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Show MASKED BAND ATTEMPTS TO FLOQ MECHANIC. TULSA. Okuu, Aug. tl-Tulsa eltlsene were spprehenslve today lest more rigorous Imposition of martial law regulations should follow fol-low open defiance of stats military suthorltles by a masked band thst-sbductsd thst-sbductsd W. J. Mathews, a mechanic, me-chanic, and attempted to flog him. Whether Adjutant General B. H. Mark ham, In charge of ths troops here, would look upon ths Incident ss an overt act of sufficient gravity grav-ity to warrant placing heavier restrictions re-strictions on ths city ws a matter that remained to b developed. Mathews wss sslsed on a street In th downtown section by seven mssksd- men, who forced him Into a motorcar and carried him out of town. They mads preparation tor whipping him. he said, but hs broks away and eeeeped. |