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MIN hU6E H0SM HNlD KNIGHTS FARE FORTH WITH MECHANICAL WG 1gGn cHueH
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Bastrop, La, Jan. CIV. G. An
urews and j. l.. Daniel, two of the five
Icen kidnapped by the black hooded
band which slew Watt Daniel and
Thomas Richards, today told graph
&c story of their treatment when the
second days hearing into the MGR
Rouge outrage began.
Neither Andrews nor Daniel, father
of Watt Daniel could reveal the iden.
tlty of single member OF the masked
hand; which they said numbered from
fifteen to twenty-five. Andrews now.
ever said that while he did not accuse
the Ku Klux Khan as a whole he be.
lieved that the men who maltreated
HIM were klansmen.
DR.. B. M. McKoin who is accused OF
being one of the band of kidnappers
whippers, torturers, and slayers, was a
spectator in the gallery of the court.
room, and while his name was repeated
ly mentioned in the testimony, he
never changed his calm poise He did
not appear gravely concerned. Whllo
he is free from custody on bail, the
murder charge still hangs over him.
PSYCHOLOGISTS TELL OF
TORTURE
DR.. Charles w. Duvall and DR.. JOIN.
Lansford, State Psychologists who
made autopsieS on the bodies of Dan.
lei and richards were among the first
witnesses called at the morning SEES
sion. Dr. Duvall stated his positive
conviction that the murdered men
were tortured by some especially pre-
pared mechanical device before they
were finally put to death and that this
instrument must have been a device
that fitted human body with auxit-
sary devices, after the fashion of man
glers;. that pressed down and crushed
the shoulders, arms and legs of the VIZ
tim In vital spots. In this manner. the
pathologist testified, the murderers In
tl1cted slow torture On their victims.
eie was unwilling to offer an optimism
as to how long the torture lasted be-
fore death finally came to free Daniel
and Richards Of their agony.
Both DR.. Duvan and DR.. Ianford
stated positively that the explosion o.
dynamite in Lake La Fourche which
brought the bodies to the surface could
not have dismembered them and that
the absence of heads, arms and feet
was due to atrocities for which medico
legal history according to DR.. Duvall.
held no parallel.
Prior to the opening Of the morning
session a conference was held in his
office by Judge Odom with Attorney.
General Coco and his aids. Federal
agents and Adj. Gen. Toombs represen
ting the military at which 1t was decid
ed that martial law would not be pro.
claimed in Bastrop at least for the
present.
DR.. Duvall testified that he was Pro
lessor of Pathology at Tulane Univer.
sity and had been there thirteen years
had spent six years in the same work
at Louisiana State University and had
obtained his medical degree at the I'm,
versity of Pennsylvania. II have mads
more than 5000 autopsies or post NOR.
tenn examinations" he said in reply
to question as to his experience In
conducting autopsies.
The courtroom was deadly quiet as
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-01-13

the pathologist told of conducting the
autopsy over the headless forms Of
Daniel and Richards. J. L. Daniel, tlre
father, listened with his chin in his
hands.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-01-13

standing, had hardly finished his pap
or before two noted antfropologists
Professor Franz Boaz of Columbia Uni
versity and DR.. Ales Hrdlicka Of the
United States National Museum u,
Washington, were on their feet to on.
pose him, denying that such far-reach
ing conclusions could be adduced on
the basis of skull measurements,
though hailing the paper as an import
ant contribution to anthropology.
After explaining his method Of trac.
Ing racial genealogies. DR.. Dixon con.
tinued as follows:
For Europe, Asia and Africa, the
outcome was, in general, in clio ,e-a G
cord with the best conclusions rarh
ed by other Students, although in ,Jne
instances the results were decidedly
novel. 1t was in the new world, how.
ever that the method led to conclusions
most at variance with accepted doc.
trine and which may perhaps be de-
scriped as revolutionary. It is there.
iore OF these conclusions thar I wish
to speak briefly.
The current orthodox theory In re-
gard to the aboriginal Inhabitants of
the American continents seems to he
that they constitute q single race.
allied most closely to the people ordi.
narily grouped together as Mongoloid
and that they were derived originally
from the Asiatic continent"
BERING STRAITS MIGRATIoNs L
DR.. Dixon asserted, however. tina,
his investigation indicated series OF
migrations across the Bering Straits.
Ihe variations of Indian types, which
mad been regarded as random varieties
formed distinct pattern and indicar
ed something about the history of the
different types, according to the speak
err. who said:
Ihey show a striking arrangement
analogous to that found in Eurone q.
Asia, in that some are relegated To OK.
IRENE marginal positions or refugee
areas, as If they were the SURVIVING
remnants of ancient groups. Will, nth.
ers occupy central positions sue, as
Deflt more recent and dominant types
Historically also, he several .ynas
snow a definite and orderly sequence
repeated in both North and Soutb
America. On this basis. believe WE.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-01-13

