Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-10
Mobiles Get Ldshing With Orders From, Irdte People
Fifty Citizens of Oklahoma Town, Known As Knights of Liberty" Rid Community of Treasonable Men.
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! bers of the I. w. w. took them 10 the edge of the city and administered lashes and a coat of tar and feathers, after which the I. w. w. members were 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 cer- emony uttered the words "In the name of the outraged women and children of Belgium"
 The men were being taken to l. W.. w. headquarters when they were talk en in charge by the band, police being forced to drive them to a secluded spot as the edge of town.
 Plot Carefully Planned.
 That the plot was carefully planned was indicated by the machine-like pre- cision with which everything was done. Lated in the night large printed signs appeared throughout the city bearing these words:
 "NOTIcE TO L. w. W.'s:
 Don't let the sun set on you in
 Tulsa"
 "cIesLANcE COMMITTEE"
 Knights of Liberty. 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-robed hoods and masks made it impossible for the officer to identify any of them. Not a word was spoken during tn process of tor ture except by the man who applied the
 There were F I. w. W. members in the party. Eleven of them had been convicted in police court on a charge of vagrancy
 They were fined S1OO each and com six others who had appeared as wit nesses in the trial of the original II and who admitted on the stand that they belonged to the I. 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 be fore morning, in which event their fines would be suspended.
 Police Surprised. As the motor cars neared the l. W. w. hall, a number of the Knights o! Liberty" jumped from behind a 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 quickly searched, their hands tied and the blocks farther along six automobile doals of men, similarly clad and arme joined the procession. They were driven to a wild ravine beyond the city limits.
 Autos in Circle.
 The automobiles in the party were placed in a circle with their lights shining on an oak tree. The r I. w. w. members were made to strip to 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 a lash and applied it until the blood ran. Then another stepped up with a brush and pot of boiling tar. This was applied over the ' back deliberately. Several handfuls of feathers were then thrown into the ! tar
 At Whipping Post.
 The I. w. ". members talked but little during the ceremony. Several of them boldly proclaimed their allegi- ance to the l. w. w. An old man l pleaded for mercy. q have lived here | for IS years" he said, "and have raised large family. l am not an l. w. w. am as patriotic as any man here" But some one in the party remembered that the speaker had been arrested at l. 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. W.'s to never come to Tulsa again." said the ringleader Now