San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-06
CAUSED.
Of Z MEN.
found IN LAKE
h atholosists Tell Of Special
Device for Punish
ment.
|SLASHED WITH RAzORS
Crashed Bones Taken From
Bodies Produced in
Court.
sLASHED WITH RAZ0RS

eastroo. La. Jan. 6.-Dr. Charies
|nrva, psthologist, testified today In
Fbe omen hearing investigation of mask
La hand outrages in Morehouse PARISH
Elatlv declared injuries he found When
|he nerfo med autopsies on the bodies u
|Watt Daniels and Fletcher hlcha n
masked band victims, must nave
,roduced by some device OF torture anu
inflicted with the arms OF the nen
butstretched. either perpendicuiar'y u
|at right angles. or,
/ Dr' Duyai, who presented the report
IN the autopsy conducted by hlmsen
Ina Dir. John 4. Lanford, his associate,
krouehr his testimony to q CONCLUSION
Ind a climax by producing bones taken
rom the bodies of the two men shoN7
[np fractures of the arms and legs az
most eouidistant---in' each instance IN
Three places. and portions oil the
Rushed skulls and other bones
Dr. DuYal declared that the frac,
lures and injuries to the bodies could
~ have been produced by the e1r
klosion of dynamite which preceded inc
in5;nv of the bodies on the surface OF
.ake I,aFouche in the northern part
+ Morehouse parish two weeks ago
anr months, after the two men nad
cen kidnapped by band OF masked
ben. -, ,oov
- brcten in three places Dr
buvai said. "the striking features OF
ne fractures or breaks in the bones,
Iways three in number in the arms
nd legs. were that they were aDout
,nidistant. Indications were breaks
roduced nv some force or forces that
anne from different directions
BODIES Cut During Life.
.Wben would you say the cutting
Iteration performed on Daniers BODY
,ok place. DR.. Duval was asked.
,aDuring life," the physician replied.
He testified that the head was
rushed by forces coming In different
;rections as though from some lnstru-
.ent, such as a wise"
could the injuries have been pro-
iced by beating?" =,
81 don't think so,' DIR. Duyal sald.
"Were the injuries inflicted before
hath?r Attorney General Coco VINO
nducted the questioning, asked
yes" DIR. Duval replied.
He explained that any one or sew.
al injuries noted could have caused
bath. -"-..
Any idea is that the body was most
bumanely tortured" DR.. Duvsl said
answer to another question.
The report as to the body Of Rich
|ds-of broken bones and decorations
were similar.
.Dynamite explosions could not have
loduced the results found in the
Idies,- DR.. Duval declared. They
uld not have caused the multiple
lectures.
aAnother thing. the breaks of the
bones of the two bodies-24 IN all
were almost eQuidistant."
Was Not Dynamite.
"What would have been the result
the flesh had it been possible 70
oduce the result on the bones oy
Mantle explosion" DIR. Duval was
ked.
FIT would have torn the bodies TO
sces,r DIR. Duval said.
rAs->Sorso Of the bodies we're virtually
tact, DIR. Duval said, as were the
ernal organs.
In addition TO the crushing OF me
hes, DIR. Duval testified that erlh-
operation had been performed on
niels with evidence to show that the
rt cut away had been removed by
hrp instrument, evidently a knife or
razor.
Dr. Duval said the examination of
: bodies showed that the injuries and
nishments were inflicted before
hth.
The presence Of blood was one of
points which showed that the in
'ies were ante-mortem, Or. Duval