Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-13

Richard. I told Richard the Ku
klux was after him and for us to
go over and sit in the sheriff's office
where we mhigt have protection.
He had his little girl with him and
he said for us to wait until his wife
came back.
"Now back where I was held up,
I saw Burnett and Rogers put on
their masks. About that time Fred
Higgenbothem came up. He was
unmasked. He consulted with Bur
nett and Rogers and then they said
1 could co.
"When I reached Bastrop saw
Higgenbothem, 1 went up to him
and said, Fred, who is doing all this
work?'
ST was good and mad, and about
| that time the auto with the masked
men came up to the garage. I went
up to them and told them to leave
Richard alone. They led Richard
out to the car. I was in a state of
mind to do almost anything. 1
again warned them to leave Rich
ard alone. About that time Rogers,
who had a shotgun, pointed it at me
and told me to step aside. They left
with Richard and later Mrs. Rich
ard came up and told her about
! it."
what We're the conditions in Bas-
trop at that time, wasn't the khan
very active?"
Court House Guarded
eyes, the khan was active, and the
court house was being guarded by
citizens. They didn't ask me to
take part. One day was going into
the court house and I passed a re
mark about all these doings and
further. declared it intefered with
my business.
Sheriff Carpenter overheard my
remark and called me to one side
and said 'Neelis let me give you a
little advice. You quit talking about
our AFFAIRS"
did any one suggest to you that
it would be better for you not tc
recognize any one who was in the
raids? Neelis was asked.
Neelis urged that he be not forced
to answer, and stated that whatever
was said to him in that respect was
in no way an effort to intimidate
him.
1--WE do not say that it was to init
midate you, but want to know WhC
talked with YOU" Howard Warren
special states attorney, who was
conducting the examination, insisted
swell, Allen Turpen, of Bastrop
| u ie-4r
that Turpen's advice was purely fol
business reasons, as he was working
for him.
Neelis also testified that the parish
sheriff was only a short distance
lava at the time Richard was taken
off for questioning on August 1
or IS
Addie May Hamilton, known as
daughter Of the klan," declared on
the witness stand Wednesday thai
she was forced to leave her home
near Mer Rouge and was deporte(
from the state by 1.-The Ku Klux.".
Local Phrase Only
The term daughter of the khan
, as applied to Addie May Hamilton
is a local phrase, coined because o
connection with her.
Widow Testifies
do you know anything about
warning notes being circulated?"
Yes, 1 paid no attention to then
until Watt Daniel and Y. f. Rich
ard had permanently disappeared.
Mrs. T. f. Richard, wife of one o
the slain men, heavily yelled, fol
lowed Mrs. Hopkins on the stand.
when was the last time you say
your husband?"
+ AT our home in Mer Rouge tn
morning he left. for Bastrop for tn
celebration on August "a"
What do you know about tn
kidnapping of your husband?'
Nothing, except what neighbOr
said. But on August 10, he told m
about being taken out by the klar
We were then in BastrOp. where w
intended to make our home. NJ
husband was going to work in
garage. We brought the baby wit
us. L went shopping and left tn
; baby with her father. When I n
turned baby told me the 'Ku Klux
have got papa The baby is fou
years old"
How did she know about the X
kluX?"
f She had heard me talking an
4, reading about them at home. w
left for our 'home in Mer Rouge, br
the baby kept talking about the K
2 KIux. oh, mama, they came wit
; them black masks on and got dat
,. dy,' the baby would keep on sayin!
1 became SO worked up [ returne
n to Bastrop and hunted for my hu
q band. l was later joined by my hu
e band, who said he had been take
d out in the woods and held for tN
y hours"
$ Did your husband tell you abol
V being kidnapped on August 1872"
J. Eyes, he said they came and g.
0 him out of the garage, blindfoldt
}. him, tied his hands. They took hi
t out on the Monroe road. The
a asked him about the shooting at D
" McKoin. He told them he kne
nothing about it. They told him the
o were going to hang him"
2 "He told me they walked hi
I. about the woods. He said he thong
d they were looking for place
. hang him. He told me they the
+ said they were satisfied with VIII
tt he had said. He then said they IL
e masked. They asked him if he re
Ie ognized any of them. He said
# told them he recognized CAPITA
Skipwith. but none of the others"
Did he regard the kidnapping s
s riously?"
ct NO, he laughed about it."