Evening journal., 1923-01-06
HOODED MOB
VICTIMS MET
AWFUL DEATH
CONTINUED FfOm Page one,

shot TO prevent them from exposin
the man.
But the physicians in their re
port under the heading "pertinen
comments" declared.
The striking symmetry and char
acter of the bone fractures an,
their relationship to the injurle
surrounding soft tissues sugges
that she body was subjected to .spe
cifically constructed devices. de
| signed for innicting punishment.
! Then, though this is not men
toned IN the pathologists' report
the bodies were wired into iror
wheels and cast into Lake La Four.
che, Investigators say The simple
report as written by the physicians
outdoes the imaginative accounts
that have been published that the
bodies passed through the grinding
cogs OF an oil derrick or huge rolls
OF a pulp mill. Tke two reports
are practically identical. except that
the operation performed on Daniel
was not committed IN the case OF
Richards.
Much of the finding under per
tinent comments" Is unprintable.
In part the report says:
Body Is that Of a well developed
and riourished white man without
head, feet or hands. Il Is noted that
some OF the bones OF the e1tremities.
particularly the upper, are protrud-
ing through the fragments OF the
clothes and flesh"
Then Ia described the operation
on Daniel.
The tendons and ligaments about
the stumps OF the leg and forsarns
are ragged and uneven as though
they had been torn or pulled from
their attachments" the report con-
tinued after detailing the battered
condition OF the body.
The bones OF the body. par
tlcularly those Of the extremities,
are found fractured. These frac-
lures are compound and commin-
ated. The striking features OF. the
fractures of tho long bones are
their character. similarity and
symmetry. These fractures regular
ly occur at the upper. middle and
lower portions respectively in each
instance. As a rule they are equid-
istant and approximately three and
one half inches apart. The char
acter OF the fractures indicates they
are produced by a crushing force
or one in which the force was sp-
piled simultaneously from more
than one direction.
"The most OF the ribs together
with the right clavcle and breast
plate are fractured and dislocated.
THE appearance and location Of
these fractures to the bones OF the
thoracio cage would indicate that !
the force was applied simultaneously I
upon the front and back of the torso. /
The greater portion OF the skull !
il missing. The scalp and under
lying tissues are present for sew
eral Inches behind the margin OF the /
basal bones forming everything flaps. /
No brain tissue was noted"
Three Negroes called to testify to-
day win be questioned regarding the I
finding OF the two bodies in Lake 10 /,
Fourche.
W. c. Andrews, kidnapped by the |
same mob that seized and later I
murdered Daniel and Richards, will /
ell what transpired behind the cur
.ain Of dense foliage in the woods
near Mer Rouge last August. ]. l..
Daniel. father of Watt, also kid
Mapped and beaten by the hooded
nen. will be called.
DR.. h. NJ. McKoin, former mayor
" Mer Rogue. wanted by the state
n connection with the kidnappings
md murder is at liberty on $4,000
,ail. He was arrested on a charge
II murder when he arrived here
rom Baltimore.
The Staying of Daniel and Rich
Lrds has been referred TO by Cover
lor Parker, under whose direction
he hearing was undertaken, as
Klan murders"
j. L. Daniel. father OF Watt Dan
ell. made the Identification.
Fondling the battered case OF a
wrist watch. the aged man declared
{ a keepsake given 10 his boy
phen he went to war"
The watch, with bits OF clothing.
'as removed from one OF the bodies.
was testified. when they were
lken from Lake La Fourche.
1T was my watch" AR. Daniel
aid 1t has my name engraved on
When Watt went TO war gave
10 him. told him some day this
lay identify you but I never
reamed that it would be under
ich circumstances"
He also identified a belt. a collar
and OF a shirt, and fragments OF
'ousers found on the body.
J. L. McIlwain. Mer Rouge mer-
nant. another witness, Identified
agments OF the trousers as corre-
,onding with material used in {
othing sold by him to Daniel, and {
so small piece OF cloth taken {
ON the bodies, declared to be that a
: Richards as corresponding with
othing he sold him. q
Prior TO calling of the elder Dan )
l and McIlwain to the stand, J. c. v
ettles, fisherman. told of finding {
e bodies floating on the surface I
the lake, and r. Semmes Wslms y
Y, assistant TO the States Attorney +
pneral. and A. f. Farlsnd. Depart n
ent OF Justice agent, had identi- !
ID the clothing and trinkets as
ose removed from the bodies. A