The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1923-02-16
MEN ARE NAMED
FROM WHICH TO
PICK GRAND JURY
Whose Duty it VIII be r. T.
vestigate Hooded Activities
IN Morehouse-Preachero of
Ku Nux Doctrine Declares
Daniel and Richard. ave
Alive. arc

-, '' Gu. lo.-IWentV
citizens of Morehouse parish fror,
wnom on March s, will be selected
.he grand jury which will be asked
20 investigate the operation of hood
eo bands in the parish and to return
. score or more indictments. cbaro
ing Violence from murder TO ass.r,t
ana battery, were named todav hv
the parish jury commission On A..
DAY the jury is organized D;s+r;o.
Judge Fred M. Odom will select fror,
tne panel one to be foreman .nd
.nen the names of the other II NOW,
Ders will be drawn.
Members of the comr;,.;on -,
.aa' so FAR as they knew. none of
tne men In the panel was in anv w.v
connected with the KIDNAPPING and
staying of Watt Daniel and r r
nlcnards an August "a, nor was anv
.mp'icated in the floggings, depor-
'a'ions OF warnings, by a "vipilante
committee" which the state charges
was composed of members of the Kr
niux klan. James Dalton, clerk ~
tne court and chairman of the cor,
mission, said he believed "some Of
'ne members of the grand jury are
reiated to some of the men who mar
ticipated in the Bastrop .open bo.r
ing but it would be pretty hard mat.
Ter 20 get grand jury in Morehouse
parish that had no ties, connection of
Dlood relation with other persons in
the parish :"
Is known whether this rela-
tlonship will be made the basis 30 .r
objection on the part of the state.
attorney General Coco plans. to
present the jury on or :mmed;ata,v
a1ter March with evidence devel-
oped at the opening hearing in the
FORM OF brief Of the transcript OF
tne testimony. 1t has also been in
dicated that the state might present
other evidence which heretofore has
not been made public for members
OF the attorney generals staff said
1t did not divulge all the evidence in
its possession at the open hearing
Inc attorney general has stated
that none of the grand jury proceed
ings would be made public before
the expected indictments were re-
turned nor would the names of those
indicted be announced until after
their arrest.
1t seems to be settled that the
trials will not take place in More
nouhe parish, if the state has its way
Tor it is understood change Of
venue will be sought at the earliest
opportunity. There are nine parishes
forming the district in which More
house is included and should the
change of venue be obtained the trial
must be held in one Of these.
1t has been stated by the attorney
generals office that the length of
time the jury would require to in.
vestigate its charges could not be
estimated. The attorney general, so
far as is known, plans to submit to
the jury only documentary evidence
and it rests with the jury whether it
will examine any of the witnesses
who testified at the opening hearing
or others.
Should the jury fail to find evil
dence to warrant indictments in con-
nection with the case of Daniel and
Richards, 1t has been intimated the
attorney general will probably file
several informations charging man.
slaughter, the most serious offense
that can be charged through tnat
method.