The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-10
as $50 and my watch and chain In
ne vest, and | haven't seen it since.
Tore on Religious Emblem.

the vest, and | haven't seen it since.
Tore on Religious Emblem.
Then one of the men said to me-.
You Northern - -. YOU can't
come down here to this white mans
country and butt in on our business.
NV hands were tied together and a rope
was thrown around me and the trunk of
the tree until / couldn't move anything
except my head Moving that wasn't
easy. as my face was pressed against the
bark l forgot to tell you that before
this happened one OF the men asked
what my religion was. and when | an
swered Catholic he tore off medal of
the Virgin l had on cord around my
neck and threw it away.
Some of them had hand flashlights.
Whenever a car passed along the road
the leader of the gang ordered Lights
out. and don't speak Then the leader
would say, Give il TO him. and man
would use the whip on my back 1t was
a leather whip with several lashes-a
kind of CATO nine-tails. I'll say it hurt.
After they stopped long enough TO have
me tell them that / wouldn't make the
affidavit they wanted regarding Miss
Powell, the leader said Will YOU go
back to New York and never come here
again?' said Yes as blood was run
ming all over me and / was half crazy
with pain.
"The leader said, Well pay your fare
But they kept on whipping me and tell
ng me again that / must make the
affidavit. One of the men must have
struck his hand against the tree, for he
muttered. Damn it. l broke my finger
Along about here q voice said. Shoot
him. and another. Don't shoot Then
hey said. viii you make the affidavit?
l answered L have been truthful to
you and tod you everything and can't
tell lie about Miss Powell So they
whipped me again. They also hit me
over the head and back with a club
This thing had been going on for half
an hour, I should Judge, and hardly
felt the pain now, for was getting numb
and drowsy.
Finally 1 heard the leader give the
order to undo the rope. The knot at
my right wrist was so tight they had
to cut 1t loose. Two men had to hold me
up to get me back to the car They
took off my trousers, helped me on with
another suit and change of underwear
from my suitcase and chucked the blood
stained trousers into the suitcase. Then
they washed my face with wafer from
a muddy ditch alongside the road.
Leader Posed as Friend.
81 remember ! still thought they were
going to kill me- but after being beaten
so much l hadn't much feeling left
They had a consultation for ten or iif-
teen minutes beside the cars then set
me in the back seat of the second car
with a man on each side to hold me UP.
We must have driven about five miles
in the general direction Of Denmark.
S. c., when I was asked if I'd like n
little wine to brace me UP. All right
we'll blindfold you We stopped at
what was evidently some kind of a build
ing, and two handkerchiefs were bound
over my eyes. The stuff they brought
wasn't wine, but whiskey. with a chaser
of water. It is only fair to say 1t was
good whiskey. / couldn't raise hand
to hold the glass. so they held it to my
lips.
"Then we went on for FIVE or ten miles
more tearing along in the rut of the
road without once getting out of it, The
driver knew his business. When we
stopped l was blindfolded again, but L
was too sick and weak to take much