The Caucasian., 1919-03-09
MAN.bRAHDED BY
ORDER 0FCERMAN
American Prisoner Is ciseiqu!e6
10 Almost Unbelievable
Manner
CHASTITY DESIGN ON HEAD
eesmee Circus Performer. Roeeieiy
Mvtitaeed, 10 Forced 70 % Werk
ct Oxen eoe vvvkish Master
Made Narem euer6o

@0ViIANS0, " VVFCeO " ~ WIN
ct Oxen ses Turkish Master
Made Aarem eusr6o
Gon6oN.@-SiaGy have been qYle aaYesA
exaggerated or without foundation.
which have passed from mouth 60
mouth, and even found their way into
print. Of prisoners Of war who have
been sent home with faces diStigured
by brands of the German eagle, snakes
and other horrible objects. Many of
the authorities and were attributed I"
heated imaginasions. A correspondent
Of Lloyd's Weekly, however, has dis
covered q very BAD case of Hun saw
agery, which sufficiently testifies 70
this method OF mutilation by branding
Or tast"oing, being no e1aggesation.
1.-THE mans name is koughton and
ne lives in q miserable slum near Wa
te1loo, hating 20 go out in daylight.
On his forehead was u disfigursmens."
saws the writer, that seems almost
| unbelievable in these days of stecaln-
ed civilization.
"Yhe MANS head Is covered with
sNors stuoby gray hair. and his NAT
uvally fine forehead gives plenty OF
fOom for sinister sign that stretches
! from temple 20 temple an0 frons the
! arch cQ each eyebrow 20 the edge Of
! the scalp 1t is Q heavily aa.tooed
design Of huge eraNlike creature
which Ne afterwar0 tolS me 0. called
"The Spider of Death or the scorpion.
; ehassIy il Design.
! "In some horrible frenzy ~ image
nation This creature, which had been
pricked with red. white and green inks
upon his forehead has been given
three bodies. One lies over the other
and each oUtiine 10 clearly visible. 1t
shows first the shield of Bulgaria.
above that the military drum Of Ger
many, and superimpose0 upon these,
the fez. the star and the crescent OF
Turkey ON either side stretch eight
human-bootcd legs, while from the
middle, or head OF this horror. hangs
4 ring shown: that the man brand
ed thus is the property o: the Turks
for eternity.
eyes, that Is what I have to show
for my share in the great war said
the branded man. II have seen q lot
In my life. I was born fifty-seven
years ago in Chicago and guess
there are Q good many men there yet
Who remember the name OF Ronghton,
famous fos feats OF strength and phys
lcal endurance right through from
Maine TO California.
my life has always been one OF
adventure. I have been . "strons
man" and an acrobat IN ciscuses.
.'When che wap broke out in l9l%, I
coined up with q regiment of royal en-
Gineess that was being recruited IN
the States, and over came 10 The
6ghting front.
"Iwas At Mons, and eoe the sibbon
light here and he produced q little
blurred ribbon. But I never wear it.
After I'd finished with the Second
army IN France I vas moved 20 So.
soniks, and then "a Mesopotsmia. end
that's where I got caught.
1t was while l vas doing some worl
with barbed wire one night alone out
undee the stars IN that blessed land
O1 Mesopotamia that got done IN
They goe me. but 1t toob . lot Of then
% do It.
- vas que % woyk, ana Z tried q
| escape, and ! vas caught ana put
through more torture, ana then one
day q Turh under the direction Of q
German officer, put this upon me- and
the man smote his forehead With Q ter.
vibls gesture.
Made euarl In AareM.
' e'By and by, over there in Turkey
my captors realized that my physical
strength was beyond the ordinary and
was turned over 20 . pacha who
bought my body for his service. was
put 90 work pulling plow, and when
didn't cover enough ground, OF the
burrows that 1 made were crooked.
vas beaten with . leather eat-o'-nine
tails that had nails at the end Of eaGh
thong.
"'Yhen the great potentate &or whom
I worked seemed to realize that he
!; was wasting good materiae in vough
unskilled labor, and after many weary
punishmeGts he placed me with this
badge OF shame upon my brow and the
price o1 5000 marks upon my head
should I try 20 esca0eD as the guard
ian of his harem.
! Among the maNy women slaves 10
this place there was q young arabian
gira who had been stolen and SOLD %
the maN who was our master. She
was unhappy 70 the verge of madness
and the horrors ehroug0 which she
went on many occasions nearly drove
me out OF my MIND BY methods that
are COO Yong 70 tell you, shis Arabian
and myself plotted and Ulanne1 60
geehes and succeeded in escaping
FINALLY We managed 20 get iD touch
1 with British srSo1s.'"
l ejese Capo0 EvonS Greeee