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Show THREE ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING SHOE SHINE BOY Colored Bootblack of Mur ray Alleged to Have Been Victim of Cruelties of Supposed Organization ACCUSED YOUTHS 7 HELD IN PRISON aeaaeawslsa, 1 ' Victim Frightened From Quarters by ' "Ghost" Pranks, Then Beaten and F tightened, Is Report MURRAY, April H. George Stud urn, . Gene Brlnghurst, M. and Amos Jen-n. Jen-n. If are In jail charged with as-Mull as-Mull and battery and disturbing th peace aa result of an episode. Investigation Inves-tigation ef which several cttlxens de-, clare, may uncover the operations ef an organised body. Jim Blng. a negre bootblack, alleged vlcttra of the pris oners schemes of torture, waa last seen In the city April I. " , Joeeph Chlvell, proprietor of the Champion Shoe Repair, ahop. 4 850 South Bute, who swore to the com-' plaint against Studum, Btinghurst and Jensen, said Blng waa frightened out of his bed the night of March SO y "ghostly apparitions" and that when ba ran from the shoe shop he was cap tured and carried away in aa automobile. automo-bile. , Several men. among whom are those Chlvell has sworn to the complaint against, laid tn a ditch outside a rear window to the ahop on the night of March and made weird passes wHft a long stick around which was draped , a sheet, Chlvell claims, for the purpose of frightening the negro. Blng In his haste to get away from the scene ran out of the front door at 1 o'clock la the morning, leaving behind part of hie clothing, which contained keys to the doors. Once outside, the night latch kept Ring front reentering and he waa run down by membere of the gang and severely beaten, Chlvell said. Person living near the soene heard cries for mercy from the negro. It Is reported. Blng was later thrown Into an automobile auto-mobile and taken to the City cemetery, ! Chlvall said, where he was made to 1 offer up prayers for his ancestors, kneeling upon a grave with his hands clasped around a tombstone. A-cordlng to Chlvell. Blng later told s IICI JIIB7 VUBlIIWaTesS llsaTMl I h while In graveyard members of the gang threatened blm wltp tar and feathers or hanging If he divulged any of the affair to hie employer (Chlvell) or the police officers. The folio win morning Blng's face showed signs of a beating, Chlvell said, and his neck waa swollen so that be oould not swallow swal-low food or drink. Two days later Blng disappeared, leaving all bio be- longlnga, except the clothes be wore, tn the small quarters of Chi veil's shop, which he had furnished, snd where he Intended to start a- bootblack at a mi and cleaning and pressing establish ment. He has not been seen since. - There Is not another negro living within the Murray oJty limits so far as the city authoritiee are able to leeriu Blng is belie-ed to have come here from the Pacific coast. Persons with; whom he talked said be was an hoa-, orably discharged soldier and served In the late war. ' Trial of the three men held tn jet! have been set by Judge H. T. Matthews for t p. tn. Monday afternoon. . |