Show V LASH Ii i NEGLECTFUL HUSBAND I I I John E. E Larsen Is Horsewhipped Horsewhipped Horse Horse- i whipped by Angry Mob of at S Forty Citizens PROMISED TO BE GOOD I Mf Ir Is Js Chor Charged lI Will I Habitual Drunkenness and Is IsS S nOIl Handled S Mt 1 It Pleasant Jan C Ml Pleasant has ha been been thrown Into a fever of excitement excitement ex ex- b b by The matter matterI 1 was J kept hept ept a p profound secret e t by al all I coh concerned but the news leak leaked ed Cd out it loday tolay No Noone o one connected with the time affair arral will wm give any Information regarding it anti and the tIme victim If he does know who the parties were will say sayab ab absolutely nothing The vi I victim tim of the time S was as' as I Jolin E. E Lar Larsen en a rl Mt It Pleasant jewel jeweler er or about forty years of age He lie is amati a n native mati or of and has hns been een married married mar mar- ried ned about fifteen years lie lie Js ls the thc father rather of or four oUr children ren all of or whom are alC Jiving hiving The rhe oldest child is a a. son about eleven Jc years of or age time tho others ranging from Croin eight to lo four Friends od d. d Larson Larsen has bon been known S as an habitual i drunkard for years ears and is isId nid Id to lo have havo lI to lo for mr forthe or orth th the common wants o of his family Neighbors and relatives r of oC Mr Mrs Larsen have haw been heen Incensed at nt hi his conduct for mr some time and aUll they have coun er l a n. divorce orce It Is said T Tuesday night between 10 nt arid ami i 11 o'clock Larsen sen n was on the thc way vay to his home In the nip southern part of town and I Is said li to have been heen staggering drunk He lie was as solved ol ell by an art an angry langry mo mob of oC o over or r forty fort citizens who were ere dl disguised gut masl masked ed He lie was war walked walked walk walk- ed td at nt the head hend o of the mob moh to a r re remote rf- rf mote 1 portion of or the city amid was lashed to a a telephone pole 1010 Larsen seeing that he was nb about ut to tobo to tobo bo iO handl handled d roughly begged beg the time mob to fo let IN him go Ills His pleadings s availed 1 II cd him nothing however The Tho angry told him that he lie heo would o have ha to promise to I let t liquor alone and antI to treat him wire wife and family bet bet- jet jet- tel ter which he ho refu refused d to do o. o The mob moh ed him that he would regret It If he lie did not do 10 so 50 BO but still tI he refu refused el lOII li lilic lulies lic Dealt nc Victim I Ullon Ja last t n stalwart 0 of the thO party part took a g from i h hj ash Jash lathis cutting cutting- ting s lUj um portions ons ut yf Lars n IO 1 1 t-n t Id I'd well veil v n it Ami li vc n I n ll ono orin Lar n In ngon he i noan while to be turned loose lh th the fort forty lashes la hn had cut into his back Lar Larsen en was asked b by the mob If IC he would woul agree aglee to Lo the promise asked Nl o of him before Larsen Larson Mill re refused refused re- re fused and he was wai advised again O that nt he ho would rc regret et It if he hc t did not promise prom- prom ise to provide pi for tho the wants of oC his fa family m II and to abstain from flom drinking ln He lie stoutly refused aA again ln and the thc continued lashing him bun for for twenty more times Then Larsen n broke down n do completely and anti be begged ged for Cor mercy merc He TIc said ld that ho would do anything the mob asked him to I if they would woul only let him alone T I s to be he Good GOOl I Up Upon n this' this promise Larsen was l loos loosened os- os ened from the pole and forced to to- take an oath that In tho the future he will not drink anti and that he will take better care of or his hills wife tife Ie and children He lie was AJ also o mn made l to wear ar that he ho will keep ills his promise the tho mob promising him that If he broke faith alth with them he lie would be set upon again and nd that his punishment then will he be more than lhnn It ft was at the aLthe the pole lIe He then was s cs escorted home groaning with pain at lit every vcr step Vt I one connected with the affair has maintained the most profound regarding egar ln the thc matter until to to- to day The news leaked out through ough I the time theire w ire ifo of or one of or the who had J been heen een told of the time affair She Shepred pred pledged eel 11 Imer C con confidant ant to secrecy and from her her hern n representative of oC The n Re Republican flu flu- publican learned of or the affair tho though h the woman would woul not give the namo of of cit the woman woman- who h had ul told her The names of nope nor of of- tIC I can eail ca n be bc learned and Lars Larson Larsen has has' refused refus ed eQ to discuss the thc affair though h his person shows hows evidence o of rough I I handling n |