Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-07
BRIGHT, KIDNAPPED
WITH MRS. PACE, =
IS HORSEWHIPPED
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1y behind them. Every turn Brigh hi
and Mrs. Pace would make, the
Cadillac still followed, she told AMIR
Feagill. Bright managed to get tbs
license number Of the automobile
M. Feagln said, but could not idan
tify any of the occupants Of thS
machine.
Mr.. Feagin said Bright and Mrs
Pace came to his home in a fash
ionable suburb of Macon late in the
afternoon and appeared to be II
great distress over the incident
Mrs. Pace was in tears, he said, as
fshe related the episode.
Mrs. PAGES Story
Mrs. Pace, speaking of the kid:
mapping last night, said she was not
beaten, that the men informed her
that they were not going to harm
her, but were going to kill Bright.
''They didn't harm me, but they
scared me most to DEATH" said Mrs
Pace. She begged that the affair
be kept from the newspapers, saying
that she was going to leave the city
at once and did not want further
embarra ssment.
"They tied my hands and they put
mask on my face" said Mrs. Pace.
"I tore the mask from my face and
saw them drag Mr.. Bright from the
car and throw hin down on the
ground. They first tied his hands
and put a gag in his mouth. Then
they drew out a lash or a leather
strap and beat him repeatedly over
his body"
Bright confirmed the report as
given by Mrs. Pace and said that the
kidnapers also stated that they
whipped him because he tried to
take his property away from his
children. e..
81 offered to give them the home
on Second street and Keep it in re
pair for my children for the rest OF
my life," said Bright, provided ii
was not mortgaged or sold. They
kept on beating me-" ~
Ihave done no wrong" insisted
Bright. POSSIBLY made mistake
by bringing the negro woman into
the case. They told me that they
were going from here to Montezuma
and get the negro woman witness
in the case tonight and kill her"
Mrs. Bright Informed
While the kidnapping and whip.
ping scene was going on, Mrs. Lyn.
wood L. Bright, who testified against
her husband here on Monday in his
suit for divorce, was in her room at
a local hotel. She had occupied a
seat in the lobby until $50 p. m.
writing letters. Then she went to
hpv n5o10n1y tIoie
ing a reporter informed her of the
kidnapping. She didn't appear to be
surprised. But her only comment
was; Il am very glad to know that
there are some men in the world
anyway"
At police headquarters after Bright
and Mrs. Pace were brought in from
the country road, Bright appeared
to be suffering from the 1ashes
across the body. He asked that the
sheriff's deputies examine his
wounds. No examination was made,
however, but it was understood that
doctor was called for Bright later.
Bright said that he told his kid
napers that he couldn't leave the
city in tWenty-four hours, as ordered
to do. He asked for the rest of the
week to close up his business af-
fairs, he said. The request was re.
fused, he declared, and the lash was
again applied. y
Bright said early this morning
that his kidnapers speeded up to.
ward Ocmulgee park, but made SO
many turns that he didn't remember
the route that was taken. He said
that after he was beaten by the
kidnapers, Mrs. Pace was forced out
of the automobile. They started
down the lonely road, he said, and
did. not know that they were going
toward Atlanta until. they were
rescued by the sheriff's deputies.
eve didn't know whether we were
in the hands of our friends or our
enemies he said. 'They assured
us they were officers, showed their
badges and we got into their car"
Bright declared that he could
identify several of the kidnapers,
although he did not know them per.
sonally. Mrs. Pace made the same
assertion. She declared that "Mrs.
Bright knows all about this"
Mrs. Bright Wants More Whipped
Mrs. Bright dressed and left her
room, after a reporter informed her
over the telephone of the kidnapping.
In the lobby of the hotel she sup
plemented her former statement with
they ought to have taken three 9TH
er men out and whipped them, too, ~
and she gave the names.
Mrs. Pace, whose name has been
mentioned several times in the trou.
bles Of the Brights, declared that
she and her mother, Mrs. Abeles,
497 Fort Washington avenue, New
York, came to Macon for the sole
purpose of protecting themselves, if
necessary, in the divorce case. Mel
Their took the stand during the trial,
however. Mrs. PAGES mother left
the city Wednesday morning, re-
turning to New York.
Mrs. Pace was delivered at the
Hotel Dempsey at 1880 o'clock this
morning. She went straight to her
room. Bright left police headquar-
ters about the same hour, but he
did not indicate where he would go.
Mrs. Pace. gave the city detectives
the number Of. the license tag on
the automobile in which they were
kidnapped, The secretary of state
was asked to furnish the name of
the owner of the automobile.