Open hearing on Morehouse Klan depredations begins
Bastrop January 9 J L Daniels father of Watt Daniels hooded band victim testified at the open hearing into masked attacks in Morehouse parish He said four Mer Rouge citizens were warned to leave or be killed He cited Joe Davenport who relayed the word Davenport said Captain Skipwith leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Morehouse parish ordered the warnings.
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Bastrop
J. L. Daniels
Watt Daniels
Morehouse Parish
Thomas Richards
Lake LaFourche
Daniels
Joe Davenport
Davenport
Skipwith
J. K. Skipwith
Ku Klux Klan
Identity of Mob Members Regarded as Quite Possible
In Bastrop on January 9 the Morehouse parish inquiry into masked gang killings continues with twelve witnesses to be called. Investigators, led by Governor Parker, weigh potential identifications as pathologists report torture before the victims were killed and dumped in Lake LaFourche.
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Norseworthy cites Klan mask practice in Morehouse raid hearings
J T Norsworthy a declared Klan charter member testified at Bastrop about masked band depredations in Morehouse parish. He said attackers wore black masks on raids and white masks at lodge meetings, while under questioning by Attorney General Coco.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
J. T. Norsworthy
Morehouse Parish
Ku Klux Klan
Morehouse
Morehouse Klan
Daniels exposure at Mer Rouge kidnapping trial names alleged attackers
Testimony details Daniels identifying "Whipple, Campbell and their two bodyguards" and unsigned notices at his gate ordering him to "change up." Miss Hamilton, linked to alleged Klan activity, is expected to testify as deputies describe masked men abducting and flogging party members near Bastrop.
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Whipple
Campbell
Miss Hamilton
W. C. Andrews
Andrews
Monroe
Bastrop
Norseworthy
Germany Declared In Wilful Default On Coal Deliveries
The reparations commission voted Germany in wilful default on coal deliveries by a 3 to 1 margin. British member Sir John Radbury dissenting. The session featured American critic Roland M. Boyden's broad critique of Versailles.
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Ruhr
Cotton Ginning Before January Reported by Census Bureau
The Census Bureau reports 9,598,907 running bales ginned before January, including 165,281 round bales as half bales, with 28,498 American-Egyptian and 5,065 Sea Island. State totals show Texas leading with 3,092,458, followed by Mississippi and Alabama among others.
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Georgia
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Troops Leave Mayence for Esser Destination
Thirty-eight trains carrying French troops departed Mayence en route to Esser, according to an Essen telegram. Reports indicate heavy artillery and sappers moving through the Neuss area, about three and a half miles southwest of Dusseldorf.
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Treaty Violation Claims Rise Over France Ruhr Move
Berlin reports Chancellor Cuno condemns French extension into the Ruhr as a breach of Versailles and a forceful attack on German sovereignty. He says Allies occupy the Rhineland under treaty guarantees, while Paris seeks to cloak actions as lawful. London observers note French plans reportedly extend to Essen, though Britain has no official confirmation.
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London
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Essen
Monroe Lions urge Monroe as cotton association HQ
Lions members named R W Germany J Herring and J Washburn to a committee to press Monroe’s claim at the Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Marketing Association meeting in Monroe next Tuesday. They argued Monroe’s centrality could handle about 100000 bales yearly and spur Ouachita river warehousing and national shipments, with an estimated $10 000 000 in cleared value.
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J. Washburn
Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Marketing Association
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Cooperative Marketing Association
Ouachita River
Anonymous phone tip on kidnapping target in Morehouse parish
Mer Rouge Louisiana January 9 acting on an anonymous tip that an attempt to kidnap Addie May Hamilton, a prospective witness in the Morehouse parish masked depredations inquiry, prompted guards at her home and additional military protection. Hamilton had been expected to testify about pressure to leave the parish.
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Associated Press
Mer Rouge
Addie May Hamilton
Morehouse Parish
Hamilton
Department of Justice
Bastrop
John M. Parker
Adjutant General Orders Removal of Guard at Witness Home
Bastrop confirms Adjutant General L A Toombs has ordered the removal of a soldier guard at the home of Addie May Hamilton in Mer Rouge. The guard had been placed there at the request of Justice Department agents amid a probe into masked band depredations. An anonymous tip reportedly warned of a kidnapping plot.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
L. A. Toombs
Addie May Hamilton
Morehouse Parish
Mer Rouge
Department of Justice
Toombs
Farland
Met Rouge
Rcoutine
Hamilton
Daugherty Cleared by House Committee on Impeachment
In a resolution adopted 12 to 2 the committee found no ground to believe Mr. Daugherty had committed a crime or misdemeanor that would justify impeachment. The action followed examination of the evidence presented.
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Washington
Governor May Call Special Session of Legislature
Baton Rouge January 9 Governor Parker told 200 farmers at Farmers Week he will summon a special session if severance tax laws fail to meet needs. He cited university and state institutions relying on the tax and warned oil interests about possible suit, while promoting agricultural progress and predicting the south as a leading dairy region within five years.
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Parker
State University
Morehouse
Skipwith Leader and the Klan's Paramilitary Rule
An interview recounts Captain Skipwith as the Klan president who exercised final authority in a parish community. The dialogue describes a parallel to a hidden government, public turmoil, and threats to indictments, with a former member ordered to flog men at the Arkansas line after quitting the organization.
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Skipwith
Coco
Arkansas
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