New-York tribune., 1922-12-29
S;.ued Statements of Mob
Members Reported as
Gwen TO La. Officials by
r. S. Secret Agents
F,xpect InfOrmers
To Get immunity
Witnesses and Men Who
Turned States Evidence
Protected by Troops

pAcTROP, La, Dec. y tby Inc Az
...,,,,8 Press). - Forty-fve persons
,,,. implicated in the Morehouse kid
.,,,r0 and murders Of last August, ac-
..,5;sr 70 two confessions reported
~, today as delivered by the Depart
..rt Of Justice men 70 state authori-
". =. New Orleans The authorities
..sN neither deny nor affirm the re-
pgri
n. confessions will not be made
,obll. uniil the open hearings begin at
e,arop in January. il was said here.
vas stated the signers Of the con-
krlsns have been granted immunity
!, he state and are being secreted
,sng with other witnesses and will be
oiled upon 70 testify.
h IA regarded here as probable, how
,,r. that the arrests Of some or all OF
a, men named will occur before the
wsr hearing begins.
Tte suspects are reported to be
,,S,r constant surveillance Of Secret
Sgriee men.
friends Of former Mayor DR.. B. NJ.
v,Eoin Of Mer Rouge, under arrest at
s,ltimore on a charge OF murder in
,snneetion with the case, are raising
hrS In this and adjoining parishes TO
y used in defense Of the physician.
In the meanwhile a deputy sheriff
,ymed with a warrant charging NC
Eoln with murder was enroute to Bal
tmore.
Troops Guard Jail
Sheriff Carpenter said to-day he ex-
tseted that McKoin would join T. j.
burnett. former deputy sheriff, arrest
.5he Saturday. in the parish jail here
by Tuesday. The Jail is being guarded
b state troops and machine guns are
inined on IL,
NV ORLEANS, Dec. 2S.-Reports
ANt had been learned on highest au-
i,r,y that two signed confessions
nsa by men who participated in the
As Rtuge murders had been brought
befe b. Secret Service agents could
not b. eonfsmed tonight. Attorney
Geb1fsl Coco refused to discuss the
natter. He admitted, however, that
his Office had authority 20 grant I'M
nenity II it chose, TO participants who
night turn states evidence.
Governor Parker, Attorney General
Coco and Assistant Attorney Generals
Guion and Walmsley conferred for sew
eral hours to-day with four Federal De-
Nrtment Of Justice agents in the At
,ornev Generals Office over the evil
ienee in the Mer Rouge murder.
Governor Has No Comment
Governor Parker boarded a train late
In the afternoon for Baton Rouge and
were again resumed to-
night by the other officials. Governor
parker's parting words on the Mer
Rouge horror were:
II have nothing TO say. This case
has passed out Of my hands into those
q the Attorney General and anything
should come from him.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 2s.-Warnings
from Baltimore went out tonight TO
the Governor and Attorney General Of
Louisiana TO "gO slow" In dealing with
Dr.. B. NJ McKoin, former Mayor oi
Mer Rouge, La.
Meanwhile DR.. McKoin, charged with
murder and leadership Of masked
mobs. remains in cell in the Bslti-
more city Jail, having lost his first
fght for freedom in the Baltimore
eour.G His attorney, Robert r. Car
man. former United States District At
ioney, declared tonight his next
move TO free DR.. McKoin would be q
trit o. habeas corpus in the United
States District Court from which the
hght may be carried TO the Supreme
Court Of the United States.
The warnings to Governor Parker and
Attorney General Coco Of Louisiana
cane from DR.. Hugh Hampton Young,
director Of the Brady Clinic Of Johns
Hopkins Hospital DR.. Young was DT.
kekoin's teacher and mentor in post
graduate course in urology.
Dr. Youngs telegram TO Governor
tfkef was as follows:
"Well-known physicians and business
rt o. Monroe furnish positive alibi
~ NoKoin. viii you not investigate
itA before forcing him 20 return 70
LeV'siann7 am absolutely sure he is
Innocent and you will, in my opinion,
% a great wrong in taking him from
lie position with me az Johns Hopkins
Hospital. Investigate and then act.
This Is reasonable request. The
medical profession Of the United States
will hold you responsible"