Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-27

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Baltimore. Dee. 27.-Dr. b. M. Nc
Koin, who was arrested IN the johns
Hopkins Medical School yesterday
following receipt of telegram from
Governor Parker OF louisiana say
inp that he was wanted for murder,
wiIl make his first fight today 10
avoid return to Louisiana, in connec-
tion with the mob violence at Mer
Rouge. He has engaged Robert L..
Carmaa. former u. >. District Attor-
ney here, to seek mis- release on a
writ Of habeas corpus. Regardless OF
TIE murder charge, he says he does
net want to go back.
DR.. McK0in was arralgnad DeIore
Magistrate Stanford in Central Poilce
Court and held without bail Tor zen
DAYS for the Louisiana authorities.
ms hearing was brief and formal.
Counsel for Dr. McKoin was ready
al l0:30 q. M, to 90 before chlet
Judge Gorter of the Supreme Bench
of Baltimore and demand the former
Mayors release, il not unconditional
ly, at least under bail.
Or. Hugh III. Young, of John Hop
kins. attended Mckoin'S hearing ana
accompanied counsel to the court
house. Dr. Young said ne would back
Or. Mekom and put up whatever
security or cash necessary to obtain
his release.
DR.. Young was reported to have
been sent a telegram by the Central
Savings Bank and Trust. Company OF
Mer Rouge offering to deposit TO the
credit Of DR.. Young in any bank IN
Baltimore any amount Of money ne
cessarv TO cover any risk he incurs.
llr. Young said he had not received
the telegram. bat whether or not 1t
came. he would stick by DR.. Nc
kOin.
Dr. McKoin explains his reasons
for not wanting to return by saying
he left Mer Rouge long before Watt
Daniels and Thomas Richards were
seized by a MASKED mob and murderer
and that he knows nothing OF the
affair. -,
McKoin admits having killed an
other physician several years ago
but declares tnat that was case OF
self defense. There was te1d
be.wecn him and the other man, that
the other man started to draw ana
ne Dr. McKoin) was quicker. This,
however. had nothing to do with the
recent disorders at Mer Rouge which
followed the physicians activities as
Il reform mayor, ne declared.
He was being held in Central Ponce
Station today pending action on the
habeas corpus writ or arrival OF
Louisiana officers with requisitlon
papers.
Il have committed no murder, DR.,
NcKoin told the detectives after hlS
arrest. Seven years ago | dld Kill a
man. He was a physician. There was
n feud between us. He drew and |
Grew- | was the quicker and l killed
him. | was tried and the jury 1oulI1
me not guilty. That Is all over. VI
this new thing | know nothing >,
But the Louisiana authorizes all
working at high tension since the
bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas
Richards, alleged victims of maSke'
and hooded men, came 70 the SURFACE
in Lake La Fourche, have been scar,
ching for Or. McKoin. They learned
he vast at Johns Hopkins Hospital
But when hospital authorities were
asked about it Monday they demed
It. They said mail had come there 1oI
DIR. McEoin, but no such person was
there to receive it,
But Dr. Mckoin's own father, d0wf
in Monroe, La, eontradicted this. Inc
elder McEoin declared his son was
ut Johns Hopkins Hospital and stucS
to it.
He was found there yesterday and
and was talked with less than hall
hour before detectives bearing a
telegram demanded for him. came in
to Brady Clinic and arrested him
They took him away from his micro
scopes. laboratories and books. He had
10 ask for time TO take off his sur
geon's apron and dress for the street
First. ne was closely questioned l.
Detective Captain Burns private Of
flee. He was asked whether ne had
ever killed man, and said he had
seven years ago. Did he know any
thine OF the recent outbreak of law
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