Show I I DOCTOR TORTURED AND PUNISHED BY THUGS Withers Home Yields in Loot to Visit of BurgI Burglars rs THREE MEN OPERATE i Victim Is Left Bound and I Gagged After House Is Ransacked More than worth of jewelry was stolen by burglars from the residence of Dr W. W L. L Withers Ninth avenue early this morning Dr Withers was tortured for over an hour as he lay bound on his bed by three masked robbers robbers robbers rob rob- bers who demanded he reveal the hidIng hiding hiding hid hid- ing place of ot more valuables I was awakened at about 4 o'clock this morning said the doctor I r Iguess Iguess guess one of the men turned on the light switch No No sooner had I opened my eyes when I was confronted b by the barrel of a blue steel revolver and told told to lie He quiet I saw that there were three men mell In Inthe inthe inthe the room all masked with red bandanna bandanna ban ban- danna handkerchiefs in which holes had been cut All were armed They tied me to the bed with with telephone telephone tele tele- phone corn cord cor and proceeded to tog go about out the r 4 Y xh ner nero They ransacked the house securIng securing securing I ing every bit of Jewelry and money Inthe inthe in inthe the place Then one of the men de demanded demanded demanded de- de the sparkler which I wore on my right hand The leader of the trio seemed dissatisfIed dissatisfied dissatisfied dis dis- satisfied with the amount of loot secured se secured secured se- se cured and demanded to now where m my wife's Jewelry wa was wag hidden I told him that sh she had taken it with her on onI her vacation but the they did not seem to believe me They began to torture me by stick stick-i sticking stick ing the gun against the back of m my head and In my stomach threatening to shoot me to pieces One of them struck me repeatedly about the head For more than an hour this treatment continued Then I think they changed clothes but I could only guess what they were doing from the sounds Then they gagged me and left the house Two passed from the front and one through h the back door I struggled and uttered futile cries Finally W W. c C. C Winder Vinder who lives next door came to my rescue and cut the cords which had lacerated my wrists According to the police poUce entrance was gained to the house through a front window Mrs W W. C. C Winder Is la said to have become suspicious when she saw a man leave the house with a grip or bundle at such an early hour She called her husband to Investigate Investigate investigate gate and he found the doctor bound and gagged In bed Mrs Withers had placed her Jewels in a safety deposit box before be before be- be fore tore leaving on her vacation The doctor doctor doctor doc doc- tor was able to report at the police station this afternoon but he is ill from the treatment of the robbers |