The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-06
EXHIBIT
Broke
BONES
z atl1ologist Tells How We
Victims Of Hooded Mob
Met Death.
81 WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON,
Enternntio1.si news. service.

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EnternntioIkI News service.
COURTHOUSE, BASTR q p,
La, Jan. A torture raci, 3
fashioned after the barbarous|
murder machines 81 medieval
days, was used ~ the hooded
mob Of MorehOuse parish IN
Staying Watt Daniel and Thomas.
+. Richards, Mer Rouge citizens.
according to reports Of State
Psychologists submitted # today .
session az the opening hearing.
ExhiSits Crushed Bones
IA voiceles indictment from the
crave entered when bfqlk and
crns illnsn l1e
duced IS evidence at the open heir
The ghastiy exhibit came from the
nlangled bodies q Watt Daniel and
Thomas IT Richards, the victims.
and IVES used 10 demonstrate the
ture to which he was submitted be-
fore hts death.
DR.. Charles w. Duya1, State
,patholOgist, showed the bones to e.
stunned court room while he was
testifyfng to the frightful torture
nIeted to their victims by the.
hooded mob Terrible crushing,
fractures, caused presumably by q
torture rock" were pointed out by
DR.. Duval.
these are twenty-four long bones.
taken from the bodies Of Richards
and Daniel, each one OF which was
fractured by the torture they under
went, said Duval.
Testify to Torture.
The Psychologists, DIR. Charles W..
Duval and DR.. John A. Lanford, de-
clared that both men met their
deaths after being subjected to some
specially constructed device, de-.
signed for fnfIicting punishment
The psychologists report was of.
fered In evidence by Attorney Gen.
eraI Coco to prove the two vic.
Tins had been slowly tortured to
death by their captors. AS court
clerk slowly read 1t into the record,
a sudden hush fell over the court
room. Its effect was profound.
In the highly technical language
of medical experts the two doctors
agree that a torture rack had
been used by the mob. They de-.
scribed with careful attention to
minute details the crushed bones
and the smashed internal organs.
Hands and Feet Cut Off.
The mob" amputated the hands
and feet Of their two victims, the
report showed, and a frightful bar
barous attack was made upon
Daniel before he died. At the con-
clusion of their report, the Patio.
logists gave their opinion on the
manner of death. 1t was headed
Pertinent. comments" and read as
follows:
this case (Richards), namely lacera-
tions. amputations and hemorrhages
of certain OF the soft tissues In
association with multiple com
minuted fractures of the body
structures, permit of the conclusion
that some one or more OF these
Injuries was the primary, and the
others. the contributing cause Of
death.
Special Device Indicated.
"The character of the injuries to
the soft tissue anu Their proximity
to the injuries Of the bones indicate
that the LESSONS to the soft parts
and to the bones were dependent
one upon the other and produced
simultaneously.
"The striking symmetry and
character of the bone fractures
and their relationship to the in.
turies Of the surrounding soft It's.
sues that the body was subjected
to some specially constructed de.
vice, designed for inflicting punish,
The pathologists followed Peter
MuIhern, Monroe undertaken, on the
witness stand. Mulhern told oil
treating Of the bodies with acids
prior to the inquest.
DR.. Duyall was the next witness
He told details which bore out the
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elusive INSIDE story" of the muir
| ders.
He declared Daniels death had
been caused by the operation, or by
the youth having bled to death after
liz. Tile also declared Daniel had
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