New-York tribune., 1922-12-26

rmsnts IN connection With the Mer
lourc affair.
pro,pe~ous. weil-dresscd stranger
iepped from The train here to-day and
walked hurricfiy 90 tho jail, few
ards auay. re obtained permission
rem the guards % talk with burnet.
hrourh the fail window. he uttered
ut fcw words in q low tone and then
talkcd sway. His identity has not
lesn er,abnshed. but u Is reported that
~ mar v-,r q high national ofieinl OF
he Ku-Niur Klan. The stranger left
3sstfop b. automobile after refusing
% be interviewed.
Denics Kian Membersaip.
Byrro.t to-day denied that he Is a
nen,ber ~ The Kian. As the question
eae put 10 him It vas accompanied by
rerret sign % the kian--a sign
~ uAieh ne members Identify one an
5thcr. Burnett ignored the sign.
30 you think the Khan responsipie
OF tho deaths n Daniels and kieh-
rds!' he was asked.
Il donr think 30, but, as have toid
,eu before. know very little about tne
rlsn. However, believe the Man
as been wrongfully accused OF many
son the night Of August -, when
richards and Daniels were killed. was
lowherc in the vicinity IN which they
eve kidnAped. On that night ] was
ro~king o. the carbon plant ana olu
81 hear Of the deaths Of the two men
,ntil = day or two later, and can
rove what ! tell you
Burnett. who is stoekiiy orilt mar
bout forty years old. further deciarea
hat he was IN Bastrop on Augsut -,
ttended a ball game and Was lat1I ,
riven to bis home In SPyker Dy WI
lam Bird, a farmer
Occupies Cell on Street
The iail where Burnett is held Is
raU brick structure with four rooms
ivided into as many cells. Burnett
seupies the FIRST cell with a door ana
f,dov, commanding q full view OF the
.reot and the Missouri Prcihe Raii-
cad station. Armed guards arc con
tsntly on DEFY. ,,
purnctt BE- nephew Of Madison
iood. q Local attorney. David J.
arret. proceeding attorney OF the
arish. Ia q son-in-iaw of Mr.. Fiood.
Sheriff Fred Carpenter. who arrested
,urpett last Saturday, to-day declared
hat no more arrests were expected un,
4 the return Of Attorney Genera.
,oeo. on January 2. Judge Odom, OF
he 6th Judicial District, eorroborateo
he statement Of Mr. Carpenter.
Mrs. B. NJ. MeKoin, wife OF DI, . o
ieKoin, formerly Mayor Of Mer Rouge
sid to-day that her husband VINO Is
lleged TO have been fred on from rom, am
ush on the night OF August 2, 1872 IN
Ter Rouge, is In Baltimore, Md, az,
,ndlng Johns Hopkins University, ano
nat he Is coming back Of his own &C
ord a. a witness for the state
Denies lie Is Under Arrest
Nrs McKo.n, who with her four
nail children is visiting here, branded
: untrue a report that her husband
ad been arrested.
n have heard from my husband regu.
arly sincc he left here last August,
he said. "He left Mor Rouge openly
& I'd told every one where he was gong
nd has since written 10 many OF ms
riends here"
VI II. Todd. Of Bastrop, and Percy
ande, Of Monroe, former District Al,
,rney. have been retained as counsel
or Burnett
BAsTRoP, La. Dee. % (By The Asso-
q iafed Press The probability hat me
ext chapter in the Morchouse kidnapping
svestigations would be written sJoa
Mer Rouge loomed strongly here TO-
ight.
ID Is believed that many Of the men
he state suspects as ringleaders OF
4 he August white robed and masked
aob that lynched Daniels and Rich
rds will be served with warrants be-
orc January ., the date set for the
pen hearing here. Developments at
he hearing may bring about the ar
est Of others. Federal agents have
eciared they have the names Of twenty
.mbers Of the mob.
The state forces penetrating into
he mystery and the populaee Of More
ouse relaxed to-day under the infu-
& nee Of the Christmas spirit. The troops
tationed here and az Nee Rouge rest
a on their arms as the townfolk
rought them good things to eat and
.elped them be merry.
Governor at Desk All Day.
Governor Parker was az his desk az
atom Rouge summarizing the develop
rents Of the last week which began
nth the troop movement that sue
eeded IN locating tho bodies OF two
zen believed by the state 10 have
cen executed by the hooded mob.
ne Governor dispensed with the ira
itional Christmas dinner with his
red mother and relatives at New Or
ssns 10 remain az his post
District Judge Odom, before whom
be preliminary hearing will be held
ere, said he believed there would not
e the slightest interference with those
authority when the proceedings be-
On.
"The members Of the National Guard
an be on duty and viii maintain order
nd the trial will be conducted IN a
borough and business-likc manner and
Interference will be brooked nor
ny efforts to thwart The ends Of JUS
iee tolerated" be declared.
A conference Of those conducting the
nquiry was announced to-day Tor
thursday Of New Orleans. AZ that
inc plans Tor the hearing VIII be
atlincd.