Woman Threatened by Masked Group; Man Still Missing, Sept. 17, 1922

Woman Threatened by Masked Group. . . Mr. and Mrs. Webb of Greensboro Halted on Road and Mrs. Webb Taken by Men

By The Associated Press

Asheville, N.C., Sept. 16—A group of masked men intercepted an automobile in which a Mr. and Mrs. Webb of Greensboro, N.C., wee riding near Taylorsville, N.C., Thursday night, the woman taken from the car, blindfolded, gagged and threatened with her life, according to meagre reports received here tonight.

Mr. Webb and the car are reported as still missing with the officers of Alexander and Iredell counties in search for Mr. Webb and the machine in order to gain more details. The woman was told to leave on the first train or her life would be forfeited, according to the reports of the affair, left o a southbound train.

Efforts thus far to obtain any clue as to the identity of the masked man has been futile.

From the front page of The Durham Morning Herald, Sept. 17, 1922