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Show DOUND TO TREE. Young Oregon Man Victim of Revenge of Rival. Out of splto, It Is thought, and ovl-denly ovl-denly In order to put AI. Kelly of Kelso, Kel-so, Wash., out of the way so as to pro-vent pro-vent his marrying a young woman who had refused the attentions of a less successful suitor, Kellcy was seized, gagged and buckled, bound by wlro to a tree In a dense wood and abandoned to die for n period of four days, from Mondny until Friday last, when ho was discovered and relensed. Saturday tho young woman whoso preferment for Kelley had nearly caused his death, procured a marriage license, and late the same day tho couple wero married. Kelley Is almost a physical wreck, but from tho scraps of story which he has given in Intervals of consciousness, conscious-ness, it would appear that last Monday ho started from tho home of a friend to go to Kelso en route to Knlama, Wash., the county seat, to procure a marriage license. On the way he was seized, bound and blindfolded by two persons, one of whom was disguised as a woman. He was then strapped to the back of a horse and taken to tho woods, where he was bound to tho treo and compelled to suffer unmentionable cruelties. Thursday n note wns found on tho door post of ono of K el toy's friends, stntlng the man's predlcnmont and whereabouts, and his friend at once proceeded to tho place nnd released him. The perpetrator of tho crlmo Is said to be a man who has for several months endeavored to force his attentions atten-tions upon tho young woman. |