Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-18

AN autoni attic pistol. I thought
it was some boys joyriding around,
and did not hear about the plot un-
til the next day. Frank Bell told
me he was going over to y. LIS
to play poker at $50 o'clocks and
asked me to wait for him."
who was he WITH"
STRIKES me he was with Watt
and Richard"
Were you invited?"
Yes, but they played too heavy
for me. I'm penny ante boy"
Doctor Carried Hay
I'VE were standing in Hugh
Clark's place. Harper Donnan and
myself were talking when the shots
We're fired. a little later we saw
DR.. McKoin in his automobile with
a bale of hay on the running board.
Donnan said to me, I wonder who is
sick-there's Dr.. McKoin' l said,
L don't know, but [ guess it must
be COW or a horse as he had a
bale of hay Bell came up later.
saw his car coming from the direc-
ton of j. LIS house. We went on
AAO1AIS, oCll SO1IIS " Ills 1lOI1lG anu
walked a mile to my home" J.
did Bell tell you about the
game?"
Yes"
Odd he VIM"
Nav, dropped $40"
Who won the money!"
BELL said a fellow by the name
of c. Wagster and a fellow named
Hicks won the velvet"
Who is Wagster?"
He was a picture enlarger and
few days later he got scared be-
cause of the Ku kluxes and 1T out.
He amt been seen SINCE
Did you see old man Daniel that
night?'
mo. sir"
Did you see w. C. Andrewsqs'
"No. sir.p
did you ask whether Daniel and
Richard had left the game before it
broke up?"
II did. That was two days later.
L asked him the specific question
and he told me they positively had
not. l told him the reason why I
wanted to know was because they
had been accused Of shooting at Nc
koin.''
You were a friend of DR.. Nc
Koin?"
Yes, I talked it over with him.
and he said he did not know who
did it,"
What makes you say it sounded
like a pistoI?''
Because of the rapfdity of the
reports. They were too fast for
J. H. Hornbeah, was the next
witness. lie is dealer in hardware
at Mer Rouge.
DO you, deal in pistol shells and
cartridges?"
Yes
Did anybody try to- sell you pis-
toll shells after the Ku Klux Khan
raid on the Gallon road?"
yes; it wasn't the day after the
reported raid but a man did ask me
to handle a box of .45-caliber pistol
shells for him. L said [ would try
to sell them for him."
who was that man?'
"W. P. Fitzpatrick"
Tells of Shooting
John McAdams followed the hard.
ware dealer on the stand. He testi.
Tied to hearing shots on the night OF
the alleged plot to assasSinate DR..
McKoin. They sounded like pistol
shots to me-" he said. 1--WE thought
it was a fire alarm. Pretty soon we
saw DR.. McKoin drive up to w. p.
Kirkpatrick house. Kirkpatrick
anG the doctor examined the car.
The next day I heard of the alleged
plot"
HT0i6 l,n
Eyes"
The witness described the bullet
holes in the car.
Did you see anybody else that
night?"
Yes, Watt Daniel, w. C. Andrews
and Walter Campbell. They were in
a resta urant. 1 told them what |
heard and saw and they appeared
surprised. 1 also saw a crowd Of
boys on the streets"
McAdams could not name the boys.
Seventy More to Testify
Seventy witnesses still were on the
list when the second week of testi-
mony taking began.
Nearly fifty witnesses have testi-
fed as to the kidnapping raid in
which Daniel and Richard and three
other men were taken prisoner by a
black-hooded band, in support of the
contention that the black hood made
up part of the disguise of at least
some members of the Morehouse
khan organization, and of activities
in which Captain j. X. Skipwith,
parish khan leader, and others iden-
titled as klansmen took part in what
HTS NAF ~ ERN