Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-12-19
HAZED AT A SEMINARY.
INDIGNANT TREATMENT ACCORDED
A STUDENT AT KINGSTON.


ber of Misdemeanor and Violently
Apply a Coat of Tar and Feathers to
His Body-The Young Man from Town.
The following Is an account of an out
rage perpetrated upon a young Freeland
boy by the students of Kingston semi
nary, as given by the Wilkesbarre Record
of Tuesday: A commercial student at
wyoming seminary was unceremoniously
pulled out of a warm bed yesterday
morning. led to the campus and there
treated to coat of tar and feathers.
This midnight escapade was participated
in by about thirty of the students.
Everything went off with the utmost
secrecy, and nothing was known of what
had taken place during the silent hours
of the night until the breakfast bell
rang, when the whole affair was explod-
ed, and groups of the. young men could
be seen gathered here and there excited
ly discussing the situation. The victim
of the students ire is young man from
Freeland, about II years old.
For the past three months petty rob-
berries have been committed about the
institution, which kept the students
continually stirred, but all their efforts
to fasten the thefts were futile. Com
plants were made to DR.. Sprague and
he put forth every effort to find out the
guilty party or parties, but he too met
and the thief escaping detection seemed
to be melted to bolder deeds About
four weeks ago the students were again
startled to hear that R. N. Rymer, the
foot ball team captain, had been robbed
of S1S while he was attending practice.
A few mornings after DR.. Sprague again
lectured the students and told them to
exert themselves every way possible to
find the thief and If they succeeded he
Dr. Sprague) would see that he would
be summarily dealt with.
The students responded with will
and since have kept a keen lookout for
week, but as no robbery was commit
ted, they again relaxed their vigilance
and the theft was almost forgotten,
when few days ago another student
complained of missing money and he
suspected his chum of being the culprit.
He made rigid examination of his room
and after a long search succeeded in
finding his money (S10) in the toe of his
chum's shoe. He at once confronted
his chum, who confessed before the stu
dents present.
1t was quietly whispered along the
halls that the long looked for thief was
caught, and meeting was called to de-
eide upon the punishment to be inflicted.
About thirty of the students accordingly
got together and decided upon 1.3O
O'Clock yesterday morning as the time
for action. The students appointed to
administer the punishment gathered in
one of the rooms and proceeded quietly
to the object Of their nights work. A
flying wedge was formed and the door
went down as If made of so much paper.
The victim was gagged and carried to
the back campus where, terror-stricken
and surrounded by masked students, he
was tarred and feathered and made to
resemble an Oklahoma Indian The
poor fellow was then allowed to return
to his room, as did his prosecutors.
When the proceedings of the night
came to the cars of the faculty that
body Immediately gave severe reprl-
mand to the parties concerned in the af-
fair and Immediately expelled the victim.
The young man arrived at his home
here on Monday. The charges made
against him in the article printed above
are not considered wholly true by his
friends. Inasmuch as his parents have
at all times granted him everything he
desired aud gave him every opportunity
to procure good education, it is not
likely he would be guilty to the extent
stated. His past reputation has been
excellent, and his friends deeply regret
that he committed any indiscretion to
blight his promising career.
Cleveland's Stand Endorsed.