parish coroner, who returned today to
Bastrop.
Or. Patterson said no effort had
vet been made TO officially identity
the bodies He said he was awaiting
instructions from the attorney gener-
al as to how to proceed.
A special train carrying two com
Danies of National Guard troops, or
dered out Yesterday BY the adjutant
psneral for duty in Morehouse par
ish to augment the Monroe company
now on duty here, passed through
Monroe at 1925 o'clock this morning
and was due to arrive here before
noon
Attorney General A. v Coco and
two pathologists of New Orleans ac-
companied the troops.
Attempts to positively identify the
matilated bodies Of The two men cast
nv from the bottom Of Lake La
Fourehe YESTERDAY morning by a
heavy charge Of dynamite placed
there by unidentified persons will be
made today. Relatives and friends
after viewing the bodies yesterday,
expressed the belief that they were
those Of Watt Daniels and Thomas
Richards. mysteriously missing since
the night Of August "a, when they
were kidnapped by hooded band, to-
aether with three other prominent
citizens of this town.
The partial identification Of the
bodies was made by means OF the
belts Worn by the two men and a few
shreds Of clothing The heads, arms
and portions Of the legs Of both were
missing, believed to have been torn
|. off when they were loosened from, the
ned of the lake. The torses we're