i'r. Duvall said the head was crusbe I
ana the hands and feet were missing.
IL was without clothing and was bonn,
with wire forming a basket similar ia
the one enclosing the body of Daniel.
There was more evidence of decom.
position than in the body of Daniel.
mere were also indications of a terri.
BILE loss of blood.
we found the fractures in the bones
OF richards almost Identical with
tnsse or Daniels" said the pathologist.
me breaks were three in number in
each member and were also the Same
Instance apart. Richards spine. how.
ever, was not dislocated or broken In
hichards chest bones the injuries we're
the same as those of Daniel. The r...
instead of being fractured, were sonar
ated from the breast plate. The bone
injuries or both men were produced by
the same method"
What kind of a device was used in
your opinion?" the Attorney General
asked. do you think the arms were
outstTetcfed at their sides and the de
wee applied to break the bones?"
mat may have been true" was tne
reply. The injuries were crushing and
l am inclined to believe that such de
vice may have been used. In injuries
OF that sort death is not produced by
loss OF blood or hemorrhage, but It
may be produced by shock"
Ihe bones of Daniel were then exhib
TIED attached to a white cardboard. Dr.
Duvall pointed out the left and right
thigh bones explaining the fractures.
The breaks in the other bones were n,
so pointed out. The knee bones. in n
box, were next exhibited. and then
bones removed from the body of Rich
ards, these being attached to card
board.
The pathologist pointed out three
breaks in the leg bone of Richards and
also the triple fracture in the arm
bone.
Gould dynamite have had the et.
fects you have described In these two
bodies?" the witness was asked.
mo, dynamite could not have
brought out the regularity In the frac
lures. Dynamite would also have affect
cd sections Of the body that have es-
capped injury. Dynamite, according to
all conditions did not cause these in
juries."
THINKS TORTURE DEVICE
SPECIALLY MADE
DR.. Lanford was the first witness at
the afternoon session, being examined
by Senator Warren. Special Prosecutor
DR.. Lanford said he had made 500
autopsies. He corroborated in a detail
ed way, the testimony offered by DR..
Duvall ut the morning session, particu
larly with regard to conditions which
indicated that Daniel and Richards
had been subjected to slow torture be
fore they died.
DR.. Lanford said the character OF tn,
injuries convinced him that the
wounds were not due TO blows. but to
q continuous force, a steady crushing
force from more than one direction
The decorations of muscles and the con
dition OF the blood indicated that the
torture was inflicted just Immediately
before death. There was evidence also,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-01-13
MGRUES MM HE HEAL DISCOVERIES AMERICA AND THE FIRST SETTLERS ON THIS CONTINENT
The INDIANS BEING DESCENDANTS THIS PREHISTORIC AEGR0D STOCK says MDn snE

