The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-28
HAN! BRANDED BY
j ORDER OF GERMAN
american Prisoner Is Disfigured
in Almost Unbelievable
! Manner.
eHasTLY DESIGN ON HEAD
Former Circus Performer, Horribly
EutiIated, Is Forced to Do Work
o.. of Oxen for Turkish Master
Made Aarem Guard.

. London.-Many have been the tales,
&<a ggeTated or without foundation,
yhich have passed from mouth to
kaGUth, and even found their way into
print, Of prisoners OF war who have
keea sent home with faces disfgured
~ brands of the German eagle, snakes
Snd other horrible objects Many Of
Gnese stories could not be traced by
81 authorities and were attributed to
heated iGu@inati0uS. A correspondent
~ MOyd's Weekly, however, has dis
'-'*'rd q very bad case of Hun say
@s,.as, which sufficiently testifies to
Gi,is method of mutilation by branding
ctr tattO0ipg. being no exaggeratiOn.
''Tbe mans name is ROughtOn and
Ne lives in miserable Stun near Wa
Ser!oO, hating to 60 out in daylight.
On his forehead was Disagreement"
%ayS the writer, that seems almost
unbelievable in these days of social
ed civilization.
The mans head is covered with
SEort STUDY gray hair. and his nat
Gially fine forehead gives plenty Of
Eo0n for sinister sign that stretches
from temni" to temple and from the
Srch Of each eyebrow to the edge of
Che scalp. 1t is a heavily tattooed
d">lgn OF q huge crabike creature
@A;ch be afterward told me is called
STE spider of Death or the scorpion.
r CHASTITY in Design.
In some horrible frenzy of imag-
nation this creature, which had been
pri"ked with red. white and green inks
uCon his forehead. has been given
fDree bodies. One hes over the other
and each outline is clearly visible. 1t
S--,Is FIRST the shield Of Bulgaria,
above that the military drum Of Ger
T~&2T ami superimposed upon these,
tFaA teZ. the star ami the crescent Of
~ ..@y. On either side stretch eight
huhan-b00ted legs while from the
mifdle, OF head of this horror hangs
. yirC showing that the man brand
ed thus is the property of the Turks
FOR eternity.
Yes, tuIt is what I have to show
Tor nIy STARE in the great war said
the branded man. 81 have seen lot
~ ~ life. l was born tifty-Seven
-~eGT5 ago in Chicago and l guess
Ehcre are a good many men there yet
x,0v ranll m0pr the pame of R0ughtOn,
farous fer feats of strength and phys
I'll endurance right through from
Maine to California.
My life has always been one Of
adventure. l have been "A "strong
b',u- eHd an acrobat in circuSes,
ron the war broke out in 1914 |
J@l"HT " with a regiment of royal en-
sInorI@ that was nelhg recruited in
t'N states. and over came t" the
Eg'.,*-@ front,
""S .>5 -,-ohS. 3nd | got the ribbon
1..' lt2'> ana tie produce" Httle
t,..'.'! FL'.'1. hut never wear 1t.
Ate. III finished with the Second
scr N rance WIS moved to Sa-
5....~. ani then 20 MeSopotamia, and
"''"''" GOV caught
r,,@ while YVES doing some work
vi. "al''-N wire one night alone eur
u':.' t.' s.@'s III that blessed land
G '-'-"@"' 1alia that | got done in.
: -'s' sor nt7, but it look lot of them
70 ~ -
Va Hnt to work, and l tried to
eS"'t'., and I was caught and mt
}.''@sh More torture and then one
o"T 81 Turk under the direction of q
<rei""n o.'rer, pu; this upon me-, and
G--e i-an AtGote his forehead with a ter
&-~-- gesture.
Made Guard in Harem.
iy and by over there in Turkav
my Na3tor3 realized that NV nhvsico,
strength was beyond the ordinary and
l was turned over to a pacha who
bought my body for his service, Twas
put 10 work pulling blow. and wben
a.ca't cover enough ground ~ +ba