The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-27
to the state. according to depart ment of justice men.
 More Arrests Expected

Attorney General Coco yesterday announced that at least six or seven more arrests would be made before the open hearing in connection with the case. which has been set for Jan uary 5 here.
 It is reported the number of arrests will be increased in the event the identities of the dynamiters are es- tablished. Federal agents declare they have the name of the ring leader and his arrest is imminent.
 Attorney General Coco was ex- pected to arrive at New Orleans to- morrow in preparation for the con ference there Thursday at which time plans for tho hearing will be outlined and the report of the cor oners jury that conducted the in- quest over the headless bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards will be discussed.
 Citizens were gathering On the street corners tonight discussing the arrest of two of their former law officials. The arrest of the man who had bean their mayor until he re- signed last August came as n com plete surprise. Dr. Mex oin was born and grew to manhood at Monroe and later moved to Mer Rouge where he was a practicing physician. His friends induced him to make the race for mayor and during his incum- bency he fearlessly upheld the law and attempted to rid the community of moonshiners and other law break CTS, 1t was said.
 Received Warnings
 On August he reported assassins fired two loads of shot into his auto mobile as he was answering a sick call He later received persistent warnings to leave the community end he did so. This event led to the tragedy of the twenty fourth, in the theory of the state.
 T. J. Burnett, arrested last Satur- day, Is denied visitors except under military surveillance. Today he grew sullen and restless and repeatedly gripped the iron bars in which he is enclosed. His battery of attorneys spent several hours with him.
 It was recalled here tonight that four murders have been charged to hooded men since last May along the Arkansas-Louisiana border.
 At Wilmot. Ark. F. l.. Gills, a farmer, was lured from his home, shot to death and his body burned. Following his death the Louisiana Arkansas Law and Order league was ioIIleu to StCuTe eNlutHCe III lue Cdst but no arrests were made. The league was said to have been made up of 1000 citizens of the two states and recently disbanded.
 Men are FIogged
 The Kidnapping of five prominent Mer Rouge citizens On highway last August is believed to have resulted in the death of Daniels and Richards. Two others were severely flogged and J. l.. Daniels, 70-year- old father of Watt Daniels, was at the point of death for several weeks because of the cruelties inflicted upon him.
 The Smackover invasion, the third event of the year, occurred last month and resulted in the death Of J. c. Woods, 25, a Misslssippian. He was riddled with shot after he hai fired on a party of several hundred masked and white "sheeted" men who marched into the new oil field of south Arkansas to clean out the undesirables. One man was flogged and a gambling house. a two story frame structure. torn down. An exo- dus of more than 1000 people from this region resulted. Officials made