Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-12-26
GET READY
TO CONDUCT
open TRIAL
over BODIES

BASTROP, Ia. Dee. ej.-Thc
pro'anliiii that the next chapter In
The MorchouSc kidnapping inyestira.
lions would he written soon In the
Mer Rouge tragedy lupmcd strongly
tonight.
ATTORNEY General COco's an.
""uncesncui In Marksvillc. la.
where he l. spending Christmas,
that The state expected 10 jail nj
least slt or seven more ON charges
~ murder in connection with the
death of Watt Daniels and Thomas
'.'cilards. y expected t0 he fulfilled
10 the Ner Rouge community.
u u believed that many OF the men
thu state SUSPECTS as ring leaders of the
August white robed and masked mob
in L. served with warrants before
January .. tho date set f0r the open
h-Erng here. Developments at .ne
hearing nav brn about the arrest of
utherS. Federal agents have declared
the, have the names al 20 members OF
the mob.
l'ellcVc Burnett Guilty.
Tn" state believes I. J. burnett
t. of the murlcr charg upon
-hich he WAS Jailed Saturday the at.
torney general s,id today In speaking
me lone aisl.rrt held In the Jail az
Hsarop. "ve further believe We have
the evidence upon which to convict
t"'~' ~, ncte~L ne u,a'd
An order was ISSUED to-day denying
,,- torn permission 20 communicate
WITH Burnett except In the presence of
On nff.ccr of the military detail
1fr alaic, k2rcsn .irnctrating into tho
myNery, Aild thc populaco Of More
hof~. rchIcd TODAY under the influ.
chce Of the Christmas spirit.
fr0ps Rest.
The truopS stationed here and at
usr Pouge r,st~l IN their arms az the
town folk biouEht them good things To
tat
Tho officials composing the legal ma
tlin,-y Of the uatc scitter,d 10 spend
the hclitavs with their families hut
Il 81 Telephone conversations with ono
rnu'hsr.
Governor Parker was ~ his desk ~
Baton Rouge Summarizing th" develop
,uhS w tn, Imst week which hogi,n
18th tho iruor movement that succs-si'
"a in heating the l'ullics ul two men l'c'
lry.d by the state to have been cX"cui'
.d 10y thr hooi,-l muh.
\ conference of tho~r conducting tho
inaury WAS announced today Tor
ihut .ds,y a, New Orleans
To Gutlir Plans.
~ that time plans fur th" hearing
-ui 10 outlined sud IN. finding n the
,proncrs Jury which held the inquest
Ger the l.iics 81 Daniels and richards
v,n D.. discussed The report ~ the
,.thnlugisis viii bc carefully weighed.
Il rs regarded by the state as going TAT
toward. clsaI1ug up the manner 10
hlrh tho formcr service man and his
companion met death
The bodies lying In c,-ol water ~ the
bottom ~ the lake for four months
..irg shot tn the surface 10y
unidcutlfi~d midnight dyntmiies. we're
said 90 have been we'll preserved. The
..ud .,sn. liul,s were missing
The o. iholngsis arr NOT Boo l position io
state vhothcr these parts we're hacked
,,ff O.. cxccutioncrs. or blown away ny
%. - or eaten oii 'f t-n o. BE-
known
tb' I,i,ucans disclosed ihH c'i
d.pt.. indicated ih, mru Wrr" "'it'h
sui uor lunc. broken before thcS
dsl
department % Justice men are ~crA
ing to locate Dr. u 81 Mckou. former
..e. ui Ne. nouu. wanted ipr 'u'"'
ruzntlon. tn. mayor quit Mer i''us"
D. ut.rr an attv.npt made tn a-sits'n
at- him. he went o. Monroe and th"n
80 ,rlrau~ and uTon departing
from her. d.clsr.d be- was ga route Tor
'"hns Hopkins tuiycrsitv a lal''in"e
for a por graduate cour-. Efforts n
.. ,ncrc have tailed and h.s
whereabouts are unknown % "rici''ls
ass ~. attempt uu his lite that :
lcIa.cd o. hay. eliminated IN me
e. ont of Nugus tn, hearing VII ~
upen to the pubic and for IN" Purl"''
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