The Washington times., 1923-01-04
VICT ms
SUFFERED
TORTURE
Details Of Treatment Given
Foes Of Hooded Mob Are
Revealed.
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Almost four months later the lake
gave up its dead, revealing baf-
fling, horrifying, double murder.
Hooded Mob IL Blamed.
This. In brief, tells the story Of
Louisiana's hooded mob" murders
as revealed today to Information
News Service.
The so.caIled s.hooded mob" was
composed Of men who wore black
hoods and carefully disguised cloth
ing. It's members undeniably were
knights Of the Ku Klux Khan,
though there ig no proof ~ yet that
they acted upon orders OF the Khan
itself. It's leaders ut no time, how
ever, denied they Wsre klanamen
even though their victims openly
charged them with membership in
| the order.
There were possibly fifty men
| in the gathering which kidnapped
Daniels and Richards, and three
other men aa they were returning
here from d barbecue at Bastrop
on that Inflated afternoon.
"a mile OF the narrow ana WOOD
/ frinGed roadway was guarded by
/ hooded members Of the mob and g
score az returning automobiles were
atopped before Daniels and Richards
were found and taken captives,
Three others, \. "a. Daniels, white
haired father Of Wait Daniels; w g,
Andrews. and Tom Davenport,
YOUTH also were kidnapped. The mob
carried them In motor cars BY cir
lcuitOus routes 70 woodland spot
beyond BastrOp,
When the cavaicade wRs halted
Headers 81 the mob questioned Daven-
port, but. no punishment was In.
/ flicted upon him. The aged Daniels
came next. VI
Denied Attack Charge.
what do you know about the IT.
| tempt 70 kill DR.. -. NJ. McKOin," he
was asked. CDR, McESOin now IL un.
der arrest IN BaltigMOre.)
When the White-haired Daniels de-
MED knowledge of the stack he was
i fIogged. A his fathers cries rang
out, the younger Daniels, helpleSglY
bound, cursed his captOrs.
| Andrews, e robust young man,
came next. He, too, was Queg-
toned about the attempt on Or.
i McKoin's life. When he likewise
\ denied Implication he was seized.
thrown on the ground. his flesh
i p4LESNe NGtD y MH&N ogkBW WISteSa
Eacro6s his qllivering form. Andrews
| eVade the Iashes. but blow after
blow fell until his flesh had been
beaten black
The mob then loaded their cap
lives IN motor cars, the younger
Daniels and Richards being placed
on truck. This truck, with q
heavily armed guard, set out Tor
COiItnggtOn. cross roads town
near Mer Rouge. It stopped IN
the town for q moment and towns.
people gazeA on the helplessly
bound forms Of Daniels and Rich.
ards. II then moved off into the
night.
Three Were Released.
The other three prisoners Were
brought TO the towns edge later
and released. . lone masked man
setting them free. In the shadows,
however, lurl1ed q score Of guards.
The captors Of Daniels and Rich
ards, meanwhile, drove into the
rolling swamp lands to q previously
selected rendezvous They were
taken out OF the car and carried
into the woods, where . grim
death circle" formed about them
A voice spoke out charging both
| with knowledge Of the attack on
| DR.. McKoin. Both denied the
charge.
i The death circle moved cIOser
to Daniels. Two men graSped. him
and beat him with clenched fists
AS he fell beneath the rain Of blows
he was dragged to his feet 20 .
beaten anew. The voice with au
thorlty questioned him again. and
this veteran Of the great war, who
faced death overseas with su
preme courage, showed the same
stout heart when facing death "a
that tragic wilderness. Biinded p
the hood dropped over his head
Daniels turned to face ftle question
ing Voice and cursed hls capt0rs.
The death circle" conferred ~
whispered words. The voice with
authority spoke again ana Daniels
was "quartered" upon the ground
with picket ropes. The hooded fig'
ure stepped forth, q surgical IN.
strument in his hand, and amid
Daniels Mortified screa ms hs
slashed at the helpless youth: Inc
blood spurted as Daniels tainted
in an agony of torture.
The hooded figure sl0shed and
; slashed again, and before he rose
young Daniels had died--died undeT
the most frightful Of punishmenfs
1 None Stayed His Hand.
;. It may have been that the hu'
man butcher lost his head, bat none
other in the death circle" moved
to stop him after that first fright.
ful slash. With Daniels mutiAata0
from still picketed on the ground,
the death circle" conferred again
They turned to Richards, and the
voice with authority spoke the
charge against him.
Richards, q husband and father
eyewitness to the torture OF, Dan
iels, bravely denied the charge.
The strap rose and fell across his
body. and he fell under an ava
lanche Of blows. Two. three. four
robed figures struck at his bruised
, form on the ground. They beat
flesh, some using clubs, the better
, to mangle the bleeding form
Others turned to the body Of Dan
iels. raining upon it frenzy Of
, blows.
After many minutes the blood
spattered group turned away from
the frightful objects within tbs
circle. The bodies were smashed
and mangied, the heads beaten tc
a pulp. Death had come as wei
lcome relief to Richards.