The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-12-28
IS
DENIED RIGHT
TO GIVE BAIL
To Fight Extradition
to Last Extreme
fBv Assoclated Press

McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge,
La, today lost his fight for immedi-
ate release on habeas corpus pro-
ceedings. He was remanded with
out prejudice" to give the Louisiana
authorities opportunity to present
their case. Dr. McKoin was arrested
here Thursday at the request of Gov.
Parker, of La, who accused him os
murder in connection with the More
house parish kidnapping last August.
Three judges of the Baltimore SUI
preme bench, sitting in supreme
court, denied DR.. McKoin the right to
bail A dispatch from Attorney General
Coco of Louisiana to States Attor
ney Leach, stated that DR.. McKoin
formally has been charged with the
murder of Watt and Daniels and
Thomas Richards. The despatch ad
ded that a deputy sheriff was on the
way to Baltimore with the necessary
papers on the case.
To Fight Extradition
1t is possible that ex-U. S. District
Attorney Robert B. Carman, counsel
for DR.. McKoin, will renew habeas
corpus proceedings after the arrival of
the Louisiana officer today. At any
rate, it was declared DR.. McKoin will
uemitieS.
Attorney Carman questioned the
right of detectives to arrest DR.. Nc
Koin on mere telegram from some
body whose identity was not attested
in the massacre, but he said that he
would not press the point He urged
only release on bail, asserting the ac-
cused former mayor would be available
at any time.
Warrant is Issued
Shortly after receipt of a telegram
| from Governor Parker last night, re-
questing local police officials to hold
| DR.. Mckoin pending arrival of extra
dition papers, word was received
| from Bastrop that a warrant for DR..
| McKoin's arrest had been issued by
! Attorney General Coco of Louisiana.
| Issuance of the warrant, it is be
| lieved, will make it unnecessary for
authorities to make known their evi-
dence against DR.. McKoin in order to
eXtradite him, as well as forestalling
any attempt to release DR.. McKoin on
bail.
Many kilograms from friends of Dr.
McKoin have been received, offering
moral and financial support. Among
them are included some from persons
associated with the medical profes-
sion, as well as one from the Central
Savings and Trust company of Mer
Rouge, offering to deposit in any Bal
timore bank funds sufficient to OBJ
tain the release on bail of the ac-
| cused man.
Statement corroborated
kilograms also have been received
corroborating DR.. McKoin's statement
that he was in Monroe, La, the night
of Aug. "a, when the kidnapping and
murders were alleged to have taken
place. One from DR.. J. B. Vaughan,
of Monroe, stated that DR.. McKoin was
with him in Monroe from 8 p. m to
10 p. m. the night of Aug. "a The
kidnappings were supposed to have
occurred between p. m. and 10 p. M
! DR.. G. p. Gray, president of the Fifth
District Medical association, and six
other physicians also telegraphed that
DR.. McKoin was in Monroe that night
DR.. McKoin was formerly president
of that organization.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 2S.-Gov.
Parker reached here this morning to
take part in the conference which he
will hold today with his legal asso-
|
line plans for the open hearing at Bas-
trop and to discuss other phases of
the Morehouse kidnapping investiga-
ton
: The governor declined to be inter
viewed maintaining his silence to
newspaper men, inausurated when the
investigation began.
BASTROP, La, Dec. 2S.-Chief in.
terest in the Morehouse kidnapping
case was shifted today to New Or,
leans where Governor John NJ. Parker
had an engagement for conference
with Attorney General Coco and St
Clair Adams, special prosecutor, ap
pointed by the governor to assist the
attorney generals office in presenting
the states case at the open hearip.:
to be held here January 5. They In
tended to discuss policies to be adop.
ed at the hearing.
A warrant for the arrest OF Dr. r
M. McKoin, who is held in Baltimora
at the request of Governor Parker was
issued here yesterday on instructions
from Attorney General Coco The is
suance of the warrant, it was believe1
by state officials here would make 4
, unnecessary for the state to produce
whatever evidence it may have against
the doctor in its attempt to have him
brought to Louisiana
To Issue Papers.
Advices from Baton Rouge stated
: that requisition papers would be is
| sued as soon as the warrant was re
ceived there.
2 The masked mob which kidnapped
} Daniels and Richards was composed
of about rs men, according to one OF
r the investigators, who has been fol
i lowing the case closely for severa
, months. Members of the mob, the in
vestigators asserted, came from the
! parishes of Moorehouse, Ouachita
West Carroll, Richland and Franklin
and from two counties in Arkansas
, The identity of practically every mem
. Der of the mob, it is said, is known
: to the authorities, and it was expected
: that many more arrests in addition tG
those already made would follow n
the investigation proceeds