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Show TAR AND FEATHERS COAT GIVEN SLACKER RICHMOND, Cal.. May 2. Guido Poe-nisch, Poe-nisch, f German descent, was taken from his home here last night by fifty white-robed unknown persons, rushed to the municipal wharf, where he was "tried" for disloyalty, and tarred and feathered. He was "found" not to have bought a Liberty bond and to have made disloyal remarks. Poenisch defended himself by saying he had served in the coast artillery and had taken out first citizenship papers. He promised he would buy $100 worth of Liberty bonds and would join the Red Cross before his captors released him. Poenisch came here about ten years ago from Germany and conducts a cycler y. About two weeks ago. during a Liberty loan celebration, a band of white-robed and masked men rode through the streets carrying notices of their intentions toen-force toen-force loyalty In this community. |