The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-31

for him to go to Mer Rouge; that the two bodies found in the lake had been tied or spread eagled' on logging cartwheels and rolled down the hill and that that was what crushed the heads off the two bodies" was included in a deposit tion made by S. H. Littlejohn and read today.
 Littlejohn said that he was em- ployed at the time as an investigator for the Ku Klux Klan. He was sent to Bastrop about January 12 to make investigations. There he met Brace well to whom he said other investi- gators seemed to look for advice and instructions. It was at this time, he said, that Bracewell advised him 1t would not be necessary for him to go to Mer Rouge. Littlejohn said that he operated at Bastrop under the name of George K. Lawrence.
 Littlejohn said that Captain Skip with at Mer Rouge urged Imperial Wizard Evans to keep him (Little- ,john) on the job there. Littlejohn said that he was detailed to work under the direction of Captain Skip with and that all other investiga- tors were sent away and that his instructions were to work with the end in view that there might be no indictment"
 Afraid Of Talk.
 He said that when the grand jury failed to return an indictment he sent / telegram to T. J. McKinnon McKinnon were to keep Captain Slipwith quiet so as not to crowd the issue" He said McKinnon was afraid the captain would talk too much.
 Three lawyers named Todd, New ton and Sandle, he said, were em- ployed by the Ku Klux Klan directly from the Imperial Palace. Each re- ceived $500 and later were paid $25C each, all of the money being sent through Judge Barnett of Shreveport La. He said Judge Barnett was chief counsel in the Mer Rouge matter and was paid a very large fee "to the best on depanenis knowledge and belief. This fee was s5,ooO."
 Littlejohn said his salary was $50 week and expenses and his ex- penses would average $75 a week. He said that in addition to himself, eight other men, all employees of the Im- perial Palace, were sent to Bastrop to work on the case. Those were M Hamilton of Houston, Tex; J. "A Bracewell. Lloyd Ingle. H. L. Talia- ferro, and c. c. eMcIlwain, all from Atlanta; M. Murray of Shreveport and o. D. Jackson and M. Mann of
 
 Littlejohn also said that "strong arm squad" or "wrecking crew" had been formed and organized for work around Bastrop and Mer Rouge. He said that these men were picked from other districts, none of them be- ing located around Bastrop or Mer Rouge so that their identity might be concealed.
 "Deponent further said" the affi- davit continued, that he was called to Atlanta by McKinnon in March and during his conference at the Imperial Palace with the said T. J.. McKinnon it was mentioned that c. R. Upchurch and Harry Terrell were at Mer Rouge at that time securing affidavits in connection with the said Mer Rouge case, which was not known to this deponent at that time but that the said McKinnon did then are there speak to this deponent: Thought Of Strong Arm "Squad."
 There Is or you have got your machine down there; use it and get them out of the way This depon- ent understood this language to mean that the strong armed squad or wrecking crew was to pump up Upchurch and Terrell"
 Littlejohn said that H. W. Evans gave him instructions to beat up" Harry Terrell and to charge what ever his fine was on his expense account
 Littlejohn also said that when Dr.