Eureka Reporter | 1906-01-26 | Page 6 | Tar and Feathers Long Ago |

Type	issue
Date	1906-01-26
Paper	Eureka Reporter
Language	eng
City	Eureka
County	Juab
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Article Title	Tar and Feathers Long Ago
Type	article
Date	1906-01-26
Paper	Eureka Reporter
Language	eng
City	Eureka
County	Juab
Page	6
OCR Text	Show TAR AND FEATHERS LONG AGO ordered by richard coeur de lion as pun ashment for theft we learn from the annals of the his torian hovenden who was court chap lain to henry III that the old custom of tarring and feathering Is one that dates back to the time of richard the lion hearted he tells us that this renowned king on setting out for the third crusade made this enactment among others tor his fleet A robber who shall be convicted ot theft shall have his head cropped at ter the fashion of a champion and boiling pitch shall be poured there on and the feathers of a cushion shall be shaken out on him so that he may be known and at the first land at which the ship shall touch he shall be set on shore this then Is one of several cus toms which has been classed corn as american while in truth lt originated with us and was am ported by them from europe tit bits london
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r79b7f/3038163