San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-13
MOB WITNESS
| TELLS HATRED .
I TOWARD KHAN
Bars Skipwith Threatened to
Have Men Talking About
Khan Whipped
WRITES WORDS OUT
Thinks McKoin Shot at His
0wn Car Instead Of Be-
ing Attacked.
WRITES WORDS OUT

Bastrop. La, Jan. 1S.--The. confer
|ence between Attorney General A. v.
Coco and Capt. J. X. Skipwith, cyciops
, Il the Morehouse parish Ku klux klop,
has beer called off. There will be no
conference between myself and Mr..
goco,. the khan leader said. Il coria
rot see where auy good could come out
III ii. The states attorneys, seem TO
be satisfied in digging into the affairs
# the khan by !:laoing witnesses upon
tbe stand at the open hearing, anu
therefore it is best for them TO get their
Information from that source.
w. r. Stuckey. former state sena-
or and lawyer Of Mcr Rouge. the
witness OF the day. told OF some OF tne
Conversations having taken place De,
.ween other Mer Rouge citizens ana
himself.
Eboroughly familiar with the operation
HI the Ku Klux Khan. | am not
member of the klan, but wherever l
went in the parish / found persons DIV
tcrly opposed to the criminai acu'itie'
bf the organization" ).
,t~Captain Skipwitll, because al
ways have been an opponent OF tne
Khan, has not spoken to me In more
han n year.
~-~Cn the day following conference
held in this building between members
bf the khan and citizens, relative 10 the
nurder of Daniel and Richard, l
rheard Captain Skipwith remark 70
&Smith Stephenson that every man IN
kIorchouse parish who did not quit TAX
ing about the khan would be whlp-
bed Z"
language Was Forceful.
Mr.. Stuckey did not give the exact
Language said to have been used by
Captain Skipwith, which, he asserted
WAS very forceful, but handed to the
fudge a slip of paper on which ne
had written the words alleged to have
been used by Skipwith. It was placed
lin the record as an exhibit.
Mr.. Stuckey said the language was
such that he did not wish TO repeat
Et in court. AT the time number OF
women we're among those in attend
lance. - ..-
"All this happened after the disap-
pearance of Daniel and Richard?" he
Twas asked.
-Yes." --.s. -
after an attempt was made to kill
{Dr. McKoin?"
1T is not admitted there ever was
lany attempt made to kill DIR. Mckoin, y
the witness interposcd. -.
why do you say thati"
Many Hated MckOin.
q NT.1 Al =. L.. II, - Itss
own car in order to gain the support
{pf members of the Ku Klux Khan"
"You wouldn't want TO do anybody
hny injustice?"
mo, SIR" -s-
"You insist your theory is DIR. Nc
|koin shot at his own car"
"Yes, sir. Ny conclusions are from
[the information and ideas advanced by
5other people"
n did DIR. McKoin have any enemies?"
Yes. sir, many Of them. and long be-
hfore the advent of Ku KluK, because
|of his reform activities. This hatred
sained after the advent OF the Ku Klux
Nfda because he then had an instru-
|,ment TO help him."
II "When j first heard Of the report
|,of the attempted assassination of DR.,
iMckoin. l believed it. accepted il
sas true. because 1 believe there was at
feast 90 people in the parish who had
something against him. But after dis.
|'cussing it with the people together with
tthe physical evidence changed my
|iopinion. They were pistol shots, not
|tbuckshots. Department of Justice men
|'agreed with me on this"
y How about the anonymous letters
|tand the rounding up of people believed
Ito have been connected with the plot?"
K Il have learned DIR. McKoin wrote
them himself" replied Mr.. Stuckey
n They were written on his typewrifer. y