The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-12-29
OFFICIALS CONFER
0NMASkERS' CASE
Governor Being In New
Orleans Today
PLAN FOR HEARING
Policies TO Be Adopted For jan
uary Trial Are Being
Discussed
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Baltimore, Md, December %.
DIR. 3. NJ. Mckoin, former
mayor Of SAer Rouge, La, today
lost his fight for Immediate re-
lease on fabeas corpus proceed
ings. He was remanded with
out prejudice" to give the Louis
lana authorities opportunity to
present their case. Dr.. McKoin
was arrested here Tuesday at
the request of Governor Parker
of Louisiana who accused him
of murder in connection with s
the Warehouse parish kidnapping
last August.
Bastrop, La, December 2S-Chief
interest in the Morehouse hdnap-
ing case was shifted today to New
Orleans where Governor John NJ,
Parker was to hold a conference
with Attorney General Coco and
Special Prosecutor ST. Clair Adams,
appointed by the governor TO as
sist the attorney generals office in
presenting the states case at the
opening hearing to be held here
January 5 to discuss policies TO be
adopted at the hearing.
A warrant for the arrest of DR..
B. NJ. McKoin, who il held in Balti-
more at the request of Governor
Parker, was issued here yesterday
on instructions from Attorney Gen
eral Coco. Hearing on writ OF ha-
beas corpus obtained yesterday by
to Mer Rouge for questioning in
connection with the KIDNAPPING and
killing of Watt Daniels and Thomas
Richards, was to come up today In
Baltimore. The issuance of the war
rant, il was believed by state offi-
Gals here, would make IL unneces-
sary for the state to show its hand
by producing whatever evidence 1t
may have against the doctor in its
attempt to have him brought to
Louisiana.
Seventy Five In Mob
Advices from Baton Rouge stated
requisition papers would be issued
as soon as the warrant was receiv-
ed. -
The masked mob which kidnapped
Daniels and Richards was ,compos.
ed of about seventy five men, acS
cordiny to one of the investigators
Who has been following the case
closely for several months. Mem
bers of the mob, the investigators
asserted, came from the parishes of
Morehouse, Ouachita. West Carroll,
Richland and Franklin and from
two counties in Arkansas. The Iden
tity of practically every member of
the mob, ii was said, is known to
the authorities and ii was expected
that many more, arrests in addition
to those already made will follow.
Three JUDGES To Hear Writ.
Baltimore. Md. December Is
Three JUDGES will hear arguments
TODAY on the writ OF habeas corpus
obtained yesterday by counsel for
DR.. B. NJ McKoin, former mayor OF
Mer Rouge. La, who was arrested
here Tuesday on a murder charge
preferred by Governor John NJ. Par
ker of Louisiana. The arrest of the
doctor is the second in the More
house parish kidnapping cases of last
August, which resulted in the death
OF two Mer Rouge men. -
Shortly after receipt of a tele-
gram from Governor Parker last
night requesting local police off
cials to hold DR.. McKoin pending
arrival of extradition papers, word
was received from Bastrop that
warrant for Dr. McKoin's arrest had
been issued by Attorney General
Coco of Louisiana. Issuance of the
warrant, it is believed, will make
il unnecessary for authorities to
make known their evidence against
DR.. McKoin in order to extradite
him. as well as forestalling any at
tempt to release DR. McKoin on bail.
Many kilograms from friends of
Dr. McKoin have been received Of
fering moral and financial support.