Evening star., 1923-01-09


went ON marauding raids mt night.
@Whcn the Khan went out ON
raiding trips they wore the black
masks, but when they met in
the lodge rooms they wore the
white ones," NOrseworthy told At .
tOrney General A. C. Coco, who
was conducting tho examination.
"WhO whs the leader of the khan.
the grand cycIops. or whatever
they called himfe asked MIR. Coco.
"Capt. Skipwith. we called him
the president
BASTROP, La, January 81. l..
Daniel. father OF Watt Daniel hooded
band victim. testified at the open
hearing today into hooded band dep
relations in Morehouse parish, that
he had learned that subsequent to
the kidnapping of his son and Thomas
Richards, whose mutilated bodies re-
Gently were found in Lake La
Fourche, that four Mer Rouge citi-
zens had been warned they would
have to leave the community or they
would be killed"
Daniel said the information was
given him by Joe Davenport, an
other Mer Rouge citizen. Davenport,
Daniel said, told him he had re-
ceived such word over the telephone.
Daniel said Davenport declared he
had been told by Capt Skipwith''
that the men would have to get
away"
Capt. J. X. Skipwith of Bastrop is
the exalted cyclops of the Ku Klux
organizations in Morehouse parish.
Appealed to Mcxoin.
Daniel was recalled to the stand
at the opening OF the hearing today.
The witness declared he went to DR..
McKoin and appealed to him as a
fellow Mason" to stop what he be-
lieved was khan action.
DIR. McKoin said to me that he
would do all he could, but he was
not klansman," declared the wit
Following this talk. I received
notices written on a typewriter to
change up These were unsigned
ana written on yellow paper"
now old anything else occur that
leo you to believe the khan was ac-
tive in the community
Yes; prior TO an attempt on DR.. Nc
kotn's life, there was an effort to kid
nap Addie May Hamilton"
Where were you the night DR..
iMckotn,s automobile was shot into?"
! Il was home"
Where was Watt?'
He was at my home"
Where was Tom Richards"
t' Played Most of Night.
HE was there also. we were all
playing cards-poker.'
Was it an open poker game, it be-
ing openly understood that the boys
could always find a game at your
house at night"
That's right. most any time
You are sure you did not leave
your house that night?"
~ Yes; Yes. on that night we played almost
When did you first hear you were
McKoin?"
R.!totn Not until until, was held up on the
Did you make any inquiry or
koin?"
No; always had a hard time
meddling into others affairs"
Anything said about DR.. McKoin
during the gamer"
Not that l remember"
Nndt TOOK place during the con-
Tersation between you and DIR. Nc
Koin?"
Well. I knew McKoin was n re-
former and he should know about
me notes. We talked quite a long
That was before he was shot at?"
ABOUT two or three weeks
Warning by Phone.
Since the disappearance of your
son have you ever received any anony.
nous letters?"
Not directly, but Davenport said
he had received word over the phone
tnat Campbell, Whipple and his two
oodyguards would have to get away
from there or they would be killed"
campbell and Whipple are citizens
or Mer Rouge.
Who did Davenport say told him?"
When did Davenport tell YOU
1T was after the kidnaping-aftsr
had told my friends believed nv
SON had been murdered"
How about the kidnapings-where
ala they take place. what direction?"
road" i0''t &c
During the period you were being
speak"
81 did not
You did not recognize any one?"
No. If did would have gone
to the man and faced him."
Describes Finding Bodies.
Dr.. F. J. Riley, a Mer Rouge physi-
clan, testified to treating W. c. An
drews on the night of August "a. HE
looked like he had been severely
whipped. 1 asked no questions. An
drews had several severe bruises on
his back. but there were no lacera-
tions."
Andrews was one of the men fiogged
by what was described as a black
hooded band at the same time Daniel
and Richards were kidnapped.
NJ. F. Holloway, a fisherman who
was at Lake La Fourche shortly after
the mutilated bodies of Daniel and
Richards were found. testified both
bodies were floating face down. They
reminded me of two old rag dolls,
which had been chewed up and
thrown out there.
There was some galvanized tele-
phone wire around both bodies. I
: took a stick and examined one of the
bodies. This was Daniel. l found a
! piece of the skull hanging on a
+. thread, 1t looked like.
( 'I went home and brought my wife
4 back to see the bodies. She didn't see
them, because they had the place all
roped off," he said.
Place Guard Over Girl.
Acting on an anonymous telegram