Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-25
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| the bodies were lowered into their
resting place.
Daniels was a world war veteran,
| having been in service in the tank
| corps. He was single.
Richards was married and the ia
, Their of two young children.
Both were members of families that
were pioneers in Morehouse.
With the funeral services ended,
| the crowds started quietly for home.
There was no demonstration or show
Of vengeful feeling.
Fearing that such a move might
add to the danger of the situation,
Governor Parker yesterday rescinded
| the order for the Monroe National
Guard troops stationed at Mer Rouge
to ioin two National Guard troops
here guarding the court house ana
Jail square.
The Governor feared to leave Mer
Rouge unprotected. it was announced.
Stores and residences are general
supplies of guns and ammunition. and
citizens are said to be moving about
in vehicles and on foot with fire arms
at their side. The Mer Rouge COM
munity has been divided into hostile
camps since the events following last
August, it is admitted.
T. J. Burnett, the lone suspect to
reach the Parish Jail. has made appli-
cation through his attorneys for a
preliminary trial through regular
channels to thwart the states plan
for an opening hearing on January
The attorney general has instructed
the district Judge not to act on the
petition at present.
No further arrests were made to-
day. 1t is now believed the othei
promised will not be effected untn
after Christmas.
At the conclusion of the open hear
ing, it was semi officially announced
here. the men, if indicted. will be
moved to some other parish for trial,
most likely Baton Rouge.
Governor Parker's program in stiff
ing the kidnapping mystery was set
in motion last Tuesday when he or
dered Company G, Monroe National
Guard Infantry to Mer Rouge.
Wednesday detachment was
thrown about two lakes in Morehouse
Parish for guard duty while profess
sional divers under the direction of
Department Of Justice men dragged
the bottoms of the lakes for the bod
les of two men missing since the kid
mapping last August. The next day
the states principal efforts were di-
rected to Lake Cooper. % miles from
La FOurche Men and boys of the
surrounding communities joined the
searchers and linking hands waded
through the swampy portions of the
lake, without finding amy trace of
the bodies.
Shortly after midnight on Thurs
day, party of eight or ten men was
seen in boat on Lake Cooper in the
area under military guard in which
traffic was forl idden.
The men refused to answer calls of
the guards and machine guns was
turned upon them and 80 shots fired.
was rushed to the scene of the skir-
mish but an investigation after day
light revealed nothing
While the troops We're rushing to
Lake Cooper. spot near the ferry
landing on Lake LaFourche was bla ST.
ed. The concussion shook the houses
in the vicinity. Unidentified men had
set off at least 1000 pounds of dyna-
mite. experts have since declared.
The next morning when the ferry
man went to board his ferry he saw
the boat drifting along the lake. He
saw portion of the Lank blown in
and hundreds of dead fish floating On
the surface Of the water Among the
fish he saw two headless bodies, wire
bound and in a bad state of decompo-
sition. 1t was believed the dynamiters
had attempted to steal the bodies.
The bodies were permitted to float
on the water until sunset. during
which time relatives and friends of
the Daniels and Richards families rec
ognized bits of clothing remaining on
the men.
With the first object in the program
attained. Governor Parker Immediate
~ inaugurated the second phase-ar-
rests of suspects of the crime. Dur
ing Friday an infantry company at AL
exandria and a machine gun company
at New Orleans were ordered to cntrain
Tor Bastrop the parish seat of More
house.
Attorney General Coco and two pa
thologists of New Orleans accompanied
the troops.
Yesterday the first of the many ar
rests promised by the attorney genera
was made when a former deputy sher-
III was jailed and charged with MUIR
DER. Two National Guard companies
established camp in grounds occupied
by the court house and Jail and train
Gu machine guns on the jail. The at