New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-21
TARRED AIND FEATHERED.
EXCITEMENT IN CONNECTICUT VILLAGE THE
VICTIMS REVENGE.

rxcITRMENr IN A CONNECTICUT VILLAGE Ihb
VICTIMS REVENGE.
TFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF rHE tribune
BRrpGFPoRT. Conn.,, Sept.20.-The little Will
age of Trumbull five miles from here, Is III e'er oi
excitement over a OF tarring ana ieathcrnb anu ~
sequel Michael Mcnamara, miller h'es III hVuso
near the village and in the upper floor until recently
lived Charles II. Houston his wife and Children sni
ahout seven and boy who Is still baby. Houston Is
shIftess feo w. and during hts nine years OF married
life has not only spent all his own money pu' Is sup
posed TO have made considerable inroads on the shn
fortune OF his wifes sep-mOther III IL also STATE" W
the villagers that for time Houston has been In the
habit of abusing his wife and children Ihis the WIG
,outv denies or at any rate she says he never over
stenped the bounds OF what she considers perDssioe
marital dis epine On July "a last Mr. and MIS- hous-
ton had some high words the former used bad language
and Mr. Mcnamara rushed stairs ana hegged MN W
atom ON the next day Mrs. Houston left home without
saving where she had gone and her husband on MS re-
rn sent out his little girl TO find her mother The chd
ad not return but the prolonged absence OF vile ana
child did not seem to disturb. b.Housons equaninty' ON
the night OF July 90 he had gone TO bed knock
came 10 his Thinking It misht be his wiic ne rose
and unlocked IT, He was greeted Win r9ngh eiulsn e
from the hands OF a man with blackened iace @ho
backed up by halt dozen n cor orsfI one isyanse
from the house There he was literally oeaaa1da , S,n
sonn5 that TO get he mast pass throdgh double
row of the villagers who despite tne VI n
hon
the evident expectation OF being recompensrd Tor Their
vigil Houston crawled into bea anu lo lHo M ,3a NaS
EMPLOYED ia trying 10 get nd OF hi1 larry piuinnge
Weantime his wife returned, but was not allowed ny
McSamara 20 enter her rooms, where her snherns nus
band lay. II, .,rr forth he onnlied IN
Grand Juror Anson Hail. asking hin to Sign complaint
ains 1--WE of the party whom he claimed 10 have recog
1ized. This MI. Hall refused TO do Houston came 10
Rr,Genort winch Is his native place aud his VIE re
,rsa t their home only be compelled 10 Keep her
dow lacked and buted every Dght 10 guard against u
1,ecome yisitors who more than once attempted
an entrance Yesterday, through his attorney, H. W,
Ieonard Houston Piled to state Attorney fessendeh
for warrants against William sherwood stephen fhrkes'
Henry Gilbert, Edward Payne and Michael McNamaia'
whom he positively identines as being among ms assall-
ants He is confident, too, that T. BOoth' r. Strrhhg
and l. Brown were implicated, but cannot swear posi-
fyely Parkes, he says carried the ieathefsi 11ert
annlied them and PAYNE who Ia ca-drlVer OF bilug
nprt hepei 10 coat him With tar. Mt fessenden mas
not issued any warrants yet but mas Wrleh 10 hhon
Hall telling him sign the complaint III ne docs not 40
40 by Tomorrow the state Attorney VIII laho somo
action himself. =, . - ,r..,.,.,. .o-.o.
Dnring a visit TO Trumbull to-day TRIBUNE cores
nondent found that a strong feeling against houston ef
st1 i'm tbe village While claiming that he deserved al
he got such of persons implicated rs coula be Iou
denied having taken any active part In The taring anu
teaIhering Stephen Purkes says that he mas perec
ahi McNamhra says he saw the occurrence ana trieo
10 nrevent IT. but unable 10 do so. Inc vlihge
cergyman according Houston publicly stated thht
thoigh he could not approve the course taken u was
good thing for the village. The clergyman denies having
made this statement