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Show MISSING VICTIMS SUPPOSED FOUND LIMBS OF DEAD MEN TIED WITH WIRE; GRUESOME DISCOVERY MADE ON FERRY Soldiers Stationed Several Mjler Away; Identification Likely to Be Difficult, Correspondent Correspon-dent Asserts Shrovoport, La. Tho bodies of two men in high state of decomposition, beloved to bo Watt UanlolB and Thomas Thom-as F. ltlchards, missing victims of tho Morehouse mob of last August, wore found near tho Eastland ferry on Lako La Fourcho, which soparates Alorehouso and Itlchland parishes, according ac-cording to the roportB. Tho llmba of tho dead men wero tied with wire. They came to tho surface as tho ro-Hiilt ro-Hiilt of a big chargo of dynamlto exploded ex-ploded by unidentified persons. Tho bodleB wero nudo except for belts and a portion of tho trousers. Ono man's head was gono. It Is thought that thoso who used tho ox-plosive ox-plosive loft without knowning tho bodies bod-ies had como to tho surface. A ferryboat had brokon from its moorings nnd drifted n considerable distance downstream. Tho bank nenr whoro tho boat was accustomed to landing was badly torn up. Mnny dead fish wero on the surfaco of tho water. The nearest point whore soldiers were reported stationed 1b said to bo several miles from the place of tho-dynamiting. tho-dynamiting. Owing to tho condition ot tho .bodies, it Is beloved it will be dlffic0.1t to ro-movo ro-movo them nnd that ldcntifcntion will be iilffcult, unless thero are marks on the belts. Sovonil shots woro fired nt them nnd tho men disappeared. Cooperlake Is surrounded by denso swamps In nn inaccessible part of Morehouse parish, and it has been named ns tho spot whoro the bodies of tho two missing men, Mnjor Watt Daniels and Thomas Fletcher Itlch-nrds, Itlch-nrds, might possibly havo been thrown by their kidnappers, according to reports re-ports mado by private detectives. |