Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-02

A woman known as Mrs. Stephen Canttne
told reporter Of the New York Sun how she
and stephen CanLlne were tarred and feathered
at their home al Mackey's Corners, seheharie
county, on the night of Wednesday, March 9Th
by eight men. four OF whom were convicted and
| 1ned.
"My husband and l." she said, went to bed
as usual, little suspectfng that there was any
body In Schoharle county wicked enough to
freak into our house and modest us. Our bed
is in an alcove In the kitchen. Ny hus-
was sleeping with us on the back side
OF the bed because it was very cold and
she dreaded to sleep alone. We were all
We were awakened by shout aud the burst
Ing In Of the door next to the wood-shed.
foot OF snow fell that night, and OF course, We
preached the house. looked up and saw a
crowd Of men coming into the kitchen. One of
them had dark lantern, which threw circle
of light on our bed. Some OF them lad masks
They wore their clothes inside out, so tnaJ IL
was impossible to see at first who any of them
were. -Four OF them had butcher knives in
band raised himself up on his elbow, AMI
seeing that something was wrong, said:
Boys, you want to get right out OF here:'
"He is only 70 years o!d, ana am only 10. He
would have been able TO protect himself from
any one OF them or any two for that matter,
put they gave him no chance. the first thing
they did was TO brandish knives In his face and
threaten that II he made any resistance they
would kill him. ! forget the exact words they
used, but IL was to tie effect thar they wouldn't
hesitate to kill US IL we made any noise or
showed fight This was all done 10 a very short
time. One of the men struck my husband In
the face with his fist, and then all four grabbed
him by his arms and Legs ana pulled aim out On
Boys, let me pp-boyS, let me up
HE did not shout very loud, because, l sup
pose, he was afraid to; They threw him over,
while they put the tar and feathers on him
There were eight men In ALL AS soon as the
first four had pulled my husband out OF bed,
Two OF them held my arms down by my sides
as / sat on the side of the bed. only one man
handled the tar. and 80 i had to set on the
edge OF the bed and see my husband Ill treated.
There were pint cups OF tar. Oae cupful
they used on him, and the other on me. /
think the man who put the tar on is Oscar ID.
Jackson uses when he handles his bees he
dipped the mittens In the tar, and spread it all
over my husband s body. The first thing he
did was to put 1t in his face and eyes. so that
he couldn't see When he had spread 1t all
over him In spots, they then put on few
feathers They were ordinary hens feathers.
When they had finished with my husband,
they lifted him up and carried him to corner
OF the Kitchen, where two men held him down
on the floor. Then the other SIX got around
me. They put me down on the hoor, the same
as they did him, and In the same way the man
with the mittcns began by putting tar In my
face and eyes. 1t made my eyes smart at rrst,
and blinded me. He then rubbed tar all over
my body; but not so much as he put on my huS-
band. He also put few feathers on me- |
begged them TO s!op. l did not dare to scream.
LAS soon as they had gone we got up and
lighted lamp and made a fire aud went to
work to get the tar OF. We scrubbed away all
the rest of the night, and 1t wasn't until be-
tween and o'clock the next morning that my
husband looked well enough to go out. Then
he went over to his fathers house and told what
had happened 10 U.s. It was days before got
the tar all of OF me. They put snmn IN my
out
81 consider that ] am married to Stephen
Cantine," she said, although my first nus,
band Is living. because we were sworn TO-
gether by justice OF the peace. MY first
husbands name Is Lawyer. he drank 80 much
that had to leave him. L was too poor to get
divorce. | met Mr.. Cantlne. He is a good
maH, and while was living In the family OF a
man named Brown, near Blenheim, few
miles from here, we sent for 1ustic5 OF the
peace named Shafer, and he swore US to-
gether.