The Washington times., 1923-01-06

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been badly beaten 'probably with
q heavy club or some iron instru-
ment.
Head Beaten to Jelly.
THE head was probably beaten
to jelly he added.
What do you think killed
Daniels?' he was asked.
IT probably was the frightfuI
operation upon him, Duval replied.
All these bones were filled with
clotted blood. Duval added. 8
This showed cOnclusively that
the fractures occurred before death
and presumably from 4 slow torture
of their bodies. =
DO YOU think all these injuries
were inflicted simultaneously"
II think he was tortured first
and then killed By the operation Or
he may have been beaten 10 death
after operation. Duyal replied
Each Zone Thrice Broken.
The striking part 81 the in
juries He found were the fractures
and the similarity Of the fractures, q
said Duval In direct testimony.
Each major hone In the body was
per middle and lower ends the
breaks were all three III number to
each bone and of equal distance.
The brealss were also Of unusual
nature. These breaks were caused
BY two forces coming from opposite
direnttotlc They were what We
call crush fractures.
There was plain evidence that
these bone breaks were produced
before death. The condition. Of It's.
sue indicated this
Rush fOr seats e Trial.
Crowds 81 hill folk continued to
mill about the towns streets, With
q forehand knowledge that the
pathologigtg were to testify, there
was an early rush for good seats. =
The neversniss .never.nissin9 Ford
We'd with mule-teams in bringing
the hill people to town. A clear
blue sky and warm southern winds
gave the town summer weather.
Just prior to the opening OF
court, an important conference was
held by State officials and Depart
ment Of Justice agents at which
the future conduct Of the case was
discussed.
Agents Fear Outbreak.
) The question OF declaring martial
law came up again at this con-
ference, ii was learned. One fac
urged immediate declaration Of
Z, vnv safNta tv.aI,i.a a.. &I.n T1ass;rI.
but Attorney General a. al. Coco
favored the mere presence Of
troops az safeguard. Federal
agents declare they feared an out
break Of violence and announced
they would not again enter the
parish court house unarmed.
At the first session, under orders
Of Judge Fred u. doom, the Fed.
eral men were disarmed as they
entered the court room. The gov
eminent operatives protested but at
the request OF Attorney General
Coco agreed TO give up their guns,
Fearing for the safety Of their lives
as "a result Of additional threats,
the Federal men then determined
not to go unarmed again, It was
learned,
The entire case to date has been
uCtClOpCA Uy LhsC Governments y 1AAS
with the single excep-
ton of the pathologists' report.
Their activity against alleged MEM
bers Of the hooded mob" has en-.
gendered a bitter hatred against
them and 1t IL an openly recognized
fact here that their removal would
cause a complete collapse of the
States case.
The prosecution thus far has
merely established the deaths Of
two men and the Identification OF
their bodies as Daniel and Rich.
ards. With today'a session devoted
to proving these men were MUIR
dered, the State will next attempt
to link the Ku Klux Khan with
the outrages. When that moment
arrives, the Federal men openly
declared there will be violence In
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