Many other imprtant and interest.
ing contributions to science were made
at score of sessions during the day.
DR.. Dixon's paper. in which he de.
clared that negrOid groups which cross
ed the Boring Straits were among the
American Indians ancestors. cause !
a great stir in the anthropoiogy Sec
tion. From his statements negroid
peoples would appear to have been the
first discoveries of America.
Others who crossed the Bering
Straits thousands of years ago to be-
come the ancestors of the American
Indian were people of white stock re-
lated to the so-called Caucasian group,
according to DR.. Dixon. Turkish tribes
and other Mongolians and the black
Australians blended in various proper
tfons, formed the different races OF
American Indians.
Many tribes, in the opinion of the
speaker, were largely negroid in early
times, but underwent Transformation
by mixing with other tribes. and since
the discovery of America by the in
fusion of white blood.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-01-13
INDIAN NOT A SINGLE RACE

I'm brief. the theory here proposed
would regard the American Indian as
not single race, but as a complex OF
four main racial elements coming into
the continent at different periods. The
two earliest Of these survived in any
degree of purity only along the CONT.
mental periphery. while the fourth and
latest conner formed the dominant ele
ment In the great majority of the his.
toric population.
The current theory which regards
the Indian as unit type derives this.
from the northeastern portion of the
Asfatic continent, but II neglects ia
take into account the fact that al.
though the present majority type In
that region does strongly resemble
that dominant in the American CONT.
nents In historic times, there Is much,
evidence to lead US to believe that at
the time when the earliest migrations
across Boring Straits occurred, the rae
ial characteristics Of the people then
In occupation OF Northeastern Asia
were radically different. So that, II the
people OF that period came from
America, they would have brought al
very different type from that found
among the majority of the American
Indians at the time of the discovery
For Europe, and particularly West
ern Europe. we possess a vast mass of
evidence indicating the successive an.
pearance and spread of several drifts
or people of varied type for nalaeolith.
&c down to medieval times. For Africa
end Asia, the archaeological and his.
Iorlc data prove the same although the
materials are as yet too meagre in
general to make the record as clear as
:. Is IN Europe. Why then, if in all
the rest of the world we know that
'ne living peoples have compIey, |
oiten very complex, history. should
we deny that similar processes occur.
ed in America?
10 one approaching the question Of
me racial history of man witron.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-01-13

Andrews said he was then released
and the blindfold was taken from his
eyes.
Walk down the road and don't lool,
back" he said the hooded men ordered
and he obeyed.
How many men did you see?" the
Attorney General asked.
am not sure. about fifteen or TWEEN
ty. should say"
Were they all hooded?"
Their faces were covered; black
covering over their faces"
Were these black coverings like the
khan hoods?"
NO. some of them were hats-they
were black masks that covered part OF
their faces"
BELIEVES KIDNAPPERS
WBRE KLANSMEN
andrews was asked whether he saw
any AUTOMOBILES parked on roadway
"hen he was first stopped. He said he
saw only an automobile truck. He was
asked IL he knew who held him un and
beat him. '-'
dont know who the men were
put l believe they were members of the
hu hluX Khan. I don't accuse the khan
as whole. but believe the mob wos
composed of klansmen.v
The witness said the boods cam.
oo"n TO tire neck only. If he knew the
i"entlty OF the persons who kidnapped
ana peat him he would reveal the
names, he declared.
HAS any one" asked the Attorney
Heneral, other than an intimate
friend or members or your family. as,
Ell you whether you knew who was in
the mob?" -,
well, every one has asked me-,
nd any one that you suspected of
being in the mob ask your
yes"
describing the return Journey from
Collngston, the witness said he was In
touring car with U. L. Daniel. whom
ne recognized by his voice. DapI.l
kept asking for water, but the lcidnap-
pers refused 1t. Andrews thought he
was being taken to his death. He was
In bed two days after the whipping.
They must have given me about
forty lashes," he said.
with DR.. McKoin. He denied also that
ne was member of the khan.
ELDER DANIEL DESCRIBES
BEATING
j. l.. Daniel, father of the slain war
veteran, was the next witness. He told
now he and his son left home on the
morning OF the BastIop barbecue an0
came to attend some business at the
county seat. They separated.
That was the last saw of Watt
alive" he said. went home at noon
and came back to Bastrop with Dad
peterson, to see the evening ball game.
Coming back after the game NV car
was the first to be held up. saw >.
touring car In the road ahead, and Pet
erson said:
Some body is in trouble I'D there. +,
stopped the car. After we stopped
men sprang on either side of ou1
car"
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early eastward toward Bering Straits
and so made its way into America.
Here. later. Immigrants gradually fore
ed this oldest stratum Of population
further and further back, until in
both continents 1t was relegated to the
uttermost marginal disti lets.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-28
Nothing in the Science of Today Incompatible
With Truly Religious Faith
By JAMES B1ssETT PRATT, in Yale Review.

