The Pensacola journal., 1922-12-28
NIXON MAKES
FIGHT AGAINST
EXTRADITION
Former Mer Rouge
Mayor Has Hearing
Today; Following
Trail of Masked
Men.

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BALTIMORE, Dec. 27.-Captain
George G. Henry, chief inspector OF
the Baltimore police, received a tele-
gram tonight from Governor John NJ.
Parker of Louisiana, asking that hear
ing in the writ Of habeas corpus, OBJ
tanned by counsel for DR.. McKoin, be
held up until officers arrived with ex-
tradition papers.
! The writ was obtained in an effort
! to obtain bail for DIR. McKoin who
was arrested here yesterday after a
! telegram was received from the Louis
! lana governor requesting that the
I former mayor be held on a charge of
murder, in connection with the More
house parish murders and kidnap-
! pings. Hearing on the writ is sched-
! ulcd for tomorrow.
| Meanwhile friends Of DR.. McKoin
! are rallying to his assistance. Tele-
grams were received today from
many persons pledging their moral
and financial support Among them
/ was one from two physicians signing
! themselves as fellows of the Ameri-
I can College Of Surgeons.
Another telegram from the Central
J Savings and Trust company of Mer
I Rouge. La, Offering to deposit any
amount OF money in a local bank in
an effort to obtain release OF DR..
AIcNoiu.
DR.. McKoin told newspaper men to-
day he was unable to throw any light
upon the deaths OF Thomas Richards
and Watt Daniels, whose mutiIatcd
bodies were found several days ago
in Lake La Fourche, near Mer Rouge.
"At one time" DR.. McKoin said, II
was willing TO go back and tell them
all that 1 could about conditions at
Mer Rouge but now 1 will fight roqui-
sition to the last ditch"
While angered at his arrest, DR.. Nc
Koin is inclined to treat the matter
lightly. He said he could account
for every hour prior to the kidnap-
ping Of the murdered men and every
minute since their mysterious dsap-
pearance. When asked how he could
account for all the time so accurate
ly since August, when the men dis
appeared, DR.. MCKoin retorted:
when the time comes 1 win show
you"
DR.. McKoin reiterated he was not
member Of the Ku KluX Klan, Meth
or had he been asked to join the or
ganization, he said. 'In fairness to
them however" he added, II must
say they have done much good work
in the matter of Kidding Mer Rouge
OF unIesirables. l don't mean to say
that they have driven people out of
town. On the enotrary they have
by the use of common sense, talk
and tact, made good men of individ-
uals who undoubtedly would have
landed in Jail sOoneror later"
BASTROP. La, Dec. 27.-Civil and
authorities today followed
through the hills and swamps of
Morchouse parish the trail they be-
ljcyc was taken by the masked and
robed men on the afternoon and
night Of August "a when five men
were kidnapped and two murdered.
The trail covered a distance of
about 20 miles from a point on the
Rouge highway where
the men were kidnapped, to a ferry
landing at Lake La Fourche near
where the bodies of two Of them were
found last week.
The reconnoiterS were seeking addi-
tjonaI evidence duplicating those re-
sponsible for the mysterious dynamit-
bottom of the lake where they had
been weighted down four months.
The day was devoid Of local deYel-
Jpments. All eyes were turned to-
wards Baltimore where DR.. B. NJ.
former Mer Rouge mayor was
battling against eXtradition to Louis
anna where he is to face charge Of
murder in connection with the case.