The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-29

son, he ADDED, he had not made
up his mind whether he wcctc
return to Louisiana.
Bastrop, La. December 26-That
The state will be able to establish
through an eye witness the identity
of several members of the masked
mob which last August kidnapped
FIVE Mer Rouge residents, inelud-
ing Watt Daniels and Thomas
Richards, whose decapitated bodies
were taken from O nearby lake last
week, was tue statement today OF
Investigators who have .een work
ing on the case for several montfls.
The iden,tncation will be made,
the secret service men said, through
testimony at the opening hearing
orderea by Governor John parker
to- Deain here January 5, of q far
ner whose nome Is near Oak Ridge,
Iii Inc southeastern part Oh more
house PARISH, Woo they declare,
toia them ne Witnessed Inc seizure
and splriins ava! Oh rne quinLette
ano recvs niAed SUlne OF the &DauSJ-
ors Mnen uley llIled tneir nooQs 10
.QrInk alter. .gF
| Farmer Was Held Up
I" fThe Iai,nler, according 10 lnfor
nation me INVESTIGATORS ueciared
| they nave in nana. was held w by
! the banu on the uer rLouse- DaStrDp
hlghWa y Inc nagR Oh Ine Aiusdpias
anu coAnmanuea 20 80 70 nesaIDy
ranch aEd get a DucAet Oh water Tor
the trlrsLy baud. he obeyed and
when he reIul ned he Was dlrecred
70 take seat ON a log. he is said
70 nave declared Ilzt ne recognized
several members Of the 0and wlDen
Lney raisea their masks to drink
from the Lucket.
The INVESTIGATORS declined to
disclose the p4 oserlI whereabouts of
the larmsr bat 1t was inLiIila.ed he
was somewhere in Mississippi un-'
Ger the projection or = government
onlcer. II was stated he would pc
prounce1 when wanted.
Plan Open Hearing
Plans Tor the open hearing here
will be formulated aI q conference
in New Orleans next Thursday of
, those conducting the inquiry. The
corner inquest over the bodies of
Danieis ana Richards and the re-
port of the New Orleans paLholo-
gists VINO conducted the autopsy
Will be discussed.
Christmas dinners were served
yesterday to the troops stationed
here at Mer Rouge Officers OF two
companies Of militia here an news
PAPER men were entertaied at a din
ner give by the cnief of-the depart
mem of justice forces conducting
tie Investigation here. 49,
0Av~AN0f -
A report that the farmer who said
he HAD the brush with the mob amt
gave his name as Berry, Mhetstone,
was beng .secreted in Baton Rouge,
along Win Important state witness
es, could not be verified from Baton
Rouge today.
Another witness is reported as
having been removed to Texas to
await the hearing.
Those acquainted with the char
acter of the witnesses the state will
call are authority for the statement
that they will not tear to testify to
ali they know. It was this spirit
of defiance to the robed and masked
men that is believed to have led to
the death of Daniels and Richards.
Both fought these men openly be.
tween the time they were kidnapped
AVA 4uC5t10A1n6 Al C0kAn0Gkk0n W1la
a crime and again in August, since
when they were never seen alive
again, according to those said to be
informed.
Governor Is Silent
milestone told the authorities he
was nephew of former Deputy
Sheriff D. J. Burnett, the suspect
who has been jailed here.
Attorneys for Burnett are anxious
for ruling on their petition for i
preliminary trial for their client
through the regular court channels,
The petition made before District
Judge odom has been Forwarded to
the attorney general who has taken
no action
Governor Parker at Eaton Rouge
today declined to affirm or deny q
report that the state had two men
in custody who have made complete
confessions.