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Victim Of "K. K." Branding Is Involved In Investigation Of His Torture By HAROLD MATSON NKA Service Writer Rochester, -N.- H., July 10. ? Could a man bring himself to inflict unbe lievable self torture if he thought the evidence of it would provide an escape from financial difficulties? The question is by no means being Ignored in the investigation of thfc amazing experience of Nelson B. Bur rows, one-legged insurance agent ?who tells a harrowing tale of torture "St~the hands of hooded men. ? Burrows mysteriously disappeared from his hotoie here, and as mysteri ously returned to it. On his fore head and chest the letters "K. K." had been burned. He was weak from ? ex posure ? ami ? hunger. ? Hia stjmp was raw from long walking. He told of being kidnapped, drugged, tortured and then of drag ging himself 20 miles to his home. In face of the evidence his body bears and in face of the reputation of the man. authorities are directing their investigation toward the Ku Klux Klan, which organization Bur rows accuses. Burrows explains that the Klan sent him threatening letters, de nouncing him for having been con verted to Catholicism, and that they may have sought revenge because oi his activities as a Knight of Colum But from Portland, Me., comes Thomas H. Flaherty, with whom BuYrows transacted his insurance business, who says "the story ii! fishy." According to Flaherty, Burrows: j ? was preparing to-di*?pose of Uiaiu-; suranee business here. The two hajj made certain financial arrangements.' There were a few debts, Flaherty, says. Almost too weak to walk, Bur rows managed to mumble his story,] as he sat exhausted in his home. 1 "On June 11 I had business in Dover. On the way to the station a man accosted me and asked a ques-( tlon. In Dover this same man, ac-. companied by another, approached; me and we talked generalities. He asked me if I cared to ride back to; Rochester in his car, and I told him 1 would like to . "On our way bark t li <? man in the rear seat said; 'Say, we have some thing to drink here.!' "I took a drink. It was wine. Al-i most immediately afterwards I felt, dazed, and I rememTM;F~TTtrtP after j that except that they blindfolded me and tied my hands, and that we j hauled up at a small shack in thej wood 8. j "There were other men In thij shack, but 1 cannot roraii tnelr ron- 1 versatlon. I was thrown on the floor, and I saw one man go over to J the stove and lift out a red-hot poker i He tried to put it against my fore head, but I fought him with all my! strength*. You see what he did ? ?" | Burrows brushed his hair back and exhibited the seared marks on his forehead, apparently healing for about a week. "After that I remember nothing.", Burrows said, but he opened hia SPECIAL NOTICE We hare delivery to all parts of the city. All orders that are not paid for In the store, are sent out C. O. D. Our drlr er la given money to make change; and Is responsible for the collection of all orders. All C. O. I>. orders must be collected for or merchandise not left. MORGAN & SONS Retail (Jiwem Where your cjmh buys more. ?hirt to show the two K's branded :h?*re. one on the: left side, one on lie right. "The next I remember," he contin THE APOTHECARY SHOP Phone 400 A Good Drug Store I ued. "wan coming to my senses in I the grass along the road above Hav I erhill. Tains in my body were ter j rifle. I took an accounting of my ; self and found my hat. hag and $-07. 1 insurance money 1 had collected I jnlssing." Burrows relates his struggle home ward. dodging railroad stations and traffic ??' titers, limping along <?n his wooden leg. each *tep a pain tha* shot through hi* whole body. Hut the police are a>king him when* the shack is. why he came straight to a home of a friend, dod*; Edenton-MacKey* Ferry FAST AVTOMOIIILE TltAXSPOIST (Across Albemarle Sound in Oue Hour) -CON.XI'ICT.H COASTAl; HKillWW , KOITKS 0<), :i?. :t2 A\I) S42 ViA llaleigli ami Wilmington, X. C , ' to Norfolk, V?. Permanent All Year Schedule Loaves Edenton 8 am., 11 am., 4 pm | Lv. Markovs 9:30 am., 1, 5:30 pm (Midday trips not run on Sundays.) ] "FOLLOW EDK\TO\-MA< KKYS ' FKRItY uo.vd src.xs SHE .MAPS IX HOTELS I 'in* stations, without seeking help from the authorities. Officials of the Ku Kluz Klan have < publicly denied any knowledge of [ . Burrow's experience, and the police 1 have been unable to trace any of ? them who were missing during the ? man's absence. i | In the meantime Burrows is in a 2 .serious condition as a result of hUj} .experience. Flaherty, the insurance 5 man. is conducting a private investl-N nation, and the state is working onlj ? the ca^e. 3 Who branded Burrows? j^, CUNBURN Apply Vicks vsry lightly? it soothes the tortured skin. VICKS ? VapoRub Owf IT Mitliom Jarm Uamd Ymmrly Coastal Highway Ferry I'AST AVTOMOH1I.K TltANSl'OIST | (Across I^ower Chowan River in 15 Minnies) At Ki?|H?ror, Near Edenloii, c., to KdenhouM*, lUuito County ; COWHTS COASTAI, llKiHWAl Houttvs ttO, 90, and ;{4'J Vlii W ilmington ami llalci^h, X. C.t to Norfolk, Ya. IVrinniient All Year Schedule Lv. Kmpfror 8, 10, 12, II & 5 o'clo?* Lv. Kdt'lihouse 9, 11, 1, 4 & o'clock 12 and 1 o'clock trips not run Sunday I ? FOLLOW COASTAL HIGHWAY I FERRY Sl(i\s SKB MAI'S IX HOTKLS " VACATION TIME " Bring in ymir Match and hare its fix name, so it trill help yon enjoy your vacation. H. C. BRIGHT CO. 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