The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-08
TARRED ANDFEATIlEREDH HER
INV JERSEY RE8ULAroRs DIsG-
PINE A FALLEN WONAM.

PINE A kALLEH WOAAM
81. q. Traced 70 . HIST IN . CerpselA sai
~, Outrage Ce.m,ttea By Mes whe Arc
M, Ashamed OF Il and who Arc Ap-
.,.,s,A by Their Fellow viiiaxers-
Fathers OF Yos.s NeA the Perpetrators
o,r, {. npxra N. j.. Nov. 7.-when Melville
r,,,r married Julia Beam he took her to
c.u,,n. seyep miles from here, to Iva That
90 little more than year ago Mel. a. he
!. ,ollod, was about 10 and his wife year or
..o Younger. They did not remain IN Califon
,,,o hut came 10 Glen Gardner. whore he was
r,,n ue rot q Job In the stone quarry here
AVA ,ented A little house beside the railroad
..o.t an the outskirts Of the struggling vii
,.es Young Mrs Walters reputation had be-
.o,ns logged In the short time she had lived
IN Co,ifon. and echoes Of her goings on had
so,loved her closely. 30 tho residents OF Glen
n.rdncr refused to recognise her. This was
NJ, v.ry dlf,cult, because neither Mrs. Walter
snr her husband attended any Of the several
sburrhes. Nevertheless they watched her
nrettv sharply from the corners OF their eyes.
f,,en Gardner Is little hamlet Of TOO souls.
,.rched upon the side OF towering stearn's
Mountain, in tho western part Of tho State. and
.hout fifteen miles from Reading. Pa. It used
~ he noted for its manufactures Of picture
names and parchment pApar But that was
n.ny years ago Nearly all Of It's Inhabitants
NV eet their living from the ouarries or the
r.ilrosd It is quiet. we'll regulated little VII
ar. whore the strings Of morality are drawn
sery tightly. indeed.
YOUNG Nm. Walter knew this. but II did not
have any OBJECT upon her She began her Glen
Gardner career at onoe By introducing herself
I. the young men OF tho village About thirty
o, them werc employed In the quarry With her
husband, all about her own ago IL they
pss.sd her house on tho railroad track. going
30 and from their work. the young woman
used IN dirt with them. she was comedy and
oompapionable. and It wea charged against
her that she kept tho young men from their
vork. The young woman's husband was not
credited with being any too bright and he did
not hsar. or heed the things tho villagers ware
talking about
Matters grew worse and worse. Tho parents
Of tho young men endeavored to discipline
them. but failed Finally. last spring Austin
Lsk had Mrs. Walter arrested on charge Of
dlsordsrly conduct. She was demoralikinG
Ills two soma. aged IL and 81 respectively. he
ssld. and preventing them from attending tn
their work. Mrs. Walters was taken before
Squire Petty for trial She got the case sd-
journed for . week to produce Witnesses to
prove that she was Q proper person. In the
mean time dozen or moro Of the young mon
had been subppnsed BY the prosecution. On
the day appointed for the hearing. however.
the young woman walked through the main
street Of the village to the squirrels little Office
surrounded BY these same young men. The
women folks Of the village peeped at her from
behind window curtains. while the men folks
crowded the house Of justice to see her pun
shed For some reason not recalled now.
however. the case was again postponed. and
the boys and the woman adjourned TO her
home. where they. 1t is said. made merry.
All during the summer young Mrs. Walters
case came UP before Squire Petty at intervals.
but o trial was never reached II was finally
dropped altogether. Then. when the Grand
Jury Of Hunterdon county met In Pennington
In September. an effort was made to have her
indicted But this. too. was failure.
Young Mrs. Walter had spent the summer. It
is said. In one continual round Of dissipation.
The boys Of Glen Gardner. 90 their fathers
said. refused to do any work at all Nearly all
ofther time was epant In the young womsn's
society The boys OF High Bridge. Califon.
Clinton. and Hampton Junction began making
visits to Glen Gardner. Sunday was the great
@ fort on f The sssrene summit Of the
Here The as the
drinking .lki1, whlskey; Her husband hid lett her
and the Young woman driited about. sleerins
q lie Glen sidnss' in the I'D d Tort q
The village. By this time was in a state, bor-
y oot upon the heretofore excellent reputation
Matter. was constantly growing bigger, The
Rev. Mr.. ,Condit, pastor OF the Presbyterian
Church. q the leading place Of worship in the
attn hr-akinG In his sermons several times.
lte spoke Of the gambling and other wees
we're i s"ns :, the young sn 81 the VILLAGE
q N he properly could IT, make matters worse,
Mr. Mr., w., Walter had picked up l2;year:old
s wsS her VIZ" ,ss i aaqsns
we're or where she came from NJ one In Glen
Gardner seems to know. But they say that
y As Att T b"G as her $dsr
wa the other could always be found.
Three weeks ag. tonight the Villagers de-
,uld, but had failrd. Fathers saw their boys
s KY worse and worse. and they believed
.hot iFiolC McuS uFHs were needed. And,
BESIDES. several married men with families had
.een led away. So on Saturday night, three
weeks ago. John I. Bangliart and Austin Lisk
,,s a 2 party Of regulators Both, Bang
la,t ana Liek had sons. it ia said. under the
influence Of the Walter woman.
~" ptrty. which consisted Of dozen men.
.tarted out t? hunt for the woman about 10
~, !, J., OK at night, Mr.. Banghart cnrrieJ pail
3 far. ana Mr. Llsk bag 81 chicken feathers.
s y at. attempt was made by the reformors OF
Morals t. dlsgniso themselves. and no one
gore 4 mask. The party wont to the old
b Fort" a.st. hut their two victims were not
ihere. Aitor making u thorough Searoh Of
, a.9 premises the Regulators proceeded to
n NJ al the empty box cars standing on the |
,ido TRUCKS. but they did not get i. glimpse Of
r,9unK Mrs. Walter or any Of her companions.
Then en- they puzzled on to the corntie! ID wic, is
y the rear VI Humphrey. Hotel. Mrs. Walter
va some o! her friends had been In the hnhit
,nt meeting there Of late; The bow had built
~ kneT this. and. consequently. il was no
"n lor the haguatnrs to find tho place.
me party surprised Mrs Walter. Grac!c !
.oMn ard nd Lisk, one Of Aus.ln Lisk's
Y, 10 managed to Get away without any one see
w w h,S lnce The Regulators ali grabbed for |
'rh n alter, and In the confusion Twelve year.