The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-27
NIXON GETS
WRIT; FIGHTS
EXTRADITION
Renew Investigation
of Kidnapping

BALTIMORE, Dec. Pin an eff
fort to. obtain bail before commencing
his fight against extradition DR.. B.
NJ. McKoin, former mayor of Mer
Rouge, La, who was arrested here
yesterday at the requests of Governor
Parker of Louisiana today obtained a
writ of habeas corpus in the city
court. Governor Parker accused Nc
Koin of murder
The writ was made returnable i'm
mediately but on the request of Nc
Koin's consul, former Attorney Gen
eral Carman, the hearing was post
poned until tomorrow and DIR. Nc
Koin was taken TO his cell. A short
time before in central police court
Dr. McKoin's case was adjourned by
Justice Stanley until jan s at the
request of the detectives working on
tn case.
Asks Mckoin Held.
This was in compliance to tele-
gram from Governor Parker of Louis
lana requesting that McKoin be held
for 10 days and saying that extradition
papers would be forwarded Mr. Nc
Koin was then taken to the office of
States Attorney Leach, preliminary
to the habeas corpus hearing before
Judge Gorter. EXtradition papers will
be forwarded from Louisiana to Balti-
more for DR.. McKoin according to a
! telegram from Governor Parker today
! DR.. E. H. Woodhead of the Brady hos
pital of John Hopkins university which
whom DR.. McKoin worked, conferred
with the former mayor.
Carman, consul for DIR. McKoin said
| he would fight any effort for extradi
| tion on the part of Goveror Parker ol
Louisiana.
Wanted as Witness.
He declared that he believed thai
there was no prima facie charge ol
murder against the former mayor, ant
he expressed the belief that the Louis
lana officials called for his arrest, be
cause they wanted him more as 4
witness, or for the purpose of obtain
! ing information.
"Dr. McKoin did not flee from
Louisiana after the trouble at Me-
Rouge" Attorney Carman said: HI
remained there for many weeks aftel
the death of the two men. He was
with his father for several weeks 81
miles from Mer Rouge. He was there
from August until October. when hC
came to Baltimore at the request O
DIR. Hugh Long. who offered to permi
him to be associated with the Joh1
J, Hopkins hospital"
BASTROP, La, Dec. 27,-There wa
: an air of expectancy here and at Me
Rouge today as department OF justic'
agents and representatives of the stat
government renewed their investiga
tion of the MoTehouse parish kidnaI
pings. They widened their efforts t
run down the persons responsible 10
the dynamiting of a nearby lake which
gave up the bodies of two men ident
fled as Watt Daniels and Thomas Rich
| ards. abducted by masked mob las
August 1t was declared additional al
rests were imminent.
Secret service men were reported t
have discovered the place where tn
dynamite said to have been 1,50
pounds was sold and some of the me-
: suspected of being implicated in tn
: dynamiting were under surveillance.
Town is Excited
, The arrest in Baltimore yesterda
: of DR.. B. NJ McKoin, former mayo
of Mer Rouge, at the request OF GOV
, ernor John M. Parker, caused muc
excitement here. Little groups c
citizens gathered to discuss the cas-
: and the probable next move of tn
2 authorities.
r A statement signed by ]. A. Sylve!
? ter. of Bastrop, has been issued
L the press, in which doubt is expresse
as to the identity of the bodies foun
Y in Lake La Fourche and claimed b
7 relatives as those of Watt Daniels an
2 Thomas Richards, alleged victims {
+ the hooded mob Although it is n
2 mored that the bodies of Daniels an
: Richards have been found. there is n
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