Show MEN HANDCUffED TO TREES fOUND POSSES TAKE TRAIL AFTER BRUTAL BRUTAL BRUTAL BRU BRU- TAL CRIME IN TENNESSEE IS REPORTED J Moved From Tree to Tree Men Relate Relate Re Re- late Sad Experience at Hands of Big Reward Ic Is Of- Of for Guilty Men Chattanooga Tenn Sheriff Sheriff Tom Selman has began an investigation into the story told by Dr W. W D D. D Mason Mason Mason Ma Ma- son local veterinarian and Lowrence Bowman alleged feudist and aide of federal prohibition officers that they had been kidnapped on Signal mountain mountain moun moun- tain and kept captive for ten days The two men who disappeared on June 23 without trace were found by Jim Thomas mountaineer who was hunting stray hogs and tied to a tree in the wild about fifteen fir fir- fifteen teen miles from Chattanooga Bowman and Mason were in a serious serIous ser ser- ious sous condition as a result of their ex ex- Bowman stated that while driving along the road at night they were set upon by y five men wearing tow sacks over their heads overpowered overpowered overpowered ered and taken to the woods The Themen Themen Themen men had been lured to the mountain by a fake telephone message and were returning home when attacked Their disappearance was discovered l the tho following day when Martins Martin's car was found on the mountain with bloodstains on the running board and containing the hats of the vanished men Posses immediately took up the search and combed the mountains including including including in in- the place where Bowman and Mason were found bearing out the statement of the victims that they had been moved to a different tree treo each night of their captivity A reward of 1000 was offered forthe forthe for forthe the discovery discover of the men dead or alive and a large number of natives of the mountain joined In the quest The theory of the tho officers was that the men had been made victims by bya a band of feudists and the Bowmans having been at outs with what is known as the Godsey clan for several months the trouble having haYing Its climax when then Ike Bowman was killed by Sam Godsey some time ago aso Sam Godsey a deputy sheriff of Sequatchie county in a statement issued stated that the whole affair was a designed to injure him and that Bowman and Mason had plotted to make it appear that they were dead In order to engage in whisky making without interference from the law Godsey also declared that W. W E. E Grubb federal prohibition officer who was shot by Benton Godsey a n afew afew few weeks ago was also engaged In liquor running and served notice upon upon upon up up- on the governments government's agents that he intended to clear the mountains of |