Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-27
SECOND ARREST FOR
 MOREHOUSE MYSTERY

Bastrop. La. Dec. 2S.-The second ar rest in connection with the Morehouse kidnapping of last August came late to- day when Dr. B. Nj. McKoin. former mayer of Mer Rouge, was taken into GUS tody at Baltimore on the instructions of Governor Parker, who charged him with murder.
 The physician was taking post-grad- uate course at Johns Hopkins university. He is expected to be brought here within a few days to join former deputy sher- if being held on similar charge.
 While the arrest was being made, na- tional guardsmen were reconnoitering along Lake LaFourche in search of evi- denco that would indicate who were re- sponsible for the dynaniting at a ferry landing last week when the bodies of two men, believed to have been tortured and murdered by masked and robed men last August, were blown from the bottom of the lake. The company was also instruct ed to- act as bodyguard for the sheriff in any attempt as arrests.
 Adjutant General ToombS, suddenly called hack from Washington by the gov ernor, arrived in Morehouse today to d. rect the operations of the three companies of state troops encamped here and at Mer Rouge.
 
 been made to cali out two additional com panies if necessary.
 Soldiers axe on guard duty at the Jail here and encanped In the heart of Mer Rouge, where the situation is such that the governor announced that he desired their presence. Many of the populace are armed.
 The guardsmen were also at the dis posal of the civil authorities to arrest members of the hooded mob whose identi- ty are known to the state, according to department of justice men. More Arrests to Follow.
 AttornS,, General Coco yesterday an- nounced that at least six or seven more arrests would be made before the / hearing in connection with the case .et l for Jan. here. It is reported the mum. l Der 2f arrests will be increased should the identity of the dynamiters be established | Federal agents declare they have the name of the ringleader and his arrest is 1 imminent.
 | The attornex- general was expected tc arrive at New Orleans tomorrow in prep aration for the conference there Thurs l day, when plans for the hearing will be outlined and. the report of the coroner's 1 jury that conducted the inquest over the 1 headless bodies of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards, found in the lake, vii be discussed. Citizens were gathering on the street corners tonight discussing sthe arrest oa the two former officials. The arrest oi ] the former mayor, who resigned last An 1 gust, came as a surprise. pr, McKoir was born and grew to manhood at Mon roe and later moved to Mer Rouge ana I Re F.FA Ic ty1dy h ff make the race for mayor and during hiI incumbency, they said, he upheld the law and attempted to rid the community o. | breakers.
 l On. Aug. 2d he reported assassins hat fired two shots into his automobile as h' was answering a sick call He later re ceived warnings to leave. and he did This event led to to the tragedy of th' { 24th, in the theory of the state l T. J. Burnett, the former deputy sher if arrested last Saturday, Is denied wis itors except under military surveillance Today he grew festless and repeatedl, gripped the iron bars in which he is en closed. His attorneys spent several hour 1 with him. ~ .%
 Four Murders Charged.
 It was recalled tonight that four mur i ders have been charged to hooded mel since last May along the Arkansas Louisiana border.
 At Wilmot, Ark. L GiIls, a farmer was lured from hls home. shot to deatl and his body burAed Following Lis deatl the ana-Arkansas Law. and Orde league was formed to obtain evidenc but TO arrests were made
 The kidnapping of five. prominent Me lRouge citizens on a highway last Angus Is believed to have resulted in the deatl of Daniels and Richards. Two other were severely logged. and J. L.. Daniels 70 year old father of Daniels. was xea death for several weeks. An invasion of the Smackover oil fel of south Arkansas last month resulted i the death of J. G. Woods, 25, MisRssip plan. He was riddled with shot after h had fired on a party of several hundre, masked and white-sheeted men wh tmarched into the new oil field to clea, out alleged undesirables One man wa
 1oggsd, and gambling house, a two story frame structure. Norn down. Al
 exodus of more than 2.60O persons iron this region resulted. >