, 1923-01-12

What did they a themselves
the band as a whole?"
Members of the Ku Klux Khan"
who wal the lender?"
Captain skipwith."
who was 1t took the pistol from
Watt Daniel
IT don't know"
You said Captain skipwfth talked
with Daniel. Andrews and Neeiis?"
Yes. sir, he was the only on1
doing any talking"
What was the name of the negro
you were going to al on7r
Il don't know"
What date was this?''
ain 1929"
when did you Join the klan?"
"In March or April. 1922"
WAS the first affair of the sort
you had taken part in?"
Yes sir"
Where did you get your khan re.
gala your white hood and white
cloak?'
My wife made IL"
"Had o ever participated in any
psrade?"
Once in Monroe"
Repeat as nearly as you can as to
what was said to Daniel. Andrews
and Neelis about giving them a whip.
ping"
1.-THE best of my knowledge they
accused them of following them:
some one sal they should give them
a thrashing. I said that would not
do. They were my friends. I told
Captain Skipwith that too"
who suggested the thrashing?"
Ed Ivy"
did the three boys have anything
to say?'.
"Yes. Watt did some talking. about
making whisky. He said he had quit
and had not made any in a certain
length of time"
There was nothing of an alterca-
ton between the three boys and
klansmen?"
mo"
"Did you quit III klan?"
"Yes sir. I was only in It two
months. My friends accused me of
being an informant which resulted in
raids on a negro grocer. Hooded men
in daylight came into Mer Rouge
and staged this raid. They told the
negro TO quit letting white men gam
Bile in his store"
Two letters received after the dis.
appearance Of Richard and Daniel
were handed to the clerk for identi.
f%ication, but not to be used as evi.
denoe. One read:
"Rnyville, Sept. I. or 8 On pen and
ink.l
ITO the mayor and good citizens of
Mer Rouge:
"Mer Rouge. La
you are wallowing in a cesspool
Of corruption and lawiessness that
has become a menace 10 the entire
parish and surrounding country. You
arc shielding within your gates a
number of persons who live In open
concubinage with, negro who
manufacture and sell whisky, who
formulate plots 10 ~assassinate good
citizens in the night time and who
are deluging the good, law abba.
citizens Of your parish WIKI .r;..en
and oral threats against their lives.
This condition OF affairs must be REQ
titled at ono OF we will swoo down
upon your town and wipe out tho
organization that is responsible for
tho conditions and which are pleased
to call themselves the Anti-Ku.Kiux
Khan.
I'VE know every one Of the men
who formulated and attempted to
execute tho plot to assassinate DR..
McKoin. Two OF them nave passed
into obEcurity and the balance will
soon follow unless they read between
these lines and leave for your com.
munity while going is good"
W. r. Noteworthy followed Kelly
Harp on the stand. He said he was a
brother Of J.. T. Noteworthy.
When did you last talk with Cap.
tain Hkipwith."
I'm September at his home in
Vaughn. La"
What caused you TO go over and
call On Captain Skipwith7"
II was on n business trip ana when
I arrived in Spencer. La. ~ was told
by Laurie Spencer that Carey Cal.
houn said for me not to go home un-
til you see him at his ranch. He said
you were in trouble I went TO Cal.
houn's ranch. John Spencer went
with me-. Calhoun told me he had
been in Bastrop and he heard that
the Ku Klux was hunting me. He
said no found Or. McRoin, John Reii-
er. and Roy Norris were in Spencer
with guns looking for me. They said
that I was hired to kill "Bunny''
McKoin. I told Calhoun / wanted to
SEQ skipwith. We came 10 Bastrop
and told Sheriff Carpenter about
what we had heard. He said he also
heard I had attempted TO Kill DR..
McKoin. He told where we could
find skipwith. We went 10 VAUGHN
and that's when 1 met sklpwithn