The Brunswick news., 1922-12-23

RELATIVES AND FRIENDS 4
IDENTIFY DEAD BODIES AS "
DANIELS AND RICHARDS =
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= Mer Rouge, Dec. 22-Rela- :
= tives and friends late tonight =
: partially identified the bodies of >
two wire bound men recovered =
: from LaFouhche lake as Watt >
= Daniels and Thomas Richards, :
missing since Kidnapped by :
= hooded men four months ago. il =
was reported here tonight. =
Buckles. bits of clothing and '
= other things had been recognized :
= by several who viewed the bod =
, les The coroner announced that =
: an inquest would be held here. ,
:. y = =.
Mer Rouge, Dee % "A company OF
Alabama National Guards is speed
ing tonight into Morehouse parish
while the New Orleans machine gun
company is under orders to entrain
immediately TO reinforce the company
If guardsuen now in this section
The troop movement followed re-
cogery today in the lake near here
af the bodies of two men lseiievpd e
be victims of the masked white roi5-
cd men last August
The National Guard company rush
I'd to Cooped Lake at about 8 o'clock
his morning to investigate the re-
ports the presence OF men woding in
ne water that was being explored
for the bodies OF two missing men
believed to have been the victims OF
booded men, returned here shortly at
ter O'Clock this morning
Captain w w Cooper announced
that the men fired upon by the guards
had disappeared and Investigation af-
ter daylight failed to throw further
light on the purposes of their visit
70 the body Of water
The theory was advanced that the
mon were attempting to remove the
bodies Of Watt Daniels aud Thomas
Richards, and thai particular part Of
the lake viii be given special atten-
ton by the explorers
The entire National Guard COM
pany which has been on duty here
while the lakes surrounding Mer
Rouge were dragged in the search Of
tie bodies OF two men who we're kid
naped by band Of masked men on
August q last, and VINO nave not been
seen since was ordered to Cooper
Lake early today when guards sta
toned there discovered a number Of
men moving about in the shallow wat
er Of the lake and fired upon them
Eight men had been stationed at
Cooper Lake, which was partially
dragged yesterday. They had been
given Instructions to fire on any per
sons seen about the lake who ocould
not give an account Of themselves.
Shortly after O'Clock several men
were seen some distance from the
shore, wading about in shallow
spot
They paid no attention to orders to
surrender given by guardsmen, ac-
cording to a report to the officers Of
the company here Several shots We're
fired al them and the men disappear
ed 1t is believed that they made
theit escane in a boat through one
of the bayous opening into the lake.
Two of the guardsmen We're sent
to report 70 headquarters here, max
ing. the eigtt-mile trip on foot, much
Of the way through swamps They ar
rived at Mer Rouge soon after 2
O'Clock The entire militia company
was at once sent to the spot. making
the trip as far as possible in motor
tricks
IN to o'clock this morning no re-
port had been received from them
and it is believed here that they
awaited daylight before making an
investigation
Cooper Lake is surrounded by dense
swamps and is in an inaccessible part
OF Morehouse parish, and it has beer
named as the spot where the bodies
OF the two missing men, Major Wat
Daniels and Thomas Fletcher Rich-
ards might possibly have been thrown
by their kidnapers, according 10 re-