The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1894-06-29
Tarred and Feathered.

state, said to be a broter of Congress
man Tarsney of Missouri and ex-Con-
gressman Tarsney of Michigan, was
kidnapped from the Alamo hotel a few
minutes after midnight this morning
by masked men, supposed TO be ex-
deputy sheriffs, taken to the suburbs
in a hack and there tarred and feath-
cred. The outrage was the direct re-
suit of the recent Cripple Creek
miners war.
When police officers arrived General
Tarsney could not be found and up to
noon to-day he had not been heard
from. About l o'clock, however, he
was found ct Palmer Lake, twenty
five miles away.
General Tarsney had been in the
city several days attending the exam
ination o. the arrested Bull Hill
miners, for whom he and Colonel Il.
f. Montgomery of Cripple Creek, APP
peared as attorneys.
ovERPowERED IN A HOTEL OFFICE.
At five minutes past IL o'clock a call
came over the telephone of the Alamo
hotel for Tarsney. The clerk sent
the night porter, the only other man
in the hotel Office, to call him. He
appeared in a very few minutes and
stepped up to the phone. He had
hardly spoken a word into the re-
c%eiver, when two men, with masks on
their faces, entered and one advanced
on Tarsney while the other remained
near the door.
1--WE want YOU" said the first
yaoe1-a1 - Nc tEA ,.a,Aro +~.aI
on hearing footsteps.
"What do you want?" quietly asked
Tarsney.
was the reply.
But [ don't want to go anywhere"
returned Tarsney, at the same time
making IN effort to retreat.
At this the masked man lunged for
ward, pistol in hand and struck
General Tarsney a vicious blow with
near the door advanced to his COM
gered toward the office counter, but
was ruthlessly seized by the two
masked men and hurried toward the
street.
The clerk did not interfere. He
had been warned to keep his hands off
by a third masked man who had sud-
denly appeared al the door.
In front of the hotel two hacks
were standing and four other masked
men were seen there. The general
was hustled into one of the vehicles,
the masked men scrambled in, the
drivers were ordered to be Off, and up
the street the party moved at a galop.
In fifteen minutes Police Captain
Cartwright and officers Harland and
Henry were on horses and riding
furicusly in the direction taken by
the k%idnapers and their victim. The
officers had a poor trail to follow for
it was pitch dark and they only knew
the masked party had gone out of
town to the north and they did not
arrive on the scene in time.
QUICKLY TARRED AND FEATHERED.
The drivers of the two hacks first
brought the news to town. 1t was
that the masked men had taken their
victim to a point near Austin Bluffs
between We and three miles out of
town and covered him over with tar
and feathers.
Sherman Crumley, one OF the
drivers, told the following story:
"My brother and I w the hacks.
Shortly before midnight, two men
came to u stand and said they
wanted to engage two hacks for a
drive. They did not wear masks then.
They told me to drive in front of the
Alamo. saw the struggle inside the
hotel office and knowing hat
tlinr I,n,1cJ,,1 ~ =, Sto r1aA To
drive away, but was stopped by men
with masks on their faces and pistols
in their hands. After they all got in
the hack, l was told where to drive to
for the first time. They compelled
me to whip the horses. On
arriving at a point near Austin Bluffs
they all got ont. They made IN aw-
full lot Of noise and kept on swearing
and making threats. Several times
on the way out l heard them threaten
T~arsney's life. 1 think they had
Tarsney'S clothes off by the time they
ordered the hack stopped, at least 1
did not see many clothes on him
when 1 first saw him on the ground.
They had a bucket and a brush. and
the deed was Sd on done"
A few minutes later Tarsney,, was
left lying on the ground and the
masked men re-entered the carriages
and were driven to the Rock Island
tracks. There they dismissed their
drivers. not paying them but simply
saying, Good night, Johnny"
OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
Driver Crumley says that after the
tar ind feathers had been applied,
Tarsney was told to move on out of
El Paso county; that he was not
wanted either in Cripple Creek or Col
orado Springs, and that if he ever
showed up again he would meet a
worse fate han a dose of tar and
feathers
There was a meeting of twenty-five
deputy sheriffs at Antler's park at 10
o'clock, and it is believed the plot
against General Tarsney was Matched
there.
A tremendous mass meeting of citi-
zens was held at 10 o'clock, at which
resolutions we're adopted denouncing
the outrage in the strongest lam
guage.
Sherman Crunley and Jean Mckin-
ney, who drove the hacks, have been
placed under arrest.
Crumley, who owns both hacks, says
ana rrnSl-ad man rarainnd Nth