Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1915 — Girl at Biknell Gagged And Bound to Telephone Pole. [ARTICLE]

Girl at Biknell Gagged And Bound to Telephone Pole.

That fiends still exist to terrorize otherwise peaceful communities was proven at Bicknell, Ind., Tuesday, when Miss Qorinna Hessman, 17 years of age and a telephone operator, was attacked by some one she is unable to identify, as he approached her from the rear. Sim says that powder was thrown in her face, she was blindfolded, dragged to a telephone pole and ,her hands and feet tied to. the pole. Her parents found her a short time after and she was unconscious. Just after she was taken to the house there was a rap at the door and upon opening it a note was found which was signed “Black Hand.” At the top of the note were the words: “A close call.” The young woman had received several “black hand” warnings but had paid little attention to them. She has no enemies that she is aware of. Nothing is demanded of. her, but the letters have just threatened her life.