younger generation have already launched their
little for them They must work their
with diligence That Chrsendom will return the old
letter Scripture of the
undamenat friends well make their minds to that
fah attitudes toward the Deemner
Destiny be worked by continuous out of
the old.
these will be the work of
genuses The the founders religions
great of the old probably The social group
a together and work its solutions The
task must course will be
guidance leaders, but these leaders will be and will work
in collaboration that Christendom will
again of belief that had But this in
individual thinking
real religious unity.
faiths thus achieved must be in harmony with science
though they much the life of the spirit
hardly subon naurastic philosophy But there is
nothing todaand likely will there be anything in
with truly religious faith
intimate the of
The and New Tesaments.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-28

People Must Be Given Chance to Say "'Y es'
or mo" to Amendments


1t what of thinks of the Eighteenth and
That the point The point that
reached step the development Constitution where
thing the people the which
this fashion the people
themselves to them. We cannot afford to
amendment destructive whole theory of
manipulated through the requisite number of Legislatures with the
people standing by helpless to prevent it.
The take chances with the propaganda
which today seeking undermine the Constitution The modern
reless always he has
organization and that organization often supplied
widespread publicity often its leadership
skilled politically The of organized propaganda
upon legislative terrific wengh compelling that
advsey and experienced during fourteen years OF
Legislative service
organized propaganda succeeds amending the Con-
etuon that amendment though whedly bad there
perfect repeal will require under the present
practice two-hrds Of each house
hy-six legislatures doubt you amend repeal an amend
ment, it adopted. 1t is practically impossible.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-28

'"The Fact That a Majority of Senate Cannot
Bring Debate to an End


DESIRE keep within the proper limits Of debate discussing
the failure of the upon tremendously important legs
aton which has been considered by the house This failure arises
knows the fact that majority the senate cannot
bring debate end and compel vote pending legislation
1t ought be order the house discuss rules lack of rules
in the senate under which minority and frequently small minority of
the action highly important legislation which the
has considered 1t would be indulge criticism
the judgment expressed by the touching legislation originating
either the the But different matter when
the rules the branches of legislative body the lack of rule
prevents consideration final judgment by body of the legislation
originating in the other.
Furthermore if tespassing forbidden ground
call attention the fact that condition of chronic fbuer the
renders it exceedingly difficult if entirely impossible to give
consideration that body which thus reach
the house from the different form than they would be
likely present senate presence fuster
had abundant opportunity for their consideration
The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-28
corpse Had Got Away.

Andy carried the mail TO neighbor-
ing village in small one-seated wagon.
One day, there having been death on
his route. he was bringing the casket
for the burial, and also had n lady pas
senger There was no place to accom-
modate her except the TOP of the cas-
ket; so Andy started out with his pas
senger seated thereon. Before long he
was hailed by a man with:
"HI, there, Andy The corpse Is
out."-From Everybody's Magazine.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-28
Prussians the Only People Who Have Ever
Really Hardened Their Hearts


the only people who have really hardened
their with their code authority
the result would have been nightmare
The only thing be said that would have been bad
lasted long Bohevim schoolboy skyarking
compared with what that would have been.
feature of the that America introduced to
Europe doubt the introduction complete America
is too great thing understood Europe 1t difficult
say did affect the understanding have heard
peop in England the Americans inclined to bag
thai the but that the danger rather
lies in their nyeng saying should have
any
Having pcabe population without frontiers and not
of
affect America does not understand the emotion
ef frontier
The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-28
Home Influences

