Show nAce till HIS LIF1 Newspaper Iditor 11 lie blaridered the li Came r 1I00t Fort Scott Ian May 1 George E Bowman an associate editor of the Appeal to llcason a soelallst paper published at Glratd and who was socialist candidate for lieutenant governor ot IthoJo Island two jean 1 ago has been compelled to flee from Cllrard to save his life from a mob of citizens Incensed at an article h < wrote for the later Virus sitting In the newspaper office he was notified by a friend of the approach ap-proach of the mob which had a hemp rope Intending to hang him He escaped es-caped through the rear door and ran to this city a distance of twentyflve mlleswlthout money or baggage Chief Editor Wayland had grave fears of a repetition of the Lovcjoy affair with his newspaper ornce The article which so Incensed the people referred to the national flag usa us-a piece of pointed rag tied to a stick lie was criticising the warship of the nag above the regard for fellow creat ureB Mr Bowman came from Providence Provi-dence Uhodr Isand about a year ago Ho has lett here and Is I en route to Washington state |