No Arrest Yet in Turner Blanchard Mutilation Case, Sept. 15, 1925

No Arrest Yet in Turner Blanchard Mutilation case. . . Condition of Man who Had Operation Performed on Him Is Described as Critical Now. . . Few Clues to Help Officers. . . Four Men Are Said to Have Been Present When the Assault on Blanchard Was Made

Monroe, Sept. 15 (AP)—No arrest had been made today in connection with the kidnapping and mutilation of Turner Blanchard, 32, who was taken from his home Sunday morning by a “band of men” and an operation performed upon him. Sheriff Clifford Fowler of Union county said that none was expected today.

Blanchard, whose condition is described as critical, told authorities that four maxed men came to his door here before dawn Sunday and forced him into an automobile after blindfolding him. He said he was then hauled several miles and the operation was performed, after which he was returned home and left with an admonition to pay his grocery bills.

The story of his abduction was corroborated by his wife. No report of the operation was made to officers until noon Sunday. From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1925

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