The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-07

The assai1ants who beat him
 escaped while McLane in some
 way--he doesn't know how re-
 fensed his hands, made his way
 to n residence near Cardiff.
 where an ambulance was called
 and he wns given first aid treat-.
 ment by pr. Posey of Cardiff.
 Later he was removed to his
 home at 1924 Thirtieth street,
 north, wher he f. in a serious
 condition.
 McLane was attncked about
 6i3O o'clock yesterday morning
 us he was driving his own car
 to work on the road leading from
 Acipco to the Illinois Central
 shops at East Thomas. Near the
 Southern railroad shops an auto
 mobile occupied by three men,
 which had been stnnding beside
 the road. backed directly into his
 pathway, forcing him to stop.
 The three men immediately jumped on the running board of his car and one of them jammed the butt of pistol Into McLane's mouth and warned him to keep silent on pain of death He was then blindfolded and with pistol held in his ribs, was whisked away in his own car at a speed of 40 miles an hour. He declared that the blockading car also followed him and his captors and that it apparently contained about three other men.
 Dragged Into Woods
 The two cars sped out the Republic road and through Cardiff. where their k.K q persons About one mile beyond Cardiff and IS or 20 miles from Bir- mingham the cars were stopped and McLane was dragged about 200 feet Into the woods where his hands were tied behind him. His assailants then proceeded to beat him with limbs cut from surrounding saplings. Ac- cording to McLane he was struck more than two dozen times and the whole surface of his back was cut and bruised.
 Not content to flog him. his as- sailants stole his pistol and s25 out of $s6 which he had in his purse. After he gained his senses, McLane said he managed to unbind his hands and walk back almost a mile to Cardiff, to the home of a man named 
 Calls Superintendent
 T then managed to call the super ntendent of the Illinois Central ihops, who called the sheriff's office and Johns ambulance" said McLane. MT. Williams called doctor who dressed my injuries before the am oulance arrived"
 Deputies l.. Pope and T. M. Gilbert the call from the sheriffs office. McLane gave them de- scription of the place where he was beaten and the deputies went to the scene where they found five sticks used in the flogging, some of which ire Jagged and rough. They were slso furnished a description of the nen who did the work. McLane said hat he recognized their faces put lid not know their names.
 The men jumped on me so sud- ienly that did not have time to de- lend myself" said McLane. T am commissioned officer and carried a xilled if I had offered any resis- .ance. The man who threw a gun n my mouth skinned my lip and al- most knocked out a tooth.
 Has Family to Support
 About all they said to me was that I would probably be late to work that morning. I appealed to them that I had family to support and to please treat me as lightly as possible, but they handled me in tho most rowdy manner.
 q do not belong to the shop
 mems union. but am . member
 of the foremen's association. and
 was not included in the ctrfks order. Consequently | am as
 innocent ns cnn be.
 "They left, me without hat, se
 that I had to walk through the hot sunshine bareheaded. They
 also took my pistol, and after looking into my pocketbook and
 remarking that had . big wads'
 took $25 of my money.
 McLane's Essex automobile was 'ound by the deputies near East
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