"Are you afraid of foreign entangle-
ments?"
"Yes," said Senator Sorghum; but
not as much as I am of local COM
hine out in my district"
The Colorado statesman., 1923-04-28
The Indiscreet Salesman

Customer-I'd like to see something
cheap In straw hat.
Shop Assistant-Try this one on.
The mirror Is at your left.-London
Answers.
The Washington times., 1923-12-21

fashioned Brown, II cents per pound.
k COnfectiOners' 13 cents per pound.
dered, Is cents per pound.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-24
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Para casos agudos de Neurastenis, De-
cainnento fisico, debilidad genital,
Convalecencia etc. Sc vende en- todas
las boticas del mundo. p
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va, cuatro habitaciones, garaje, Guar
to de servicio, installation sanitaria
independence. Dejase parte en- hipo-
teca. Informes telefono 578, San
Juan. PIT
CE vENDE o Sc ALQUIIAA, despues
de diciembre primerO, en- Montefo-
res, casa estilo Bungalow" de ocho
habitaciones. Casita para ell servicic So
parada. Tiene garaie. Liame al telafo-
ne "a Roio. Santurce.
Sc ALQUILAN en- $4,000 una casa
en- la calle del "Hip6dromo", con cua
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Oposici6n a Ia sOIicitud
de fTanquicia para eSta-
bISCeT un nuGVO SGIVlCiO
de trafiCO entire ViequeS
y FajaTdO
EN- LA CoMTSIoN DE sERvICIo
PUBL1Co DE PUERTO RICO
RE soLICITUD DE
GERMAN RIECKEHoFF,
Peticionario.
RE soLICITUD DE
GERMAN RIECKEHoFF,
oposrc1oN DE JUAN F. EoBLEs

A LA HON. CoMIsIoN DE SER
vIcIo PUBLICo:-
coNGPARECE AHoRA Juan Fran
cisco Robles, por su abogado que sus-
cribe, ante esa Hon. Comisi6n, res.
petuosamente expone y alega:
l. Que por Ell peri6dico Ell NUN
DO de enero 90 del corriente ano Sc
ha enterado de una petici6n suscrita
por ell Sr. German Rieckehoff, de Vie
ques, sohcitando que Sc le conceda Ia
petici6n de franquicia del Sr. America
Andrini, que esta pendiente de alega-
tos escritos por Ell peticionario y por el
opositor Juan F. Robles, que hasta
tanto Sc reSuelva la franquicia solicit
tada SO le conceda un permiso provi-
sional al Sr. Andrtni para navegar srl
lancha AMERICA entire Vieqeus y
Fajardo Y vice-versa.
H. Que no nos extrafa Ell alegatO
del Sr. German Rneckehoff, pues tien
de a demostrar que mas bien parece
el Ell abogado del Sr. Andrini que Ell
mismo abogado de este, que a1n no
ha radicado su alegato para que el
que suscribe 10 conteste.
HI Que en- Ell fondo de dicho ale
cato Sc We ell inter6s personal del pc
tictonario, mas bien que ell supuesto in
ter6s de. pueblo de Vieques.
w. Que dicho inter6s del sr. Ger
man Rieckehoff mace mas bien de iii
motive patidarista que de otra cosa
pues es bien sabido en- vieques que ell
Sr. Juan F. Robles es un prominentt
ciudadano de dieho pueblo con fila
ci6n al partido Republican,, Ell Sr.
German Rieckehoff es Unionista, como
10 es e. que suscribe, y desea opener
Sc acknowledgements a Juan F. RobIes;
pero, en- estss cuestiones no Sc debe
actuar por motives politicos, v 81 por
las razones intrinsecas del case.
W Que talnbien ell Sr. Francisco
Arboleda, enemigo personal politico
de. Sr. Robless esta hacienda una pro
(Continha en- Ia nag. -