The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-13
KHAN IS AGAIN
BROUGHT INTO
MOB HEARING
Witness Says SkipWith Felt
Mob Victims Knew Too
Much -Ku KIux Members
Had on Blacks Masks on
Raid, Dade Says

Noteworthy, Morehouse parish
planter, testifying today in. the
open hearing investigation of
masked band depredations in More
house parish and the Staying of
Watt Daniel and Thomas Richard,
victims of a black-hooded mob,
credited Capt. j. X. Skipwith, leader
! of the parish organization of the
Ku KluX Khan, with having said
Richard and Daniel "knew too
much"
| Noteworthy was testifying as to
a conference he said was held with
Skipwith in the latter's home at
I Vaughn, La. The discussion led up
to the disappearance of Daniel and
Richard
knew Too Much
He made the remark that all or
| this trouble mad occurred from two
very sorry boys. very sorry char
acters, or something to that effect"
/ Noteworthy testified. and he says If
! the boys hadn't been so smart we in
! tended to give them trial in the
courts for shooting at DIR. McKoin;'
/ but he said they got so smart and
/ had too much to say at the ball
/ game and there at Jim Norsw orthys
| barbecue at the Bonibee' that he
| says the boys'-he didn't say We
! that time--he said the boys decided
In, L tE,r Il. E1ls CO
/ were the words he used to the best
can remember"
! Noteworthy is a brother of J. L.
Norsworthy who testified that he
| was a former lSlansman and cap
/ tain of the Warehouse chapter of
the khan.
Lucky to Have Friends
Will Noteworthy declared he was
not klansman.
Will Noteworthy explained that his
| conference was to ascertain the au-
1 thenticlty of a report that he had
heen accused of agreeing to accept
$500, to kill Skipwith and DR.. Nc
Koin,
"Skipwith told me it was lucky for
me that l had friends in this coun-
| try Noteworthy said.
| Il asked him about the kidnapping
report. He said he had letter that
l had been hired by citizens of Mer
| Rouge to kill her and DIR. NICK DIN.
/ Captain Skipwith said he had inves-
| tigated and found the report untrue.
, "He said that at the time there were
! six men in Arkansas spotting me. L
| had just returned from a trip to
Arkansas before the conference"
| He continued that he had been in
| formed by friends at Spencer. La
that DIR. McKoin with guns and
friends. were there looking for me"
Says Khan Used Black Masks
! Did Skipwith say that the boys
| had killed themselves" Howard
| Warren, special assistant attorney
mo. he didn't" Noteworthy an
/ swered.
| The testimony of Noteworthy with
| statement of Robert l.. Dade and
| Kelly Harpe that black masks were
used by a khan band on march to
| the village of Stampley early last
| summer and the testimony of Joseph.
| Davenport. Mer Rouge merchant,
were high lights of the days pro-
ceedings.
! Meade said he wore a black mask
/ furnished by Edward Ivy fellow
, klansman when he was picked up in
|
/ the band on a trip to Stampley to
| Investigate report that negro was
operating a gambling house there
/ where both white men and negroes
| gambled.
/ Dade said DIR. McKoin also was a
member of the raiding party DR..
McKoin, Dade said, was CARRIED in
white.
Harpe declared he wore black
mask also on the raid.
ut was on this march that the
party met Watt Daniel, w. c. An
drews and Henry Neelis who testi-
fled yesterday as to being held up
I by the Khan band
Did they favor whipping the
boys?" Iarpe was asked with refer
ence to Daniel. Andrews and Neelis.
'Dade. | and others did not favor
it," said Harpe, but the majority
did"
Men We're Lectured
The three men were not whipped
but were lectured. according to pre-
lvious testimony.
WAS Captain Skipwith there"
was the next question.
II positively refuse to answer
said Harpe.
Harpe declined to name who APP
pointed him on a committee made up
of klansmen to deport Addie May
Hamilton. but he said the man who
appointed me told me he would take
the matter up with the proper au
thorities of the = an
Davenport testified at the after
noon session of the hearing.
"Ny family has resided in the Mer
Rouge district of Mo~ehouse. dating
back fr care. Davenport as
serted 20 N,ea eace until the