Show TAR AND FEATHERS FOR FOUR PERSONS THREE WOMEN SE PUNISHED WORK DONE IN GOOD SHAPE farmers use harsh mea to kid countryside of offen sive neighbors victims an peal to sheriff fowlerville Fowl erville mich A crowd of 40 farmers dragged george and his housekeeper mrs cora eiliott from their carriage near here at mid night recently and gave them a coat THEY WERE GIVEN A COAT OP TAB AND FEATHERS of tar and feathers they then visited simpson s house half a mile distant and subjected bessie oliver an in mate and bimpson s divorced wife also a resident of the neighborhood to similar treatment simpson and his women associates have long been a thorn in the ot the people of the countryside the farmers became incensed on learning that a young girl giving her name as gladys emmons ol 01 gowan had joined those at simpson s home actuated by what they believed was ample justification the farmers gathered by appointment and lay in wait for simpson and his companion who they learned had gone to fowler ville when the pair drove up nearly hall a hundred men leaped from tha bushes some seized the horses oth ers dragged simpson and mrs elleott horn the buggy A oung man who was riding with them jumped from the vehicle and made his escape la the woods simpson who Is about as years old was stripped of his clothing and liber ally daubed with building tar applied with brushes from pails then feath era were thrown over him and finally he was rolled in the sand and gravel of the roadbed he made a vigorous fight but was subdued when a rope was thrown around his neck birs elliott who Is a tall woman about 45 years of age was stripped to the waist and smeared with tar and feathers she screamed and pleaded for merci but without avail then the victims were set free at the simpson home bessie oliver shrieking was dragged into the front lawn where he was tarred and beath teath ered the emmons girl was taken to a neighbor s home and afterward was sent back to go an simpson and mrs elliott were ful looking objects when they aroused sheriff edward pratt at howell at two 0 o clock the next coining they demanded the arrest of their assail ants many of whom were well known to them as none wore masks A physician phy sican was found and by applying a kerosene bath removed most of tho tar and feathers several wealthy men who were in the crowd of farmers have said that if it was necessary to make arrests to serve the ends ol 01 justice they would gladly pay whatever fines were assessed it Is believed however that there will be no prosecutions |