Aberdeen, Aug. 5—Governor Cameron Morrison today offered a reward of $400 each for the arrest and conviction of each member of the mob of 25 masked men who late yesterday kidnapped and severely flogged five men employed by the Seaboard Air Line Railway who were at work on a disabled engine on a siding two miles north of Southern Pines. None of the men was seriously injured and, after receiving medical attention, all returned to Raleigh last night.
Sheriff Blue stated this morning that the men were whipped with a large “black jack oak” and their bodies were terribly bruised form the licks. According to Sheriff Blue, the guard were robbed of their pistols, money and other valuables. It was at first reported that one of the men was so badly hurt that he probably would die, but this proved to be untrue.
Thought Strikers
Twenty-five masked men, thought by the authorities to be striking Seaboard shopmen, attacked the five strike-breakers and a guard at work on a disabled engine on a siding at Manly, two miles north of Southern Pines, late yesterday afternoon, bund and gagged them loaded them in automobiles, carried them several miles from the scene and best them severely, one of them perhaps fatally.
Sheriff D.A. Blue, just back from his race to Raleigh with three negro prisoners who barely escaped lynching here, went immediately to the scene of the attack and began a search for the masked assailants. Arrests are expected tomorrow morning, he declared last night. The identity of several of the men is believed to have been established here tonight.
Probably From Raleigh
Names of the five beaten workmen and the guard could not be learned here tonight, but it is believed that they are from Raleigh, where the Seaboard is endeavoring to keep its shops in operation. The locomotive had been broken down on the siding for the entire day, and the workmen were endeavoring to get it in condition to return it to Raleigh. The raid on them was made very quietly about dusk.
Late today Sheriff Blue was endeavoring to get in touch with Gov. Morrison to have troops—removed from Aberdeen a few days ago—returned here. He had not been able to get in communication with Raleigh. The injured men were given medical attention here, and the more seriously injured will e sent to the hospital in Raleigh late tonight.
Strike Breakers From Raleigh
Five workmen and two guards were sent to Manly yesterday morning from the Raleigh shops to take down the rods of a disabled engine preparatory to bringing it to the Raleigh shops, said Superintendent Payton last night.
According to one of the guards who reported to the superintendent the masked men in eight automobiles attacked them while at work, kidnapping all except one of the guards, who was not at the engine at the time. Only one rod had been taken down when the attack took place.
From the front page of The Goldsboro News, Sunday, Aug. 6, 1922
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