Evening star., 1923-01-02
MORE TROOPS SENT
TO GUARD BASTROP
Jennings, La, Cavalry Boosts
Militia Units to Four in,
Morehouse.
SEEK MISSING OIL. MAN
Detectives Declare Harold Teeger.
strom Was Kidnapped From
Carbon Plant.
SEEK MISSING Oil MAN
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
JENNINGS, La, January 2.-The
Jennings cavalry of the Louisiana
National Guard was ordered today to
entrain for Morehouse Parish.
Shortly after receiving the orders
the troops, under command Of Maj.
Miller, left for Bastrop.
This will bring the National Guard
units in Morehouse to four, the 9TH
ers being the Monroe and the Alex
andria infantry and the New Orleans
Machine Gun Company.
The movement is in connection with
the Investigations and hearings in the
Morehouse kidnapings and murders.
The troop is composed of three
officers and forty enlisted men, with
their horses and equipment. They
were expected to reach their destina-
tion tomorrow morning, two days
before the beginning of the open
hearing at the Bastrop courthouse.
In the absence of official informa-
ton 1t was understood here the men
would be used in augmenting the
forces now encamped at the court
house and Jail and probably also in
making arrests.
Another Mystery Faced.
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thrills by it's series of tragic happen
ings. started the New Year with an
other mystery to solve-the disappear
ance OF Harold Teegerstrom, son of
a wealthy gas and oil field operator.
acting timekeeper at a Spyker, La,
carbon plant He was regarded as a
prospective witness in the forthcoming
investigation into masked band depre-
dations which eliminated in the recent
kidnapping. and Staying Of two citizens
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Daniels and Thomas Fletcher Richards.
Department of Justice agents. sent
into Louisiana to join forces with state
officials in solving the mystery Of the
and other masked band operations, cen
tered their energies today in an effort
to locate the missing man. Thus far
the trail has not been fruitful, and
whatever they may have learned as to
the reasons for his disappearance has
not been disclosed.
Declares Evidence I'm Hand.
One of the investigators who had
charge of the inquiry into the dis
appearance of Teegerstrom stated
last night to newspaper men that he
had positive information that the car
bon worker was kidnapped.
Teegerstrom disappeared from the
company plant Friday night immedi-
ately after he responded to a mys-
terious summons from outside. Sun
day, according to information brought
to the sheriff's Office here. he appeared
at the home of a friend, Henry Jones,
a sawmill operator, borrowed $40, left
a watch to be turned over to a brother
who lives at Lamkin, and the keys to
the company's offices. and announced
he was lea wing" Since then all trace
of him has been lost. Teegerstrom
did not tell Jones a reason for his
leaving.
The plant where Teegerstrom was
working Is that in which T. J. Bur-
nett, now in jail on a charge Of mur-
der, was employed. Burnett is al
legged to have been implicated in the
killing of Daniels and Richards.
Other Phases Overshadowed,
The disappearance of Teegerstrom
overshadowed other phases Of the in.
vestigation, which Is expected to
reach a climax with the opening
next Friday of an open hearing to
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