Telegram-herald., 1891-09-01
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Eswaygo, Aich., Aug. -sl.-The
facts concerning q midnight visit by


facts concerning . midnight visit BY
"whltecaps." hitherto suppressed are
now given TO the public. The occurrence
took place August IL, At one o'clock IN
Eugene Cavendar. aged about 40 years.
The details of the AFFAIR are horrible in
the extreme. At the nour mentioned
above Mrs. CavendAr was sleeping peace
fully, when she was aroused by knock
at the front door OF her home. Getting
mp she asked who il was. The name of
Coons, = man working at her sons livery
stable, was given. Beng familiar with
Coon's voice she came TO the conclusion
that il was not be. and told the intruder
70 60 away and mind his business.
Hearing the sound of footsteps die
away in the distance, Mrs. Cavendar
again retired to bed. Her little l5-year-
old daughter Elsie, was the only ocou-
pant of the house besides herself. How
long she had been asleep the second
time Mrs. Caverdar did not know, but
suddenly she WAS awakened by the WIN
dow Of her bedroom being smashed.
Half asleep and badly frightened, Mrs.
Cavendar sprang out of bed upon the
floor. At the same time . dark form
was seen crawling through the aper-
ture. The terrified lady was about
to scream for help when, with .
tiger like bound, the form, which she
now observed was . human being,
with face heavily masked, grasped her
by the throat and sttfled any cries that
she might make. The "white caps"
began TO smother the woman In q
shameful manner, pounding her sew
erely about the head and face. Then
another Irregular" comea through tho
window. After the last had gained the
inside paIl of boiling tar was passed
in from the outside, followed by q bag
OF feathers. Mrs. Cavendar was clad
In nothing but a night dress. The
miscreants stood the woman on her
head and then poured the scorching
contents of the bucket upon the body
of the woman and then sprinkled
feathers upon her. At the conclusion
OF this performance the "white caps"
made their escape through the window
and cid away in the darkness. The
excruciating pain caused by the burn
ing tar forced agonizing screams from
the lips Of Mrs. Cavendar, which were
heard blocks away. The little girl
Elsie tainted through fear. At last as
distance arrived. but no trace of the
brutal aseaiIants of Mrs. Cavendar
could be discovered. For two days the
lady lowered between life and death.
Her flesh was badly blistered and the
other bruises sustained were very
eerious, ba. now il 10 thought she will
recover, though ~ yet confined 70 her
bed.
The town has been in . ferment of
excitement, but on account of tho ac-
cusations made by Mrs. Cavendar
against CERTAIN people, which will be
named later on. no one has dared to
breathe che matter aloud. There was
. motive shd Che following story. which
dates back b few years, will explain:
Mr.. Eugene Cavendar, husband of
the lady above referred to, formerly
kept q store in Croton, Newaygo
county. TirIng of that place he cold
out, came to Newaygo about four years
ago and started . livery stable. A few
months ago he died suddenly and his
wife received $1,000 insurance, besides
ThoSo were two daughters and one son.
The eldest daughter, Annie. is married
and lives in Muskegon. The youngest,
Elsie. ia still at nome and the SON, Eu.
gene. succeeded to the Iiverystable bus
mess. In early life, by taking liquor
for medical purposes, Mrs. Cavendar
acquired the habit Of drinking. She
managed TO conceal it from her hus-
k.., 40 tho Of
that she commenced to imbibe quite
heavily. She patrouizcd the saloons
run in this town by Richard Surplus
and John BaiIy, aud the report is that
between the two men she was robbed
OF oil her money, IN the meantime be-
coming intimate with them. The ex-
istence OF the latter relations aroused
the Jealousy OF Bsily's wife, il is aIleg-
ed, and for revenge che organized the
"White Caps rad. Ars. Cavendar is
positive that the person who grasped
her BY the throat was Mrs. Baily aud
that the other was the lady's sister both
dressed IN mems clothes. Out
side Of the house Mrs. Cav
endar says she saw several
other persons. w. d. Fuller, formerly
of this city. but now of Grand Rapids.
has been engaged ~ Mrs. Csvendar's
attorney. Mr.. Fuller has been making
Investigate. Ms here and thinks that suf-
ficiens evidence has been obtained to
convict the parties mentioned above.
The sympathy of ths citizens here
are with Mrs. Cavendsr, ~ it ~ consid-
cred that ehs has been lured to her
present condition BY Surpus and
Baily.