The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-12
Mayor ADMITS
PART IN MOB
RAID
Mer Rouge official confesses
He Was Member Of Band \
at Hooded Men.

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CONTINUED from First Pagel !.
Ibid he get q mask and gun
from the carp
Yes, SIR
These men remained masked anu
hooded during the remainder asol
that trip"
Yes SIR
What color were they?
Mine was black"
Talked with Others.
''You do not say the others were
not black do your"
mo sir, mine was black, I can't
say about the rest"
who invited you on this raid?"
Ed Ivey. He said, Come on,
go along"
How did you recognize the
others you named as being IN the
party?''
II talked to them
road that night?D
I'VE were going up to . negro
gambling house where there were
white men,"
'.You mean white men were gam
bling in a negro's house?'
Yes, sir"
twas that the condition when you
got there?'
mo, sir, the house was dark.
Were they nolested?"
No, sir, only woke up.
Talked 81 Whipping.
was Neelis molested as your band
came back from the negrO's houseY
ID. Nnye q "A n.
drews and Neelis in q car. We
stopped Them Is.
4Wass there any violence In
tended?'
There was some talk Of whip.
ping them. :
.'They did not do it7''
ssNo sir, I told them knew
these boys for long time and
they should not whip them.
your adrmonition went a long
Eyes sir, told them to give
them talking down..
Warns OF BIOOdshed.
A public warning that the States
present method of prosecuting the
shooded mob murders Of More
house arish. would lead to blood.
shed and rioting, was delivered 70
Attorney General A. Coco TO-DAY
by Capt. j. X. Spikwiti, exalted
cyclops of the Ku Klux Khan.
Skipwith charged the attorney
generals office with pfying into
family AFFAIRS and q long
feud between Bastrop and Mer
Rouge" by the way 1t lnterroRateo
at the opening hearing.
Skipwith's warning was delivered
personally to Assistant Attorney
General George Seth Guion and
Senator Howard B. Warren, spe-
ciaI prosecutor. when they met on
the courthouse square. A CROWD
Wiling to Aid Justice.
There will be rioting and blood
shed in this parish IL the attorney
general continues to pry into family
affairs" said Skipwith. the STU
alton has become very serious mere.
I believe you men were sent mere
to investigate a murder and l am
willing to give you every assistance
in bringing these men to justice.
IT don't think you were sent here
to pry into other matters, and the
way in which you are proceeding,
which makes men lie under oath on
the stand, will do you no good. Its
effect will be to create spirit OF
vengeance between these two towns
which it will take years to down"
"Do you really think the situation
is serious" Guion asked Skipwith.
Sees Lives at Stake.
''It is so serious / fear for hui
man lives" Skipwith answered.
Men are being put on the stand
who tell nothing but a pack Of lies"
THAT is not our fault" GuiOn
replied.
IF they per1ure themselves. they
will be punished"
sit is your responsibility, however,
for, as see it, YOU were sent to In
vestigate q murder, not the family
affairs of a community. It is dam
gerous ground, gentlemen, on which
you are now treading. don't be-
lieve the attorney general wants to
stir up strife here which will cause
Will Bare Klan's Acts.
Skipwith asked the Attorney Cen
erals aides to arrange confer.
ence for him with the entire staff
of prosecutors.
IL you arrange this conference,
I will, tell you in detail every single
act of the klan's in Morehouse
parish since it was organized"
added. ''You won't need |
to do this prying in q court room. |
I will tell you every act of the |
khan and you will never learn |
more by your hearing up
there. And then I'll help you solve |
the murders" g.. 49,
I'm be glad to arrange it,"
Guion replied. 800