The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-25
Aud u Coat Of Tar and Tsathorc
Applied by Hob.
LATEST OUTRAGE IN COLORADO.
Tho AdIutant General or tho State tho
Victim Of Brutal Treatment by
Masked Mcn-onc OF tho s,ran.cq,
Chapters of tho Faud Between tho
Popu'lst Governor and Its EueInics.

OF Governor Waite's military atnG, ar.
rived in this city last evening. Tho
general Is brother OF Congressman Tars-
ney, OF Missouri, and OF Gx.CouGrossmau
TGrsucy, Of Michigan. Ills abduction
and tho Outrage inflicted upon him by
masked mcn form one OF the s,saDgos,
chapters Of tho fcud which has ragged
botwcon tho PopuIist governor aud his
eacmiVs.
AS coon aa word Of tho affair reached
Governor Wuito ho ut once ordered
special train 10 proceed TO Colorado
Springs, whence Gcnural Tatsnoy wau
kidnapped. This train carried party
OF detectives to hunt down the porpo-
traitors OF tho deed. A dispatch located
Mr.. TarSnoy at Palmer luke, twenty-five
miles from Colorado Springs, whore his
tormontors had left him. he was taken
aboard there and arrived in Denver last
evening.
Tho story CT the crime Is as follows;
A few minutes aftor midnight Adiutant
General Taraney was called to the tclc.
phone at tho Alamo hotel, in Colorado
Springs. While holding the receiver to
his car, two marked mon entered, ecizcd
the general, and, despite his struggled,
dragged him into the street.
DRIVERS WERE INUNDATED.
IN front Of tho hotel two hacks wore
standing. Four other masked men
were seen thorc. Drivers, who Il. was
afterwards learned had been intim-
dated, sat on the cab boxes aud the
victim was hustled into one OF the
vebiclcs, tho masked men scrambled
into them, the drivers were ordered to
be of and up tho stree! tho party
moved at mad gallop.
The party lett the hacks by tho road
side about five miles from tho city.
Officer Harlon came up just US the
horses wero being tied TO the fence
athim aud compelled him to dismount
His horse was mounted by tho leader
OF tho white cappers, General Tariney
was then led through tho pasture to
point hall milo from the road and al
most q mile from any building. Several
of the men carried between them q large
can filed with liquid tar.
When the leader thought they had
gone far enough so that no outcry could
yossibly be heard from tho road. tho
party stopped and proceeded with
their work. Driver Crumley tells what
happened in the following language:
now TIE COAT wAsAPPLlED.
zone Of the men Get down the can Of
tar. and another, drawing six.ahootes,
told Tsrsncy to undress. a rag waa
pulled out OF the tor can, dripping with
the Duid, with which bo was struck
time and time again, the cloth being
frequently dipped in tho can. In this
manner, his bach, his arms. the base Of
his head and his body wero quickly
covered. Another mau drew @ pillow
from beneath his coat, and, placing his
foo. upon il, tore it open. md with his
two hands took out tho feathers and
rubbed them over the sticky tar.
"While this was 10 progress one OF
the men said: Let's kill him, boys
This remark was heard b. tho louder,
who turned and reprimanded tho
speaker very sharply, saying, we won't
hurt him, and will simply give him
what he deserves
General Tarsney seemed greatly 70.
loved at this. and shook tho hand OF
the leader. His fear ali left him an he
became quito iovial.
How am to get out OF this place? ?"
asked Taraney.
LEFT WITH 4 GUARD.
"The leader told him that guido
would be left with him, who would show
him the roads and ace him aaioly out.
Alter tho tnr and ioathera had boeu OK.
haustcd, Tarsnoy was lett with this
single guard, and tho rest OF US made
our way back to the carriages"
Tho hack drivers, Sherman Crumley
and james Mckinney, were arrested
and released on their own reCognizauce,
rs they declared they do no: know any
thing OF tho kidnGppors, and were for
cod ut tho point OF revolvers 10 take the
party TO Austin Bluff.
Driver Crunlcy says that aftor tho
tar and feathers had Dcon applied Tars-
ney was told to move out OF II Paso
county; that ho was not wanted either
in Cripple Crcel. or Colorado Springs,
anu lllhl IL AC VNCl tIlU NCI Cp NrSulu uc
would meet worse late than dose OF
tar and feathers. There was Il meeting
OF twenty-five deputy sherifi's ct Ant
ler's Park at 10 o'clock and it is believed
tho plot against General TGrsney WIS
Matched there.
At the meeting OF the Committee OF
Public Safety at Colorado Springs to
talso action regarding tho outrage, res
olutions were adopted denouncing the
brutal assaultand demanding that every
effort be made by local and county
authorities, regardless of tho expense,
to apprehend tho perpetrators OF the
crime.
CONDEMNED BY REPUBLICANS.
The Redemption League OF Colorado,
ut called meeting to-day in Denver.
adopted resolutions condcmning in the
seyerest language tho TarsuGy outrage.
and Offering reward OF 500, in addi-
ton to the rewards elsewhere offered,
ior tho arrest and conviction OF the per-
po,ra:ora OF tho act, and calling upon
all tho members OF the league to imme-
,nediately and earnestly enter upon the
work Of ascertaining tho names Of
those who took part in tho affair. and
to take prompt steps for their delivery
To the proper authorities Tor meriteu