Arizona republican., 1917-11-10
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 TULSA, Okla. Nov 9.-A band of men garbed in long black robes and wearing masks tonight seized r members of the l. W. W, took them to the edge of the city and ad ministered lashes and a coat of tar and feathers, after which the l. w. W. members started toward the Osage hills, with a warning not to return to Tulsa.
 With each stroke of the brush the black-robed men in charge of the ceremony uttered the words, Tn the name of outraged women and chil- dren of Belgium"
 The men were being taken to l. W. W. headquarters when they were taken in charge by the band, police being forced to drive them to secluded spot at the edge of town.
 That the plot was carefully plan ned was indicated by the machine like precision with which everything was done. Later in the night large printed signs appeared throughout the city bearing these words:
 Notice to I. w. W.s:
 Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa.
 Vigilance committed"
 According to the story told by one of the policemen upon his return to the city, the organization is known as "The Knights of Liberty
 The black robes, hoods and masks make it impossible for the officers to identify any of them Not a word was spoken during the process of torture except by the man who ap- piled the tar.
 There were r L W. w. members il the party. Eleven of them had been convicted in police court on d charge of Vagrancy.
 They were fined $1OO each and committed to jail. The police ar rested six others who had appeared ss witnesses in the trial of the orig inal Il and who had admitted on the stand that they belonged to the l. W. w. After a conference of police court officials, it was decided to take the entire party to their headquarters and exact from them a promise to leave the city before morning. in which event their fines would be suspended.
 As the motor cars neared 1. W. w.. hall a number of the Knights of Liberty" jumped from behind Q pile of bricks and with leveled rifles and revolvers, ordered the drivers to stop None of the policemen had a chance to reach for his gun as they were surrounded by armed men.
 The l. W. W. members were quick " searched. their hands tied and the drivers ordered to proceed. Two blocks father along six automobile loads of men, similarly clad and armed. joined the procession They were driven to a wild ravine be- yond the city limits.
 The automobiles in the party were placed in a circle with their lights shining on an oak tree. The seventeen l. W. W. members were made to strip 10 the waist. The Knights stood guard with guns pointed at each man. One by one the ropes were taken off their wrists and they were tied to the big tree. One of the party then stepped forward with lash and applied it until the blood ran. Then another stepped up with a brush and a pot of boiling tar. This was applied over the back deliberately. Several handfuls of feath- CTS were then thrown into the tar.
 The I. W. W. members talked but little during the ceremony. Several of them boldly proclaimed their allegiance to the l. w. W. An old man pleaded for mercy T have lived here for Is years" he said, and have raised a large family. l am not an l. W. W. l am as patriotic as any man here" But someone in the party remembered that the speaker had been arrested at I. w W. headquarters and he so informed the others
 When the last man had done his turn at the whipping post they were all lined up with faces toward the west. Let this be a warning to all I. w
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