The Washington times., 1922-11-18
BRANDED,
ACCUSES
WOMAN
Hagerstown Man Admits Fall
From Grace, But Says He
Repented.

EdtUdrd Fisher, Tire Man
Who Fell and Was Branded" to-
day at his home TN Hagersto,on.
Nd, dictated for the readers Of
The Washington Times tho fol-
loWing remarkable statement n,
which he relates how he has been
forgiven By his wite after being
kidnapped, beaten and left lying
last Tuesday night on the out
skirts of the city With three KS
scared Nth acid on either cheek
and on his forshead.
80. By EDWARD FISHER,
"The Man Who Fell and Was
Branded"
HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov. IL.
Show me q man who has never
wavered from the beaten track.
Some err in their youth, others
in life. I made my mistake only
recently. / was sorry. ! had a
wife who understood and forgavc
me. The other woman Is the
cause of all of this trouble and
l believe that she is the one who
put them up 10 this.
Admits He Did Wrong.
/ did no great wrong. did not
murder anybody or steal, and yet
here is what my fellow-men do to me.
It's wrong, wrong, wrong.
This Is hos. 1t all occurred: Nine
months ago fell from grace. used
70 onnfhar md II
finally brought to the realization that
I was doing wrong. l repented, went
to my wife and she forgave me. I
takes nerve to do a thing like that.
and I faced my medicine. She un-
derstood and then everything ap-
peared all right.
1t did not end there. When I
woman-had the courage to stay
away and do the right thing-she
came to me. She stopped me on
the streets several times and said
that IL did not come back she
was going to get even" l walked
away from her without saying q
word.
Then things began to get worse.
Friends Of mine came to my house
and told me that the woman had
told them that II I did not change
there would be something doing"
That publicity was enough, and II
was hard on my wife as well.
Passed As DRY" Agents.
Things went from bad to worse
until on Tuesday night I was stand.
ing on the sidewalk near the West.
ern Maryland railroad when an au.
tomobile bearing a Pennsylvania II.
cense number drove up beside me.
One Of the men leaned out Of the
car and said:
You are under arrest for boot.
logging. Get in this car and don't
make any fuss"
At first ! thought Il was q Joke,
until two Of the men got out of the
car, picked me up bodily and threw
me inside.
I fought--biting, kicking and beg.
ging. One Of them said: Choke
him." They did, and I sort of lost
track Of what was going on. They
drove for what seemed to me a long
time until we were out in the coun.
try.
Wntn tlt tdt btODDtu hnOIntT
machine drove In back of us and
four men got out; they took me
into a field, laid me on the ground,
beat and kicked me and then one
of the men took bottle from his
pocket and with an instrument
scared these marks into my face.
Then they left. BY their conver.
sation I am sure that they are
members of the masked organiza.
ton that does this sort of thing.
II have done anything wrong,
let the law take It's course. The
men who branded me are probably
in their daily ives, or have been
at some period Of their life, no
better-maybe worse than I am.
The Bible says something about
LET him who is without sin cast
the first stone" They say that
they live by the teachings Of Christ.
why not forgive when a man ID
truly repentant. as I was. That
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