St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-11
A Staid Citizen of Brooklyn
Coated With Tar and
Feathers.
Whether He Did the job Him
self Is a Disputed Ques-
ton.
Scheme of a Woman Scorned
to Get Even With Her
Fiance.
Capt. Coffee, Who Wanted to
Fight a Duel, Is In
dicted.

I NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-An unknown
man was found tarred and feathered IN
the streets of Brooklyn early this morn
ing. John Rushwager discovered him
on Barry street. The man was partial
ly undressed. his shirt being torn off, so
that his body from the waist to the
shoulder was exposed. The portion of
the body exposed to view was covered
with thick layer of tar. which had
been literally sprinkled with feathers.
The man was removed to the Sixteenth
precinct station house, where he soon
recovered consciousness. The Odor of
chlorOform was detected, and it was
learned that the man had been under
the influence of that drug. AS soon as
he recovered consciousness he told the
story of his adventures.
II had been over to Harry Miners Bowery
theater during the evening"" he said, land
when the performance was finished crossed
by the Roosevelt street ferry and started up
Berry street. While passing through that
street l met two men, one of whom caught
hold OF me. l knew nothing more until
was revived here in the station house. 1 did
not recognize my assailants and do not know
who they were.'
A can of tar and a pillow half filled
with hfeathers were found in Ross street,
near Bedford avenue, by Detectives
Dolan and Holland. The mans name
was subsequently found to be William
Pryor, well-known resident of Berry
street, near Fourth street. PryOr's two
asSallantS jumped out of a cab to attack
hin. When he was seized and his cloth
ing torn from him the liquid tar was
dashed over him. The police authori-
ties this morning arrested William Hull
and Edward McClafferty as the perpe-
traitors of the deed. At the station they
said that Pryor did the work himself,
claiming that he wanted to appear as
freak in the museum. McClafferty's
story is as follows:
Hall and met Pryor over on Lee avenue
He said that he wanted us to help him.
work tor Bacon, the furniture man. went
to Bacons stable and took out the light
wagon. Then we three drove to Prof. Ed
ward Johnson's house at No. 215 Division
avenue Pryor went inside and we drove up
and down for half an hour before he came
out. He had blanket thrown over his head,
but noticed that his breast face and neck
was, covered with feathers. There were
feathers all over him. He, looked like a
chicken. He pulled the blanket up so that
ne one could see him and we drove to Ross
street. When we were near Kent avenue
Pryor got out and lay on truck. That is the
last we saw of him. ses
! At o'clock Prof. johnson was ar
rested. He confessed his share in the
little tar and feathering affair. He in
sisted that ne didn't know that Pryor
intended to create a sensation, OF he
would never have given him his aid.
Pryor maintains-that his version of the
affair is true one, and the ambulance
surgeon who took him to the hospital
insists that Pryor was unconscious
when he first saw him. During the
morning Pryor became unconscious sew
eral times in the hospital, owing, it is
believed. to the shock. He Is nineteen
years old.