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Show TWO FATHERLESS LITTLE GIRLS CURSING KLAN Mother Prays Justice Vill Be Meted Out To Slayers PRAISES GOVERNOR Knew Husband Had Been Murdered Before Body Was Found I 1 By Mrs. Thomas Richards. Idow of Thomas F. Richards, the man who, with Wult Daniels wus slain and thrown Into Itkc La Fourehe In Louisiana (Copyright. 192. by international News Service.) MBR ROCGE. La.. Dec. 30. "I have been through th'- tortures of a four months' search for my husband, hus-band, but now there is a brightness ahead that I feel sure is the light which will lead to vindication of tho efforts of Governor Parker and the 1 .rucuiiLc ci i uou aiici man on ine 1 kidnapers and murderers of my husband hus-band and his dear friend. Watt I Daniels. Tonight there la no calm in . my heart but there Is a certain feeling that a semblance of Justice has en-I en-I tored a rase That for a long tlmo appeared hopelessly buried under the apathy of public officers, men who , had sworn a sacred oath to uphold jthe laws of the state and nation The pleadings of my little girls for their I dadtt. Wll not be answered, but their right try know what happened to him Is still theirs. SHI LI.S sHKKHF. "I started jny long search for the murderers of my husband on August 25. the day after he had been carried car-ried away. Friends to whom I went for assistance advised me to eo to Bastrop. tho headquarter, of the parish government and see what Sheriff Carpenter and Judge Odum. j of the sixth Judl lal district would I do. but before I acted on this advnoi.. I asked a friend, a business man In M r Rouge to help me. called Sheriff 1 arpi nter on the telephone and was told ther was not a single Hue on which a search for Mr Richards and Mi Daniels could be conducted, sb.nrf Carpenter told this man he had searched thoroughly but could find no evldonce of crime. On Saturday, August 26, I went to Bastrop for a personal Interview with Sheriff Carpenter and Judge Odum Sheriff Carpenter was no' Interested in the conversation except to say u -. v woras now ana inep. Juage naum on the other hand, was kind and I willing. He tolfl me If I could furnish a single piece of evidence on w 'hlaO a search could be started he woulu' ! give every effort towards solution Of I the mysterj I was powerless. I knew nothing. LKFT WITH BABIES, Tortured by Krlef and with the cries of Loola, my little threc-year-1 old daughter in m ears. I wrote Gov-j Gov-j ernor Parker on Sunday and begged 1 him to do sonacthlng to help no I told the governor 1 was left entirely, j alone with two little girl.s on myj I hands and that I didn't know how : I could make a living. I walked the streets, I walked tho floors of the I house while my babies slept and I I prayed to God that something would, happen to start an investigation. Oh!j 1 how my" heart ached. 1 was sure ben be did nol return on the twenty-: twenty-: fifth that ho had been murdered People said "Don't worry he will pom back." but the) knew they lied. "hej knew what had happened to my 1 husband Then the grand Jury met on Sep-; 1 tember fi I hoped, but that hope I was dashed when the Jury did abso-l lutely nothing Then people tried to1 j make mo believe them when they ! said: "Well the boys will turn up at the l grand Jury hearing." I knew thej 1 would not. I knew they were dead. , "They did not want me to go to , the grand jury hearing. I thought I' strange, but I ltnew the reason then and now Tro y hod It all arranged I for the investigation to bp made accruing ac-cruing to their own plans nnd an-bounce an-bounce that nothing had boon discovered; discov-ered; as far as they were COnoeFIied the disappearance of Tom Richards and Watt Daniels was a mysterj that never would bo solved. PRAISES GOVERNOR T can't find tho words to express' jthe praise due Governor I'nrker. Mad It not been for his nssLstanco 1 would' have worked alone. If there had not! j been Interference from some persons, l I could name, the Investigation would! I have been finished iQpg ago. Surely,' jit these men could se their families (Continued on Page Two) 00 TWO FATHERLESS CHILDREN LEFT (Continued Trom Page One.) In the plight we find ourselves, and COUld hear their tiny babies begging for their daddy their hearts would be touched. When men I believe are members of the Ku Krux Klan picked Mr. Rli i ' irds up just a week before he finally dlsi.pp.-ared. llttlo Leola wo with him. They carried him away while she stood on tho road and screamed her pleas for them not to take him. I found her standing there crying All night she was so frighten fright-en ed and nervous she could not sleep. Over and over she told me: "Mama, these old Klu Klux KJan got my daddy," but he camo home after that time My horn. )r- wreefced. my life is Wrecked and my heart Is broken I( trust to God to carry me through ! what now Is a dreary and lonely life., CL1LY NEARBY NEAR-BY D. V. STTRDIVANT IntCTTUUional News Service. BAHTKUP. La.. Dec. 80. The lln dividing members of the Ku Klux ! Klan In Morehouse parish and their opponents Is growing sharper. Forces i aro Joining either faction with the ultimatum: "You are either for It or agalnut It." An 1 Just now. taking the parish a a whole, the klan Is stronger than Its , opponents so far as actual numbers i are concerned, even If tho antls do ; hold a preponderance of strength In ' certain othor respects. The announcement from New Or- leans that the boat of talont will bo sent into Morehouse parish to prove that tho Ku Klux had nothing to do I with tho kidnaping and murder of I Watt Daniels and Thomas F. Rich- j ards drew the cord of tension tighter tonight. It is near the breaking point if surface Indications aro a barometer. ba-rometer. J. K. 8klpworth. exalted cyclopa ' when shown a newspaper statement tolling of the klan's proposed lnvestl-gatlon, lnvestl-gatlon, seemed to be somewhat sur- i prised but refused to comment on what knowledge he might have of , contemplated moves. CLIMAX IS NEAR, "Jujrt ksep your eyes open." he ; said tonight. "This meeting Is draw-' draw-' lng near a climax and something may j happen any minute " No one Is mor Ignorant of the nV move In the case than Sheriff Fred i Carpenter of Morehous parish. It Is believed hero hi will be among those who have some explaining to 1 do when the open hearing convenes Friday. He is alleged to be a member mem-ber of the klan. Mrs. Thomas Richards, widow of 1 ono of the men whoso bodies were found In Lake La Fuurcho. declares she received no cooperation from Sheriff Carpenter in her efforts to find her hubsand's body. A S. Far-land, Far-land, chief of department of Justlc? Investigators, who have ieen hore several months, also declares cooperation coopera-tion was lacking In Sheriff Carpcn- ter Mayor Goodwin of Bastrop today declared neutrality. He added, however, how-ever, tho belief that tho Ku Klux had I '"done much good In this community In reaching crimes that the law could not touch." BEMOANS PUBLICITY. Mayor Goodwin also stated he could not see the need for troops here. Tho mayor lamented that "one of (the best towns in northwest Louisiana 1 is getting false publicity, leading outsiders out-siders to believe this to bo a regular j incubator for revolution." "It has come to the point wher. we cannot bring In badly needed la-, la-, bor," he said. "Laborers fear they I or their families will be killed " Just now this phase of the sltua-I sltua-I tlon does not present a grave crisis. ! but later It may prove bad. according to the mayor. Negroes aro afraid to enter the parish while hundreds are leaving as fast as they can. Bastrop will begin Monday to mako preparations for the open hearing that will start Friday. The llttlo court ; room here seats only'COO persons anl 1 it Is expected the corridors of the building will bo filled. Thousands arn expected to cram themselves Into the town. Because of this state troops are expected to take charge of the com-I com-I munlty. although DO declaration of martial law will be made. OO Brazilian ants build hills over eight 'feet high. |