Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-06-15
IAR AND FEATHERS
White Man and Colored Wife
Roughly Handled.
WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR BED
Inc couple Had Been Living Together
openly in Most Disreputanle
Quarter OF the City

Halla Walla, Wash, June Star and
Iea1hers are the words in the mautbs
OF every person in the city today.
AT an early hour at least so masked
men With a carriage at hand, were
Drawn down the alley between Main and
Hose streets armed and equipped for
iurlher orders. Halt was called at a col
ored dive where Joe Fossatti and Ruby
Allen, his wife, were found in bed. They
were dragged to the cab and hurried
away to the lower end Of the citv near
the old depot. Both Fossatti and wife
hau on their night clothes and when
the designated point was reached the
victims were disrobed of their seant
clothing and from head to foot were
coated with cold tar and decorated with
1eathers. Not a word was spoken only
py the captain, who said to Fossattt
ana WIFE: IF you are in the city limits
at "a hours hence YOU will be hung"
Inc Two were then left to use their best
judgment In marching home They
were seen to crawl under the old depot
ana from that point no trace is said to
nave been kept of their whereabouts.
IL would take a long story to tell the
career and escapades OF Fossatti,
me feathering was carried out by an
indignant people. The parents of the
young man are highly esteemed by the
entlre community. They spent money
educating him and he has held several
positions of trust in the city, A few
months ago he met Ruby Allen col
ored woman of bad character, and In a
snort time she seemed to have hypno-
tized him. He was told by the officers
that he must stop his attentions or he
would be arrested for yagrancy. He
was finally ordered out of town, but
came back and was "vagged" and sem
fenced. His father got him out and
bought him clothes and a ticket for San
Francisco, accompanying him to Pen
dleton on the trip. Young Fossattt
turned his course and went to DAYTON.
where he met Ruby Allen and with a
license said to have been procured by
Billy Allen Of this city, was married,
He returned here yesterday and with
his colored wife was conspicuous among
the respectable people at the cavalry
band concert. This was more than |
some could stand.
Not a word was spoken by the mob |
~AhN A>HoS tiAotS4It sue w DIS 10 ole. Sf1e /
cried: Spare me, / will leave the CITY,
for Gods sake spare me-" She then |
offered pitiful prayer, but the crowd |
sneered at her request.
HEARTBROKENP PARENTS.
Dominic Fossatti, father Of the young
man, was seen at his residerce His |
wife had been crying and his CONVEX
'ation was ended abruptly by bursting
nto tears. "Joe was q good boy" he
said, until he got in with this woman.
have talked to him and did not feel
10 bad when he was arrested for vag-
ancy, for / thought he would get bet
er after this ! have not seen him to-
lay. Last night some woman knocked
1t my door about o'clock and said she
wanted to see rae on business. I told
Ter that was nc, time for business. This
morning I was told what they had done
With Joe and the woman. I don't want
Inn to come back here, but hope he will
'e better"
Marshal Hadley said: RUBY Allen has
,iven me more trouble than any other
yoman Of the kind in the city l have
lad her arrested three or four times
nd in each case she was fined but was
BILE to pay. She seemed to exert
7onderful influence over young Fossatti
have tried in every possible way to
reak off this alliance, but my efforts
we're Of no avail. No amount of talk
ng to Fossatti Or punishment to her
eened to have any effect"