Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-05-18
the BODlE TAR-BUCkET.
now LOUIS COIN WAS TAR
RED AND FEATHERED.
The :" Free YrcgSn Account OF the
AFFAIR.

The BOdle Free Press gives a
long account Of the tarring and
feathering of Louis Cohn, the dry
goods merchant, on Thursday last,
from which the following extracts
are made:
The offense is said to have been
committed on Wednesday, and oc-
CURED in the following manner:
Mrs. w. H. Beadle, wife of a con-
ductor on the Bodie and Benton
railroad, on that day sent her little
daughter, child of about ten years
of age, to Louis COINS dry goods
store on an errand, at an early hour
in the morning. Cohn appeared at
the door Of room in the rear of
the store, which is occupied by him
as a bedroom, in a partly dressed
condition, according to the girls
statement, and asked her into the
room on a pretense Of trying on a
hat. He then exposed his person
to her. and made squealing noise.
The child, who is very modest and
| pretty, was greatly frightened az
these remarkable proceedings, and
fed as fast as she could to her home
on the hill, where she at once re-
lated to her mother what had oc-
Cured. Mrs. Beadle was greatly
distressed. and hesitatcd to tell
her husband for fear Of the result
upon his mind, and that he would
do some rash act. Not until nearly
morning Thursday did she inform
her husband. and he at once took
a gun and started for town. She
| endeavored to Getain him and in
formed Thomas Holt, Superintend-
ent of the railroad company for
which Mr.. Beadle works, who
reasoned with the excited man and
tried to calm him, and finally sue
ceeded in restraining him from
taking immediate vengeance upon
Cohn.
NEWS OF THE AFFAIR
Spread rapidly, and great deal of
indignation was felt and expressed
especially by the personal friends
of the Beadle family and the rail
road employees, and tar and feathers
was freely talked of. COIN HIM
self heard of this talk. but did
neither Of the things which it
seemed natural for him to do
leave town or arm himself for a
siege. At about six o'clock he left
his store and went to his dinner at
private house on Wood street.
Afterward he started back toward
the store. and when coming down
Green street Mr.. Beadle himself
SEIZED COIN BY THE COLLAR
And quickly a number Of other
men. some with revolvers in their
hands, surrounded him and started
him up hill. Cohn was terribly
frightened and cried most Justify.
begging not to be killed and de-
claring that he was innocent \
crowd of 200 or 800 people followed
after, and one party bore bucket
of tar. The culprit was taken to
the round house Of the railroad and
a guard was posted to prevent in
trusion. The little girl was brought
in, very greatly alarmed at all the
excitement, and identified COIN as
the man who had committed the
offense. His clothes were then
taken off. and the tar poured over
his body from head to foot, and it
was also applied with brush.
Such portions Of COINS anatomy
as had most contributed to bring
him into trouble were especially
annointed. The feathers were
then scattered over the tar, and as
they were not very plentiful they
were supplemented with hemp
chopped fine, an article which some
experts pronounced an excellent
substitute. But few minutes
wore consumed in this ceremony,
and COINS coat, vest, and pants
were gotten on him with difficulty,
and he was turned loose.
DOWN THE CANYON,
And told never to return to BOdie.
The miserable man, who had cried |
continually from the time he was
seized, went off as fast as he could,
down to the Bodie mill, where some
of his friends followed him. By |
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