Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-28
FOLLOW TRAIL MASKED
MEN TRAVELLED IN AUGUST

BASTROP, LA. Dec. 27.-Civil and
military authorities today followed
through the red low hills and
swamps OF Morchouse Parish the
trail they believe was taken by the
marked and robed men on the ar
ternoon and night OF August "a.
when Ave men were kidnapped and
two murdered.
The trail covered distance OF
about twenty-five miles from a point
on the Bastrop-Mcr Rouge highway,
where the men were kidnapped. to A
ferry landing at Lake La Fourchc.
near where the bodies of two OF them
were found last week.
The rcconnoiters were seeking adj
dit!onal evidence duplicating those
responsible for the mysterious
dynamlting that released the bodies
from the bottom of the lake where
they had been weighted down four
months.
Day Sees M Developments.
The day was devoid of local de-
velopments. All eyes were turned
towards Baltimore, where DR.. -. NJ.
Mcko!n. former MGR Rouge Mayor,
was battling against cxtradition to
Louisiana, where he is TO face A
charge OF murder in connection with
the case.
The legal nght 10 bring him back
may develop another historic incl
dent similar to the efforts to get
former Governor Taylor. OF Ken
lucky. out OF Indiana to stand trial
FOR the murder OF Governor Goebel.
Of the Blue Grass State. in Frank
fort, Kentucky. two decades or more
ago, is the belief expressed today by
friends OF the former Mayor
1t developed during the day there
viii be unlimited funds available and
countless friends to assist the
physician who does not want to re-
turn here. His friends In Morehousc
and adjoining parishes were lining
up In his behalf. Many messages of
reassurances We're sent his family a t
Monroe, whore his wife, four chill
dren and parents reside
Unlimited bond Available.
That bond in six figures would be
available IN the event bail would be
permitted is generally conceded here.
A sum OF $350.0Oo was said 10 have
been available for the release OF T..
j. burnett, former deputy sheriff
the first arrest in the case foo
| OF $4,000 was reported to have been
onered certain firm OF lawyers to
lead In his defense. Since the in
| generation of Burnett various
strangers have reached the town.
held trief conversations with the
prisoner and then departed on the
next train, II is known.
Mckoin's friends are authority for
| the statement that he will attract
the support OF many throughout the
United States.
The physician has stood high in
the medical profession of Northeast
| Louisiana. serving rs president OF lhc
Fifth Congressional District Medi-
| cal Society last year. lie was also
a church worker. During his term
as Mayor he waged war on those
who held the law lightly. and is said
10 nave incurred the enmity OF many
| o. those.
Once Killed Man In Self Defense.
some years ago he engaged In n
difficulty at GALLON, La, and killed
| man. lie was discharged by tho
| coroner's jury and no indictment was
| made against him. His plea was
self-defcnsc claiming that ne would
have been killed ii he had not fred
| first.
Governor Parker at Baton Rouge
today conferred with special prose-
cutor st. Clair Adams. one Of the
States leading criminal lawyers.
| regarding tho course to na followed
| IN the Mcfioin extradition. Reaui-
sition papers on the Governor OF
| Maryland are being prepared.
Attorney General Coco and his as
! sistants reached New Orleans today
TO outline the plans for the January
| open hearing and discuss the inves-
| ugation program. The attorneys gem
eral declared evidence would show
Daniels and Richards had been tor
tured before being put to death.
The events of each succeeding day
are more sharply dividing the people
OF the Mer Rouge community. The
town and the outlying sections are
regarded as armed camps. state
troops are stationed here to prevent
an outbreak.