Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-01-06
LOUISIANA GOVERNOR TO FIGHT KHAN TOA
FINISH IN MER ROUGE MURDERS, ARREST
MAY0RMx0|M AF7ERFuGH TO MARYLAND
HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR F%o MUR6E IS Is

: ed to him at that address had been RI
turned to the Post Office marked "uy
; known"
Today when policeman fell uncon
scious on the waterfront and an am
bulance was called the report was sign
ed "Dr. McKoin." This revealed his
identity. although at this time the tele
: gram from Governor Parker had not
been received His whereabouts had
been n mystery.
While DR.. McKoin at first said he
would fight being returned to Louis
lana, he later stated that he would
make no opposition to Governor Park
er's demand, would start back tomor.
row and would answer to the best of
his ability any and all questions ask.
Gil OF him.
SILENT ON MCkOIN CHARGE
Baton Rouge. La. Dec. 26..-Gove-
nor Parker declined today to make
any comment on the arrest in Balti.
more Of DR.. McKoin beyond the state.
ment that the State authorities had
ample grounds for ordering the physi-
clans apprehension. The Governor in
dfcated that any statement concern
ing charges against DR.. McKoin would
nave to come through the office of At
torney General Coco.
A requisition on the Governor or
Maryland for the extradition of DIR.
Mckoin. 1t was announced at the Gov
ernor's office. would be issued imme.,
lately. Armed with the proper papers.
an officer will he sent to Baltimore AT
once to bring the doctor back to Louis
lana. 1t is understood that DR.. McKoin
! Is wanted on a charge of COMPLETELY
IN the murder of Watt Daniels ant:
Thomas F.. Richards.
/ secret Service men have heen trail
ing DT' Mckoin for several days accord
ing to information received here &c.
uav' me moment Governor Parker
! was advised that DIR. McKoin had been
located he sent a telegram to the Chief
OF Pollce of Baltimore ordering the az.
rest.
The arrest of DR.. McKoin created
considerable excitement in Mer Rouge.
| citizens there asserted THAT he was
one of the leaders of the hooded mol,
! which butchered Daniels and Richards
witnesses will be produced. il is said.
who will identify McKoin positively
as a member of the mob.
Or. Mckoin became identified with
the ku kluX Khan in 1921, according
to Mer Rouge residents who joined the
KAN at the same time and quit. Me-
| koin's career in office, it is said here.
was one OF turmoil and strife from the
time he joined the khan to the date OF
his departure from here. Former Klans
men here say McKoin was appointed
Captain of the klan at Mer Rouge by
the Exalted Cyclops of Morehouse Par
ish, and it is charged that he partici
pated in several raids in this section
Among them the allegation is, was
the kidnapping of Addie May Hamilton
Is year old girl, who was dragged
from her mothers home and put
aboard train bound for Little Rock
without cent of money.
MCKOIN ARREST STIRS BASTROp
i Mer Rouge, Dec. 26.-Reports that
DIR. B. M. McKoin had been arrested In
Baltimore at the request OF Governor
Parker created stir in BastrOp ana
Mer Rouge. Sheriff Carpenter had
sent a telegram to McKoin in Balti
i more advising him that he was want
ed here as a witness in the open hear
ing.
One version of the killing OF Daniels
and Richards is that friends OF DR.. Nc
> Koin kidnapped them because Daniels
and Richards were said to have tried
NJaIy ni, in his he tOC
the story of shots fired at him. Rich
ards said before the kidnapping thai
he had been seized by band of masf
ed men one night and asked about th'
alleged attempt on McKoin's life. bu
that he had been able to clear himseii
Those who assert that Mckoin was &
member of the khan say that the Khan!
men regarded the attack as aimed Il!
rectly at one OF their members an,
that therefore the khan sought revenge
Efforts to catch the men who dyna
/, mited Lake La Fourche and thus ~
vealed the bodies OF Daniels and Rich
ards occupied the attention of Depar
ment of Justice agents today. STATE
Adjutant Coombs, Sheriff Carpente
of Morehouse Parish, Colonel Louis
Guerre. i'm charge Of the State troops
stationed at Mer Rouge and Bastrop
Major J. Fulton, Medical Corp
officer other militia officers and De
partment of Justice men visited toda!
, the lake where last Friday 1,5O
[, pounds of dynamite were exploded
The men who dynamited Lake II
Fourche are known to the authorities
according to an admission made t.
night by Assistant Attorney Genera
Walmsley. He refused to say If arrest
were to be made. stating that reste'
solely with Attorney General Coco.
is reported however, that the author
ties know where they can get the dyn
! miters whenever they want them.
NO HEARING ASKED FOR
BURNETT
a "Our office knows nothing of order
l for additional troops. and does not CO.
slider them particularly necessary a
this time ~ Mr. Vain oIov ooid IL, dts