Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-04-08 | Page 1 | Spurgeon Sends Word to Lodge

SPIGEON SENDS WORD 10 LODGE Des Moines, la , April S. Tho Rev. Otis L. Spurgcon will be escorted from Denver to Des Moines by a committee com-mittee rrom the Knights of Luther of which he is sovereign scribe, according ac-cording to an announcement here today. Spurgeon sent the following message to E. A. Lingenfelter, an official of-ficial in the order: "Reports do not half cover the foul play. Face beaten beyond recognition. rec-ognition. Mark on neck by strap choking me. Body bared and burned Left in weeds to die. Taken, fourteen miles into country when job was finished. fin-ished. Took $10. from my pockets to pay chauffeur. Took $100 from my room. "Otis L. Spurgeon." B. F. Largent, a Denver insurance man, telegraphed locnl officers of the Knights of Luther that the papers in Denver "are muzzled and won't tell the truth." nn