Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-11
[U KLUX ACCUSED OF THREATS

spoke to me and he and the doctor
got in an automobile. They called
me over to the machine. ! told them
l had heard an effort would be made
to kill my brother. five men being
sent up to his farm"
Captain Skipwith said everything
was all right. / left the parish to go
TO Ell Paso. When I returned they
had accused me and my brother of
having plotted to kill Bunny Nc
koin. My brother went to Captain
Skipwith, who told him everything
was all right. 1t was just a false
alarm"
you were thinking about quit
ting your parish?"
Eyes, did not like how things
were going"
You were willing to go to Mex
leo, even?"
Eyes, but after I went to Ell Paso
and looked around, I decided / would
rather fight the Ku kluX Khan than
Mexicans, SO L stayed"
Hugo Davenport, Walter Camp
bell, town marshall of Mer Rouge;
A. G. Whipple, Tom Miller. were
those named to be Departed said
the witness.
LAS a matter of fact wasn't it
said they had two and four more
were to go?''
That's what Captain skipwith
said"
The witness did not call the names
of the two
Davenport on Stand
C. C. C'Tot'D Davenport, a young
man who was kidnapped with Daniel,
Richards and others on the night
of August "a, took the witness
stand. He said he was a war vet
eran and was now engaged as an
automobile salesman. He said he at
tended the celebration at Bastrop
with E. G. Andrews and T. +. Rich
ards.
"On our return to Mer Rouge we
were held up by masked men. [ was
told to get out, damn you, get out
We were blindfolded and thrown into
a car. They drove away. Soon we
stopped and l heard ticks, L recog-
nized Watt Daniels voice"
II was blindfoldde, but my hands
were not tied. I did not make any
effort to take off the blindfold. / did
not believe it would be healthy.
The Whipping
"They whipped old man J. L. Dan
iel. During the whipping Watt Dan
iel shouted: It's a hell of a note to
whip an inocent man We were
taken to Collision and released. My
instructions were to go on and not
look back. Next time I saw Rich
ards and Watt Daniel they were in
the truck. Before they let me go,
one of the hooded men said to me:
cone of these men may come
back but the other is going out Of
the country
II had no idea who the hooded men
were and know no reason why I was
The general talk [ was
taken by mistake"
Davenport was not punished by his
about how many masked men
were in the woods?" the attorney
asked.
about eighteen or twenty"
when and where did you know
they had Daniel?"
when they put him in the truck
with me and Richards"
"Whree were you when Andrews
and old man Daniel were being
whipped?"
I'm the truck about thirty yards
away"
did you join w. c. Andrews and
old man Daniel in Collinston?"
yes, sir"
do you know anything about the
shooting at or into DIR. McKoin's
carr"
mo"
when did you hear about the
shooting?"
THE next morning"
when your car was held up and
you and Richards taken out were
you searched?"
Yes; we did not have guns on us
at the time. We had left them under
the seat in the car"
What are Richards habits? Was
he wild?"
mo, sir, not wild. He would take
a drink or play a little joker"
Have you ever made any efforts
to ascertain who were the members
of the party"
mo, sir, [ would not know how
to go about it,"
Are you well acquainted in Col
Iinston?"
Pretty we'll"
do you know man named Mar
tin who operates a butcher shop
there? He is a very large man."
81 know him by sight only"
Us there any uneasiness on your
part to give any details?''
mo, sir"
Girl on Stand
Miss Thelma Dade was called as
the next witness. She was the first
woman to be called to the witness
chair. Miss Dade is the daughter Of
Robert Dade. mayor of Mer Rouge,
and granddaughter of J. l.. Daniel.
She gave her age as sixteen years.
She said she attended the Bastrop
celebration and on returning the au-
tomobile in which she was riding was
held up by "some men with black
hoods on"
THE black hoods told me to stop"
she said.