Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-05-13
TAR AND FEATHERS.
Cruel Treatment of an Errlng
Girl.

Glrl'
Iron the Davenport, Iowa, Daily uazatte, 49,
Que of the best known citizens of Viii.
ton has a daughter, who, for two years.
has had a rather bad name. The daugh,
ter is about seventeen years of age, hand
some intelligent end of winning manners.
Years ago her mother dled-and in due
time a stepmother assumed maternal cou'
troll of her, and ere long was laid at rest
beside the former wife. In the course
of a year the father married again, and
gave his child another guardian. The
fathers business called him away from
home frequently, and occasionally he was
gone for weeks at q time.
The daughter would have her " way
during his absence, and keep company
her step.mother did not approve Of, the
girl being ouly in her first teens; but ad.
vice and warning we're Of no avail, and
soon the child was on the road to ruin.
For tie past two years, as We have heard,
she has had a hard reputation, and since
last summer her conduct has been o good
deal like that of most every fallen wo,
man. The father went away from home
week before last, aud on Saturday night
a week ago, the step-mothel objected to
the girls receiving company at her home,
and the girl
TURNED HER STEP MOTHER OUT DOORS,
and obliged her to 60 to a neighbors's tor
shelter. And the girl remained in pos
session OF the house from that time, and
it became the evening resort for several
young men, some of them sons Of the
most respectable citizens. The house
was in a very respectable neighborhood
too. This fact had much to do in has.
teniug the event we are about to describe
this and the further fact hat all &C.
quainted with the step mother ~sympathi-
zed with her to an extent that kindled
indignation.
Ladies consulted over the matter. and
day before yesterday twelve or more o.
them resolved that they would no longel
permit the young woman to abide in tn,
city. They evidently considered them
selves entirely competent to take thu
law into their own hands, feeling pro
badly that the statute law prohibiting
houses of illfame was hardly sever
enough in its penalties. At any rat
they determined to pull the house, an,
fixed upon Friday evening for the time
Accordingly at 8 o'clock Friday evening
} last they assembled at the home of on
} Of their number. 1t was a cold
) windy night, and it was likely ther
: would be few persons in the street to ne
tice them. Five of their humber wer
r selected as chief workers. So they mad
S their way to the hated domicile. Th
4, curtains we're down, but there was
light in one of the rooms, and sound {
frolic could be heard. They tried th
| doors, and all were locked.
In the yard were several large iro
t bolts, such as are used in fastening tin
bers of bridges. The ladies seizes Ii
bolts, and with them
SMASHED THE WINDOWS
of the lighted room, sash and all. I'll
crash aroused the whole ~neighborhoo,
and soon there was excitement enough
the whole vicinity, which was not ~lessene
at all by the shrieks Of the girl within,
the now impetuous assailants hurled Il
0. bars at other windows. Strange to sa
g no crowds of men rushed for the besiege
4. mansion. Bent on vengeance, and d
b termined not to allow the object Of the
=. hatred escape by fight, the FIVE lead
} never thought of breaking open the door
IN but these women climbed through Il
$, windows, and came upon the parties witt
J. in like avengiug furie'. They found
nice state Of things. The inmates we
TT four Young men aud the girl. One
Il, the fellows was pale as a ghost, in Il
r centre Of the room, with coat, vest az
/. boots off while the girl herself was N
or more fully clothed.
Ill The othel young men rushed fsr Il
.. windows and despite the attempts of Il
be women to encounter the ladies outsid
who called them by name, and hasten'
er their fight by cries Of ''shame on you
1t, The c~oatiess aud hatless gent was not
o. Fortunate he had to fight his way to 4
es windows, and IN 80 doing knocked two
he the ladies down,
m One of the youpo man wos n CON nj