Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-30
SHERIFF EXPECTS
NEW WARRANTS IN
MER ROUGE CASE

ish, today declared there will be ar
rests in the Morehouse kidnapping in
vestigation upon the return of the
federal investigators, who were in
New Orleans yesterday attending a
conference with state officials.
81 have no official word of any
action of any kind said the sheriff.
but [ know that there are to be ar
rests on the return to Morehouse OF
federal investigators. / have no war
rants as yet, but these are to be
placed in my hands within the next
few DAYS, as [ understand that the
chain of evidence has been COM
pIeted. I have no reliable informa-
ton relative to the alleged confes-
sions of two persons involving forty
five citizens"
Sheriff Carpenter said that while
forty-five citizens might be involved
in the plot, he did not believe, that
this number were actual partict-
pants in the kidnapping of the Mer
Rouge citizens and the deaths of
Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards.
Twenty i'm Band
81 have talked with the surviving
members of the Mer Rouge party
who We're kidnapped" he said, land
all of them have informed me that
there were no more than eighteen
or twenty in the masked band, and
in any event not more than twenty
five participants. This would seem
to indicate that there are not more
than that number involved unless
there should have been a plot in
volving forty-five or fifty persons
with twenty or twenty-five persons
actually participating in the kidnap-
ing
Sheriff Carpenter said he is keep
ing in touch with the Louisiana ma
tional guard commander at Mer
Rouge in the expectation that he
will be called on to act in conjunc-
ton with Company G., or a detach
ment therefrom, when arrests are
made, or that a detachment of SOL
diers will be used as a guard when
he is called on to serve warrants.
Friends of DR.. B. NJ McKoin in
the Fifth congressional district of
Louisiana. where a year ago he was
president of the Medical association,
continued today to offer their as
sistance to the physician and former
Mer Rouge mayor with pledges of
financial as we'll as moral support.
100000 Defense Fund
Although most of the prOffers
came from physicians, it is stated
that plans are under way to raise
100000 as a general fund to be
used to provide bail. to aid him in
his fight to prevent extradition, and
as means of defense, should he
: be brought back to Louisiana to,
stand trial.
Friends of the physician express
ed the opinion that Governor Ritchie,
of Maryland, will not honor requisi
ton papers.
Meanwhile, efforts are going for
ward in five or six parishes at this
end of the state to raise a great
fund to defend not only Mckoin,
but possibly other defendants, in the
event that there should be additional
arrests.
McKoin is charged with murder
in connection with the Morehouse
kidnapings.
EVIDENCE IS STUDIED
AT CONFERENCE OF OFFICIALS
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 29.-Gov-
ernor John NJ. Parker. Attorney
General Coco and the latter's assist
ants and investigators of the federal
department Of justice were still non
committaI today as to any details Of
their series of conferences in the at
torney generals office yesterday and
last night concerning the Morehouse
kidnapping case.
ence for several hours during the
morning. He went to Baton Rouge
in the afternoon, but late last night
he and Mr.. Coco held an extended
long distance conversation.
The sole intimation of what took
place behind the closed doors was
that it was an intensive study of
the great mass of documentary evil
dence turned over to the attorney
generals Office E-ilis record, it was
asserted, already exceeds in volume
that assembled in any criminal case
in the history of the United States.
Attorney General Coco announced
today that "the state will be pre-
pared with an amazing collection of
evidence when the open hearing be-
gins in Bastrop, January So
ACTION is DELAYED
ON NIXON REQUISITION
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 29.-Fur-
Their action in the case of DR.. B. NJ.
McKoin, arrested here Tuesday for
the murder of Watt Daniels and
Thomas Richards, after they were
alleged to have been kidnapped last
August by white-robed mob at Mer
Rouges La, is not expected until
next Tuesday. At that time, it is
believed, Governor Albert Richie,
Of this state, will act on the requi-
sition for DR.. McKoin, preferred by
Louisiana authorities.
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