| Show MEN 1 TO TREES POSSES TAKE TRAIL AFTER BRU TAL CRIME IN TENNESSEE IS 18 REPORTED moved from tree to tree men relate sad experience at hands handa of big reward Is of 0 furred for guilty men chattanooga tenn sheriff tom selman has began an investigation into the story told by dr W D mason local veterinarian and lowrence Low renco bowman alleged feudist and aide of 0 federal prohibition officers that they had been kidnapped on signal mountain and kept captive tor for ten days the two men who disappeared on juno 23 without trace were found by jim thomas mountaineer who was hunting stray hogs han handcuffed cuffed and tied to a tree in the wild about fifteen miles from chattanooga bowman and mason were in a serious condition as a result of their experience per peri fence ence bowman stated that while driving along the road at night they were set upon by five men wearing tow sacks over their heads overpowered and taken to tc the woods the men had been lured to the mountain by a fake telephone message and were returning home when atta clr l their disappearance was disco vi rl the following day when Alar martins tins car was found on the mountain with bloodstains on the running board and containing the hats of the vanished men posses immediately took up tip the search and combed the mountains including the place where bowman and mason alason were found bearing out the statement of the victims that they had been moved to a different tree each night of their captivity A reward of 1000 was offered tor for the discovery of the men dead or alive and a large number of natives of the mountain joined in the quest the theory of the officers was that the men had been made victims by a b band and of fe it dests and moon shiners t the he bowmans having been at outs with what Is known as the godsey clan for several months the trouble having its climax when ike bowman was killed by sam godsey some time ago sam godsey a deputy sheriff of county in a statement issued stated that the whole affair was a designed to injure him and that bowman and mason alason had plotted to make it appear that they were lead dead in order to engage in whisky making without interference from the law godsey also declared that W E grubb federal prohibition officer who was shot by benton godfoy a few weeks ago was also engaged in liquor running and served notice up on the governments agents that he intended to clear the mountains of moon shiners |
