The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-10-29
Herbert S. BigeIOw
Victim of Secret
Order
Is BEATEN WITH
BLACKSNAKE WHIP


stripped OF hIs clothing and beaten
unmercfIlh Herbert s elow
tac,tsi lcaGtg and pastor fh.
Peoples church bore. Wa- Hrl ~
FLORENCE. ky TODAY Hc rt0 brr0
kidnape by band ~ mo- 11
automobile who turned lm loose
aftor dipping bis head In crlGs pe
troieum
All evidence indicates he vae tbe
victim Uf 800 oath bound or4bnila
ton sworn q wreak vcure Uce oV
psciNa's and others NOT iu accord
with fh' governments war Iolicie-
a hlacksnaeo whip had h".n Used
or bireIOv nhose cona Irn N
serious
Bigelow va- president o' hc 70
cent Ohio constitutional nnHtn-
ton.
Big. g.low Was kidnapped a m.
SUNDAY. a. hc was about tu 'uler "a
hall 70 address q meeting ot So
cialists
The kdnapers were traced 10 l.a-
tonia whore lhey had reud zro1s
The farmer saw a stra pro
cessiou W automobiles winGae ih-u
the Is n'uci hijs and counted
machine
The vendetta returned frm he
scene of the fhuecappiul uglF
Automobile raule- of searchir~ we're
unahi. ts arurehend them
BGie.u h1s received vague
threats .ar0jy agt refused % hsrd
thcm rh.re were rmor 'iaf
secret Eaniz7tion had been formed
In Kentucky 20 teach l" on o
pacif- sunday BlEelov auio
was follow ed about Cincinnati hy
another machine
Hle,loR wJs able 10 tell of sl- rN.
perieu,e Iie had entered phy
cian Office IN Florence O. 30 a.
m. and remained there tfl morn.
INK
Hi. back and lc2s were 'arera-o
and portion of his hair had been
rlf of
Aner ho had been stripped hi-
hand tere fird around tt.r Then
the leader oi thc yigIlante, said
IN thc name ~ the women and
children OF Belgium and Fnucr
>trise
Then the first blow fel
seven more lashes fell across his
hack Then there was parse etsaid
Bigelow
"rhn ihc whip came down on
my back again believe there were
Ten or dozen iashes.
The non were masked AVID Vorc
white APRONS They reminded mn of
The ku Kluy figures I saw in The
Birth of Nttiou
After had been seized AMI
handcurod ! was taken out MO th"
country
"a sack was brown over ms head
My fecf were tied had no notion OF
either time or distance. I could tell
only tha' ue were going over rough
road and smooth ones. Nothing
was said
"At la-t we came 20 stop 7 was
lifted out on tho automobile and the
sack was taken of my head
"Thtr led mo up hill Co a
schoolhorse and took me 10 tree
20 which 'hcy tied me
"tDN wifh his clothes" Fomebodt
exclaimed Ny clothes were taken
on NY bach
Then follows Birelow's description
OF the lashnr as told above
sTh u cur OF some of ms hair.
said Higciow. and then poured
something ont of bottle over my
head udrrd 10 was crude Oh
"The men thcn loft mo. except two
pho remained 10 guard mo one
bad n revolver
After short time my guards
also Iof mo. after telling mo not To-
20 away FOR 30 minutes They IN.
stucfcd mo 60 30 90 a certain
house where would get direc-
fiors
"It occurred 10 mo that 'he oil
had been poured on my hoai $50 that
I might De- identified az ihc house
20 which 7 had been directed
"a feared something moro was tn
store for mo there. so ] walked n
Ways in The opposite direction and
nnally reached Florence
Rgclow eaid that in parting hiR
kidnarcrs told him ne must leave
Cincinnati within 80 hours and stay
away from Cincinnati during the
rest Of tho war.
lie said today he would stay In
Cincinnati n given proper protec-
lion By federal authorities.